FENG YAN 


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Born in 1963, Feng Yan is one of the most renowned photography artists in China. He graduated from Beijing Film Academy in 1989 and lived in New York for many years. He now splits his time between Beijing and Taipei. Feng Yan chose photography as his main medium because its inherent objectivity resonates with his rational personality. Through various series, he has developed a powerful ability to engage such fields as minimalism, abstraction, materialism, objectivism, tradition and authority in dialogue. Feng Yan’s conceptual pictures appeared unexpectedly while photography was far less been concerned in Chinese contemporary art world, and his work has had a persistent cultural influence across multiple fields. He has held solo exhibitions in Beijing and Germany, and has taken part in group exhibitions in such places as the White Rabbit Museum (Australia), MAKK Museum fur Angewandte Kunst Koeln, BMW Foundation (Berlin) and Power Station of Art (Shanghai). His work has been collected by many museums and institutions around the world. Before becoming a photographer, he was a writer. His written works include the novels Zhongnan Mountain, Wild Goose Pagoda and The Sound of a Chair Snapping Back. 


Solo Exhibitions

2005 | The Orders Series, Feng Yan Photography Solo show, Hanmo Arts Gallery, Beijing

2006 | The Rockery Series, Feng Yan Photography Solo show, Courtyard Gallery, Beijing

2007 | The Power Series, Feng Yan Photography Solo show, Courtyard Gallery, Beijing

2011 | Feng Yan Photographs, Matthias Kueper Galleries, Stuttgart, Germany

2012 | Feng Yan, Monument, WiE Kultur, Berlin, Germany

2013 | Three Shadows Photography Centre, Beijing

2015 | Redtory Museum of Contemporary Art “The Persistence of Images”, Guangzhou

2015 | Mebo Space, Restless Landscape, Beijing

2016 | Feng Yan 2005-2016, Three on the Bond, Shanghai Gallery of Art



Selected Group Exhibitions

2006 | Art Beijing

2010 | White Rabbit Museum, Sydney, Australia

2011 | SH Contemporary 2011

2012 | Wolfson Gallery, London, UK 

2012 | Art Stage Singapore

2012 | UQ Art Museum, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia  

2012 | MAKK Museum fur Angewandte Kunst Koeln

2012 | Bottega Veneta, Shanghai Yifeng Galleria Store Art Gallery

2013 | The Revival of Tradition, Tuyap, Istanbul, Turky

2014 | Power Station of Art, ShangHai

2014 | Minsheng Art Museum, ShangHai

2014 | Photo Shanghai

2014 | BMW Foundation, Berlin

2014 | Paris Photo

2015 | Poly Gallery, Hong Kong, “Re-Exposure”

2015 | Shanghai Gallery of Art, Before It All Starts

2015 | Foam Fotografie Museum, Amsterdam, We May Have Met Before

2015 | JIMEI X ARLES, East West Encounters international Photo Festival

2015 | 10th Contemporary Instanbul, Turkey

2016 | Art West Bund  & Design, Shanghai

2016 | JIMEI X ARLES, East West Encounters international Photo Festival

2016 | Monash Gallery of Art "From Grain to Pixel", Australia

2017 | Art West Bund  & Design, Shanghai

2017 | PHOTOFAIRS Shanghai