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Ge Yan

CV Portfolio Exhibition History

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Ge Yan

Ge Yan

Ge Yan’s practice delves into theparadoxes of time, materiality, and space. In his early works, he constructedimages through figurative sculpture and spatial narrative, before transitioningto an expression marked by minimalist color and pure objects. Graduallydiscarding his reliance on imagery, he now allows intuition to guide hiscreation. Moving between reality and illusion, he pursues a sense of completionintrinsic to painting itself, presenting a field that transcends establishedorder.

Ge Yan, born in Anhui in 1984. Receivedhis BFA from the Oil Painting Department, China Academy of Art in 2010; MFAfrom the Oil Painting Department, China Academy of Art in 2013; PhD from theOil Painting Department, China Academy of Art in 2023.


Gathered Vistas

220×180

Oil on canvas

2019

Gathered Vistas

The Endless Column and the Veiled Sculpture

120×150

Oil on canvas

2022

The Endless Column and the Veiled Sculpture

Facing the Shadow

180×180

Oil on canvas

2024

Facing the Shadow

Between

150×130

Oil on canvas

2025

Between

Sculptures in Sicilian Garden

150×180

Oil on canvas

2024

Sculptures in Sicilian Garden

Birds and Dancers

150×120

Oil on canvas

2024

Birds and Dancers

two squares

120×150

Oil on canvas

2024

two squares

a room with yellow and black curtains

250×180

Oil on canvas

2016

a room with yellow and black curtains

Exhibition History

Selected Solo Exhibitions

  • 2016

    Prelude

    MAO SPACE, Shanghai, China

  • 2022

    Intertwined Absurdity

    YellowBox Art Museum, Qingdao, China

  • 2024

    Stage、Role、Der Freischütz——Ge Yan Art Solo Exhibition

    lumière Gallery, Chengdu, China

Selected Group Exhibitions

  • 2013

    Discovery • Reconstruction – Exhibition of Outstanding Works by Young Chinese Artists

    Shanghai Duolun Museum of Modern Art, Shanghai, China

  • 2014

    Nanjing International Art Festival

    Nanjing International Expo Center, Nanjing, China

  • 2015

    Flickering – Reality and Truth

    Gallery Huit, Hong Kong, China

  • 2015

    Twelve Paintings

    L-Art Gallery, Chengdu, China

  • 2015

    Painting: 20×20

    Poly Art Museum, Beijing, China

  • 2017

    Decoherence

    ShanghART Gallery, Shanghai, China

  • 2018

    Simulacra and Truth

    MOFEIMO Gallery, Qingdao, China

  • 2018

    No Exhibition

    Himalayas Museum, Shanghai, China

  • 2018

    WOW ART

    Tai Art Museum, Shanghai, China

  • 2021

    New West Lake • Island in the Lake

    Museum of Contemporary Art, Shanghai, China

  • 2022

    Shanghai New Generation VIII – "Slow"

    Chun Art Museum, Shanghai, China

  • 2022

    Reconstituted Neon – National Youth Art Invitational Exhibition

    Shanghai Haipai Art Museum, Shanghai, China

  • 2022

    The Jolt of Image – 80s/90s New Chinese Painting

    Chengdu Art Museum, Chengdu, China

  • 2023

    ARRIVAL

    ARR Gallery, Hangzhou, China

  • 2023

    Global Painting——La Nuova Pittura in Cina

    MART – Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art of Trento and Rovereto, Italy

  • 2024

    Farewell From Hometown

    Ivory Gate Gallery, Shanghai, China

  • 2024

    GLOBAL NEW PAINTING

    Yibo Gallery, Shanghai, China

  • 2024

    Mountains Of The Mind

    East Gallery, Nanjing, China

  • 2025

    Out of Line: After the Studio

    Hong Art Museum, Suzhou, China

  • 2025

    Radius of Moonlight

    RAY GALLERY, Shanghai, China

  • 2025

    Super Reality – The 7th Kunming Art Biennale

    Yunnan Art Museum, Kunming, China

  • 2025

    Reality, Surreality – Major Exhibition of Contemporary Chinese Painting

    Museum of Contemporary Art & Urban Planning, Shenzhen, China