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
The Endless Column and the Veiled Sculpture
120×150
Oil on canvas
2022
Facing the Shadow
180×180
Oil on canvas
2024
Between
150×130
Oil on canvas
2025
Sculptures in Sicilian Garden
150×180
Oil on canvas
2024
Birds and Dancers
150×120
Oil on canvas
2024
two squares
120×150
Oil on canvas
2024
a room with yellow and black curtains
250×180
Oil on canvas
2016
Selected Solo Exhibitions
Prelude
MAO SPACE, Shanghai, China
Intertwined Absurdity
YellowBox Art Museum, Qingdao, China
Stage、Role、Der Freischütz——Ge Yan Art Solo Exhibition
lumière Gallery, Chengdu, China
Selected Group Exhibitions
Discovery • Reconstruction – Exhibition of Outstanding Works by Young Chinese Artists
Shanghai Duolun Museum of Modern Art, Shanghai, China
Nanjing International Art Festival
Nanjing International Expo Center, Nanjing, China
Flickering – Reality and Truth
Gallery Huit, Hong Kong, China
Twelve Paintings
L-Art Gallery, Chengdu, China
Painting: 20×20
Poly Art Museum, Beijing, China
Decoherence
ShanghART Gallery, Shanghai, China
Simulacra and Truth
MOFEIMO Gallery, Qingdao, China
No Exhibition
Himalayas Museum, Shanghai, China
WOW ART
Tai Art Museum, Shanghai, China
New West Lake • Island in the Lake
Museum of Contemporary Art, Shanghai, China
Shanghai New Generation VIII – "Slow"
Chun Art Museum, Shanghai, China
Reconstituted Neon – National Youth Art Invitational Exhibition
Shanghai Haipai Art Museum, Shanghai, China
The Jolt of Image – 80s/90s New Chinese Painting
Chengdu Art Museum, Chengdu, China
ARRIVAL
ARR Gallery, Hangzhou, China
Global Painting——La Nuova Pittura in Cina
MART – Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art of Trento and Rovereto, Italy
Farewell From Hometown
Ivory Gate Gallery, Shanghai, China
GLOBAL NEW PAINTING
Yibo Gallery, Shanghai, China
Mountains Of The Mind
East Gallery, Nanjing, China
Out of Line: After the Studio
Hong Art Museum, Suzhou, China
Radius of Moonlight
RAY GALLERY, Shanghai, China
Super Reality – The 7th Kunming Art Biennale
Yunnan Art Museum, Kunming, China
Reality, Surreality – Major Exhibition of Contemporary Chinese Painting
Museum of Contemporary Art & Urban Planning, Shenzhen, China