Basic

1952	Born in Shanghai

Education

2008	Artist in Residence, The Collection Studio, Lincoln, UK
1986	Graduates from the Fine Arts Department of the Shanghai Light Industry Institute

Solo Exhibitions

2011	Shen Fan's Videos and Paintings Exhibition, Galerie Carol Johnssen, Munchen, Germany
2009	Landscape/Shen Fan, a Solo Exhibition of Shen Fan, ShanghART at Huaihai Rd 796, Shanghai
2008	Shen Fan - Chinese Abstract, Galerie Carol Johnssen, Munich, Germany
	I have Been Here , Usher gallery;The Coletion of Lincoln, Lincoln, U.K.
	The Collection, Shen Fan Solo show, The Collection Studio, Lincoln, U.K.
	Shen Fan, Ravenscourt Galleries, Moscow, Russia
2005	Shen Fan, Gallery 55, Bangkok, Thailand
	Unapproachable, The Bridge 8', Shanghai
2004	Shen Fan, Gallery Jochen Holtje, Tubingen, Germany
	Shen Fan, Chinese Contemporary, London, U.K.
2003	New Painting by Shen Fan, Walsh Gallery, Chicago, U.S.A.
2002	The Paintings of Shen Fan, Pioneering Abstraction from Shanghai, Goedhuis Contemporary, New York, USA
2000	New Works of Shen Fan, ShanghART Gallery, Shanghai
	Shen Fan, Chinese Contemporary, London, U.K.
1998	Shen Fan, 14-1 Gallery, Stuttgart, Germany
	Shen Fan, Chinese Contemporary, London, U.K.
	Ceramics Work of Shen Fan , European Ceramics Work Center, S'-Hentogenbosch, The Netherlands
1997	Shen Fan, Consulate General of France, Shanghai
	Un/Limited Space, #1 Shen Fan, Consulate General of Germany, Shanghai
1988	Shen Fan, Max Planck Institute, Tubingen, Germany
	Shen Fan's Works on Paper, Shanghai Art Museum, Shanghai

Group Exhibitions

2012	VIP Art Fair 2012, Art Fairs
2011	Growing Up, Exhibition celebrating SWFC 3rd & ShanghART Gallery 15th Anniversary, Shanghai World Financial Center, Shanghai
	The End of the Brush and Ink Era: Chinese Landscape, True Color Museum, Suzhou
	ShanghART Gallery Summer Group Show, ShanghART Gallery, Shanghai
	Contemporary Art Exhibition Documentation Project II:" Let's Talk about Money--1st International Fax Art Exhibition in Shanghai 1996", ShanghART Taopu, Shanghai
	Brussels Oriental Art Fair, Brussels, Belgium
	ShanghART Group Show, ShanghART Gallery, Shanghai
	A Pile of Passion, ShanghART Gallery, Shanghai
2010	Lian Chen Jue, Hou Hou Art, Shanghai
	One by one, ShanghART Group Show, ShanghART Gallery, Shanghai
	The 1st International NanoArt Exhibition, Science and Culture Arts Center, Suzhou
	Will to Height, Contemporary Art Exhibition, epSITE, Shanghai
	New Ink Art, Alice King Gallery,Hong Kong
	Culture of Shanghai , The Artists Concerned by HWAS, HAWS Gallery, Shanghai
	Shanghai, Asian Art Museum, San Francisco, U.S.A.
	Shanghart Taopu , ShanghART Taopu, Shanghai
	30', 1978-2008, Shanghai Exhibition Center, Shanghai
2009	Things from the gallery warehouse, ShanghART H-Space, Shanghai
	Out of Shanghai, Museum gegenstandsfreier Kunst, Otterndorf, Germany
	Shanghai History in Making from 1979 till 2009, Shanghai
	Human As Art, Museum of Contemporary Art Taipei, Taiwan
	On Paper, Group Show of ShanghART Artists, ShanghART, Shanghai
2008	Five Years of Duolun: Chinese Contemporary Art Retrospective Exhibition, Shanghai Duolun Museum of Modern Art, Shanghai
	Hybrid , ShanghART at Huaihai Rd 796, Shanghai
	Pu Jie and Shen Fan, ArtChina, Hamburg, Germany
	It is I Too , Self Portraits By 21 Chinese Artists, OFOTO Gallery, Shanghai
	"Cheng Xiang" Shanghai EYE LEVEL GALLERY Opens, EYE LEVEL GALLERY, Shanghai, China
	Another Kind of Test Contemporary, New Abstract, K Gallery, Chengduo, Sichuan
	UWANTART: The New Signature in Art, Special Inaugural Exhibition · Volume Two, UWANTART, Shanghai
	Shanghai Kaleidoscope , Royal Ontario Museum (ROM), Toronto, Canada
	Selected, ShanghART H-Space, Shanghai
2007	Aired, ShanghART Gallery, Shanghai
	China Today Art Week, Prism: New Media Arts Exhibition, Art Gallery of Austria chancellor's office, Vienna
	Rejected Collection, More the 40 Chinese Artists /Over 60 Rejected Proposals , Ke Center for Contemporary Arts, Shanghai
	Night, Preface of Shanghai Artists’ Exhibition, 2007, Shanghai Yuandian Gallery,Shanghai
	The Nobleness Found on Paper, Museum of Guangzhou Academy of Fine Art, Guangzhou
	1984-2007 Shanghai Contemporary Art Exhibition, Shanghai Dongfanghong Gallery, Shanghai
	Lines, Chinese Abstract Art, Creek Art, Shanghai
2006	6th Shanghai Biennale - Hyper Design, Shanghai Art Museum, Shanghai
	Color Your Life Art Exhibition, The Tolman Collection, Tokyo, Japan
	In The Name of Material, HSS Art Centre, Shanghai
	Tiny. Excellent, Xuhui Art Museum, Shanghai
	2006 Shanghai Abstract Art Exhibition, Mingyuan Art Center, Shanghai
	Contemporary Chinese Art , Galerie Karsten Greve, Cologne, Germany
2005	Alien Illusion, Shanghai Art Museum, Shanghai
	Involuntary, Original Gallery, Shanghai
2004	Shanghai Modern Art Exhibition, Henry Studio, Shanghai
	China - Abstract, Gallery Carol Johnssen, Munchen, Germany
	Shanghai Abstract Art, Mingyuan Art Center, Shanghai
	Beyond Dimensional Space, Shanghai Duolun Museum of Modern Art, Shanghai
2003	It is I, Pingyao International Photography Festival, Pingyao
	Chinese Maximalism, Millennium Art Museum, Beijing; University at Buffalo Art Galleries and Museum Studies, State University of New York at Buffalo, U.S.A.
	Take a Seat, Artsea Studio & Gallery, Shanghai
	Wind aus Shanghai , Kunst der Gengenwart aus Shanghai, Architekur Centrum Post an Stephansplatz, Sortierhalle, Hamburg, Germany
2002	Quick Look!, Shanghai Zhejiang Jiangsu Anhui Contemporary Art Exhibition, Consulate General of Switzerland, Shanghai
	Tow Abstract Artists in Shanghai, Ding Yi - Shen Fan, ShanghART Gallery, Shanghai
	The Paintings of Shen Fan, Pioneering Abstraction From Shanghai, Goedhuis Contemporary, New York, U.S.A.
	Three Asian Artists, Galerie Joho, Tubingen, Germany
	2002 Shanghai Abstract Art Group Show, Liu Haisu art museum, Shanghai
	Metaphysics 2002, Shanghai Art Museum, Shanghai
	Wind aus Shanghai - Kunst der Gegenwart aus Shanghai at Architekur Centrum Post an Stephansplatz, Sortierhalle, Hamburg, Germany
	Ost + West, Kuenstlerhaus, Vienna, Austria
	24:30 Contemporary Art Exhibition, Bizart, Shanghai
2001	Overstep, Walsh Gallery, Chicago, U.S.A.
	Transparence - Opacite Paris, Brussels, Barcelona
	Chinese Contemporary Art, Chinese Contemporary Gallery, Miami, U.S.A.
	Vision and sense of hearing, Carol Johnssen Gallery,Munich, Germany
	Gallery Opening, Goedhuis Contemporary, New York, U.S.A.
	Metaphysics 2001, Shanghai Art Museum, Shanghai
2000	Red, Room with a View, Shanghai
	Underneath 20, Shanghai
	Shanghai Art Museum Collection Exhibition, Shanghai Museum, Shanghai
	Artists of the Gallery, Galerie 14-1, Stuttgart, Germany
	2000 Shanghai, Walsh Gallery, Chicago, U.S.A.
	Crossing Over, Walsh Gallery, USA
	2000 China-Korea-Japan Contemporary Art Exhibition , Changning Culture and Art Centre, Shanghai
1999	Fortune Global Forum , Contemporary Art Exhibition, Jinmao Podium Bldg., Shanghai
	The Same but Also Changed, Photography Exhibition, Shanghai
	The City Abstract, The College of Fine Art of Shanghai University, Shanghai
	New Shanghai Abstract Art Exhibition, Shanghai
	99'Ceramic Arts Millennium-End Invitational Exhibition, Central Academy of Fine Arts, Beijing
	Difference Apperceive, Liu Hai Su Art Museum, Shanghai
	99`China Contemporary Ceramic Exhibition, Shanghai Jing Cheng, Shanghai
	Shen Fan - Liu Guang Yun Art Exhibition, The Academy of Shanghai University, Shanghai
	BM99, Bienal da Maya, Maya Art Center, Portugal
	The last 5 minutes of the 20th century, Eastlink gallery, Shanghai
1998	New Voices: Contemporary Art Dialogue Among, Hong Kong Art Center, Hong Kong; National Taiwan Art Education Institute, Taipei; Liu Hai Su Art Museum, Shanghai
	The China Contemporary Oil Painting Exhibition, Chang Ning Cultural Center, Shanghai
	White and Black, Chinese Contemporary Gallery, London, U.K.
	Home, Shanghai
	5000+10, Chinese Contemporary Gallery, London, U.K. ; Bilbao, Spain
	China! Touring Exhibition, Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin, Germany
	Jiangnan, Modern and Contemporary Art form South of the Yangzi River, Grunt Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
1997	The Contemporary Oil Painting of China , Liu Haisu Art Museum, Shanghai
	1997: Hong Kong China, Liu Haisu Museum, Shanghai
	Two Abstract Artists, Ursula Krinzinger Gallery, Vienna, Austria
	Last Three Years, Walsh Gallery, Chicago, U.S.A.
	Four Artists from Shanghai, The Center of World Trade, Bremen, Germany
	Outburst, The College of Fine Art of Shanghai University, Shanghai
	Quotation Marks, Chinese Contemporary Paintings, National Art Museum, Singapore
	97 Shanghai Oil Painting Exhibition, Contemporary Art Gallery,Shanghai
	China! Touring Exhibition of Modern Art, Artist's House, Vienna, Austria; Charlottenburg Exhibition Centre, Copenhagen, Denmark; Zacheta Modern Art Mudrum, Warsaw, Poland
1996	Shanghai Fax: Let's Talk about Money , International Fax Art Exhibition, Shanghai Huashan Professional School of Art Gallery, Shanghai
	Direct d`Art, Salon International D' ART Contemporain, Palais der Expositions, Nice, France
	Shanghai Abstract Art, ShanghART Gallery, Shanghai
	China!, Touring Exhibition, Kunstmuseum Bonn, Germany
1995	Shanghai Fax Art Exhibition, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
	In China, Carol Johnssen Gallery, Munich, Germany
1993	Three Artists from Shanghai, East-West Art Gallery, Chicago, U.S.A.
1992	Shen Fan and Jie, Shanghai Art Museum, Shanghai
1986	"M", Performance & Conceptual Art Exhibition, Hongkou District Cultural Centre, Shanghai

Public Collections

Shanghai Art Museum, Shanghai,