Sian Fan

Sian Fan is part of Lick The Future, a where's the frame? collection of 6 London vanguard artists. The London based artist graduated from CSM in 2020 and seeks new ways for people to coexist with technology – especially when it comes to the embodiment, spirituality and human experience in this hyperconnected world. For more information, go to her collection page.

Education

 

2018-2020

Central SaintMartins, MA Fine Art, Distinction

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2011-2014

TheUniversity of Brighton, BA Performance & Visual Art Dance, 1st Class withHons

 

 

Solo Exhibitions

2020

 

SianFan: Works, Mercury Online Festival, Online

TheNew Artist, Online

 

 

Selected Group Exhibitions

2020

Houseof Bandits, Sarabande Foundation, London, UK

DigitalArt Month, Contemporary and Digital Art Fair, Miami, USA

Lickthe Future, Where's the Frame?, Online

ArtistShowcase Program, Urban Screens, Sydney, Australia

DigitalArt Month, Contemporary and Digital Art Fair, New York, USA

MayFair Art Weekend Showreel, The May Fair Hotel, London, UK

Off-site:Designing at a Distance, London Design Festival, Granary Square,London, UK

VirtualDesign Week, Aciiid, Online

Together,Slash Arts, Harwich, UK

GraduateShowcase, Central Saint Martins, Online

DoKnot With 'Er', Lux, Online

Introductions,Slash Arts, Artland, Online

AreYou Still Watching?, The Viewing Room, Online

15,Online Performance Art Festival, Online

Becomings,APT Gallery, London, UK

Sale,Tate Exchange, Tate Modern, London, UK

 

2019

PostGraduate Auction, The Lethaby Gallery, London, UK

CreativeLab, Arcade East, London, UK

STORYHACK,British Council, Tirana, Albania  

Livesof Net Art, Tate Modern, London, UK

VanishingPoint: The Curation and Preservation of Virtual Reality, Central SaintMartins, London, UK

WeAre Here We Are, Apiary Studios, London, UK

Movement,Tate Exchange, Tate Modern, London, UK

 

 

2018

PlayUK,British Council, Western Balkans, Bulgaria

Broke,The Minories, Colchester, UK

TechnoUtopia by G_url Project, Sluice Gallery, London, UK

Plugin,Firstsite, Colchester, UK

PlayBack, ICA, London, UK

TheFinder, Offsite Project, Online

Catalyst,RADA, London, UK

Error,Dalpofz, Online

 

2017

HerVisions, Second Home, London, UK

PlayBack, De La Warr Pavilion, Bexhill On Sea, UK

PlayBack, Aesthetica Short Film Festival, London, UK

TECHNEX The Wrong, The Wrong Biennale, Online

​We:You, Me, Firstsite, Colchester, UK

​Ignition:First Acts, Ruskin Gallery, Cambridge, UK

​PlayBack, Encounters Film Festival, London, UK

​FloatDigital, Firstsite, Colchester, UK

PlayBack, SPACE Studios, London, UK

​MediaArt Fair Germany, Contemporary Art Ruhr, Essen, Germany

 

2016

YouDon't Own Me, Isthisit, Online

Unlock,The Junction, Cambridge, UK

​AndyWarhol: Digital Factory Residency, Firstsite, Colchester, UK

OutOn Tour, The Gibberd Gallery, Harlow, UK

 

2015

 

AfterDark, Cuckoo Farm Studios, Colchester, UK

2014

GraduateShow, University of Brighton, Brighton, UK

​BrightonFestival, Grand Parade Gallery, Brighton, UK

AWARDS, RESIDENCIES& COMMISSIONS

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2020

SiteGallery Fresh Takes Commission

EssexCultural Diversity Projects: Essex 2020 Commission

ArtsthreadX ID Global Design Graduate Show Digital Arts Winner

SpillOpen (Shortlist)

LumenPrize (Longlist)

Signals Communicationin Times of Crisis Commission

MullenLowe NovaAward Nomination

​SocialConvention LABS Residency 

ThePlace: Choreodrome (Shortlist)

Phoenix:IdleWeb Commission

FirstsiteCollectors Award

 

2019

 

ArcadeEast Creative Lab

BBCNew Creatives Commission

TheUAL Mona Hatoum Scholarship

 

2018

SouthEast Dance Flourish Fund (Shortlist)

 

2017

 

FirstsiteCollectors Award

CollusionCommissions (Shortlist)

IgnitionCatalyst Award

ScreenSouth VR Lab Bursary

SouthEast Dance Supported Artist

FloatDigital Associate Artist

 

2016

 

RandomActs Ignition Commission

GibberdGallery: Out On Tour Commission

FirstsiteDigital Factory Residency

 

2015

ENASTravel Award

 

2014

SeoulNational University Outstanding Creative Achievement Award