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Chris Zhongtian Yuan

b.1988, Wuhan, China
lives and works in London (UK)

Chris Zhongtian Yuan (b. Wuhan, 1988) is an artist based in the UK. Yuan’s practice examines both immediate and distant everyday spaces from the psyche through a diverse set of strategies including re­constructing, measuring, modelling, drawing and storytelling, resulting in an integrated presentation of vernacular architecture, DIY music and oral his­tory.
Themes explored including childhood, domesticity, and cultural mythology.

Chris Zhongtian Yuan (b.1988, lives and works in London) holds a master’s degree from the Architecture Association School of Architecture (London). He is currently pursuing a Ph.D. in Fine Art at Kingston School of Art (London). Yuan’s works have been extensively featured in institutional exhibitions worldwide, including the Times Museum (Guangzhou, China), Somerset House (London, UK), Reading International (Reading, UK), Macalline Art Centre (Beijing, China), V.O Curations (London, UK), and K11 (Wuhan, China). Additionally, Yuan has participated in screenings and performances at the San Diego Asian Film Festival (California, US, 2023), the International Film Festival Rotterdam (Rotterdam, the Netherlands, 2023), the B3 Biennial of the Moving Image (Frankfurt, Germany, 2022), Whitechapel Gallery (London, UK, 2022), the Power Station of Art (Shanghai, China, 2021), among others. They are the recipient of the 2021-22 FLAMIN Fellowship with Film London, K11 Art 11 Prize, and 2020 Aesthetica Art Prize.


RELATED EXHIBITIONS
Licking, Weeping, Braying, Solo show, Tabula Rasa London, March 2024
I Could Not Recall How I Got Here, Group show, Tabula Rasa London, November 2021


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