SHURU FAN

Fan Shuru was born in Nantong, Jiangsu province in 1960. He graduated from the Nanjing Normal University in 1988, with a Master’sDegree from the Institute of Fine Arts. He taught at Peking University from 1988 to 1993, and moved to Japan in 1993. He currently livesand works in Hiroshima. Fan exhibited in the First Annual Avant-garde Exhibition China (National Art Museum of China, Beijing, 1989),and held a solo exhibit at the China Academy of Fine Art Gallery (CAFA Gallery, Beijing, 1992). Some of his recent solo exhibits includeRise and Fall: Fan Shuru Exhibition (Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art, Hiroshima, 2002), Disneyland Project and WhiteLandscape (Yamakochi Prefectural Art Museum, Yamakochi, 2009) and Power Space (Yachiyono oka Museum of Art, Hiroshima, 2009).Key group exhibits that Fan has participated in include the 6th and 7th Annual Hiroshima Art Competitions (Hiroshima City Museum ofContemporary Art, Hiroshima, 1999 / 2000). His works have been collected by Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art and YUZMuseum, etc.