SHAO YAN
Shao Yan was born in Shandong Province in 1962. He studied Fine Arts at Shandong Laiyang University in 1981 and at the Central Academy of Fine Arts, city, in 1990. He currently lives and works in Beijing, China. Shao skillfully merges abstraction and traditional calligraphy, creatively presenting his subconscious images through modern calligraphy. The works exhibited reveal his various experiments and exploration of the deconstruction of form and the space of Chinese ideograms. Shao’s state of mind is portrayed by the diverse brushstrokes and the aura of his works has been strengthened through consistent practice and reviews.
His calligraphy has been exhibited at the Shanghai Art Museum, China; Today Art Museum, Beijing, China; Columbia University, New York, USA; 1st International Calligraphy Biennial, Seoul, Korea. Shao Yan’s artworks have been collected by Sydney University, Australia; Toady Art Museum, China; the Henry Luce Foundation, United States.
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