Education
2014-2019
BFA Honours in Visual Arts, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
BFA Honours in Art History, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
Professional Experience
2019 Artist in Residence, Residency Unlimited, Brooklyn, New York.
Solo Exhibitions
2020 “A Winter Solstice Prayer” Metropolitan West, Volta Art Fair, New York
2020 “Free Fall” Z Gallery Arts, Vancouver, Canada.
2019 “Free Fall” Hatch Art Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
2018-2019 “The Diary of Destroying a Map” Z Gallery Arts, Vancouver, Canada
2018 “The Diary of Destroying a Map” Yia_Young International Art Fair, Le Carreau Du Temple, Paris, France
2018 “The Diary of Destroying a Map” Hatch Art Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
Group Exhibitions
2019 “Reclamation” Compere Collective, curated by Anna Cahn, Brooklyn, New York
2019 “The Lind Prize 2019” The Polygon Art Gallery, North Vancouver, Canada
2019 “Weird Flux” Audain Art Center, curated by Phillip McCrum, Vancouver, Canada
2018 “Emerging Vision” Z Gallery Arts, curated by Zohra Bonnis, Vancouver
2018 “Into the Dark” Hatch Art Gallery, curated by Maxim Greer,Vancouver
2018 “Together We Built” Robert Lee Alumni Center, curated by Bella Zhai, Vancouver
2017 “HENN Show” Hatch Art Gallery, Vancouver
Awards
2019 Shortlist for Philip B. Lind Emerging Artist Prize, Vancouver
2017 Faculty of Arts International Student Scholarship, UBC, Vancouver
2017 John Alexander McDonald Scholarship in Humanities, UBC, Vancouver
2017 IODE Fine Arts Foundation Scholarship, UBC, Vancouver
Publications
Katie White, “Why 23-Year-Old Artist Ran Zhou Began Buying Thousands of Plastic Dolls Online to Make a Disquieting New Series.” Artnet News. Oct 2019. Web.
Riya Talitha, “Free Fall makes space for ‘unintentional’ art at the Hatch.” The UBYSSEY. Jan 2019: 6. Print.
Raina Cameron, “Ran Zhou: History in the Present Tense.” Undergraduate Journal of Art History and Visual Culture (UJAH). Issue 9. Spring 2018: 82-89. Print.
Yuanqing Hou, “Ran Zhou: The Diary of Destroying a Map.” Gallerieswest. Oct 2018. Web.
Yuanqing Hou, “Ran Zhou, The Diary of Destroying a Map at Paris Contemporary Art Show.” Z Gallery Arts. Sep 2018. Web.
Conferences
2018 Multidisciplinary Undergraduate Research Conference (MURC 2018), Emperor Huizong’s Political Hint of Slender Gold Calligraphy, conference paper, Vancouver
2017 Multidisciplinary Undergraduate Research Conference (MURC 2017), The Challenge of Thangka: The Role of Tibetan Painters within Social Changes, conference paper, Vancouver
Collections
Beijing Tourist Map. Z Gallery Arts. Vancouver, Canada
The Hidden City. Z Gallery Arts. Vancouver
The Diary of Destroying a Map. Z Gallery Arts. Vancouver
Mountains and Rivers. Z Gallery Arts. Vancouver