Education 

2014-2019

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BFA, Honours in Visual Arts, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC

BFA, Honours in Art History, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC

Artist in Residence, Residency Unlimited, Brooklyn, NY.

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Solo Exhibitions

           

2020                (upcoming) "A Winter Solstice Prayer" Metropolitan West, Volta Art Fair, New York

2020              "Free Fall" Z Gallery Arts, Vancouver, BC.

2019                "Free Fall" Hatch Art Gallery, Vancouver, BC

2018-2019       “The Diary of Destroying a Map” Z Gallery Arts, Vancouver, BC

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, BC

 

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Group Exhibitions

 

2019                "Reclamation" Compere Collective, Brooklyn, NY.

2019                “The Lind Prize 2019” The Polygon Art Gallery, North Vancouver, BC.

2019                “Weird Flux Graduating Exhibition” Audain Art Center, Vancouver, BC.

2018                “Emerging Vision” Z Gallery Arts, Vancouver, BC

2018                “Into the Dark” Hatch Art Gallery, Vancouver, BC

2018                “Together We Built” Robert Lee Alumni Center, Vancouver, BC

2017                “HENN Show” Hatch Art Gallery, Vancouver, BC

 

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Awards

 

2019    Shortlist for Philip B. Lind Emerging Artist Prize, Vancouver, BC.

2017    Faculty of Arts International Student Scholarship, UBC, Vancouver, BC

2017    John Alexander McDonald Scholarship in Humanities, UBC, Vancouver, BC

2017    IODE Fine Arts Foundation Scholarship, UBC, Vancouver, BC

    

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Publications

 

"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.

“Free Fall makes space for ‘unintentional’ art at the Hatch.” The UBYSSEY. Jan 2019: 6. Print.

“Ran Zhou: History in the Present Tense.” UJAH. Issue 9. Spring 2018: 82-89. Print.

“Ran Zhou: The Diary of Destroying a Map.” Gallerieswest. Oct 2018. Web.

“Ran Zhou, The Diary of Destroying a Map at Paris Contemporary Art Show.” Z Gallery Arts. Sep 2018. Web.

 

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Collections

 

Beijing Tourist Map. Z Gallery Arts. Vancouver, BC.

The Hidden City. Z Gallery Arts. Vancouver, BC.

The Diary of Destroying a Map. Z Gallery Arts. Vancouver, BC.

Mountains and Rivers. Z Gallery Arts. Vancouver, BC.