Red Dolls
THE MAP SERIES
THE MAP SERIES
THE MAP SERIES
Ran Zhou
RAN ZHOU
Education
2021-present
MA Contemporary Art Practice, Royal College of Art, London, UK
2014-2019.
BFA Honours, Visual Arts, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
BFA Honours, Art History, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
Professional Experience
2019 Artist in Residence, Residency Unlimited, Brooklyn, New York.
Solo + Duo Exhibitions
2021. “Subhuman: a feminist contemplation of body" curated by Yubing Guo, Canton-Sardine, Vancouver, BC, CA
2020 “Ran Zhou: A Winter Solstice Prayer” Metropolitan West, Volta Art Fair, New York, USA
2020 “Ran Zhou: Free Fall” Z Gallery Arts, Vancouver, BC, CA.
2019 “Free Fall” Hatch Art Gallery, Vancouver, BC, CA
2018-2019 “The Diary of Destroying a Map” Z Gallery Arts, Vancouver, BC, CA
2018 “Ran Zhou: 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, CA
Group Exhibitions
2021 "Art Spaceship" virtual show curated by Anna Shvet, in collaboration with V-Art digital and TAtcher's Art Management
2019 “Reclamation” Compere Collective, curated by Anna Cahn, Brooklyn, New York, USA
2019 “The Lind Prize 2019” The Polygon Art Gallery, North Vancouver, BC. CA
2019 “Weird Flux” Audain Art Center, Vancouver, BC. CA
2018 “Emerging Vision” Z Gallery Arts, curated by Zohra Bonnis, Vancouver, BC. CA
2018 “Into the Dark” Hatch Art Gallery, curated by Maxim Greer, Vancouver, BC. CA
2018 “Together We Built” Robert Lee Alumni Center, Vancouver, BC. CA
2017 “HENN Show” Hatch Art Gallery, Vancouver, BC. CA
Awards & Finalists
2022 Best Experimental Short, London International Short Film Festival, London UK
2022 Best Sci-Fi Short, Palm Springs Movie Awards, Palm Springs, CA, USA
2022 Winner of Best Animation, “Simulacra: sculpting our time" film festival, London UK
2022 Finalist of Best Animation, Korea International Short Film Festival, Seoul, Korea
2019 Finalist of Philip B. Lind Emerging Artist Prize, Vancouver, BC. CA
2017 Faculty of Arts International Student Scholarship, UBC, Vancouver, BC. CA
2017 John Alexander McDonald Scholarship in Humanities, UBC, Vancouver, BC. CA
2017 IODE Fine Arts Foundation Scholarship, UBC, Vancouver, BC. CA
Film Screening Selections
2022 International Futurological Film Festival, Lotz, Poland
2022 Animex Festival 2022, Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire, UK
2022 OtherMovie Lugano Film Festival, Lugano, Switzerland
2022 Emerging Artists Film Festival, Calgary, Canada
2022 London International Short Film Festival, London, UK
Press + Publications
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, BC, CA
The Hidden City. Z Gallery Arts. Vancouver, BC, CA
The Diary of Destroying a Map. Z Gallery Arts. Vancouver, BC, CA
Mountains and Rivers. Z Gallery Arts. Vancouver, BC, CA