Dai Dandan

1979 Born in Beijing, China

2004 Graduated from University of Wales in Wales, UK with a Master of Arts degree

2002 Graduated from Communication University of China, with a Bachelor of Arts degree

Currently lives and works in Beijing, China

ARTIST STATEMENT

‘Freedom is limited under the rules. It is human nature to break away from restrictions and gain freedom.

It is a landscape of restriction and freedom.

The lines, the warp and weft, are the rules. The key is how to break the rule and get freedom. These beautiful latitude and longitude lines, just like the art of society. It seems to be perfect, but they are lifeless. Breaking the routine are the core values of the works. Each of works is a process of breaking. The process is a kind of confrontation and struggle between freedom and rules, as well as fight between sensibility and rationality. Frame and color limit the element and consciousness.

We can find a good way to keep everything going well between freedom and rules’… Dai Dandan

SOLO EXHIBITION

2017 Hopscotch, XC.HuA Gallery, Beijing

2017 ONE Art Museum Program x Matrix, Trainspotting, Beijing

2017 GIFT, MH Maker, Shenzhen

2016 Woven Freedom, Triumph Art Space, Beijing

2016 Braid, NKN Gallery, Melbourne

2014 Boundless, BM Art, Beijing

2012 Mr & Mrs Huang in the Humble Administrator’s Garden, Studio Rouge, Shanghai & HongKong

GROUP EXHIBITON

2019 ‘Wulong Lanba Art Festival 2019’, Chongqing, China

2019 “Have You Forgotten Me”, Chen Gallery, Beijing, China

2019 “Ingenious Harmony”, V Space Contemporary Art Life Exhibtion, Beijing, China

2019 “Art Beijing 2019”, Art Nova 100, Beijing, China

2019 “Prospect of Youth Art”, Harvey Galleries, Sydney, Australia

2019 “Have Fun”, Cheng Center For Contemporary Art, Beijing, China

2018 Yes or No! 2018 Art Nova 100, Guardian Art Center, Beijing

2018 Density Talisman Array, Ying Space, Beijing

2018 Spring Luster, Sky Moca, Beijing

2018 12^th Arte Laguna Prize, Arsenale of Venice, Italy

2017 Rebuild & Transition – Chinese Contemporary Art Exhibition, Art Museum of Sichuan Fine Arts Institute, Sichuan

2017 A Bosom Friend Afar Brings Distant Land Near, Being 3 Gallery, Beijing

2016 Suncheon International Eco-environmental Art Festival, Suncheon, Korea

2016 Art 021 Shanghai Contemporary Art Fair, Shanghai

2016 Chinese Contemporary, La Maison De La Culture À Diekirch, Luxembourg

2016 Art Nova 100, Beijing

2015 Art Nova 100 5^th Anniversary Celebration, Beijing

2015 Out of the Box!- SURGE Art’s exhibition, Red Gate Gallery, Beijing

2015 Are we All we are? -Residence artists’ exhibition, Busan Korea

2015 we we we, Art space at Cofco Plaza, Beijing

2014 Pure and Intangible, , Beijing, Shanghai

2014 New Generation of Abstract Art, Sishang Art Museum, Beijing

2014 ArtNova 100-HongKong, HongKong K11 Art Center, HongKong

2014 Temperature of Lines, Mingtai Space, Beijing

2014 France-China, 1964-2014: A time of Recognition & Friendship,

2014 Art exhibition featuring 50 Chinese artists, 17^th arrondissement of Paris, France

2014 Beijing – SLC connect, Alvin Gittins Gallery, Salt Lake City

2013 ArtNova 100, Beijing, Shanghai, Shenzhen

2013 Considering the spiritual, NING Space, Beijing

2013 Oriental Objects, BM Art Creative, Beijing

2012 Carnival-Hei Qiao Artist Community (I)’, Mizuma & One Gallery, Beijing

2010 The Republic, South Art Space, 798 ART ZONE, Beijing

Artist-In-Residency

2017 MH Maker, Shenzhen, China

2015 Openspace Bae, Busan, Korea

2014 “Living-Gallery” @Alvin Gittins Gallery, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, USA

2012 L’hotel élan, Hongkong

2010 Gertrude Contemporary Art Space, Melbourne, Australia

Public Projects

2018 ‘Colorful WEY’, WEY SUV branding Launch, 798 Art Factory, Beijing

2017 BEIJING DESIGN WEEK, Hebei Branch Venue

2017 ‘Gathering Design Power’, Rosewood Hotel, Beijing

2016 ‘Art Intervention’, Beijing Financial Street Shopping Mall, Beijing

2016 ‘Art Intervention’, Shine Hills, Beijing

Prize

2018 Special Prize, Arte Laguna Prize, Venice, Italy