夏瀚

Born 1993, Shanghai, Lives and work in Shanghai and Online.

Xia Han’s artistic endeavors revolve around the realms of computer games, consumer culture, and the ethical implications of technology. His creative practice predominantly employs game engines and video as the primary mediums for artistic expression. He treats the game scene as a stage, and the audience as characters to build a virtual landscape theater of utopia and ruins, desire and loss, mostly in pessimistic colors. Presently, Han conducts research and exploration, utilizing video games as a medium for communication and as a means to delve into the intricacies of their distinctive language.

He is the founder of 33ml offspace

33ml offspace, established in Shanghai in 2020, is an artist-run alternative space. The space explores and presents experimental projects by young artists in a pioneering and non-profit manner, creates a space for academics and exchanges, builds a complete ecology of Chinese art, and actively promotes cooperation between artists and art organizations.

Education:

2012 – 2016   BA Fine Art, East China Normal University, China

2018 – 2019   MA Fine Art, Chelsea College of Arts, UK

Solo Exhibitions:

2024, Gas Station, Vanguard gallery, Shanghai, CN

2023, The Sweat of Arabica, WS GALLERY X ShanghART, Shanghai, CN

2023, Technologic, 33ml offspace, Shanghai, CN

Selected Group Exhibitions

2025

Artist’s Treat, Former Ecole Primaire de Lagrené, Shanghai,CN

Infinite Scroll, Chau Chak Wing Museum, Sydney, AU

Tender Comrade, White Rabbit Gallery, Sydney, AU

2024

A Journey FROM the Center of the Earth, Bund Art Center 185 Space, Shanghai, CN

HumanScapes, Blank Gallery, Shanghai, CN

Erotic Codex, Honor Fraser Gallery, Los Angeles, USA

2023

Eros Randomizer, Nan Ke Gallery, Shanghai, CN

West Bund Art & Design, West Bund Art Center, Shanghai, CN

A Real Engine, Taipei Digital Art Center, Taipei, TW

2022

Magician and Hound, 609 Space, Shanghai, CN

Racing Beyond, West Bund Art Center, Shanghai, CN

Spicy Strip Era, Epoch Art Museum, Wenzhou, CN

Crystal Hour, Thetis S.p.A – La Tesa 105, Venice, IT

FILE Electronic Language International Festival, Centro Cultural FIESP, São Paulo, BR

2021

PHASE, Tank Shanghai, Shanghai, CN

Hereditary Territory, Powerlong Museum, Shanghai, CN

Free Falling, 33ml offspace, Shanghai, CN

2020

Vacation at the End of the World, Electric Artefacts, London (Online)

Over the Real, Lucca, IT

Backlight, 33ml offspace, Shanghai, CN

Environmental Crisis, Gerald Moore Gallery, London, UK

The Wake UP! Memorial, NewMediaFest2020, Cologne, GE (Online)

2019

Esports Digital Art Prizes 2019, Arcade, Hong Kong

Spread the Virus’ Vol 2, offsiteproject & dateagle, London (Onine)

Chelsea MA Summer Show, Chelsea, London, UK

Late at Tate Britain, Tate Britain, London, UK

Wicked Game, Triangle Space, London, UK

2018

E Pluribs Unum, Cook House Gallery, London, UK

The 6th Animamix Biennale: Ballade, Museum of Contemporary Art, Shanghai, CN

2017

Energy Field, Museum of Contemporary Art, Shanghai, CN

Contact：

email: xiahanart@outlook.com

Instagram: xiaaahan