夏瀚
Born 1993, Shanghai, Lives and work in Shanghai and Online.
Xia Han’s work focuses on computer games, consumer culture and technological ethics. His artistic practice uses game engines and video as the main creative medium. He treats the game scenes as stages and the audience as characters in a virtual theatre. The works often construct a non-realistic world or virtual landscape, and are often pessimistic in tone. He is currently using video games as an index for his research and exploration of their unique language and as a medium of communication.In the meantime, he and a friend founded the independent art space 33ml offspace in Shanghai in 2020 to support his own and young artists’ ongoing voice with their creations.
Education:
2012 – 2016 BA Fine Art, East China Normal University, China
2018 – 2019 MA Fine Art, Chelsea College of Arts, UK
Selected Group Exhibitions:
2022
FILE Electronic Language International Festival，Centro Cultural FIESP，巴西圣保罗
2021
垂直起飞，星汇当代美术馆，重庆
次元视界， 离朱艺术空间，长沙
黎明牧场与音乐厅，LSP在地公园，广州
PHASE相.数字艺术展，油罐艺术中心，上海
People With，离画廊，上海
世袭领地，宝龙美术馆，上海
当下，库茨艺术中心，上海
自由落体，33ml offspace，上海
2020
Free Fall, 33ml offspace, Shanghai
Vacation at the End of the World, Electric Artefacts, London (Online)
West Bund Art & Design, West Bund Art Center, Shanghai
Over the Real, Lucca, Italy
Backlight, 33ml offspace, Shanghai
Fragile Relation, SEEWELL SPACE, FuZhou
Journey of Water，SiNan ArtHouse，Shanghai
Environmental Crisis, Gerald Moore Gallery, London
The Wake UP! Memorial, NewMediaFest2020, Cologne (Online)
2019
Esports Digital Art Prizes 2019, Arcade, Hong Kong
Spread the Virus’ Vol 2, offsiteproject & dateagle, London
Chelsea MA Summer Show, Chelsea, London
Late at Tate Britain 5 July, Tate Britain, London
Sympathetic Visage, 31-33 Church Street Marylebone, London
Wicked Game, Triangle Space, London
2018
E Pluribs Unum, Cook House Gallery, London
A4 Animation Season, A4 Art Museum, Chengdu
The 6th Animamix Biennale: Ballade, Museum of Contemporary Art, Shanghai
2017
Energy Field, Museum of Contemporary Art, Shanghai
2016
Trans-Design, West Bund Art & Design, Shanghai
Wenzhou International Design Biennial, HOW Art Museum, Wenzhou
Sentiment & Dynamic Inertia, Korean Cultural Center, Shanghai
The End of The World as We Know, Cospace Gallery, Shanghai
Future Prospect, TEDxCaohejingPark, Shanghai
2016 Shanghai Design Week, Shanghai Exhibition Center
Shanghai Art Fair (20th), Shanghai Exhibition & Convention CenterIndustrial
Punk Shuttle, The Little Gallery, Shanghai
Day Dreamer, Shanghai Theatre Academy
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