Yuan Fangzhou Enho-shu

YUAN Fangzhou /
Born in Liaoning Province, China. After graduating from the Department of Arts and Crafts, Tsinghua University Academy of Fine Arts in 2018, she came to Japan. In 2020, she completed the Master's program in Crafts at Tokyo University of the Arts. Currently, she is enrolled in the doctoral program in Crafts at Tokyo University of the Arts and is active mainly in Tokyo. Focusing on the relationship between people, objects, and nature, and based on her philosophy influenced by post-minimalism and Eastern thought such as Buddhism, she creates works that intertwine multiple media and techniques, including three-dimensional works, paintings, and videos, primarily using glass as a material.

[Biography]

1995    Born in Liaoning Province, China
2018    Graduated from Tsinghua University Academy of Fine Arts, Department of Arts and Crafts, Glass Major
2018-   Youth Member, Japan Glass Artcrafts Association
2019    Enrolled in the Master's program in Ceramics (Ceramic, Porcelain, Glass Art) within the Crafts Department, Graduate School of Fine Arts, Tokyo University of the Arts
2020-  Kuma Foundation Creator Scholarship Recipient, 4th (5th) Term
2021-   Enrolled in the Doctoral program in Ceramics (Ceramic, Porcelain, Glass Art) within the Crafts Department, Graduate School of Fine Arts, Tokyo University of the Arts

[Solo Exhibitions]
2023    The boundary of black (kuma gallery, Tokyo)
2023    Presence and Absence (ars gallery, Tokyo)
2021　 The nonentity within the entity (Decameron, Tokyo)

[Selected Exhibitions]

2024　Mana Kawamura + Fangzhou Yuan duo exhibition "UTSUROI" (Tokyo International Gallery, Tokyo)
          　biscuit gallery Curator Projects Vol.2 "Realizing clearly on the way home" (biscuit gallery, Tokyo)
2023   ARTISTS' FAIR KYOTO 2023 (Kyoto Museum of Culture, Kyoto)
            　Shibuya Style Vol.17 (Seibu Shibuya Art Gallery, Tokyo)
2022   KUMA EXHIBITION 2022 (ANB Tokyo, Tokyo)
           　 ANB Open Studio vol.1 (ANB Tokyo, Tokyo)
          　  The 15th Oita Asian Sculpture Exhibition (Asakura Fumio Memorial Museum, Oita) (Tokyo)
2021    The 69th Tokyo University of the Arts Graduation Works Exhibition (Tokyo University of the Arts Museum, Tokyo)
            　The 15th Geidai Art Plaza Award Exhibition (Tokyo)
　　 　The 24th Taro Okamoto Award for Contemporary Art Exhibition (Taro Okamoto Museum of Art, Kawasaki City)
            　KUMA EXHIBITION 2021 (Tokyo)
2018    University Glass Art Exhibition (Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts, Guangzhou)
           　 Tsinghua University Academy of Fine Arts Graduation Works Exhibition (Tsinghua University Art Museum, Beijing)
           　 "Fusion & Crossover" Triennial Contemporary Glass Art Exhibition (China)
2017    International Exhibition of Young Craftsmen, 3rd "Xin Ji Yi Reiko" (Shanghai)
           　 The 2nd Hangzhou International Contemporary Glass Triennial (China Academy of Art, Hangzhou)
2016    Tianyuan IGAF 2016 Glass & Ice (China)

[Awards]

2022　The 22nd Art Meets Architecture Competition (AAC2022) Excellence Award
2021     Selected for the 24th Taro Okamoto Award for Contemporary Art Exhibition
                  Awarded the Tokyo University of the Arts Harada Prize Scholarship Fund
                  Prize winner at the 1st Miyawaka International Art Triennial Try Art
　            The 21st Art Meets Architecture Competition (AAC2021) Excellence Award
2020   Selected for the 8th Contemporary Glass Exhibition in Sanyo-Onoda
2018    The 14th Oita Asian Sculpture Exhibition Excellence Award

2017    Awarded at the 3rd "Xin Ji Yi Reiko" International Youth Craft Art Exhibition