Shoran Jiang
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Shoran Jiang
Visual Artist, Writer and Art Educator
Shoran Jiang is an artist, writer and art educator based in London.
After obtaining her second MFA degree from Chelsea College of Arts in 2009, Shoran Jiang devoted herself into full-time art productions. Her practices primarily reflect upon personal images, narratives and fates under historical contexts, as well as examine the intertwining relationship between individuals and daily objects in the very present moments.
Since 2009 Shoran has participated in a range of exhibitions at venues, including public interactive exhibition Odyssey: Exploration in Tate Exchange Liverpool, online experimental exhibition Beyond Borders in 2020, Going Postal at ICA, 20/21 London International Art Fair at the Royal College of Art, Bloomsbury Art Fair at London House, Fat Art 2010 in Beijing and Cheers:) 2009 Exhibition at OXO Tower. Shoran’s 2018 solo show Food Object was held in 798 Arts District in Beijing.
As a writer, Shoran’s recent publication This Is Art, a series of ten children art books, juxtapose Western and East Asian artworks in both art and historical contexts, designed to foster cross-cultural horizons and inspire multi-disciplinary creativity for young audiences. The series is nominated for the ‘Good Book Award’ by the China Publishing Group in 2023. The book Splendidness of Dunhuang Art were endorsed by Dunhuang Art Museum as one of Children's Books of Dunhuang. It uses simple language and vivid illustrations to talk children through Dunhuang’s culture, history, art, legacy and influence in today’s world. KFC China approached the series for collaboration; they are now an exclusive gift for KFC China’s Happy Meals customers.
Over the years, Shoran has built up professional experience at different venues in working with audiance across different countries. In 2018, Shoran has led a series of public workshops RethINKING Tradition in various venues, including the Southbank Centre. In collaboration with choreographer Si Rawlinson, Shoran co-creates a public performance piece that integrates contemporary dance moves with calligraphy. The project celebrates the heritage and the legacy of traditional calligraphy, incorporating multi-disciplinary programmes and events designed specifically for families and young audiences.
Other significant UK-based experiences include Odyssey: Exploration at the Tate Exchange, Liverpool. Odyssey:Explorations is an arts project explores how transformative our personal journeys can be, when set against a backdrop of the global movement of peoples, cultures, materials and ideas. Participants made boats, learned how to 3D scan them and view them as augmented reality pop-ups. In this workshop, participants surprised people with their imagination and creativity; everyone enjoyed taking AR selfies with their 3D boat models.
Since 2022, Shoran has organically integrated traditional Chinese elements with game characters, giving game characters more Chinese cultural connotations and stories, and allowing more young people to understand traditional Chinese culture through games.
EDUCATION
2008-2009 Chelsea College of Arts, University of Arts London, Master of Arts in Fine Art.
2005-2007 Nankai University, China, Master of Arts in Fine Art.
2001-2005 Nankai University, China, Bachelor of Arts in Drawing.
EXHIBITIONS
2024 Beijing Contemporary Art Fair
2023 Boundless: Transitions, immersive multi-media exhibition, A.P.T. Gallery, curated by Fion Gunn, sponsored by Arts Council England
Food Present, FeastFest
'Digital Sandpit' organised by FACT in collaboration with the Virtual Engineering Centre and LCR Holistic
2022 Food Present, online exhibition
My Window, University of Sussex and online exhibition
2020 Beyond Borders, online exhibition curated by Joshua Gong & Han Hongzheng
2019 Odyssey: Exploration, Tate Exchange Liverpool, curated by Fion Gunn, sponsored by Arts Council England
2018 Food Object , Beijing 798, Solo Exhibition curated by Zikang Zhang, curator of CAFA
2017 Yaji-An Elegant Gathering, China Exchange, London
2015 New Journey to the West, Charlton House, London
2012 Bloomsbury Art Fair, London House
2011 Bloomsbury Art Fair, London House
Graphic Playground, Camden Centre, London
Dragons in the Lion’s Den, Smoke House Gallery, London
20/21 London International Art Fair, Royal College of Art, London
2010 FAT ART 2010, Sanlitun Village, Beijing
London Vox, Red Gate Gallery, London
2009 Cheers:) 2009 Exhibition, OXO Tower, London
Asian Cainozoic, Brick Lane Gallery, London
Going Postal, ICA, London
CONDENSATION 2009, Bodhi Gallery, London
2007 Nomination Exhibition for Students of Academies, Today Art Museum, Beijing, Third Prize
ART PROJECTS
2023 Green Wings Project
2021 Hoji Project
2019 Odyssey: Exploration, Tate Exchange Liverpool
a public interactive exhibition, with workshops in Tate Liverpool, Sunnyhill Children Centre, London Liverpool Irish Centre and Pagoda Arts Centre
2018 RethINKING Tradition, Southband Centre, London
collaborated with choreographer Si Rawlinson to create a public performance, with multi-disciplinary programmes and events
2017 Young Artist Exhibition, Bloomsbury Gallery, London
2016 design cover for art magazine Art.Zip, Co-operated with children
This issue is featured on theatres and dramas for young audience. The children’s drawings representing stage and audience in their views.
PUBLICATION AS AUTHOR
2022 This is Art, a series of ten books, nominated for the ‘Good Book Award’ by the China Publishing Group in 2023
2019 The Best of Famous Paintings
Splendidness of DunHuang Art
endorsed by Dunhuang Art Museum, an exclusive gift for KFC China’s Happy Meals customers.
Column Children's Art and Drawing published in print and on a WeChat media platform, where she also lectures about art education.
2015 Maters of Art: Turner, translated by Shoran
2005 Decorative Pattern and Chinese Embroidery Pattern Design
INTERVIEWS
2023 Interview: Young Chinese Artist in the UK, Shoran Jiang: Embracing Cultural Differences, by Ouyang Kaiyu, China News
Works Featured in 365+ Magazine
2016 From Pleasure to Pain, by American reporter Carmen King
2010 From Child Prodigy to Ideas Woman, by British Publisher Sajid Rivzi
2009 Female Artists Combined Chinese and the West, by BBC China
WORKSHOPS
Shoran has lectured of art education on social media platforms and has run workshops at different venues since 2009, includes the Southbank Centre, Courtauld Institute of Art , China Exchange, Bloomsbury Gallery, EIFA School, UKKids, Danes Hill School, CAS, Wenlin Chinese School, China Exchange etc.
2020 Online Art workshops, atracted children from the UK, Canada, USA and China.
2019 Public Workshop, Tate Exchange, Liverpool
2018 Calligraphy Workshop, the Southbank Centre
2017 China Exhange, London: Chinese art workshop
2016 Chinese Art workshop in Bloomsbury Gallery
2015 Presentator in Chinese calligraphy and painting, Courtauld Institute of Art, London
Art workshop in OVDVA, Oxford
www.shoranjiang.com Instagram: shoranjiang
Visual Artist, Writer and Art Educator
Shoran Jiang is an artist, writer and art educator based in London.
After obtaining her second MFA degree from Chelsea College of Arts in 2009, Shoran Jiang devoted herself into full-time art productions. Her practices primarily reflect upon personal images, narratives and fates under historical contexts, as well as examine the intertwining relationship between individuals and daily objects in the very present moments.
Since 2009 Shoran has participated in a range of exhibitions at venues, including public interactive exhibition Odyssey: Exploration in Tate Exchange Liverpool, online experimental exhibition Beyond Borders in 2020, Going Postal at ICA, 20/21 London International Art Fair at the Royal College of Art, Bloomsbury Art Fair at London House, Fat Art 2010 in Beijing and Cheers:) 2009 Exhibition at OXO Tower. Shoran’s 2018 solo show Food Object was held in 798 Arts District in Beijing.
As a writer, Shoran’s recent publication This Is Art, a series of ten children art books, juxtapose Western and East Asian artworks in both art and historical contexts, designed to foster cross-cultural horizons and inspire multi-disciplinary creativity for young audiences. The series is nominated for the ‘Good Book Award’ by the China Publishing Group in 2023. The book Splendidness of Dunhuang Art were endorsed by Dunhuang Art Museum as one of Children's Books of Dunhuang. It uses simple language and vivid illustrations to talk children through Dunhuang’s culture, history, art, legacy and influence in today’s world. KFC China approached the series for collaboration; they are now an exclusive gift for KFC China’s Happy Meals customers.
Over the years, Shoran has built up professional experience at different venues in working with audiance across different countries. In 2018, Shoran has led a series of public workshops RethINKING Tradition in various venues, including the Southbank Centre. In collaboration with choreographer Si Rawlinson, Shoran co-creates a public performance piece that integrates contemporary dance moves with calligraphy. The project celebrates the heritage and the legacy of traditional calligraphy, incorporating multi-disciplinary programmes and events designed specifically for families and young audiences.
Other significant UK-based experiences include Odyssey: Exploration at the Tate Exchange, Liverpool. Odyssey:Explorations is an arts project explores how transformative our personal journeys can be, when set against a backdrop of the global movement of peoples, cultures, materials and ideas. Participants made boats, learned how to 3D scan them and view them as augmented reality pop-ups. In this workshop, participants surprised people with their imagination and creativity; everyone enjoyed taking AR selfies with their 3D boat models.
Since 2022, Shoran has organically integrated traditional Chinese elements with game characters, giving game characters more Chinese cultural connotations and stories, and allowing more young people to understand traditional Chinese culture through games.
EDUCATION
2008-2009 Chelsea College of Arts, University of Arts London, Master of Arts in Fine Art.
2005-2007 Nankai University, China, Master of Arts in Fine Art.
2001-2005 Nankai University, China, Bachelor of Arts in Drawing.
EXHIBITIONS
2024 Beijing Contemporary Art Fair
2023 Boundless: Transitions, immersive multi-media exhibition, A.P.T. Gallery, curated by Fion Gunn, sponsored by Arts Council England
Food Present, FeastFest
'Digital Sandpit' organised by FACT in collaboration with the Virtual Engineering Centre and LCR Holistic
2022 Food Present, online exhibition
My Window, University of Sussex and online exhibition
2020 Beyond Borders, online exhibition curated by Joshua Gong & Han Hongzheng
2019 Odyssey: Exploration, Tate Exchange Liverpool, curated by Fion Gunn, sponsored by Arts Council England
2018 Food Object , Beijing 798, Solo Exhibition curated by Zikang Zhang, curator of CAFA
2017 Yaji-An Elegant Gathering, China Exchange, London
2015 New Journey to the West, Charlton House, London
2012 Bloomsbury Art Fair, London House
2011 Bloomsbury Art Fair, London House
Graphic Playground, Camden Centre, London
Dragons in the Lion’s Den, Smoke House Gallery, London
20/21 London International Art Fair, Royal College of Art, London
2010 FAT ART 2010, Sanlitun Village, Beijing
London Vox, Red Gate Gallery, London
2009 Cheers:) 2009 Exhibition, OXO Tower, London
Asian Cainozoic, Brick Lane Gallery, London
Going Postal, ICA, London
CONDENSATION 2009, Bodhi Gallery, London
2007 Nomination Exhibition for Students of Academies, Today Art Museum, Beijing, Third Prize
ART PROJECTS
2023 Green Wings Project
2021 Hoji Project
2019 Odyssey: Exploration, Tate Exchange Liverpool
a public interactive exhibition, with workshops in Tate Liverpool, Sunnyhill Children Centre, London Liverpool Irish Centre and Pagoda Arts Centre
2018 RethINKING Tradition, Southband Centre, London
collaborated with choreographer Si Rawlinson to create a public performance, with multi-disciplinary programmes and events
2017 Young Artist Exhibition, Bloomsbury Gallery, London
2016 design cover for art magazine Art.Zip, Co-operated with children
This issue is featured on theatres and dramas for young audience. The children’s drawings representing stage and audience in their views.
PUBLICATION AS AUTHOR
2022 This is Art, a series of ten books, nominated for the ‘Good Book Award’ by the China Publishing Group in 2023
2019 The Best of Famous Paintings
Splendidness of DunHuang Art
endorsed by Dunhuang Art Museum, an exclusive gift for KFC China’s Happy Meals customers.
Column Children's Art and Drawing published in print and on a WeChat media platform, where she also lectures about art education.
2015 Maters of Art: Turner, translated by Shoran
2005 Decorative Pattern and Chinese Embroidery Pattern Design
INTERVIEWS
2023 Interview: Young Chinese Artist in the UK, Shoran Jiang: Embracing Cultural Differences, by Ouyang Kaiyu, China News
Works Featured in 365+ Magazine
2016 From Pleasure to Pain, by American reporter Carmen King
2010 From Child Prodigy to Ideas Woman, by British Publisher Sajid Rivzi
2009 Female Artists Combined Chinese and the West, by BBC China
WORKSHOPS
Shoran has lectured of art education on social media platforms and has run workshops at different venues since 2009, includes the Southbank Centre, Courtauld Institute of Art , China Exchange, Bloomsbury Gallery, EIFA School, UKKids, Danes Hill School, CAS, Wenlin Chinese School, China Exchange etc.
2020 Online Art workshops, atracted children from the UK, Canada, USA and China.
2019 Public Workshop, Tate Exchange, Liverpool
2018 Calligraphy Workshop, the Southbank Centre
2017 China Exhange, London: Chinese art workshop
2016 Chinese Art workshop in Bloomsbury Gallery
2015 Presentator in Chinese calligraphy and painting, Courtauld Institute of Art, London
Art workshop in OVDVA, Oxford
www.shoranjiang.com Instagram: shoranjiang
