Jiao Jian

Jiao Jian 矯健 (b.1962) is a contemporary artist who works mainly with the photographic medium. In 1984, he graduated with a Bachelor’s Degree in Arts, Crafts and Decorating from the Zhejiang Institute of Fine Art (now known as the China Academy of Art) in Hangzhou, China. He further pursued his post graduate studies in Visual Communication at the institute in 1992. In 1995, he enrolled in a photography course at the West Sydney Institute of Fine Art in Australia. Subsequently, he underwent a short-term master’s degree program in Photography held in conjunction between the Beijing Central Fine Art Institute (China) and the Queensland Fine Art Institute (Australia) in 1998. At present moment, he is an Associate Professor and Head of Photography Department at the Animation and Media Institute in the China Academy of Art, Hangzhou.

Fill the Void 01 填补空白 01, 2005-2010, Edition 1 of 5, Archival Photography on Handmade Rice Paper,
63 x 75cm, 140 x 83cm (Scroll size)
*Price: $8,300.00
Fill the Void 02 填补空白 02, 2005-2010, Edition 1 of 5, Archival Photography on Handmade Rice Paper,
63 x 75cm, 140 x 83cm (Scroll size)
*Price: $8,300.00

*Prices are subject to change without prior notice.

Education
  • 1998 | Photography Degree, Twin Institutions of the Beijing Central Fine Art Institute and the Queensland Fine Art Institute, Australia
  • 1995 | Photography refresher course, West Sydney Institute of Fine Art, Australia
  • 1992 | Degree Standard Research in The Design of Visual Transmissions
  • 1984 | BA Arts, Crafts and BA Decorating, Zhejiang Institute of Fine Art (now the Chinese Institute of Fine Art), Zhejiang, China
Selected Exhibitions
  • 2013 | Let it Be, OFOTO Gallery, Shanghai, China
  • 2012 | Objects, Bottega Veneta Exhibition Hall, Shanghai China
  • 2011 | Wanxiang – China Art Academy Photography Exhibition, China Academy of Art, Hangzhou, China
  • 2011 | Lishui International Photo Festival – Unexperimental Visual Way, Lishui, China
  • 2010 | Visual Dialogue – Joint Workshop between Chinese and European Artists, Mingyuan Culture and Art Center, Shanghai, China
  • 2010 | Another Landscape, Inter Art Center and Gallery at 798 Art Zone Beijing, M50 epSITE Shanghai, China
  • 2009 | Drama/Stage, Urban Photography in Shanghai, Liu Haisu Art Museum, Shanghai, China
  • 2008 | Pink China Contemporary Art Exhibition, TRIANGLE Gallery, London, UK
  • 2007 | City Tale, Photography Exhibition, OFOTO Gallery, Shanghai, China
  • 2007 | Jiao Jian, Yan Shi Photography Exhibition, OFOTO Gallery, Shanghai, China
  • 2005 | Plentiful – China’s Contemporary Photography Exhibition, Art Scene Gallery, Shanghai, China
  • 2005 | CAN2005 Photography Exhibition, 6th San Francisco International Photography Festival, San Francisco, CA, USA
  • 2005 | IT IS I, Gallerla Carla Sozzanl, Milan, Italy
  • 2004 | Jiao Jian Photography Exhibition, The Chinese Institute of Fine Art (New Media Art Department), Hangzhou, China
  • 2003 | IT IS I, China’s International Photography Festival, Pingyao, China
  • 2001 | Jiao Jian, Luo Yongjin, Zhang Baocheng Photography Exhibition, The Chinese Institute of Fine Art, Shanghai Branch Gallery, Shanghai, China
  • 2000 | Jiao Jian Photography Exhibition, Shanghai University Fine Art Institute Gallery, Shanghai, China
  • 2000 | Jiao Jian Photography Exhibition, The Chinese Institute of Fine Art Gallery, Hangzhou, China
  • 1989 | The Chinese Modern Art Exhibition, The Chinese Museum of Fine Art, Beijing, China

For full list of exhibitions, please contact the gallery at [email protected]

Exhibition History