Joe Fan RSA Springtime Chaos
4 - 20 July 2017
Joseph in his Garden - oil on canvas - 107cm in diameter
Front cover: The Final Poetry Reading for Beginners - oil on canvas - 77 x 102cm Photography by Stuart Johnstone
Joe Fan RSA Springtime Chaos
THACKERAY
GALLERY EST.1968
A Very Possible Holy Mountain oil on canvas - 77 x 62cm
Bad Hair Day oil on canvas - 68 x 68cm
Blue Drizzle oil on canvas - 51 x 41cm
Counting Flowers oil on canvas 51 x 41cm
Epic Sketchbook Centre Page conte on handmade paper - 49 x 53cm
Faith beyond Reason oil on canvas - 92 x 72cm
Fontainebleau Reconstruction oil on canvas - 152 x 122cm
Girl in the Rain oil on canvas - 51 x 41cm
In the French Garden conte on handmade paper - 55 x 41cm
Interior Rainstorm conte on handmade paper - 50 x 36cm
Kites United oil on canvas - 51 x41cm
Meet the Artist oil on canvas - 102 x 71cm
Night Porter from India oil on canvas - 122 x 92cm
Night Sail to Rococo oil on canvas - 77 x 62cm
Rain Cloud Chandelier oil on canvas - 102 x 77cm
Recolouring for Summer oil on canvas - 122 x 92cm
Shelter oil on canvas - 51 x 41cm
Soul Table oil on canvas - 102 x 77cm
The Climber from Mont Sainte-Victoire conte on handmade paper - 54 x 42cm
The Diarist conte on handmade paper - 59 x 48cm
The Garden that I Built oil on canvas - 122 x 91cm
The Pop up Diary oil on canvas - 92 x 71cm
The Truman’s Holiday oil on canvas - 51 x 41cm
Twenty Years Banquet oil on canvas - 102 x 77cm
Two Thousand Leaves conte on handmade paper - 64 x 49cm
Winter Willow oil on canvas - 51 x 41cm
BIOGRAPHY Joe Fan, born in Hong Kong in 1962, came to Scotland to study Graphic Design at Aberdeen College of Commerce. He progressed to study Fine Art at Gray’s School of Art in Aberdeen where he gained a 1st Class Honours Degree. Following graduation in 1988, Joe won the Miller Homes Young Scottish Artist of the Year, and was sent to Paris to spend time at the Cite Internationale des Arts from 1989-1990. From 1990-1997, Joe returned to Aberdeen and became a lecturer in Drawing and Painting at Gray’s School of Art. During this period, Joe also spent time as a visiting Lecturer at Cyprus College of Art, Paphos in 1994. In 1997, Joe retired from his role as a Lecturer to pursue his own full time career as an artist. In 2003, Joe was elected to be a Royal Scottish Academy Academician. Joe Fan continues to live and work in Aberdeen. SOLO SHOWS 1989 Cite Internationale des Arts, Paris 1989 Peacock Artspace, Aberdeen 1991 Compass Gallery, Glasgow 1991 Thackeray Rankin Gallery, London 1994 Royal Overseas League, London and Edinburgh 1995/’96/’99 Rendezvous Gallery, Aberdeen 2000-2012 Thackeray Gallery, London 2005 Rendezvous Gallery, Aberdeen 2007 Open Eye Gallery, Edinburgh 2011 Fraser Gallery, St. Andrews 2014 Thackeray Gallery, London 2015 Roger Billcliffe Gallery, Glasgow 2016 Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen 2017 Thackeray Gallery, London PUBLIC COLLECTIONS The Scottish Arts Council Collection; Rank Xerox The Marlow Art Collection; Miller Homes Art Collection; Aberdeen Royal Infirmary; Grays School of Art; Aberdeen Art Gallery; Unilever Art Collection, (London); Jones Day (London); Soho Hotel, (London); Ham Yard, (London), and Crosby Street Hotel, (New York), as well as numerous Private Collections.
SELECTED GROUP SHOWS 1985 Rank Xerox Marlow Art Collection, National Theatre, London 1986 Grays Sketch Club Student Exhibition, Aberdeen Art Gallery; Wood Group Young Artist Competition, Artspace, Aberdeen 1987/1988 Royal Scottish Academy Student Exhibition, Edinburgh 1988 New Generation Artists, Compass Gallery; Richard Demarco Print Exhibition, Edinburgh 1989 Grays Former Students Exhibition, Aberdeen Art Gallery 1990 Wild Boar Gallery & Restaurant, Aberdeen 1990-2012 Aberdeen Artists Society Annual Exhibition, Aberdeen Art Gallery 1991 Royal Society of Watercolourists, Annual; Royal Glasgow Institute of Fine Art Annual Exhibition 1991,1992 Sue Rankin Gallery, London 1992 Aberdeen International Youth Festival, Aberdeen Art Gallery 1993 Royal Overseas Annual Exhibition, London; Ten Years of WASPS, Aberdeen Art Gallery 1993-1995 Scottish Society of Artists Annual Exhibition, Edinburgh 1993, ‘95 Morrison Portrait Exhibition, R.S.A, Edinburgh 1994-2010,’13 Royal Scottish Academy Annual Exhibition, Edinburgh 1995 Scottish Society of Artists Selected Touring Exhibition, Piers Art Centre, Orkney 1996 WASPS Studio Artists Aberdeen, Peacock Gallery, Aberdeen 1996-1998 Noble Grossart Painting Competition Exhibition, RSA, Edinburgh 1997 Festival Exhibition, Scottish Gallery, Edinburgh 1997, ’98 Open Eye Gallery, Edinburgh 1998 Hunting Art Prizes Exhibition, Royal College of Art; ‘On a Grand Scale’, John Martin Gallery, London 1999 Northern Lights, Scottish Gallery, Edinburgh; Gallery 44, with Thackeray Gallery, Suffolk; ‘Connections’, RSA, Edinburgh; Noble Grossart Exhibition, RSA, Edinburgh & Glasgow School of Art 1999-2011 LAF with Thackeray Gallery, London 1999-2014 Gallery Artists, Thackeray Gallery, London 2010 Jerwood Drawing Competition Travelling Exhibition 2012 Meffan Winter Exhibition, Forfar 2014 The Lyth Arts Centre, Wick; Enclosures, Elsewhere, The Lion & Lamb Gallery, London 2015 Pentland Gallery, Aberdeen 2016 Lynn Painter Stainers Exhibition, Mall Galleries, London; W Gordon Smith Exhibition, Dovecot Gallery, Edinburgh; Rendezvous Gallery, Aberdeen
AWARDS 1985 1987 1988 1993 1994 1995 1997 1998 2002 2003 2004 2009 2010 2012 2016 2016
Rank Xerox Selected National Competition, 1st Prize Commonwealth Section Wood Group Young Artists Award, 1st Prize Carnegie Travelling Scholarship: Royal Scottish Academy - Miller Home Young Scottish Artist Award Royal Overseas League National Art Competition, 1st Prize The Guthrie Award, R.S.A The Morrison Portrait Award, 1st Prize Portland Gallery Award, R.S.A Annual Exhibition Noble Grossart Painting Competition, 3rd Prize Shell Expo Premier Award, Aberdeem Artists Society, 1st Prize Elected Associate of the Royal Scottish Academy The Sir William Gillies Bequest, Royal Scottish Academy Aberdeen Artist Society Annual Exhibition, 2nd Prize John Maxwell Travelling Scholarship, R.S.A - Aberdeen Artists Society Annual Exhibition, 3rd Prize Meffan Winter Exhibition, 1st Prize; Aberdeen Artists Society Annual Exhibition: commended W Gordon Smith (shortlisted) The Lynn Painter-Stainers Prize, Runner Up
Chairs oil on canvas - 20 x 25cm
THACKERAY
GALLERY EST.1968
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