ARTIST

YUAN FANGZHOU

Born in Liaoning Province, China, Yuan came to Japan in 2018 after graduating from Tsinghua University’s Faculty of Fine Arts, majoring in Crafts. In 2020, he completed his master's degree in Crafts at Tokyo University of the Arts. He is currently enrolled in the doctoral program of the Department of Crafts at Tokyo University of the Arts and lives and works in Tokyo. Yuan’s work is based on his philosophy of the relationship between people, objects and nature, and is influenced by Eastern schools of thought such as post-minimalism and Buddhism. Focusing on glass, Yuan uses a variety of media and techniques including sculpture, painting and video.
Major exhibitions include "The 50th Anniversary, Glass '21 in Japan" (Hillside Forum, Tokyo), "The nonentity within the entity" (Decameron, Tokyo), "The 24th Taro Okamoto Award for Contemporary Art" (Taro Okamoto Museum of Art, Kawasaki, Japan), and the "2020 ASYAAF & Hidden Artists Festival" (Hongik Museum of Art/Korea).
Other awards include the 4th and 5th Kuma Foundation Creator Scholarship, the Harada Prize Scholarship Fund at Tokyo University of the Arts, and the Excellence Prize at the 14th Oita Asian Sculpture Exhibition.

BIOGRAPHY

1995: Born in Liaoning, China
2018: Graduated from Tsinghua University, B. A. in Academy of Arts & Design, Beijing, China
2018-: Young member, Japan Glass Artcrafts Associstion(JGAA), Tokyo, Japan
2020-: 4th, The Creator Scholarship of Kuma Foundation, Japan
2021: Graduated from Tokyo University of the Arts, M.F.A in Glass Course in a Graduate School, Tokyo, Japan
Enrolled in Tokyo University of the Arts, Ph.D. in Glass Course in a Graduate School, Tokyo, Japan
Currently, based in Ibaraki

CV

2021: Third Prize, The 1st MIYAWAKA INTERNATIONAL TRIENNALE TRAIART
Excellence Prize,「ART MEETS ARCHITECTURE COMPETITION」（AAC）
2018: Excellent Graduate Works of Art Design Specialized Subject of Tsinghua University
Excellent Graduation Thesis of Tsinghua University
Excellence Prize, The 14th Oita Asian Sculpture Contest, Japan
2017: China National Scholarship
Newcomer Prize, The 3rd New Crafts International Emerging Artists Group Exhibition & Symposium, China

EXHIBITIONS

2024: ”UTUROI”,Tokyo International Gallery, Tokyo
2023: ARTISTS' FAIR KYOTO 2023, The Museum of Kyoto, Kyoto
2022: KUMA EXHIBITION 2022, ANB Tokyo, Tokyo
ANB Open Studio vol.1, ANB Tokyo, Tokyo

The 16th Oita Asian Sculpture Contest, Asakura Fumio Museum, Japan