SIAN FAN
1991
EDUCATION
2018-2020
Central Saint Martins, MA Fine Art
2011-2014
The University of Brighton, BA Performance & Visual Art Dance, 1st Class with Hons
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2020
15, Online Performance Art Festival, Online
Becomings, APT Gallery, London, UK
Sale, Tate Exchange, Tate Modern, London, UK
2019
Post Graduate Auction, The Lethaby Gallery, London, UK
Creative Lab, Arcade East, London, UK
STORYHACK, British Council, Tirana, Albania
Lives of Net Art, Tate Modern, London, UK
Vanishing Point: The Curation and Preservation of Virtual Reality, Central Saint Martins, London, UK
We Are Here We Are, Apiary Studios, London, UK
Movement, Tate Exchange, Tate Modern, London, UK
2018
PlayUK, British Council, Western Balkans, Bulgaria
Broke, The Minories, Colchester, UK
Techno Utopia by G_url Project, Sluice Gallery, London, UK
Plugin, Firstsite, Colchester, UK
Play Back, ICA, London, UK
The Finder, Offsite Project, Online
Catalyst, RADA, London, UK
Error, Dalpofz, Online
2017
Her Visions, Second Home, London, UK
Play Back, De La Warr Pavilion, Bexhill On Sea, UK
Play Back, Aesthetica Short Film Festival, London, UK
TECHNE X The Wrong, The Wrong Biennale, Online
We: You, Me, Firstsite, Colchester, UK
Ignition: First Acts, Ruskin Gallery, Cambridge, UK
Play Back, Encounters Film Festival, London, UK
Float Digital, Firstsite, Colchester, UK
Play Back, SPACE Studios, London, UK
Media Art Fair Germany, Contemporary Art Ruhr, Essen, Germany
2016
You Don't Own Me, Isthisit, Online
Unlock, The Junction, Cambridge, UK
Andy Warhol: Digital Factory Residency, Firstsite, Colchester, UK
Out On Tour, The Gibberd Gallery, Harlow, UK
2015
After Dark, Cuckoo Farm Studios, Colchester, UK
2014
Graduate Show, University of Brighton, Brighton, UK
Brighton Festival, Grand Parade Gallery, Brighton, UK
AWARDS, RESIDENCIES & COMMISSIONS
2020
The Place Choreodrome (Shortlist)
Phoenix Idle Web Commission
Firstsite Collectors Award
2019
Arcade East: Creative Lab
BBC New Creatives Commission
The UAL Mona Hatoum Scholarship
2018
South East Dance Flourish Fund (Shortlist)
2017
Firstsite Collectors Award
Collusion Commissions (Shortlist)
Ignition Catalyst Award
Screen South VR Lab Bursary
South East Dance Supported Artist
Float Digital Associate Artist
2016
Random Acts Ignition Commission
Gibberd Gallery: Out On Tour Commission
2015
ENAS Travel Award
2014
Seoul National University Outstanding Creative Achievement Award
PRESS
2019
Light Years - Interview
Gallery Girl - Interview
Arts Council, Supporting the next generation of creativity - Feature
The Art Gorgeous, 5 Artists Championing Augmented Reality to Make Art - Feature
Virtual Super Land, Instagram TV - Interview
London Live, Surreal Politics at Tate – Feature
2018
Contemporary Lynx Issue 2(10) - Feature
Offsite Project, The Finder – Interview
Vogue.com, Rebecca Taylor X Google Fall 2018 - Feature
WWD, Rebecca Taylor Collaborates with Tilt Brush by Google - Feature
VR Room, How Virtual Reality is Revolutionizing Fashion - Feature
2017
Isthisit Issue 3 – Feature
2014
The Guardian Online, The University of Brighton Graduate Show In Pictures - Feature
PERFORMANCES
2019
Performer, Murmurations (Live Art Performance), by Emma Moore, Lethaby Gallery
2017
Performer, Silicon_Animism | The Birth of Mother Digital, by Keiken (Group Exhibition), London Design Festival
Dancer, Oil & Water, by Lorne (Music Video)
Performer, Are We Alone, by Anavae (Music Video), Performer
2015
Performer, Haptic Skins of a Glass Eye, by Ilona Sagar (Live Art Performance), Tenderpixel
Performer, Prospopeia:Manual:Hand:Book, by Ilona Sagar (Live Art Performance), Firstsite
2012
Performer, Perfection & it’s Friends, by Martha Mosse (Live Art Performance), University of Brighton
Performer, I am a Helicopter, Camera, Queen, by Emily Roysdon (Live Art Performance), Tate Modern
OTHER PROJECTS
2020
Critique Leader, BA XD Pathway Student Crits, Central Saint Martins
2019
Set Designer (Contortion Podiums), Godspell Musical Circus, by Little Stars Circus, Brentwood Centre
2018
Workshop Leader, Creative Unity: VR and AR Workshop, Open School East,
Augmented Reality App Developer, Rebecca Taylor X Tilt Brush X Google Fall18 Presentation, NYC Fashion Week
2017
Filmmaker / Animator, HELP, by Viki Browne, Edinburgh Fringe
Producer, Elements Silver Campaign
Producer, Fred Bennett Campaign
2016
Designer, Flipside Exhibition
Producer, D for diamond Campaign