SIAN FAN
1991
EDUCATION
2018-2020
Central Saint Martins, MA Fine Art, Distinction
2011-2014
The University of Brighton, BA Performance & Visual Art Dance, 1st Class with Hons
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2020
Sian Fan: Works, Mercury Online Festival, Online
The New Artist, Online
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2020
Digital Art Month, Contemporary and Digital Art Fair, Miami, USA
Lick the Future, Where's the Frame?, Online
Artist Showcase Program, Urban Screens, Sydney, Australia
Digital Art Month, Contemporary and Digital Art Fair, New York, USA
May Fair Art Weekend Showreel, The May Fair Hotel, London, UK
Off-site: Designing at a Distance, London Design Festival, Granary Square, London, UK
Virtual Design Week, Aciiid, Online
Together, Slash Arts, Harwich, UK
Graduate Showcase, Central Saint Martins, Online
Do Knot With 'Er', Lux, Online
Introductions, Slash Arts, Artland, Online
Are You Still Watching?, The Viewing Room, Online
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
Site Gallery Fresh Takes Commission
Essex Cultural Diversity Projects: Essex 2020 Commission
Artsthread X ID Global Design Graduate Show Digital Arts Winner
Spill Open (Shortlist)
Lumen Prize (Longlist)
Signals Communication in Times of Crisis Commission
MullenLowe Nova Award Nomination
Social Convention LABS Residency
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
Firstsite Digital Factory Residency
2015
ENAS Travel Award
2014
Seoul National University Outstanding Creative Achievement Award
OTHER PROJECTS
2020
Curator and Social Media Manager, Slash Arts Gallery
Critique Leader, BA XD Pathway Student Crits, Central Saint Martins
2019
Creative Technologist, Katie Dale Everett Dance
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 Catalogue, Firstsite Gallery
Producer, D for diamond Campaign