About the artist
Kim Wan is a contemporary fine artist working on an international platform
Future current and past exhibitions and projects
2012
London 2012 Olympics Opening Ceremony-Cast member, Industrial Revolution, ”Pandemonium, Isles Of Wonder” by Danny Boyle
“Armed Forces Bikers, Hastings Meet, 2012″ a short film about British armed forces veterans and their motorcycles
Tate Tanks Summer School evenings – Discursive Exercises with Five Years
VIOLENTS (snapshot) Westminster Reference Library, London
2011
Drawing Connections The Siena Art Institute, Siena, Italy
This Is Not a School Five Years Gallery, Hackney, London

Selected exhibitions and projects:
London 2012 Olympics Opening Ceremony-Isles Of Wonder by Danny Boyle
TATE Modern Tanks and Five Years Gallery
Westminster Reference Library, London
Institute of Contemporary Art, London
National Gallery, Trafalgar Square, London
Rebecca Marshall & the London Film School
National Portrait Gallery, London
Arts Council England, S.E.
Arts & Business UK, S.E.
University of Brighton
Chinese Arts Centre UK
EAST Arts Council London
ACInstitute, New York City
Sanlun Yishu Global Project Beijing China
Beatabet Creative Residency France
Ania Bas and Walsall New Art Gallery, England

Education
1998 Winchester School of Art, B.A.( hons.) Fine art- Painting

Solo Exhibitions
2012VIOLENTS (snapshot), Westminster Reference Library, London
2010 When does an art gallery give away artworks? AC Institute, Chelsea, Manhattan, NYC
2009 EAST Portraits, SOHO, London, England, Arts Council London
2007 Escalate, Arts & Business, South East
2005 Louder Than to Surface, Claremont Studios, S.E. England, Arts & Business
2002 Duty Bound, BASE Gallery, London, Arts Council England
2002 Off the Edge, Electro Studios, S.E. England, Arts Council England

Group Shows

2012 Tate Tanks Summer School evenings – Discursive Exercises with Five Years
2011Drawing Connections The Siena Art Institute, Siena, Italy
2011This Is Not a School Five Years Gallery, Hackney, London
2010By Appointment, Close But No Cigar, ICA, London
2010Orphans Offered Up,Chelsea, Manhattan, New York City
2009Van Gogh project, Walsall New Gallery, West Midlands, England
2009Pan-Demonium, Chelsea, Manhattan, New York City
2009Sanlun Yishu, Global Art Project, Beijing, China
2008 Secret Art Fair, Berlin, Germany
2007 SWIm event, various venues, London, performance with 55 swimmers and Artist Amy Sharrocks
2007 Artsdepot, North Finchley, London. Reaching out, Drawing in, cont.
2007 National Portrait Gallery, London.Four corners, Reaching out, Drawing In.
2006 The Peace Camp, Brick Lane Gallery,E.London.
Artists including Wolfgang Tillmans, Bob & Roberta Smith & Gavin Turk give their definition of “Peace”
2006 The Art of Hip Hop Past, Present and Future exhibition at Brighton University
2006 Another Product, British Art Show 6, Cornerhouse, Manchester
2006 East@West Wing, Slough, Arts & Business
2004 Painting is Dead, Long Live Painting, Hastings Museum and Art Gallery
2004 Decibel Snapshot, Madejski Gallery, Reading Town Hall, Arts Council England
2003 23 Qualities, Pilot Art Space, S.E. England
1996Elevation, The Agency, London. Featuring work donated by invited artists including Frank Auerbach, Leon Kossoff, R.B. Kitaj and David Hockney to raise funds by auction for the Bosnian refugee fund.

Film and Performance
2012 London 2012 Olympics Opening Ceremony-Cast member, Industrial Revolution, ”Pandemonium, Isles Of Wonder” by Danny Boyle
2012 Production Director “Armed Forces Bikers, Hastings Meet, 2012″
2011 Production Storyboard artist “Patient 17″ written and directed by Tuyet Le
2009 Cast Puppeteer“The Escape of Piccalina”, written and directed by Rebecca Marshall; a collaboration between the London Film School and the National Gallery, London
2009 Cast Mightyman “The Downfall of Mightyman”, written and directed by Rebecca Marshall
2009 Cast Swimmer“SWIm” film, ongoing project film by Amy Sharrocks, featuring 55 swimmers traversing the waterways of London.

Public Art
2009 Graffiti project, Ethos World, East Sussex
2006 Graffiti Project, Princes Trust, East Sussex

Awards and Grants
2007 Bursary award, Arts Council London
2007 Exhibition award, Arts & Business South East
2006 Professional development award, Princes Trust
2006 Exhibition award, Arts & Business South East
2005 Exhibition award, Arts & Business South East
2005 Mentoring grant, Arts Council England South East
2004 Exhibition award, Decibel South East, Arts Council England
2004 Professional development award, Arts & Business South East
2002Exhibition grant, South East Arts, Arts Council England

Professional development
2007 EAST professional development, funded by Arts Council London
2005Mentoring programme, funded by Arts Council England
2004 Creative Routes ( Palmer-Hamilton partnership), part funded by European Social Fund
Artist – consultant on Arts Strategy, South East Arts, Arts Council England
Consultation report, Arts Council England National Office
Development Forum member, Arts & Business South East
Arts Member, Arts & Business South East

Online Reviews and Press
AC Institute A Kim Wan solo show Kim Wan solo show Manhattan
AC Institute [Direct Chapel] – In A Star Orbit and Pan-demoniumdetail of Kim Wan’s drawing, literature on Bricolage Kitchen curated by Gillian Whiteley
Amazon.co.uk Pan-demonium by Gilian Whiteley, art history essay based on the show in AC Chapel NYC, featuring work by Kim Wan, on Amazon Books.
ArtCalendr Art auctions and contemporary events
Art Cards London Brings you to Art
Art Cat The Opinionated Guide to New York Art.
Art Forum The online edition of Artforum International Magazine.
Art Poetry An ongoing participatory project
Artrabbit International contemporary art
Art Slant Contemporary art network
artaculous arts profesional website
artfacts Inside information
Artipedia Artipedia is the new official encyclopedia for art fans as much as professionals.
artlog.com Art & Culture in Real Time
ArtLyst London Art Network
Arts & Business Cultural investment agency
Artslant-Kim Wan talk scroll down for information about the talk at AC Institute
BBC Southern counties -This is not graffiti anymore Graffiti expo Brighton
Chinese arts centre Manchester UKThe arts agency for chinese art in Britain
Cinque Ports Rugby ClubTeam news and website
Close but no cigar Initiative set up to question the role of the artist and art institution
Digital Hub international centre for digital media enterprise
dimsum British Chinese networking site
Drawing Connections in Siena Siena Art Institute
EAST online database featuring east asian art
Ethos World promoting Graffiti and spraypainting.
Five Years unfunded collaborative artists’ project in Hackney
FRIEZE Magazine,Five years at TATE Modern, Tanks project
Harlem One Stop culture and excitement of Upper Manhattan!
ICA website Event featuring one day projects
James Boreham website designJames Boreham designed the website-www.kimwanart.com
Kim Wan Art Kim Wan Arts website
Kim Wan’s East Portraits Dimsum website. EAST portraits
LBC RADIO 97.3 FM London’s Biggest Conversation
National portrait gallery four cornersKim Wan’s self portrait
PostcodeGazette what’s on in your area of London
Rhizome site.Decision Making and Output , A talk by artist Kim WanTalk at the AC
Rhizome-at the New MuseumRhizome is located within the New Museum at:235 Bowery, New York NY 10002
Rise Art Artist profile-Kim Wan
Saatchi online gallery- Kim Wan Kim Wan , artist’s page on the Saatchi online gallery
Sanart Contemporary Art And Culture News Aggregator /Visualizer
Sanlun Yishu- Beijing global art project Beijing live art project
SWIm event 55 swimmers join artist Amy Sharrocks for a swim across the waterways of London
The Village Voice- NYC publicationNew York newspaper
This Is Not A School Five Years Gallery present……proposal no. 47, Kim Wan
UCLA Art Art & Science at UCLA
Van Gogh one minute exhibition, New Art Gallery, Walsall Kim Wan and Van Gogh on the same wall
Visit London Official London Guide
Westminster Reference Library Solo show February 2012