Jes Fan (b. Scarborough, Ontario) is a multidisciplinary artist based in Hong Kong and Brooklyn. Originally trained in glassmaking, Fan has expanded his practice to encompass diverse mediums and approaches. Spanning video and sculpture, his transdisciplinary practice speculates on the intersection of biology and identity in relation to the materiality of the gendered and racialized body. Fan received his Bachelor of Fine Arts in glass from the Rhode Island School of Design and is the recipient of various fellowships and residencies, including the Joan Mitchell Painters and Sculptors Grant in 2017 and the Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant in 2022. Recent exhibitions include Empty Gallery (Hong Kong), MIT List Visual Arts Center (Cambridge), UCCA Center for Contemporary Art (Beijing), Kunsthall Trondheim, Rockbund Art Museum (Shanghai), and Hayward Gallery (London). He has also participated in the Venice Biennale, New Museum Triennial (New York), Liverpool Biennial, Biennale of Sydney, and The Socrates Annual (New York).

For GTA24, Jes Fan is creating a site-specific wall-based sculptural installation that will, in addition to materials used more commonly in his practice like glass and resin, include soy “skin”.  The commission builds on recent work developed for the Sigg Prize exhibition at M+ Museum in Hong Kong, and from research undertaken into soybeans and soy production specifically within the Greater Toronto Area.

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