A person gets married with art.
一个与艺术为伴的孩子
袁子涵
1990年生于甘肃兰州
加拿大Sheridan college,Visual Arts
现工作居住于多伦多
展览
5th Annual Visual & Creative Arts Program Exhibition 多伦多
Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition 多伦多
The China Youth Animation & Comic Exhibition 多伦多
个展
Edge-Effect Zihan Yuan Art Exhibition, Arta Gallery, 多伦多
自述
如果世上有神明，我很感激“艺术之神”对我的眷顾，绘画给予我既朴实又奢侈的生活。当我老去，望着一辈子的画时，我想，那时我已找不到美与不美的明确界限。。。
个人网站：http://yuanzihan.wix.com/yuanzihan
微信号：yuanzihan8
YuanZihan
1990 Born in Lanzhou, Gansu Province, China.
EDUCATION
Sheridan College, Visual and Creative Arts, 2016
EXHIBITIONS
2016 5th Annual Visual and Creative Arts Program Exhibition, Sheridan College, Oakville
Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition, Totonto
The China Youth Animation & Comic Exhibition， Totonto
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
Edge-Effect Zihan Yuan Art Exhibition, Arta Gallery, Totonto
Artist Biography
Born in 1990 in Lanzhou, Yuan Zihan is part of a generation that has witness the rapid social and political transitions that have taken place in China. At the age of seven, he moved to Shenzhen, a city of immigrants situated at the border of China and Hong Kong. He became influenced by the culture between North and South China. His passion for art began at an early age, with a propensity for scrawling on pieces of paper.
In 2013, Zihan left China to pursue his studies in Toronto. He attended Sheridan College, and graduated from the Visual and Creative Arts Program in 2016. Zihan creates paintings, drawings, prints, sculptures and mixed media artworks. The concepts found within his works reflect both Chinese traditional culture and Western art. He uses art as a language to record his daily life and present his observations. His work documents the genuine predicament of his generation as they adapt to the rapid transitions taking place in China. He draws inspiration from friends and family as they go about their daily activities, drawing out the complex social and political conditions inherent in their actions and environments. He currently lives and works in Toronto.
Artist Statement
I have always been fascinated by art, and was enthusiastic about drawing from the time I was a child. Art making became my way of storytelling. It became another language that allowed for more objectives and more nuanced narrative descriptions. In the moments where I am left speechlessness, there may be found no such limitations within my drawings. Born in the 1990s, I also hope to document the enormous social changes in my environment and my feelings about these changes. We are like small boats floating in a large river and we easily forget that we are in a river rather than just in a boat. I believe everyone will find his or her direction in life through steering the boat, perhaps through the passage down the river. Eventually, however, we all find our way.
The people in my environment are generally the subjects I paint, most often they are my friends and family. I prefer not to describe an overarching narrative using visual imagery in my work because of the fear of losing the balance between that which is objective and that which is subjective, and also the possibility of losing the richness of the story itself. However, the people and things that are the subjects of my work are close to me. The relationships we had, the years we spent together, and the affection I had for them provided me with the insight to produce a persuasive and considered description of them through my art. This kind of ‘intimacy’ can also create a reflection of the time and the society I am living within.
个人网站：http://yuanzihan.wix.com/yuanzihan
更多作品：https://www.behance.net/yuanzihan
yuanzihan8@gmail.com
