A painter in monochromatic colors, he employs a palette knife to create figures and forms in an often geometric, repetitious pattern.


Education:
1986 Graduate of the Fine Arts Department of the Shanghai Light Industry Institute

Selected Solo Exhibitions:
2002 The Paintings of Shen Fan - Pioneering Abstraction from Shanghai, Goedhuis Contemporary, New York, USA
1997 Shen Fan, Consulate General of France, Shanghai
Un/Limited Space, #1 Shen Fan , Consulate General of Germany, Shanghai
1988 Shen Fan, Max Planck Institute, Tubingen, Germany
Shen Fan's Works on Paper, Shanghai Art Museum, Shanghai

Selected Group Exhibitions:
2006 Hyper Design -6th Shanghai Biennale, Shanghai Art Museum, Shanghai
2003 Chinese Maximalism, Millennium Art Museum, Beijing
2002 Shanghai Zhejiang Jiangsu Anhui Contemporary Art Exhibition, Consulate General of Switzerland
2002 Shanghai Abstract Art Group Show, Liu Haisu Art Museum, Shanghai
Quick Look! -Shanghai Zhejiang Jiangsu Anhui Contemporary Art Exhibition, Consulate General of Switzerland, Shanghai
Metaphysics 2002, Shanghai Art Museum, Shanghai
Wind aus Shanghai - Kunst der Gegenwart aus Shanghai, Architektur Centrum Post am Stephansplatz, Sortierhalle, Hamburg, Germany
Ost + West , K/haus, Vienna, Austria
24:30 Contemporary Art Exhibition, Bizart, Shanghai
2001 Transparence - Opacite Paris, Brussels, Barcelona
Metaphysics 2001, Shanghai Art Museum, Shanghai
2000 Shanghai Art Museum Collection Exhibition, Shanghai Museum, Shanghai
2000 China - Korea - Japan Contemporary Art Exhibition, Changing Culture and Art Centre, Shanghai
1999 The City Abstract, The College of Fine Art of Shanghai University, Shanghai
New Shanghai Abstract Art Exhibition, 179, Zhongshan West Rd. Shanghai
99'Ceramic Arts Millennium-End Invitational Exhibition, Central Academy of Fine Arts, Beijing
Liu Hai Su Art Museum, Shanghai
99`China Contemporary Ceramic Exhibition, Shanghai Jing Cheng, Shanghai
Shen Fan - Liu Guang Yun Art Exhibition, The Academy of Shanghai University, Shanghai
BM99, Bienal da Maya, Maya, Portugal
1998 The China Contemporary Oil Painting Exhibition, Chang Ning Cultural Center, Shanghai
White and Black, London, England
Contemporary Art Form Hong Kong, Taipei, Shanghai, Hong Kong Art Center, Hong Kong;National Taiwan Art Education Institute, Taipei
China! , Touring Exhibition, Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin, Germany
Jiangnan Modern and Contemporary Art form South of the Yangzi River, Grunt Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
1997 The China Contemporary Oil Painting Exhibition, Liu Haisu Art Museum, Shanghai
1997: Hong Kong China, Liu Haisu Museum, Shanghai
Two Abstract Artists, Ursula Krinzinger Gallery, Vienna, Austria
Last Three Years, Walsh Gallery, Chicago, USA
Four Artists from Shanghai, The Center of World Trade, Bremen, Germany
Outburst, The College of Fine Art of Shanghai University Shanghai
Quotation Marks: Chinese Contemporary Art, National Art Museum, Singapore
97 Shanghai Oil Painting Exhibition, Contemporary Art Gallery,Shanghai
China! , Touring Exhibition, Artist's House, Vienna, Austria; Charlottenburg Exhibition Centre, Copenhagen, Denmark; Zacheta Modern Art Mudrum, Warsaw, Poland
1996 Direct d`Art, Salon International D' ART Contemporain, Palais der Expositions, Nice, France
Lets Talk about Money! International Fax Art, Huashan Art School, Shanghai
China!, Touring Exhibition, Kunstmuseum, Bonn, Germany
Let's Talk about Money - The First Shanghai International Fax Art Exhibition, Shanghai Huashan Professional School of Art Gallery, Shanghai
1995 Shanghai Fax Art Exhibition, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
In China, Carol Johnssen Gallery, Munich, Germany
Shanghai Abstract Painting Exhibition, Shanghart Gallery, Shanghai
1993 Three Artists from Shanghai, East-West Art Gallery, Chicago, USA
1992 Shen Fan and Jie , Shanghai Art Museum, Shanghai
1986 "M", Performance & Concept Art Exhibition, Hongkou Culture Centre, Shanghai

Sources:
Shangart
Chinese Contemporary