b. 2000, Australia
Education
Cur. Master of Fine Arts, Painting/Drawing, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, USA
2022 Bachelor of Fine Arts, Painting, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, AUS
Solo Exhibitions
2024 Labyrinths, Futures Gallery, Melbourne, AUS
Group Exhibitions
2026 (Forthcoming) Chilli Gallery, London, UK
2025 (Forthcoming) The National Arts Club, New York, USA
2025 TOYS TOYS TOYS, Spielzeug, New York, USA
2025 To SAVE and To Destroy, BANK/MAB Society, New York, USA
2025 Solar Music Lunar Revel, Uffner & Liu Gallery, New York, USA
2025 Benefit Auction 2025, Kasmin Gallery, New York, USA
2024 Nostalgia, Abbotsford Convent, Melbourne, AUS
2023 Back To School, Ethan Cohen Gallery, Beacon, New York, USA
2023 Un-Home, Museum of Chinese Australian History, Melbourne, AUS
2023 Through Time and Space, MCAH, Australian Chinese Embassy, Beijing, CHN
2023 Jugs, CraftVictoria, Melbourne, AUS
2022 Through Time and Space, Museum of Chinese Australian History, Melbourne, AUS
2022 Neo-Dynasty, Discordia Gallery, Melbourne, AUS
2021 Spring1883, Discordia Gallery, Melbourne, AUS
2020 Blacktown City Art Prize, Blacktown Arts Centre, Sydney, AUS
2019 Footscray Art Prize, VU at MetroWest, Melbourne, AUS
2018 Creative Generations, Queensland Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane, AUS
2017 Creative Generations, University of the Sunshine Coast, Sunshine Coast, AUS
Awards
2025 The Philippeaux Endowed Scholarship, Pratt Institute
2024 AusArt Graduate Scholarship, the American Australian Association and the American
Friends of the National Gallery of Australia
2024 Marten Bequest Travelling Scholarship, Painting, Creative Australia
2021 Blacktown City Art Prize People's Choice, Sydney
2017 Creative Generations Exhibition Excellence Award, Brisbane
Press
2025 RADII “Australian-Chinese artist Leon Zhan has merged…”
2025 Elephant “Leon Zhan Artist and Pratt MFA Student…”
2025 Art Asia Pacific "The emphasis on introspective contemplation was echoed in Leon Zhan’s"
2025 White Hot Magazine "Leon Zhan’s pair of oils slows that logic even further..."
2025 CULTURED Magazine "Kasmin and Artistic Noise Rally the Art World for…”
2024 The American Friends of the National Gallery of Australia "Leon Zhan AusArt Fellow…”
2024 Creative Australia "Young actors, painters and poets share in $350k worth of scholarships”
2024 Australian Arts Review "Young actors, painters and poets share in $350k worth of…”
2017 The Courier Mail “Leon's talent brush with GOMA”