(b. Aug 2000, Australia)

 

Education

2025    Masters of Fine Arts, Painting/Drawing, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, USA

2020 - 2022    Bachelor of Fine Arts, Painting, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, AUS


Solo Exhibitions

2024         Labyrinths, Futures Gallery, Melbourne, AUS


Group Exhibitions

2025         (Forthcoming) Benefit Auction 2025, Kasmin Gallery, New York, USA

2024         Nostalgia, Misc Object, Melbourne, Australia

2023         Back To School, KuBe Art Space, 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

2021         Emerging Artist Award, FortyFiveDownstairs, Melbourne, AUS

2020         Blacktown City Art Prize, Blacktown Arts Centre, Sydney, AUS

2020         Brunswick Small Work Art Prize, Brunswick Street Gallery, Melbourne, 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         The AusArt Graduate Scholarship, the American Australian Association and the American 

                 Friends of the National Gallery of Australia

2024         The Marten Bequest Travelling Scholarship, Painting, Creative Australia

2021         Blacktown City Art Prize People's Choice, Sydney

2017         Creative Generations Exhibition Excellence Award, Brisbane


Press

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…”

2024         Futures Gallery "FUTURES is thrilled to present a solo exhibition by Leon Zhan..”

2024         Abbotsford Convent "Melbourne Design Week 2024: Nostalgia”

2023         Green Magazine "Jugs: An Exhibition of Contemporary Ceramic Vessels…”

2022         To Be Magazine "Discordia and Harrolds Present: Leon Zhan's 'Neo-Dynasty'...”

2021         Black Town Arts "The winner of the BCAP2020 People's Choice Prize is..."

2019         Dazed "Meet the artist who stuck bananas to Nike AF1s for the #content"

2017         The Courier Mail  “Leon's talent brush with GOMA”