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         NostalgiaAbbotsford 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”