Ruonan Yan 闫若楠
Born in 1990. Raised in Shenyang, China. Now based in New York.
Yan has been making art since young age. She moved to the United States in 2013 and graduated from New York Academy of Art in 2016. Yan never stops trying different mediums to express herself. She loves to play with abstract shapes, colors, minimalism, and sense of humor.
Email: ruonanyan.newyork@gmail.com
Education
2014 - 2016 MFA in Drawing, New York Academy of Art, New York
2013 - 2014 Illustration, School of Visual Arts, New York
2009 - 2013 BFA in Visual Communication, Dalian Polytechnic University, China
Solo Show
2017 - A Serious Joke, Miranda Kuo Gallery, New York NY
Juror
2019 - The Illusion and Reality, Ning Gallery, New York NY
Group Shows
2024
- Desert Breeze, Santa Fe, NM
- 10x10x10 Exhibition, Tieton, WA
- Earth Exhibition, Naturalist Gallery
- No Title, Decagon Gallery
2023 - 10x10x10 Exhibition, Tieton, WA
2021 - 2021 Mandarin Oriental, Miami FL
2020 - Art on Paper, New York NY
2019
- Take Home A Nude 2019, Sotheby’s, New York NY
- 9 Eyes, Wook + Lattuada Gallery, New York NY
- Summer Exhibition, New York Academy of Art, New York NY - GIFC, The Hole, New York NY
- Women artists exhibition, Dacia Gallery, New York NY
- China Pop, The Delaware Contemporary, Wilmington, DE
- Giant Steps, LIC Open Arts, New York NY
- Watercolor (Luminous Light), NAWA Gallery, New York NY
2018
- The Other Art Fair, New York NY
- Artspace online exhibition
- Little But Fierece, Chashama, New York NY
2017
- Single Fare 4, Highline Stage, New York NY
- Salon Show, Greenpoint Gallery New York NY
- Cross-Cultural Dialogue, Metropolitan Pavilion, New York NY
- Annual Members Show, Manhattan Grpahics Center, New York NY
2016
- You are one of a kind, K&P Gallery, New York NY
- Deck the wall, New York Academy of Art, New York NY
- (Re)Create Auction, Martinez Gallery, New York NY
- Small Work II, Catalyst Gallery, Beacon NY
- PrintFest, International Print Center NY, New York NY
- Open Call II, Lorimoto Gallery, Brooklyn NY
- Picturing the Unprintable, Flux Factory, Brooklyn NY
- Friends: Passed and Present, Haven SBX Gallery, Bronx NY - Nudes & Jewels, Collier West, Brooklyn NY
- Pop-Up Show, PaperBase, Baltimore, MD
- SGCI Conference 2016, Portland, OR
- Tribeca Ball, New York Academy of Art, New York NY
- Momentum, New York Academy of Art, New York NY
2015
- Small Works, Collier West, Brooklyn NY
- Tribeca Ball, New York Academy of Art, New York NY
- Deck the wall, New York Academy of Art, New York NY
Press
2019 - Average Art Magazine 2019 - Medium
2017 - Sinovision
2017 - Art China
2016 - NY CITY LENS
2016 - Vogue
2012 - Elle France