Gloria Fan Duan Biography

b.1993, Amherst, U.S.A.

Works and lives in New York, U.S.A.

EDUCATION 

2015B.F.A. Rhode Island School of Design, Rhode Island, U.S.A.

2020 M.F.A. Art School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Illinois U.S.A.

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2027

Plexus Projects, The Glass Garden, New York, U.S.A., 2027.

2017

Mobius Wave, Hillyer Art Space: DC, Washington, DC, U.S.A., June 2–July 30, 2017.

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2026

Transcendence, Fou Gallery, New York, U.S.A., July 11–September 5, 2026.

Restoration/ Regeneration, Arizona State University, U.S.A., March 6–8, 2026.

Reality Hack, MIT, Cambridge, U.S.A., January 2026. 

2025

Undercurrent, NARS Main Gallery, New York, U.S.A., May 30–June 17, 2025. (Digital Catalogue)

Shifting Gaze, NARS Main Gallery, New York, U.S.A., February 28–March 18, 2025. (Digital Catalogue)

Proxies, NARS Main Gallery, New York, U.S.A., March 21, 2025.

2024

The Parallel Conservatory, Pratt Institute: the Foundation Lab, New York, U.S.A., March 26, 2024. 

2023

The Parallel Conservatory, Pratt Institute: the Foundation Lab, New York, U.S.A., March 10, 2023. 

Bright Day Would Turn to Night, My Love, Tiny Table Gallery: TUSK, Chicago, U.S.A., May 13, 2023.

The Influencer and the Gatekeepers, MayDay, Rhode Island, U.S.A., May 28, 2023.

2022

Down to Earth, Chicago Roots & Culture, Chicago, U.S.A., July 30, 2022. (Digital Catalogue)

The Next International Juried Exhibition, Li Tang, New York, U.S.A., January 8–March 5, 2022.

2021

Holding Patterns, Vanderbilt University: Gallery 204, Nashville, U.S.A., December 4, 2020–January 22, 2021.

My Dreams These Days, ATS, Online & Chicago, U.S.A., December 10, 2021. (Digital Catalogue)

New Frontiers, Art Gym Gallery, Denver, U,S.A., October 7, 2021.

Climate: Contemporary Landscape in Flux 衍景:饑碌論減桔杰, The Research House for Asian Art, Chicago, U.S.A., February 18–May 31, 2021.

2020

The Future of Our Plans, Graduate Studies, Chicago, U.S.A., August 12–19, 2020. (Digital Catalogue)

Launch, 33 East Washington, Washington, U.S.A., October 19–November 24, 2020. 

Breaking Reality, Art & Tech Studies, Chicago, U.S.A., July 2, 2020.

The Bonsai Paradox, Dean’s Office, Chicago, U.S.A., August 12–19, 2020. (Digital Catalogue)

3D Experimental Showcase, Mana Contemporary: Chicago, Chicago, U.S.A., November 6, 2021. (Digital Catalogue)

2017

Mobius Wave, TJHSST, Alexandria, U.S.A., June 2–July 30, 2017.

DASH, Knoll Showroom: DC, Washington, DC, U.S.A., November 16, 2017.

La Vie en Bleu, The Mansion at Strathmore, Maryland, U.S.A., January 7–February 19, 2017.

Pop-Up Prints, International Visions, Washington, DC, U.S.A., July, 2017.

Nature Nurtured, Art Sweet Art, Leesburg, U.S.A., May 5–June 18, 2017.

Small Works Big Impact, Gallery Underground, Arlington, U.S.A., May 1–26, 2017.

2016

James McLaughlin Memorial Staff Show, The Phillips Collection, Washington, DC, U.S.A., August 13–September 18, 2016.

Refractions, GWU: Gallery 102, Washington, DC, U.S.A., August 29–September 16, 2016.

2015

BFA Thesis Exhibition, Woods Gerry House, Rhode Island, U.S.A., May 11–16, 2015.

Satin Body: Glue for Dogs, Memorial Hall Gallery, Rhode Island, U.S.A., September 23–28, 2015.

5 Meters, Memorial Hall Gallery, Rhode Island, U.S.A., November 4–9, 2015.

Pop Up, Red Eye Gallery, Rhode Island, U.S.A., October 7–12, 2015.

2014

Junior Painting, Woods Gerry House, Rhode Island, U.S.A., January 21–26, 2014.

Subliminal Spaces, Memorial Hall Gallery, Rhode Island, U.S.A., November 11–16, 2014.

Funny, Isn’t It?, Red Eye Gallery, Rhode Island, U.S.A., October 21–26, 2014.

RESIDENCY

2026

Mount St. Helens, Skamania, Washington, U.S.A., 2026.

Plexus Projects, New York, U.S.A., 2026.

An And Foundation, Wassaic, New York, U.S.A., 2025–2026.

2025 

Pollinator, Virtual, 2025.

Fou Residency, Tulum, Mexico, 2025.

NARS Foundation, New York, U.S.A., 2025.

2022

Bauhaus: Dessau Foundation, Dessau, Germany, 2022.

Studio Sabine Marcelis X Phygital Studio, Rotterdam, Netherlands, 2022.

LECTURE & TEACHING EXPERIENCES

2023

Part-Time Lecturer, Design & Technology Department of Parsons School of Design: the New School, 2023.

Visiting Assistant Professor, Communication Design Department at Pratt Institute, 2023.

AICAD Fellow in Foundation, at Pratt Institute, 2021–2023