{"id":23564,"date":"2023-09-21T14:24:57","date_gmt":"2023-09-21T12:24:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mauritsvandelaar.nl\/?post_type=dt_portfolio&p=23564"},"modified":"2025-06-01T15:31:48","modified_gmt":"2025-06-01T13:31:48","slug":"dan-zhu","status":"publish","type":"dt_portfolio","link":"https:\/\/mauritsvandelaar.nl\/en\/artist\/dan-zhu\/","title":{"rendered":"Dan Zhu"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n\t\"Dan<\/a>\t<\/figure>\n<\/article>\n\n<\/div>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row type=”5″ animation=”fadeInUp” margin_top=”32″][vc_column][vc_tta_tabs color=”white” spacing=”” active_section=”1″ no_fill_content_area=”true”][vc_tta_section title=”Introduction” tab_id=”1440507584245-5ee45767-88dc967b-5cc9″][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/2″][vc_column_text]Dan Zhu<\/strong> (1985) creates a magical world in a refined style in which for instance mussels can string together like a stick and walk on the beach probing the sand. In another work A Trip to an Imag<\/em>e<\/em> she uses the setting of a train window to frame the imagery, where leaves, flowers, flying creatures and planets pass by simultaneously as in a dream in which everything has its meaning. To Dan Zhu Trip to an Image<\/em> is a metapher for the path she has to follow in her development.\u00a0In recent work she explores natural forms, switching from macro to a micro level and using parallel perspectives that bring movement and dynamics into the image[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/2″][vc_column_text css=””]In traditional Chinese painting the concept of Spirit Resonance is important. It means that an object of figure does not have to be scientifically accurate but the spirit evoked by the movements of a figure or object must be precious. On the other hand she is also inspired by Western art with a preference for artist like Hilma Af Klint or outsider artitst like Henry Darger or Guo Fengyi. Painting skills from the east and the west are equally valid to her: \u201cthe roads are different but the goals are the same. Curators or art historians are always swimming along the river. But artists are jumping all over the place.\u201d[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Biography” tab_id=”1440507584491-628a5fac-75f2967b-5cc9″][vc_column_text css=””]<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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1985<\/td>\nborn in Jiangxi, China<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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2003 – 2007<\/td>\nBachelor of communication theory, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, China<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2007 – 2009<\/td>\nMaster of design at Communication University of China, Beijing, China<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2010 – 2020<\/td>\nHochschule fu\u0308r Kunst und Gestaltung, Offenbach am Main, Germany<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2016<\/td>\nKASK Gent (Erasmus semester), Belgium<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2018 – 2019<\/td>\nRijksakademie van Beeldende Kunsten, Amsterdam, NL<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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2025<\/td>\nArt Basel Hong Kong, Discoveries Section, Tabula Rasa Gallery, China<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2023<\/td>\nFerris Wheel Before Dawn, Tabula Rasa Gallery, Beijing, China<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2022<\/td>\nI thought it was dead, it thought it\u2019s spring,\u00a0<\/i>Tabula Rasa Gallery, London, UK<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2021<\/td>\nNight into Nights<\/em>, CocA Award 2020, Art Institute Melly Rotterdam, NL<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2018<\/td>\nThere Is No Size<\/em>, Studio Continuo, Amsterdam, NL<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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2024<\/td>\nSupper Club Art Fair, Tabula Rasa Gallery, Hong Kong, China
\nCROWD<\/em>, Galerie Maurits van de Laar, The Hague, NL<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2023<\/td>\nSoul Mapping, Galerie Zeno X, Antwerp, Belgium
\n\u00a0Unveiled<\/em>, No.9 Cork Street, Tabula Rasa Gallery, London, UK
\nPaper Trails, Mendes Wood Gallery, Brussels, Belgium
\nArt Rotterdam, Galerie Maurits van de Laar, Rotterdam, NL
\nThrough Frozen Soil, Desert and Glacier, <\/i>the 5th Global Overseas Chinese Artists Exhibition,
\nHe Xiangning Art Museum, Shenzhen, China<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2022<\/td>\nNADA Miami<\/em> 2022, Tabula Rasa Gallery, Miami, USA
\nSummershow<\/em>, Galerie Maurits van de Laar, The Hague, NL
\nDrawing Now Paris<\/em>, Galerie Maurits van de Laar, Paris, France<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2021<\/td>\nEquipe 2<\/em>, 30 year anniversary Galerie Maurits van de Laar, The Hague, NL
\nArt On Paper<\/em>, Galerie Maurits van de Laar, Brussels, Belgium<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2020<\/td>\n((R))) Project Rozenstraat, Amsterdam, NL
\nRoyal Award for Modern Painting<\/em> (winner), Palace at the Dam, Amsterdam, NL
\nDrawing Now<\/em>, Galerie Maurits van de Laar, The Hague, NL
\nA Quest for Lasting Values<\/em>, Galerie Tobias Naehring, Leipzig, Germany
\nLuna Pink Swirl<\/em>, Project Room Flowershop, Offenbach am Main, Germany<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2019<\/td>\nRoyal Award for Modern Painting<\/em>, Palace at the Dam, Amsterdam, NL
\nFrom CoBrA to Cutting Oil,<\/em> Stedelijk Museum Schiedam, NL
\nRijksakademie Open Studio\u2019s, Amsterdam, NL<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2018<\/td>\nClub Solo lecture<\/em>, Breda, NL
\nRijksakademie Open Studio\u2019s, Amsterdam, NL<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2017<\/td>\nKonsistenz und Existenz<\/em>, Offenbach am Main, Germany
\nMy years on friendly street<\/em>, London, UK<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2016<\/td>\nGout#10 painting In-\/Extended<\/em>, Offenbach am Main, Germany<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2015<\/td>\nAll bets are off<\/em>, Zollamt, Offenbach am Main, Germany<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2014<\/td>\nDie neue Ha\u0308sslichkeit, <\/em>Palast fu\u0308r aktuelle Kunst, Glu\u0308ckstadt, Germany<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2013<\/td>\nFreie Sicht<\/em>, Nassauischer Kunstverein Wiesbaden, Germany
\nCafe Royal Books 2013 project,<\/em> Lancashire, UK<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2011<\/td>\nCOOP 5<\/em>, Ehemalige Diamantenbo\u0308rse, Frankfurt am Main, Germany<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2010<\/td>\nNew Collection<\/em>, Stedelijk Museum Wuyts-Van Campen & Baron Caroly, Lier, Belgium
\nOpen Studios, Atelierhaus des Bonner Kunstvereins, Bonn, Germany<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2007<\/td>\nLv Xiao 100,<\/em> Star gallery, Beijing, China<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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2021<\/td>\nWallpaintings in stairwell Schunck Heerlen, NL
\nPublic award Koninklijke Prijs voor Vrije Schilderkunst<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2020<\/td>\nRoyal Award for Modern Painting 2020, winner
\nThe Holistic Eye, commission Digital Earth for the Vertical Atlas publication
\nCommission Stichting Collectors of Contemporary Art<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2019<\/td>\nnomination Koninklijke Prijs voor Vrije Schilderkunst, NL
\nDAAD yearstipendium (Kunst, Design, Film), Germany<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2018 – 2019<\/td>\nGrants Henk and Victoria de Heus<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2017<\/td>\nDAAD Studienabschluss scholarship, Germany<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2016<\/td>\nErasmus scholarship (semester at KASK Gent)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2013<\/td>\nstipendium Johannes-Mosbach-Stiftung, Germany<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2013<\/td>\nDAAD Stipet 3 Rotary Club Offenbach am Main, Germany<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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<\/td>\nNOG Collection, Stedelijk Museum Schiedam, Plancius Art Collection, Pereira Collection, Schunck Collection, Ekard Collection, Teylers Museum Haarlem<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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