Shanshan Jiang

I am a Chinese artist based in the UK. Rooted in Chinese painting, my research explores water as a collaborator: how its movement shapes materials, redirects the hand and changes perception. Working with ink, paper, clay and plaster, I translate these encounters into paintings and sculptural forms.

Fluid marks meet the weight of solid forms; shadows enter the spaces between them. My works hold this exchange open, allowing what is felt, what is understood and what remains unknown to exist together.

2017–2018
MLitt in Fine Art Practice, with Distinction
The Glasgow School of Art, Glasgow, UK
2010–2014
BA in Chinese Painting
Central Academy of Fine Arts, Beijing, China

2026 — Forthcoming
MICROMOON
Centro de Artes de Águeda (CAA), Águeda, Portugal
28 November–31 December

2026
After Water, Before Form — Solo Exhibition
artpistol Gallery, Glasgow, UK
12 September–15 October

2025
Fluid Earth
GroundWork Gallery, King’s Lynn, UK

2024
14th National Art Exhibition of China
Tianjin Art Museum, Tianjin, China
Selected work: Echoes of the New Era

2019
Selected works exhibited at Tramway
Glasgow, UK

2015
Joint Exhibition of Young Artists from the Central Academy of Fine Arts
Beijing Times Art Museum, Beijing, China

2014
The Start of a Long Journey — Exhibition of Outstanding Graduation Works
Central Academy of Fine Arts, Beijing, China
First Prize for The Same Journey