Kim Wan

Kim Wan (b.1970) is a British artist of East Asian Polynesian and Western European heritage. Wan’s artworks are all painterly – whether it is the obsessive exploration in his series of self-portraits, or the heavy impastoed, painted surfaces on found objects contributing to large-scale major installations. He made a lot of hip hop inspired graffiti during the 1980s, and the speed and power of spray-painting has remained a strong thread throughout his art career.

In the UK, Wan has worked with museums and institutions such as the National Portrait Gallery, TATE Modern, the Institute of Contemporary Art and the National Gallery. He is a selected artist by international committee at the Florence Biennale and is represented in the Saatchi collection. Exhibiting regularly in New York City, recent shows also include Art Basel Miami and range from Berlin, Moscow and Beijing to the Louvre, Paris.

1998 Winchester School of Art, B.A.( hons.) Fine art- Painting

Selected exhibitions and events
Grand Prize Winner, [EXPOSURE] See|Me, SCOPE, Miami Beach, USA
‘Et Tu Art Brute?’ Andrew Edlin Underground Gallery, NYC
‘Cultural Traffic’ publication fairs, NYC, Los Angeles & London
Rugby World Cup, England, Opening Ceremony
Richelieu balcony, La Louvre, Paris, France
#seemetakeover, digital collaboration, Times Square, NYC
SWIm film by Amy Sharrocks at Somerset House, London
Opening ceremony “Battle of Kings” UEFA champions league final- Wembley stadium
London 2012 Olympics Opening Ceremony-Isles Of Wonder by Danny Boyle
TATE Modern Tanks and Five Years Gallery
Westminster Reference Library, London
Institute of Contemporary Art, London
Rebecca Marshall & the London Film School
National Portrait Gallery, London
University of Brighton
ACInstitute, New York City
Ania Bas and Walsall New Art Gallery, England