Education
2016 M.F.A. Painting, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
2012 B.F.A. Painting and Drawing, Temple University, Tyler School of Art, Philadelphia, PA
Select Solo and Duo Exhibitions
2026 (Forthcoming) TBD, Cris Worley Fine Arts Gallery, Dallas, TX, Nov, 2026
2026 (Solo) Passing Through, Cell Series at Old Jail Art Center, Curator Patrick Kelly, Albany, TX, Feb
2025 (Solo) Library of Partial Things, East Texas A&M University-Commerce University Gallery, Commerce, TX, August
2024 (Solo) 21 Days, 器 Organhaus Contemporary Art Space, Chongqing, China
2024 (Solo) The Echoes of Nature, Dan Jian, Capital One Building 7, Plano, TX, May
2023 (Solo) The Bow Whispers to the Arrow, Women & Their Work, Austin, TX, July
2023 (Solo) Nascent Terrain, Cris Worley Fine Arts Gallery, Dallas, TX, Jan
2022 (Solo) Dan Jian, Kansas City Artists Coalition, Kansas City, MI. May
2022 (Solo) And Dust to Mountain, Louise Hopkins Underwood Center for the Arts, Lubbock, TX. March
2021 (Solo) And Dust to Mountains, Moudy Gallery, Texas Christian University, Fort Worth, TX.
2021 (Solo) Edge of a Story, Fort Worth Community Art Center, Fort Worth, TX, April
2020 (Duo) Dan Jian and Kalee Appleton, curator/director: Cynthia Petry. The Coburn Gallery, Ashland University, Ashland, OH, October
2020 (Duo) Off To Dream, Sean Christopher Gallery, Columbus, OH, June
2020 (Duo) Remembering While Looking, 934 Gallery, Columbus, OH, June
2019 (Duo) Feeling Forward, Dan Jian and Diana Abells, Portmanteau Project Space, Dayton, OH
2019 (Duo) Lobby, curated by Middle Child, artists group, Planned Parenthood Columbus, Columbus, OH
2018 (Solo) Déjà vu, curated by Kun Ni, chief curator and director, Organhaus Contemporary Art Space, Chongqing, China
Select Group Exhibitions
2026 (Forthcoming) Faculty Exhibition, Moudy Gallery at TCU, Fort Worth, TX, September
2026 Dallas Art Fair, Dallas, TX
2024 Faculty Exhibition, Moudy Gallery at TCU, Fort Worth, TX, September
2024 Anchor Point | Summer Group Show, Cris Worley Fine Arts Gallery, Dallas, TX, June
2024 Conduit at 40: Forte!, Dallas, TX, August
2024 (Three-person show) If Shadow Could Shine, NYC open call winner, curated by Yi Cao. Artists: Dan Jian, Nayeon Yang, and Sadia Rehman. New York City, March
2023 Into View: Bernice Bing, Asian Art museums, open call, San Francisco, CA
2023 Dallas Art Fair, Dallas, TX
2023 150 year/150 artists, Fort Worth Contemporary Arts, Fort Worth, TX, April
2023 More Than This…, curated by Anne Allen, Arts Fort Worth, January
2022 Members Virtual Exhibition, in conjunction with Mid-America College Art Association 2022 Conference, juror Matt Roberts
2021 Contemporary Landscape 2021, CICA Museum. Gyeonggi-do, Korea, December
2021 direct messages, Booth 59, the wrong biennale nº5, virtual exhibition, November
2021 (Screening) MILOTI Program Three: Virtual Microcinema, RhizomeDC, Washington DC
2021 Interpreting Renditions of Nature, Community, and Self: TCU School of Art Faculty selected works. Moudy Gallery, Texas Christian University. Fort Worth, TX
2020 10th Annual National Juried Exhibition, Charles Wand Norma C. Carroll Gallery, Marshall University, Huntington, WV, January
2020 5: A Retrospective Exhibition, 934 Galley, Columbus, OH, December
2020 Texas Now 2020, virtual exhibition, Artspace 111 Gallery, Fort Worth, TX, July
2018 Shift, Roy G Biv Gallery at Wild Goose Creative, Columbus, OH
2018 ROY Spectrum, group exhibition, Roy G Biv Gallery, Columbus, OH
2017 Retellings, curated by Avery Glassman, curator, Western Colorado Center For The Arts, Grand Junction, CO
2017 Come Along With Me, curated by Richard Fletcher, assistant professor, The Ohio State University, Riffe Gallery, Columbus, OH
2017 Petit Deux: A Group Exhibition of Smaller Sized Art. Emerge Gallery & Art Space, Saugerties, NY
2016 Petit Exhibitions, Juror: Robert Langdon, Emerge Gallery & Art Space, Saugerties, NY
2016 Studio Open, curated by Matt Distel, curator, The Carnegie, Covington, KY
2016 notitleanytitle*, MFA thesis exhibition, Urban Arts Space, Columbus, OH
2014 Charter, Group Exhibition, curated by Lilliana Marie, artist, Mirage Gallery, Columbus, OH
2014 The Instant Now, Second Year Exhibition, The Ohio State University
2014 In Conversation, First Year MFA Exhibition, The Ohio State University
Awards, Grants, and Residencies
2027 (Forthcoming) Residency, 器 Organhaus Contemporary Art Space, Chongqing, China, March
2027 (Forthcoming) Residency, Awagami Factory Visiting Artist / Artist-in-Residence (AiR), Tokushima, Japan
2026 Residency, Cerrito Artist in Residency program, Tuscany, Italy, May-June
2026 Grant, Research and Creative Activities Fund (RCAF), Texas Christian University
2026 Grant, Mid-Career Summer Research and Creative Activities Program (MCSRP), Texas Christian University
2026 Residency, Cerrito Artist in Residency program, Tuscany, Italy, May-June
2025 Residency, Cerrito Artist in Residency program, Tuscany, Italy, May-June
2025 Finalist artist, 2025 Moss/Chumley Award, Meadows Museum, Dallas, TX
2024 Residency, 器 Organhaus Contemporary Art Space, Chongqing, China, June-July
2024 Grant, Dean's Exceptional Travel Grant, Texas Christian University
2024 Grant, Research and Creative Activities Fund (RCAF), Texas Christian University
2023 Grant, Nasher Sculpture Center's 2023 Artist Grant recipient, Nasher Sculpture Center
2022 Teaching Enhancement Grants, Texas Christian University
2022 Grant, The Research and Creative Activities Fund, Texas Christian University
2020 Grant, Junior Faculty Summer Research Program, Texas Christian University
2020 Grant, The Research and Creative Activities Fund, Texas Christian University
2020 Grant, Junior Faculty Summer Research Program, Texas Christian University
2018 Residency, Ragdale Foundation, Lake Forest, IL
2018 Residency, 器. Organhaus Contemporary Art Space, Chongqing, China
2017 Residency, Virginia Center for the Creative Arts Residency, Amherst, VA
2017 Residency, Kimmel Harding Nelson Center for the Arts, Nebraska City, NE
2016 Finalist artist, Don Bachardy Fellowship, London, UK. Residency, Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT
2016 Student Opportunity Award, The Ohio State University
2015 Art at Graduate School Dean's Award, The Ohio State University
2015 Arts and Humanities Graduate Research Small Grant, Columbus. OH
2014 Residency, “OHIO 8550”, Chesterhill, OH
2012 Certificate of Merit, Philadelphia Watercolor Society, Philadelphia, PA
Review and Media
2022 “Memories Remade With Charcoal and Ash,” by Mónica Teresa Ortiz, Hyperallergic, Brooklyn, New York, web, May
2022. “A Chat with the 2022 Carter Community Artists”, Carter ARTicles, Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, web, March
2022 “Dan Jian, by Jill Conner, AS | Artist Studio, New York, web, New York, March
2021 “A Chat with the 2022 Carter Community Artists”, Carter ARTicles, Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, web, March
2021 “We Can, Together Mural Stands At The Heart of Campus,” by Heather Hughston, TCU magazine, winter 2021 issue
2021 “Meet the Amon Carter Museum’s new community artist,” by Jerome Weeks, NPR Art&Seek on KERA, air, Nov
2021 “Amon Carter Museum Announces 2022 Carter Community Artists”, Glasstire, web. 26 Nov
2021 And Dust to Mountains, Art&Seek on KERA, web. Sept
2021 “Dan Jian” Interpreting Renditions of Nature, Community, and Self, Jan
2021 “Art class creates collaborative art installation for TCU Race & Reconciliation Initiative,” TCU College of Fine Arts News, web. April
2021 “Dan Jian - Landscape as a Motif,” by Carl Brown, Fort Worth Scene, Artists Online Headline, May
2020 Dan Jian and Randall Eng, virtual artist talk. VCCA's fireplace series 12, live stream on Facebook and YouTube, Oct
2020 Andy Downing, "East meets West in duo shows opening at 934 and Sean Christopher galleries", Columbus Alive, 5 June
2020 Kalee Appleton and Dan Jian, "A conversation with Kalee and Dan"” TCU Moudy Gallery YouTube Channel, 12 May
2020 Land of Lights, Lunch-Ticket Magazine at Antioch University, LA, 1 March
2019 Middle Child Collective. "Lobby” March
2017 Mary Gray, "Connected Through the Human Experience, Artist Interviews - Dan Jian" Ohio Arts Council News, March
2016 Mabi Ponce De Léon, “Dan Jian”, MFA exhibition catalogues, May 2016
Presentations
2022 Panelist, “Mid-America College Art Association (MACAA) virtual conference, Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania, March
2020 6th International Bie-modern Conference (virtual due to Covid-19), Georgia Southwestern State University, Americus, GA, October
2017 Artist Talk, Interdisciplinary Studio Art Seminar, Prof. Mark Magruder, Sweet Briar College, Sweet Briar, VA
2016 and 2017 Lecture/Presentation, “Dwelling in the Fuchun Mountains - Time and Space in Chinese Ink Painting”, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
2016 Research Paper Presentation: "Analogy of Intent - Laura Owen’s Painting ", Hayes Annual Research Forum, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
Academic Position
2025 - Present Texas Christian University, Associate Professor of Art, Fort Worth, TX
2019 – 2025 Texas Christian University, Assistant Professor of Art, Fort Worth, TX
2016 - 2019 The Ohio State University, Instructor of Record, Columbus, OH
2013 - 2016 The Ohio State University, Graduate Teaching Associate, Columbus, OH
Other Professional Service
2025 Visual Arts panelist for the City of Fort Worth Public Art program
2024 College of Fine Arts Diversity Equity and Inclusion Committee
2024 Visual Arts panelist for the US. National Endowment for Arts’ Grants
2023 Visual Arts panelist for the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts Residency
2022 Amon Carter Museum of American Art Community Artist. Fort Worth, TX
2022 Teaching Artist, Sid’s studio: Drawing with Cut-outs, Sid Richardson Museum
2021 Exhibition Advisory Panelist, Fort Worth Community Arts Center, Fort Worth, TX
2021 Visual Arts selection committee, Fort Worth Independent School District Teaching Chairs award program -Visual Art
2021 Teaching Artist, Milton Avery Evening Studio, Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth
2021 Teaching Artist, Drawing from the Collection, Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth
2019 Teaching Artist, Epic Drawing and Animation, Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth
Language
English, Mandarin (Native)