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
2023 (Forthcoming Solo) Title TBD, Women & Their Work, Austin, TX, July
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
2022 Members Virtual Exhibition, running in conjunction with Mid-America College Art Association 2022 Conference, juror Matt Roberts, March
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
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. 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 Water Color 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, “Local to Global: Crossing Borders to Build Place Sensitive Art Practice and Education.” 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
2019 – p Texas Christian University, Assistant Professor of Art, Fort Worth, TX
2016 - 2019 The Ohio State University, Instructor of Record, Columbus, OH.
2017 Nais International Summer School at Sichuan University, Chengdu, China.
2013 - 2016 The Ohio State University, Graduate Teaching Associate, Columbus, OH.
Other Professional Service
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)