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)