Joe Fan, born in Hong Kong in 1962, came to Scotland to study Graphic Design at Aberdeen College of Commerce. He progressed to study Fine Art at Gray’s School of Art in Aberdeen where he gained a 1st Class Honours Degree. Following graduation in 1988, Joe won the Miller Homes Young Scottish Artist of the Year, and was sent to Paris to spend time at the Cite Internationale des Arts from 1989-1990.
From 1990-1997, Joe returned to Aberdeen and became a lecturer in Drawing and Painting at Gray’s School of Art. During this period, Joe also spent time as a visiting Lecturer at Cyprus College of Art, Paphos in 1994.
In 1997, Joe gave up his role as a Lecturer to pursue his own full time career as an artist. Joe continues to live and work in Aberdeen.
In 2003, Joe was elected to be a Royal Scottish Academy Academician.
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SOLO SHOWS |
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| 1989 | Cite Internationale des Arts, Paris |
| 1989 | Peacock Artspace, Aberdeen |
| 1991 | Compass Gallery, Glasgow |
| 1991 | Thackeray Rankin Gallery, London |
| 1994 | Royal Overseas League, London and Edinburgh |
| 1995/96/99 | Rendezvous Gallery, Aberdeen |
| 2005 | Rendezvous Gallery, Aberdeen |
| 2007 | Open Eye Gallery, Edinburgh |
| 2011 | Fraser Gallery, St. Andrews |
| 2000-2014 | Thackeray Gallery, London |
| 2015 | Roger Billcliffe Gallery, Glasgow |
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AWARDS |
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| 1985 | Rank Xerox Selected National Competition, (1st Prize) Commonwealth Section |
| 1987 | Wood Group Young Artists Award, (1st Prize) |
| 1988 | Carnegie Travelling Scholarship (Royal Scottish Academy)
Miller Home Young Scottish Artist Award (One year residency at Cité Internationale, Paris) |
| 1993 | Royal Overseas League National Art Competition, (1st Prize) |
| 1994 | The Guthrie Award, R.S.A |
| 1995 | The Morrison Portrait Award, (1st Prize) |
| 1997 | Portland Gallery Award, R.S.A Annual Exhibition |
| 1998 | Noble Grossart Painting Competition, (3rd Prize) |
| 2002 | Shell Expo Premier Award, Aberdeen Artists Society, (1st Prize) |
| 2003 | Elected Associate of the Royal Scottish Academy |
| 2004 | The Sir William Gillies Bequest, Royal Scottish Academy |
| 2009 | Aberdeen Artist Society Annual Exhibition, (2nd Prize) |
| 2010 | John Maxwell Travelling Scholarship, R.S.A
Aberdeen Artists Society Annual Exhibition, (3rd Prize) |
| 2012 | Meffan Winter Exhibition, (1st Prize) |
| 2012 | Aberdeen Artists Society Annual Exhibition, (Commended) |
| 2016 | The Lynn Painter-Stainers Prize, (Runner Up) |
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SELECTED GROUP SHOWS |
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| 1985 | Rank Xerox Marlow Art Collection, National Theatre, London |
| 1986 | Grays Sketch Club Student Exhibition, Aberdeen Art Gallery; Wood Group Young Artist Competition, Artspace, Aberdeen |
| 1987/1988 | Royal Scottish Academy Student Exhibition, Edinburgh |
| 1988 | New Generation Artists, Compass Gallery; Richard Demarco Print Exhibition, Edinburgh |
| 1989 | Grays Former Students Exhibition, Aberdeen Art Gallery |
| 1990 | Wild Boar Gallery & Restaurant, Aberdeen |
| 1990-2012 | Aberdeen Artists Society Annual Exhibition, Aberdeen Art Gallery |
| 1991 | Royal Society of Watercolourists, Annual; Royal Glasgow Institute of Fine Art Annual Exhibition |
| 1991,1992 | Sue Rankin Gallery, London |
| 1992 | Aberdeen International Youth Festival, Aberdeen Art Gallery |
| 1993 | Royal Overseas Annual Exhibition, London; Ten Years of WASPS, Aberdeen Art Gallery |
| 1993-1995 | Scottish Society of Artists Annual Exhibition, Edinburgh |
| 1993, 1995 | Morrison Portrait Exhibition, R.S.A, Edinburgh |
| 1994-2010, 2013 | Royal Scottish Academy Annual Exhibition, Edinburgh |
| 1995 | Scottish Society of Artists Selected Touring Exhibition, Piers Art Centre, Orkney |
| 1996 | WASPS Studio Artists Aberdeen, Peacock Gallery, Aberdeen |
| 1996-1998 | Noble Grossart Painting Competition Exhibition, RSA, Edinburgh |
| 1997 | Festival Exhibition, Scottish Gallery, Edinburgh |
| 1997, ’98 | Open Eye Gallery, Edinburgh |
| 1998 | Hunting Art Prizes Exhibition, Royal College of Art; ‘On a Grand Scale’, John Martin Gallery, London |
| 1999 | Northern Lights, Scottish Gallery, Edinburgh; Gallery 44, with Thackeray Gallery, Suffolk; ‘Connections’, RSA, Edinburgh; Noble Grossart Exhibition, RSA, Edinburgh & Glasgow School of Art |
| 1999-2011 | London Art Fair with Thackeray Gallery, London |
| 1999-2014 | Gallery Artists, Thackeray Gallery, London |
| 2010 | Jerwood Drawing Competition Travelling Exhibition |
| 2012 | Meffan Winter Exhibition, Forfar |
| 2014 | The Lyth Arts Centre, Wick
Enclosures, Elsewhere – The Lion & Lamb Gallery, London |
| 2015 | Tatha Gallery, Fife
Pentland Gallery, Aberdeen |
| 2016 | Lynn Painter-Stainers Exhibition, Mall Galleries, London
W Gordon Smith Prize Exhibition, Dovecot Gallery, Edinburgh Rendezvous Gallery, Aberdeen |
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
The Scottish Arts Council Collection; Rank Xerox The Marlow Art Collection; Miller Homes Art Collection; Aberdeen Royal Infirmary; Grays School of Art; Aberdeen Art Gallery; Unilever Art Collection, (London); Jones Day (London); Soho Hotel, (London); Ham Yard, (London), and Crosby Street Hotel, (New York), as well as numerous Private Collections.