Yuan Kan
(1971, Shanghai, China)
Sculptor at the Shanghai Oil Painting and Sculpture Institute
Member of the Shanghai Artists Association
Committee Member, 1st Architectural Art & Public Art Committee of the Shanghai Artists Association
Member of the China Sculpture Institute
Member of the Sculpture Committee of the China Arts and Crafts Society
National First-Class Artist
Awards
First Prize, Peace & Harmony — 2011 National Exhibition for Recommended Young and Emerging Artists
Finalist, Prosperous Blossoms — 2021 Lingang New Area Urban Sculpture Design Competition
Collections
Attachment series — Collected by Shanghai Artists Association
Flower Goddess — Collected by China Artists Association
New Town Construction — Commissioned by the Shanghai Historic Culture Art Creation Project, collected by the China Art Museum
Shanghai Marathon — Commissioned by the Spirit of the Times — Shanghai Realism Art Creation Project, collected by the China Art Museum
Panda Family — Collected by Shanghai Mingyuan Group, K11 Art Foundation, Hurun Art Foundation
Silence — Collected by Red Star Macalline
My Dog No. 2 — Collected by Xiyingmen Group
My Dog No. 5, Pink Celebration, Apple, Figures series — Collected by Shanghai Mingyuan Group
Paradise — Collected by Ogiwara Museum, Jiaxing
Chinese Drama series — Collected by Shangfang Group
Additional works held by private collectors in China, Israel, Turkey, Italy, France, Germany, and the United States.
Public Art Projects
Principal sculptor, Main Sculpture, Site of the 2nd National Congress of the CPC Memorial Hall
The Illuminator — Zou Bihua, Shanghai High People’s Court Judges Training Center
Justice as Mountain, Fairness as Water Relief and Continental Law System Relief — Shanghai Second Intermediate People’s Court
Main sculptures and reliefs for Shanghai Oriental Notary Public Office
Dalton and Orange Tulip — Shanghai Oriental Green Land Youth Training Base
Passion — Shanghai TV University
Sports series — Jing’an Sports Center
Main relief — Jing’an Gymnasium
River God — Model section of Suzhou Creek
Main relief — Cohesion Museum (collaborative project)
Li Bai — Century Park (collaborative project)
Xu Guangqi — Guangqi Park, Xujiahui (collaborative project)
Landmark sculptures Infinity — Haitong Securities Headquarters at the Bund and Zhangjiang Data Center
White Love Bear, Peep, Cross Over, Journey, Prosperity — CITIC Pacific Shanghai Xintai Center