Xia Han

Xia Han is a Chinese artist and gallerist based in Shanghai who runs the digital art space 33ml. He is a graduate of MA Fine Art from Chelse College of Art and received his BA Fine Art from East China Normal University. Utilising video game engines as a medium, Han’s practice practices on technoethics, specifically regarding environmental disruption, organisms and information.

Screenings and group shows include: The Wake UP! Memorial, New Media Fest 2020, Cologne; Fragile Relation, SEE WELL SPACE, FuZhou; Environmental Crisis, Gerald Moore Gallery, London; Journey of Water, Sinan Arthouse; West Bund Art & Design, West Bund Art Center, Shanghai (2020); Esports Digital Art Prize, Arcade, Hong Kong; Sympathetic Visage, 31-33 Church Street; Wicked Game, Triangle Space, London; Spread the Virus: Vol 2, DATEAGLE ART with Off Site Project, Online (2019); A4 Animation Season, A4 Art Museum, Chengdu; E Pluribis Unum, Cook House Gallery, London; The 6th Animamix Biennale: Ballade, Museum of Contemporary Art, Shanghai (2018); Energy Field, Museum of Contemporary Art, Shanghai (2017); The End of The World as We Know, Cospace Gallery; Sentiment & Dynamic Inertia, Korean Cultural Centre; Punk Shuttle, The Little Gallery, Shanghai; and Wenzhou International Design Biennial, HOW Art Museum, Wenzhou (2016).

His work was featured as part of the Future Prospect programme organised by TEDxCaohejingPark in Shanghai in 2016.