Joe Fan RSA, 'Flight of Fancy'

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JOE FAN RSA

Flight of Fancy 6 – 23 October 2020

The entire exhibition can be viewed at www.thackeraygallery.com The exhibition continues until 1pm on 23 October 2020

All work is available to view and purchase as of now

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The Hidden Garden Recovered – oil on canvas – 99 x 99cm

Botanic Winter Reunion – oil on canvas – 102 x 76cm

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Messages from Above conte on handmade paper – 64 x 48cm

The Lockdown Gallery conte on handmade paper – 64 x 48cm

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Intermission oil on canvas – 71 x 92cm

The After Party oil on canvas – 71 x 92cm

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Bathers – oil on canvas – 153 x 165cm

Right Map in the Wrong Place oil on canvas – 30 x 30cm

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Sliding Life oil on canvas – 30 x 30cm

Search Party for a Dog Walker oil on canvas – 30 x 30cm

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Red Bathers conte on handmade paper – 51 x 48cm

Botanic Interior conte on handmade paper – 53 x 41cm

The Greatest Still Life conte on handmade paper – 53 x 43cm

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The Retelling of Time oil on canvas 153 x 122cm

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The Sun Set Table oil on canvas – 71 x 92cm

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Passing Storm above the Painting of Last Summer oil on canvas – 30 x 30cm

Twenty-Twenty oil on canvas – 99 x 80cm

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A Whole in oil on canvas – 51 x 41cm

Shopping for Frances oil on canvas – 30 x 30cm

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Catching Leaves conte on handmade paper – 64 x 48cm

Five Levels Playing Fields conte on handmade paper – 64 x 48cm

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The Flight of Fancy oil on canvas 153 x 122cm

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Daydreaming during the Night oil on canvas – 122 x 91cm

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The Tree of Memories conte on handmade paper – 56 x 38cm

The Gardener Amazed conte on handmade paper – 64 x 48cm

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Place & Space oil on canvas – 71 x 92cm

Midnight Intermission oil on canvas – 30 x 30cm

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Weather Changer oil on canvas – 30 x 30cm

Hanging Blue Cloud oil on canvas – 30 x 30cm

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Leaf Counter oil on canvas – 30 x 30cm

Boat Race oil on canvas – 51 x 41cm

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A Garden for A.F oil on canvas – 30 x 30cm

BIOGRAPHY 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 retired from his role as a Lecturer to pursue his own full time career as an artist.

In 2003, Joe was elected to be a Royal Scottish Academy Academician.

Joe Fan continues to live and work in Aberdeen.

SOLO EXHIBITIONS FROM 1989 – PRESENT: Cite Internationale des Arts, Paris; Peacock Artspace, Aberdeen; Compass Gallery, Glasgow; Thackeray Gallery, London; Royal Overseas League, London and Edinburgh; Rendezvous Gallery, Aberdeen; Open Eye Gallery, Edinburgh; Fraser Gallery, St. Andrews; Roger Billcliffe Gallery, Glasgow; Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen; The Scottish Gallery, Edinburgh 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.

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AWARDS: Rank Xerox Selected National Competition, 1st Prize Commonwealth Section;Wood Group Young Artists Award, 1st Prize; Carnegie Travelling Scholarship: Royal Scottish Academy Miller Home Young Scottish Artist Award; Royal Overseas League National Art Competition, 1st Prize; The Guthrie Award, R.S.A; The Morrison Portrait Award, 1st Prize; Portland Gallery Award, R.S.A Annual Exhibition; Noble Grossart Painting Competition, 3rd Prize; Shell Expo Premier Award, Aberdeem Artists Society, 1st Prize; Elected Associate of the Royal Scottish Academy; The Sir William Gillies Bequest, Royal Scottish Academy; Aberdeen Artist Society Annual Exhibition, 2nd Prize; John Maxwell Travelling Scholarship, R.S.A - Aberdeen Artists Society Annual Exhibition, 3rd Prize; Meffan Winter Exhibition, 1st Prize; Aberdeen Artists Society Annual Exhibition: commended; W Gordon Smith (shortlisted); The Lynn PainterStainers Prize, Runner Up SELECTED GROUP SHOWS: Feactured in group shows worldwide from 1985 - present.

“Thanks to all my family for their support and faith in me and Stuart Johnstone, the photographer, for his usual excellent lens work.

Remembering Alexander Fraser RSA 1940-2020, the man who taught me about the exploration of pictorial space.�

Joe Fan RSA, 2020

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Front Cover: Joe Fan RSA “The Flight of Fancy” oil on canvas – 153 x 122cm David Klein MRSS SPS “Fire Horse” stone – 55 x 35 x 27cm

Right: Joe Fan RSA “Passing Storm above the Painting of Last Summer oil on canvas – 30 x 30cm

First Published in 2020 by Thackeray Gallery Ltd, 18 Thackeray Street, Kensington, London.

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