User:Shan.international.artist

SHAN. is an Australian artist with 12 years experience. He combines photography, sculpture, installation and performance to explore human relations and engagement. In their simplest form his projects show how we as humans relate to ourselves, to each other and to our environment.

His works are site-specific, three-dimensional, and experiential, taking into account the viewers entire sensory experience. The viewer is part of the work and the emphasis is on the social and psychological sites of art rather than the production of autonomous art objects.

His fantastical projects aim to inspire individuals to look beyond themselves and engage with those around them. The reversal of the role of audience from that of spectator to participant, creates experientially complex situations that profoundly affect those who encounter them, bringing about both personal and institutional transformation.

SHAN.s' morally significant work consistently extends beyond established notions of artistic practice and attracts attention around the globe. He has exhibited widely in commercial galleries and art spaces both internationally and in Australia.

He holds a Master of Art in Photomedia from the College of Fine Art (C.O.F.A) in Sydney, and was invited into the Master of Fine Art: Media Installation workshop at The Bauhaus in Germany. In 2010, SHAN. was short-list into the top 40 emerging artists in Australia, as judged by ArtMonth- Sydney and The Australian Business Arts Foundation.