Dingyue (Luna) Fan, (b.1994 Chongqing, China) is an artist based in London, she holds a BA in French from Sichuan International Studies University in 2016, and she is currently studying at the Royal College of Art. Her practice includes painting, photography, and light-sensitive materials, inspired by her dreamscape, literature, and the natural world, encompass figurative and abstract expressions to narrate the fluidity and intricacy of emotion under the unconscious, exploring the relationship between the body and memory, image and spirituality.
Dingyue Fan
Fan constructs ephemeral memories through the rhythmic placement of lines, animal-shaped plants, ambiguous humanoid figures, and layered bodies, which continually generate new forms. The lines and colours brought forth through instinctive impulses do not conform to a fixed language. Instead, they represent unfilled spaces that emerge as a habitat of reconstructed dreamscapes and collective memories, catalyzing transformation and providing accessible healing spaces.
Acrylic and oil on canvas, 180x200cm
Acrylic and oil on canvas, 160x200cm, 160x200cm
Acrylic and oil on canvas, 90x130cm, 150x180cm, 90x130cm
Acrylic and oil on canvas, digital painting, acrylic on silk, 80x100cm, 55x75cm, 65x95cm
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Acrylic and oil on canvasSize:
Variable size
Secret, Giclée print on Yun Long bark paper (chemicals on photographic paper), 60x96cm
On se cherche, C-type print, 100x150cm
Pigeon eye, Giclée print | Chemicals on photographic paper, 20x30cm
Lost moth, Giclée print, 30x50cm
Mosquito`s dream, Giclée print | Oil on exposed photographic paper, 25x60cm
A pond of unconscious, Acrylic on mirror with torn film | C-type print, 60x80cm
A pond of unconscious, Chemicals on pearl photographic paper | C-type print, 160x240cm
On se cherche, C-type print (chemicals on photographic paper), Variable size
On se cherche, C-type print | Chemicals on photographic paper, 210x200cm
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Medium:
Mixed mediumSize:
Variable size
Giclée print, 40x120cm
Giclée print on Yun Long bark paper, 100x200cm, 150x300cm
This group of work is inspired by an experience with a breathing disorder. Through the dynamic interplay of body, light, and machinery, which merges the "breaths" of humans and machines, the essence of "Shanshui" is evoked by the endless reflections of mirrors and the rhythmic pulsations of the "machine's breath." As the paper jamming through the machine malfunctions, pixel distortions arise, leading to the reformation of mountains once the ink dissolves. The dialogue between the ink and machine makes the mirror-generated mountains into ink-drawn “Shanshui,” which is encoded as an unpredictable multi-temporal landscape in the machine’s language, converting them into the vivid "life" of images through light, where memory, time, and reformation bump between humanity and landscape.
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