KAN Xuan

♂ *1972 / China

Solo exhibitions

A Slope by the Sea

Galleria Continua, Beijing (CN)
1 Sep 2026 – 5 Dec 2026
Racing Gravels

Times Art Center Berlin, Berlin (DE)
26 Apr 2019 – 29 Jun 2019
Kan Xuan

Ikon Gallery, Birmingham (GB)
6 Jul 2016 – 11 Sep 2016
Millet Mounds

Ullens Center Contemporary Art, Beijing (CN)
15 Sep 2012 – 15 Nov 2012
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BüroFriedrich, Berlin (DE)
28 Apr 2006 – 27 May 2006
A happy girl

Ikon Gallery, Birmingham (GB)
29 Mar 2006 – 14 May 2006

Group

Cruel Youth Diary

Chinese Photography and Video from the Haudenschild Collection

UCLA Hammer Museum, Los Angeles (US)
15 Feb 2023 – 14 May 2023

with ZHAO Bandi, CAO Fei, WENG Fen, YANG Fudong, HONG Hao, ZHU Jia, XIANG Liqing, Feng Mengbo, CHEN Shaoxiong, SONG Tao, SHI Yong, YANG Yong …
Chinese Summer

Astrup Fearnley MoMa, Oslo (NO)
2 Jun 2017 – 10 Sep 2017

with Qiu Anxiong, LU Chunsheng, Zhang Ding, CAO Fei, YANG Fudong, Cai Guo-Qiang, ZHANG Huan, DUAN Jianyu, LIU Wei (*1972), Ai Weiwei, Sun Xun, XU Zhen
Tales of Our Time

Guggenheim New York, New York (US)
4 Nov 2016 – 10 Mar 2017

with CHIA-EN JAO, Tsang Kin-Wah, Sun Yuan & Peng Yu, Zhou Tao, Sun Xun, Yangjiang Group
China: grain to pixel

A Story of Photography in China

Museum of Australian Photography, Melbourne (AU)
5 Jun 2016 – 28 Aug 2016

with Adou, Felice Beato, Birdhead (Ji Weiyu and Song Tao), HAI Bo, Song Chao, LUO Dan, XING Danwen, ZHUANG Hui, Lin Jiahao, JIANG Jian, Geng Jianyi, DI Jinjun …
Die 8 der Wege: Kunst in Beijing

Uferhallen Berlin , Berlin (DE)
30 Apr 2014 – 13 Jul 2014

with Fang Lu, WANG Wei , LIU Wei (*1972), CHEN Xiaoyun, YAN Xing, Sun Xun, PENG Yu, SUN Yuan, ZHAO Zhao
The Venice Biennale - 55th International Art Exhibition

The Encyclopedic Palace

The Venice Biennale, Venezia (IT)
1 Jun 2013 – 24 Nov 2013

with Kasper Akhoj, Victor Alimpiev, Yuri Ancarani, Uri Aran, Ed Atkins, Nikolay Bakharev, Morton Bartlett, Hans Bellmer, Neil Beloufa, John Bock, Roberto Cuoghi, Enrico David …
Clutch

ShanghART m50, Shanghai (CN)
6 Sep 2013 – 8 Nov 2013

with Birdhead (Ji Weiyu and Song Tao), YANG Fudong, HU Jieming, TANG Maohong, CHEN Xiaoyun, YANG Zhenzhong
Be natural, be yourself

XXVe Ateliers Internationaux Of The Frac Des Pays De La Loire

Frac des Pays de la Loire, Carquefou (FR)
19 Nov 2011 – 22 Jan 2012

with DUAN Jianyu, JIANG Pengyi, Huang Xiaopeng
Video Space

Astrup Fearnley MoMa, Oslo (NO)
3 Nov 2011 – 31 Dec 2011

with Qiu Anxiong, Paul Chan, Nikhil Chopra, LU Chunsheng, Trisha Donnelly, CAO Fei, YANG Fudong, Douglas Gordon, Fabrice Hyber, Peter Land, Klara Liden, Ann Lislegaard …
Thirty Years of Chinese Contemporary Art – Moving Image in China (1988-2011)

Minsheng Art Museum, Shanghai (CN)
9 Sep 2011 – 27 Nov 2011

with Bao AiLun, Qiu Anxiong, CHEN Chieh-Jen, Zhang Ding, SONG Dong, CAO Fei, YANG Fudong, YUAN Goang-Ming, WANG Gongxin, Ran Huang, PENG Hung-Chih, ZHU Jia …
Face to Time

Festival PhotoEspana

Real Jardín Botánico, Madrid (ES)
1 Jun 2011 – 17 Jul 2011

with Esther Ferrer, Peter Forgacs, Pere Formiguera, Lucas Samaras
The State of Things. Brussels/Beijing

Centre for Fine Arts - Bozar, Brussels (BE)
18 Oct 2009 – 10 Jan 2010

with Francis Alys, Guillaume Bijl, Dirk Braeckman, Jef Cornelis, Wim Delvoye, Patrick Everaert, Jan Fabre, Dora Garcia, Geert Goiris, Jos de Gruyter & Harald Thys, YAN Lei, CHI Peng …
Everyday Miracles

Venice Biennale - CN, Venezia (IT)
10 Jun 2007 – 21 Nov 2007

with CAO Fei
The Venice Biennale - 52nd International Art Exhibition

Think with the Senses – Feel with the Mind. Art in the Present Tense

The Venice Biennale, Venezia (IT)
10 Jun 2007 – 21 Nov 2007

with Ignasi Aballi, Adel Abdessemed, AES+F, Mounira El-Solh, Francis Alys, Alexander Hnilitsky & Lesia Zaiats, Alterazioni Video, Ghada Amer, Hüseyin Bahri Alptekin, Hüseyin Bahri Alptekin, Sonia Balassanian, Oladélé Ajiboyé Bamgboyé …
A Continuous Dialogue

Galleria Continua, San Gimignano (IT)
13 Jan 2007 – 24 Feb 2007

with LU Chunsheng, CAO Fei
China Power Station: Part I

Battersea Power Station c/o Serpentine G, London (GB)
8 Oct 2006 – 5 Nov 2006

with LU Chunsheng, GU Dexin, CAO Fei, YANG Fudong, WANG Jianwei, CHEN Shaoxiong, SONG Tao, XU Zhen, YANG Zhenzhong
Personal Space

Thomas Erben Gallery, New York (US)
29 Jun 2006 – 24 Jul 2006

with ZHUANG Hui, QIU Zhijie
PRIX DE ROME.NL

de Appel arts centre, Amsterdam (NL)
3 Jun 2005 – 7 Aug 2005

with Yael Bartana, Lonnie van Brummelen
I Still Believe in Miracles - Volet 2/2 - Derrière l'horizon

ARC / Musée d'art moderne, Paris (FR)
19 May 2005 – 19 Jun 2005

with CAO Fei, Douglas Gordon, Angelika Markul, Ana María Millán, Laurent Montaron, Markus Schinwald, Laurent Tixador, Ulla von Brandenburg, Jordan Wolfson
A Molecular History of Everything

AUS Centre Contemporary Art, Melbourne (AU)
17 Dec 2004 – 20 Feb 2005

with Rosa Barba, Gavin Hipkins, Stuart Ringholt, Danielle van Vree, Daniel von Sturmer
Doing Nothing anywhere is

Vitamin Creative Space, Guangzhou (CN)
22 May 2004 – 27 Jun 2004

with Candice Breitz, Christina Dimitriadis, SONG Dong, ZHENG Guogu, HONG Hao, IRWIN - Dusan Mandic, Miran Mohar, Andrej Savski, Roman Uranjek, Borut Vogelnik, CHEN Shaoxiong, Evanthia Tsantila
Chine: génération vidéo

Maison Européenne Photo, Paris (FR)
14 Jan 2004 – 14 Mar 2004

with SONG Dong, ZHOU Fei, CAO Fei, ZHU Jia, ZHANG Peili, CHEN Shaoxiong, CUI Xiuwen, ZHOU Yi, LIANG Yue, XU Zhen, YANG Zhenzhong
What about China?

Centre Pompidou, Paris (FR)
25 Jun 2003 – 13 Oct 2003

with XING Danwen, WENG Fen, YANG Fudong, WANG Jianwei, SHAO Yinong & MU Chen, BAI Yiluo, LI Yongbin
Under Construction: New Dimensions of Asian Art

Tokyo Opera City Art Gal, Tôkyô (JP)
7 Dec 2002 – 2 Mar 2003

with WANG Gongxin, Subodh Gupta, Nagouchi Rika, Michael Shaowanasai, CHEN Shaoxiong, Apichatpong Weerasethakul, MIAO Xiaochun, CUI Xiuwen, YANG Zhenzhong, JIANG Zhi

Events

PHOTOFAIRS Shanghai 2026

PHOTOFAIRS Shanghai, Shanghai (CN)
7 May 2026 – 10 May 2026

with Olivo Barbieri, Joao Miguel Barros, Bernd & Hilla Becher, He Bo, Antony Cairns, Théo Delors, Charlotte Dumas, Stephen Gill, Andreas Gursky, Candida Hoefer, Zeng Han, Hisaji Hara …
Guangzhou Photo Biennial 2005

Guangdong Museum of Art, Guangzhou (CN)
18 Jan 2005 – 28 Feb 2005

with Jane Evelyn Atwood, Eyal Ben-Dov, HAI Bo, Pierre Bourdis, Rene Burri, XING Danwen, Claude Dityvon, Elliott Erwitt, Jean-Pierre Favreau, WENG Fen, Francois Fontaine, Stéphan Guéneau …