CV

SOLO AND TWO PERSON EXHIBITIONS

2026
“Gift of the Earth” XiQiao Mountain Art Museum, Nanhai, China
2025
“light lingers in gentle skies” Wyndham Social, Hong Kong
2024
“Come Rain or Shine,” Ponte 16 Resort, Macau, China
2018
“Woman as a Flower,” YiLong Gallery, Beijing, China
“爽,” #1 Art Space, Guangzhou, China

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2025
“Time as Flower,” Beijing Contemporary Museum, Beijing, China
“Summer Poetry,” Shanghai T3 Space, Shanghai, China
“Patching Live Art Festival,” TIT Creative Park, Guangzhou, China

2024
“Humarish Club,” Art 021 Art Fair, Shanghai, China

2023
“Animalia,” Burning Man Festival, Black Rock City, NV

2022
“Dia de Los Muertos,” Sunset Mercantile District, Neighborhood Cultural Street Festival, San Francisco, CA
“Spuuky Luupy,” Private Property, Mini Music Festival, Santa Cruz, CA

2021
“FRC9 Artist Juried Flat File Exhibition,” Flat Rate Contemporary, Virtual Exhibition
“Emotions Embodied: Abstractions from the West Coast,” Art Scene West, Virtual Exhibition
“Conceptual Abstraction,” Orenda Art Works, Virtual Exhibition

2020
“The Next Generation,” Healdsburg Center for the Arts, Healdsburg, CA 
“Outside the Box,” Virtual Live Music and Painting Event, Instagram and Twitch
“Art-in-Neighborhoods,” Cumaica, San Francisco, CA

2019
“Abstrax,” Radian Gallery, San Francisco, CA 
“Metamorphosis,” Burning Man Festival, Black Rock City, NV
“East on West,” State of California Building, San Francisco, CA

2018
“Labyrinth Art Show,” Changzhou Music Festival, Changzhou, China

2017
“Salon Show,” Space 776, Brooklyn, NY
“Wish You Were Here,” Neiman Gallery, Columbia University, New York, NY

2016
“Rock Rock Around the Block,” Market Street Prototyping Festival, San Francisco, CA
“Da Vinci’s Workshop”  Burning Man Festival, Black Rock City, NV
“Zonotopia,” Beyond Wonderland Music Festival, San Bernadino, CA

2014
“MASD Commencement,” Fox Gallery, Baltimore, MD

2013
“betterEutaw,” Eutaw Place Park, Baltimore, MD 
“Environmental Design Thesis Show,” Mount Royal Gallery, Baltimore, MD

2012
“Project M Blitz,” Mount Royal Gallery, Baltimore, MD

2011
“100 Mile Design Challenge,” International Contemporary Furniture Fair, New York, NY

2010
“Sao Tome and Principe Travel Intensive,” Brown Center, Baltimore, MD
“Turkey Travel Intensive,”  Brown Center, Baltimore, MD

SELECTED AWARDS AND GRANTS

2025 Art Creator Award, LeaderClub Cultural Association, Shanghai, China

2023 Honoraria Award, Burning Man Arts Foundation, San Francisco, CA

2018 Emerging National Artist To Watch Award, Qingcun Artist Residency, Changzhou, China

2013 MECU Neighborhoods Events Grant, Office of Promotion and Arts, Baltimore, MD

2013 Frances Merrick Scott Grant, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD

2013 Office of Community Engagement Special Project Grant, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD

2012 Departmental Award, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD

2011 Winifred Gordon Travel Scholarship, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD

2009-2013 Trustee Scholar, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD

2009-2013 Dean’s List, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD 

SELECTED PRESS 

2026 术art "dawn jian | From Screen to Mineral Layer: An Investigation into Digital Materiality"

2026 Deep Time Art Museum:"Simplifying Complexity: Algorithms and Brushstrokes Clash on dawn jian’s Canvas"

2026 One Heart Nanhai "Daughter of the South China Sea: dawn jian’s Homecoming Solo Exhibition Lands at Youwei Museum"

2026 Nanhai Xiqiao "A Rendezvous with the Earth: 'Daughter of the South China Sea: dawn jian’s Homecoming Solo Exhibition Lands at Youwei Museum"

2025 Shenzhen Channel “Young artist dawn jian’s first solo exhibition ‘light lingers in gentle skies’ opens, explores the intersection of technology and art” 

2024 Macau Government Tourism Bureau “Dawn Jian’s Solo Exhibition ‘Come Rain or Shine’“

2024 Macau Exhibition and Convention Economy Journal “Macau Ponte 16 Resort presents Dawn Jian’s solo exhibition ‘Come Rain or Shine’ Exploring the changing seasons with Macau’s iconic lotus” 

2024 HouKong Daily News “ Dawn Jian solo exhibition “Rain or shine” opens, inviting audiences to embark on a journey through the changing seasons,” Written by John Lee

2018 YiLong Gallery “Woman as a Flower: Cindy Jian and Liu Yi Two-Person Solo Show Opening Statement” Written by He Hui

2018 Foshan Daily “Nearly 20 Works in 3 Months” Written by Yang LiYun

2018 XiaoTang Art Program “Chinese American Artist Cindy Jian” Written by Xiao Tang

2014 TKTNK Journal of Architecture “betterEutaw, A Social Intervention,” Written by Gina MC

ART FAIRS

2025 MOORDN Contemporary Art Fair, Haizhu International Convention and Exhibition Center, Guangzhou

2025 Affordable Art Fair Hong Kong, Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Center, Hong Kong

2024 Art 021, Shanghai Exhibition Center, Shanghai

EDUCATION

2017
Advanced Painting Intensive, Columbia University, New York, NY
2014
Masters of Arts (MA) Social Design, Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA), Baltimore, MD
2013
Bachelors of Fine Art (BFA), Environmental Design, Summa Cum Laude, Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA), Baltimore, MD