Han Dong

Han Dong was born in 1970, with ancestral roots in Changli, Hebei, China. He studied Decorative Art at Beijing Institute of Fashion Technology and served as the Director of the Michael Jewelry Research Center at the Central Academy of Fine Arts from 2004 to 2005. His sculptural works have been recognized with prestigious awards including the LOEWE Foundation Craft Prize Shortlist (2023) and the Italian A’Design Award Gold Medal.

Han Dong’s artistic practice seeks a natural state of being within the realm of instinct—a condition close to humanity’s common spiritual origin. For him, the artificial and the natural are not distinctly separate but rather blurrily co-construct a world of spirituality. Through seemingly lifeless bronze, Han Dong’s work embodies the inter woven light of thought and perception between nature and humanity, breaking down the boundaries between life and non-life. His sculptures convey a vast solitude and a mysteriously primitive religious and Eastern artistic sensibility, attempting to present a state of primitiveness and nature within contemporary urban spaces. Using hard and cold materials like stone and bronze, he simplifies forms to express a unique vitality and an ineffable spirituality.

Born in 1970

2004–2005 Director, Michael Centre for Jewelry Research, Central Academy of Fine Arts

Currently lives and works in Beijing

Solo Exhibition

2025  Journey of the Heart: Han Dong’s Sculpture Trilogy, Hive Center for Contemporary Art, Beijing, China

2017  Everything Has a Spirit, Han Dong Solo Exhibition, Today Art Museum, Beijing, China

Group Exhibitions

2025  Design for Future: Traditional Artisanship and the Renewal of Design，Shenzhen Bay Culture Square, Shenzhen, China

2025  CHAIRS: Form, Function, Future, Shenzhen Bay Culture Square in partnership with the Design Museum London, Shenzhen Bay Culture Square, Shenzhen, China

2024  Obsession – Between Others Molten&C Flagship Gallery Space, Shanghai

2024  A World of Its Own,Sotheby’s Hong Kong Flagship Gallery, Hong Kong, China

2024  95 LAUNCH, Canadian Sculpture Centre, Toronto, Canada

2024  White on White, Sungari Art Center, Beijing, China

2024  SSC Welcomes New Members, Canadian Sculpture Centre, Toronto, Canad

2023  The 6th LOEWE Foundation Craft Award Finalist Exhibition 2023, Isamu Noguchi Museum, New York, USA

2023  Design Miami, Shanghai, China

2022  The View from the Window, Zhigu Space, Beijing, China

2022  Gallery SOHO, Shanghai, China

2021   ART EXPO EXHIBITION, Shanghai, China

2021   021 Contemporary Art Fair, Shanghai, China

2020  ART EXPO EXHIBITION, Shanghai, China

2019  Art and Design: Life as it is, Today Art Museum, Beijing, China

2019  Lalit Architecture and Interior Design Festival Conference – A’Design Awards 2018–2019 Winners Exhibition, Mumbai, India

2019  Design in Contemporary China, Shanghai, China

2019  Beijing International Jewelry Art Exhibition, Beijing, China

2019  A’Design Awards 2018–2019 Winners Exhibition, Como, Italy

2019  Art Beijing 2019 Sculpture Exhibition, Beijing, China

2018  Barcelona Contemporary Jewelry Yearbook Exhibition, Barcelona, Spain

2018  Contemporary Jewelry Yearbook Exhibition, Madrid, Spain

2015  The 2nd Beijing International Art Jewelry Biennale, Beijing, China

2013  Beijing International Jewelry Art Biennale, Beijing, China

2013  International Design Exhibition by Special Invitation, School of Visual Arts, New York, USA

2013  New York Art Fair, New York, USA

2004 Another World, Sotheby’s Flagship Gallery, Hong Kong, China