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SUDDEN, TRANSIENT
March 30 – May 2, 2026
Tuesday–Saturday 11:00–18:00
8th Floor, Building 15, Tianmuli, Xihu District, Hangzhou, China
ZIAN Gallery is pleased to announce its second Hangzhou location at Tianmuli. The inaugural exhibition, "Sudden, Transient," presents a curated selection of works from 25 prominent collectors active in the contemporary landscape. Drawing from their systematic acquisitions of recent years, the show offers a microscopic examination of time, existence, and materiality.
This group of collectors is dismantling established cultural boundaries through an increasingly fluid mode of thought. Amidst a volatile environment, they lean into individual perception, rendering independent and composed judgments on contemporary art. For them, collecting is no longer a mere rotation of works, but a rhythmic capture of social resonance and a continuous unfolding of self-knowledge.
"Sudden, Transient" examines the multifaceted relationships between emergence, stasis, and dissipation. Through diverse global practices across various media, these 25 collectors both record and propel the evolution of contemporary art. Within these frozen moments, the exhibition seeks to outline a pluralistic and authentic portrait of the modern collector—one that reflects a profound resonance with the zeitgeist.
Tuesday–Saturday 11:00–18:00
8th Floor, Building 15, Tianmuli, Xihu District, Hangzhou, China
ZIAN Gallery is pleased to announce its second Hangzhou location at Tianmuli. The inaugural exhibition, "Sudden, Transient," presents a curated selection of works from 25 prominent collectors active in the contemporary landscape. Drawing from their systematic acquisitions of recent years, the show offers a microscopic examination of time, existence, and materiality.
This group of collectors is dismantling established cultural boundaries through an increasingly fluid mode of thought. Amidst a volatile environment, they lean into individual perception, rendering independent and composed judgments on contemporary art. For them, collecting is no longer a mere rotation of works, but a rhythmic capture of social resonance and a continuous unfolding of self-knowledge.
"Sudden, Transient" examines the multifaceted relationships between emergence, stasis, and dissipation. Through diverse global practices across various media, these 25 collectors both record and propel the evolution of contemporary art. Within these frozen moments, the exhibition seeks to outline a pluralistic and authentic portrait of the modern collector—one that reflects a profound resonance with the zeitgeist.
ART021 Chengdu SPIN | 1F-11
Marius Steiger
Philipp Timischl
Robert Sandler
Philipp Timischl
Robert Sandler
HK Check-in SIDE SPACE 2026
ZIAN Gallery is pleased to announce our participation in Check-in SIDE SPACE 2026, hosted by THE SHOPHOUSE, where we will present new works from Marius Steiger’s Mushroom series.
ART021 Shanghai | W11
Feng Chen/Guo Tiantian/Tarik Kentouche/Kyungmi Shin/Nicola Samorì/Marius Steiger/Philipp Timischl/Wang Xingyun
ZlAN Gallery is pleased to announce the co-representation of artist Kyungmi Shin.
ZlAN Gallery is pleased to announce co-representation of Los Angeles-based artist Kyungmi Shin, in collaboration with New York’s Sperone Westwater Gallery and Various Small Fires (VSF), Los Angeles.
ZIAN Gallery is delighted to announce the representation of artist Guo Tiantian.
Guo Tiantian’s practice explores the transformative nature of lacquer, delving into its materiality, temporality, and sensory potential.
“We Interrupt Your Regularly Scheduled Programme”
ZIAN X Lisson: Brick，Breath, Horizon
Prosodic Grains
2024.11.02-2025.03.30
BY ART MATTERS and Centro Pecci Present "360°: Why We Paint?"
A Cross-Cultural Exploration of Painting Today
Piero Golia & Feng Chen “Exit The Loop” at ZIAN, Beijing
The exhibition focuses on Piero Golia and Feng Chen’s shared engagement of everyday objects, machinery, and elements of motion. Through perception-based experiments rooted in these components, the artists challenge conventional understandings of physical reality, prompting critical reflection on the authenticity of sensory experience. As the inaugural exhibition of Club BJZ by ZIAN’s Beijing project space, it also marks the second in-depth collaboration between the gallery and both artists.
ART 021 BEIJING | G05
ZIAN Gallery is pleased to announce its participation in ART021 BEIJING. ZIAN will present a solo project featuring the works of Xingyun Wang at Booth G05.
ZIAN Gallery is delighted to announce the representation of artist Wang Xingyun.
ZIAN Gallery is pleased to present Wang Xingyun: A Touch, A Flame, opening on 17 May in Beijing. Featuring a new series of paintings and casts, the exhibition explores the intricate interplay between landscape, consciousness, the senses, desire, and the human body in Wang’s practice. This marks her first solo exhibition at ZIAN Gallery, and coincides with a solo presentation at Booth G5, ART021 BEIJJING, on view from 22 to 25 May 2025.
SUPPER CLUB | KYUNGMI SHIN
Supper Club is pleased to welcome ZIAN Gallery to this year's edition, who will be presenting works by Kyungmi Shin.
RE—VIEW | Fear of Excess Capacity
At the beginning of the first Hangzhou Contemporary Art Week this year, ZIAN Gallery curated its final exhibition of the year with a dynamic and unconventional approach. Entitled with the four verbs "Shake Rattle Roll Shine," this gallery exhibition, following several previously highly acclaimed projects, once again demonstrated ZIAN's intention to present exhibitions of international gallery standard.
How Shanghai’s Art Scene is Transforming, from Hangzhou to West Bund
An on-the-ground report from the city's art week, which boasted two fairs, big museum shows, and new gallery pop-ups.
“Very quiet.” That’s how several people I spoke to before Shanghai Art Week last week described the atmosphere. Still, it remains China’s biggest annual art event, especially for the mainland. The week is grounded by two homegrown art fairs: ART021 Shanghai Contemporary Art Fair and West Bund Art and Design, both of which touted some sales even if at lower prices and at a slower pace than in past editions. Yet, beyond the fairs, the city’s art scene is changing shape. Here are five of the biggest trends I noticed this year.
“Very quiet.” That’s how several people I spoke to before Shanghai Art Week last week described the atmosphere. Still, it remains China’s biggest annual art event, especially for the mainland. The week is grounded by two homegrown art fairs: ART021 Shanghai Contemporary Art Fair and West Bund Art and Design, both of which touted some sales even if at lower prices and at a slower pace than in past editions. Yet, beyond the fairs, the city’s art scene is changing shape. Here are five of the biggest trends I noticed this year.
Research | Kyungmi Shin
Kyungmi Shin is a visual artist working with painting, sculpture, and photography. Her artistic focus ranges from the nature of visual perception all the way to depictions of personal identity while exploring frequently ignored global economic and cultural forces. Using family photo archives (including her own), along with historical and cultural narratives as source material, Shin will often move the lived experiences of marginalised subjects to the centre of her work. This can result in a shift of the viewer's perspective from dominant narratives to an awareness of the experiences of others, and perhaps even onto reflections of how ignored global economic and cultural forces have shaped our world.
Interview with Zian & Ziyi: How the Youthful ZIAN Gallery is Making Waves in the Art Scene of Hangzhou
The young generation of gallery owners project the perspective of the discrete center to the local community's efforts to maintain, they have an international perspective, but also able to observe the part of the domestic mainstream ecology ignored, compared to joining the center of contemporary art, they are the generation that has the ambition to gradually operate their own city from the so-called edge into the center, in their words, they hope to "like a boulder to make waves". In their words, they hope to "make waves like a boulder".
A Fair Alternative Brings Some Relaxed Ambience to Hong Kong
"We love this mission of building something new in Hong Kong,” said Ziyi Liu of the Zian Gallery, which is scheduled to open in the Chinese metropolis of Hangzhou at the end of March. The gallery, which she is starting with Zian Cao, will contribute works by three emerging artists, Andrej Auch, Xinyu Han, and Enrico Minguzzi.
"The Discrete Center" at the Newly Opened ZIAN Gallery
In this interview, Zian and Ziyi shared with LARRY’S LIST their reflections on their multiple roles in the art world and their insights on the inaugural exhibition “Jianghu: The Discrete Center” at ZIAN Gallery.
Supper Club
Monday March 25 - Saturday March 30
Fringe Club
ZIAN Gallery is delighted to announce our participation in the 1st edition of Supper Club,featuring new works by three distinguished artists: Andrej Auch (b.1995), Enrico Minguzzi (b.1981), and Han Xinyu (b.1998). Opens on March 25th, 2024 through 30th at Fringe Club, 2 Lower Albert Road, Hong Kong.
Fringe Club
ZIAN Gallery is delighted to announce our participation in the 1st edition of Supper Club,featuring new works by three distinguished artists: Andrej Auch (b.1995), Enrico Minguzzi (b.1981), and Han Xinyu (b.1998). Opens on March 25th, 2024 through 30th at Fringe Club, 2 Lower Albert Road, Hong Kong.
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