Kalman Pool


Born 1996, China
Lives and works in Shenzhen & London

Education

  • 2021 – MA Painting, Royal College of Art, London
  • 2019 – BFA, School of the Art Institute of Chicago


Solo Exhibitions

  • 2023 – Liminal Odysseys, Jupiter Museum of Art, Shenzhen
  • 2022 – Feng Shui Fish Pond, Loop Fine Art, Guangzhou
  • 2021 – Unbearable Lightness, Duende Art Museum, Shunde
  • 2021 – Mutation, Red Gate Gallery, Beijing
  • 2021 – New Tales Retold, iag Gallery, Shanghai
  • 2021 – Residency Solo, Jupiter Museum of Art, Shenzhen


Selected Group Exhibitions

  • 2025 – Emotion Air, Balloon Museum, San Francisco
  • 2024 – Emotion Air, Brussels / Düsseldorf
  • 2024 – OOP Festival, Seoul
  • 2023 – Emotion Air, Balloon Museum, London
  • 2023 – Christie's Lates: BOY, Christie's, London
  • 2023 – Yes we CAN: City, Art and Nature, Miguel de Cervantes Library, Shanghai
  • 2022 – The Pump House, Berntson Bhattacharjee Gallery, London
  • 2022 – Les Animaux modèles, Royal Over-Seas League, London, UK
  • 2022 – In the narrative of her, Powerlong Art Center, Nanjing
  • 2022 – OUT OF HAND, Annmarie Sculpture Garden & Arts Center, Solomons, US
  • 2022 – Remixing Dream,Sifang Art Museum, Nanjing
  • 2021 – London Grads Now. 21, Saatchi Gallery, London
  • 2021 – Kristallisierte Bewegung, Galerie KUB, Leipzig, Germany
  • 2021 – Avatar: My Metaverse, Hanshan Museum, Suzhou
  • 2021 – Hot Air, Manor Place Warehouse (curated by BAD ART PRESENTS), London, UK


Artist Residencies

  • 2024 – PLOP Residency, London
  • 2021 – Swatch Art Peace Hotel, Shanghai
  • 2021 – Jupiter Museum of Art, Shenzhen
  • 2020 – PLAN8T AIR, Changsha


Selected Commissions

  • 2023 – WEAVVY 海宇, Lincoln China, Auto Shanghai
  • 2023 – Fantastical Encounters Roadshow, Hennessy V.S.O.P
  • 2023 – Voyage, Balloon Museum Global Tour
  • 2021 – Swatch x You Artist Watch Series, Hainan Expo 

Press


International & English Media
Solo Exhibitions (Translated)
Swatch Collaboration
Hennessy VSOP Collaboration
Lincoln Collaboration at Auto Shanghai 2023

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