Mu Pan

Mu Pan (b. 1976, Taiwan) studied at the School of Visual Arts in New York, earning a BFA in Illustration and an MFA with honours in 2007 after emigrating to the city in 1997. Working primarily in acrylic on wood and paper, his highly detailed paintings assert a multiplicity of cultural identities through expansive, narrative compositions often staged as dynamic battle scenes. Blending references from East Asian art histories and American pop culture, his work constructs hybrid mythologies populated by animal deities and cartoon-like figures, using these layered narratives as a vehicle for sharp social commentary on migration, urban change, and contemporary society.

Solo Exhibitions include include For the Life of the Creature, Galerie LJ, Paris, France (2025); Enter the Dragon, Galerie LJ, Paris, France (2024); Another Journey to the West, Galerie LJ, Paris, France (2023); To Have A Mother Means Milk, Hashimoto Contemporary, New York, USA (2022); Don’t Concentrate On The Finger, Galerie LJ, Paris, France (2021); Mu Pan And Other Beasts, Exhibition Retrospective, Colección Solo, Madrid, Spain (2019); The Sword of MUtual Demise, Galerie LJ, Paris, France (2019); Bright Moon Shines On The River, Joshua Liner Gallery, New York, USA (2018); Art Central Hong Kong, with Galerie LJ, Hong Kong (2018); Battles Without Honor and Humanity, Poulsen Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark (2018); Treat Your Mother Right, Galerie LJ, Paris, France (2017); Your Mother Should Know, Poulsen Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark (2016); Fake Cover, Galerie LJ, Paris, France (2015); One Inch Punch, Copro Nason Gallery, Santa Monica, USA (2014); The Way of The Dog, 3rd Ward, Brooklyn, USA (2012); Art Taipei, Exposition personnelle dans le cadre du prix Artist Wanted/3rd Ward Open Call, Taipei (2011); The Other Mountain and The Other Sea, KunstRaum H&H, Cologne, Germany (2011).

Selected Group Exhibitions include Tainted Love, Kristin Hjellegjerde Gallery, London, UK (2026); Iconostasis, Museum of Contemporary Art, Bangkok (2026); Beasts of Legend: Animals in East Asian Art, Worcester Art Museum, Worcester, MA, USA (2026); Group show, Galerie LJ, Paris, France (2026); Carnival, Deitch Projects, New York, USA (2025); Rakugaki 7, Giant Robot, Los Angeles, USA (2025); Hybrides: Composed Creatures From Sagas, Myths and Legends, De Warande, Turnhout, Belgique (2024); Group show, Galerie LJ, Paris, France (2014); Giant Robot 20 Years, Giant Robot Gallery, Los Angeles, USA (2023); Where the Wild Roses Grow, Kristin Hjellegjerde Gallery, Schloss Görne, Berlin, Germany (2023); Zona Maco, Mexico DF, represented by Hashimoto Contemporary, Mexico (2023); Taipei Dangdai, Taiwan, represented by Hashimoto Contemporary (2023); Asia Now, Paris, with Galerie LJ, Paris, France (2022); The New Ark, curated by Art Can Die and Director Jacq, River City, Bangkok (2022); The Garden of Earthly Delights: A Contemporary Perspective on Bosch’s Masterpiece, Matadero, Centro de Creación Contemporanea, Madrid, Spain (2021); Poulson Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark (2020); Art Madrid, with Galerie LJ, Madrid, Spain (2020); Art Herning, with Poulsen Gallery, Denmark (2020); Summer Show, Poulsen Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark (2019); Pulse Miami, with Poulsen Gallery, Miami, USA (2019); Art On Paper, with Poulsen Gallery, New York, USA (2019); Art Central, with Galerie LJ, Hong Kong (2019); Solid State, curated by Louie Cordero & Jordin Isip, Blanc Gallery, St. Ignatius, Philippines (2019); La Belle Peinture, Spacejunk, Grenoble, France (2017); La Belle Peinture, Spacejunk, Lyon, France (2017); La Belle Peinture, Spacejunk, Bayonne, France (2017); Art Central, with Galerie LJ, Hong Kong (2017); Pulse Art Fair, with Poulsen Gallery, Miami, USA (2016); YIA Art Fair, with Galerie LJ, Paris, France (2016); Giant Robot Biennale IV, Japanese American National Museum, Los Angeles, USA, curator Eric Nakamura (2015); Samurai, Worcester Art Museum, Boston, USA, curator Eric Nakamura (2015); Group Show, Galerie LJ, Paris, France (2014); Hey ! Part II, Musée de l’Art Brut, Paris, France (2013); Futur-ology, Copro Nason Gallery, Santa Monica, USA (2013); SommerLoch 2012 Silly Season 2012, KunstRaum H&H, Cologne, Germany (2012); Permanent Collection, Nancy Margolis Gallery, New York, USA (2012); The Ace is Wild, Copro Nason Gallery, Santa Monica, USA (2012); Dark Water, Copro Nason Gallery, Santa Monica, USA (2011); Sommerloch 2011, KunstRaum H&H, Cologne, Germany (2011); La Luz de Jesus 25th Anniversary Group Show, Los Angeles, USA (2011); Verge: Art Brooklyn, New York, USA (2011); Silly Season 2011, KunstRaum H&H, Cologne, Germany (2011); UNICEF’s Tap Project, GR2, Los Angeles, USA (2011); Silly Season 2010, KunstRaum H&H, Cologne, Germany (2010); 2009 GEISAI Taiwan, Taipei, Taiwan (2009); Papershapers, Scion Installation LA Gallery, Los Angeles, USA (2009); Kerpoof!, Dr. M. T. Geoffrey Yeh Art Gallery, St. John’s University, Queens, New York, USA (2009); Windows Brooklyn, The Green Onion, Brooklyn, USA (2009); Friends, Cheryl Pelavin Fine Arts LLC, New York, USA (2008); Thesis Show, Visual Arts Gallery, New York, USA (2007); To All My Relations, La Luz De Jesus Gallery, Los Angeles, USA (2007); The Book Show, Visual Arts Gallery, New York, USA (2006); The Type-writer Show, Red Letter Gallery, Tampa, FL, USA (2006); The Unforgiving Drawing Show, Changing Room Gallery, New York, USA (2006); The Ghost and Specters, Compound Gallery, Portland, USA (2005); The Super-hero Group Show, Compound Gallery, Portland, USA (2005); Winter Group Show, Fuse Gallery, New York, USA (2005); Meathaus @ Meltdown Group Show, Meltdown Gallery, Los Angeles, USA (2004); The Social Affair Group Show, Memphis University, Memphis, USA (2003).