Born: 1975
Hometown: Singapore
Based in: Singapore
Born and raised in Singapore, Zhou HanShun is a Photographic Artist and Art Director.
After graduating from Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts Singapore and RMIT University, he went on to make a living as an art director, and continues to pursue his passion as a visual storyteller and photographer.
He uses photography as a way to explore, investigate and document the culture and people in the cities he lived in.
HanShun has exhibited at the Mt. Rokko International Photography Festival (2019), KG+ Kyotographie Satellite Event (2018), Tumbas Cultural Center in Thessaloniki, Greece for Photoeidolo (2017), the Molekyl Gallery in Sweden, for the Malmo Fotobiennal (2017), the Gallery under Theater in Bratislava, Slovakia for The Month of Photography Bratislava(2017), the Czech China Contemporary Museum in Beijing for the SongZhuang International Photo Biennale(2017), the PhotoMetria "Parallel Voices" exhibition in Greece (2016), the Addis FotoFest in Ethiopia (2016), among others.
HanShun was awarded 3rd Prize at the Mt. Rokko International Photography Festival (2019), a Special Mention at the Balkan Photo Festival (2016), Shortlisted for the Hariban Award (2019, 2018 and 2017), and was a finalist of Photolucida Critical Mass (2016), among others.
Awards
3rd Prize Mt. Rokko International Photography Festival
2019
Shortlist, Hariban Award
2019
Finalist, COCA, Center of Contemporary Artists
2018
Shortlist, Hariban Award
2018
Nomination (Photo Series), PhotoVisa Festival
2018
Shortlist, Hariban Award
2017
Honorable Mention, PX3 Prix De La Photographie Paris
2017
Shortlist (Conceptual), Kolga Tbilisi Photo Award
2017
Special Mention, Balkan Photo Festival
2016
Finalist, PhotoLucida Critical Mass
2016
Honorable Mention, Tokyo International Foto Awards
2016
2 x Honorable Mentions, International Photo Awards
2016
Honorable Mention, International Photo Awards
2014
2 x Honorable Mentions, Moscow International Foto Awards
2014
Honorable Mention, Taiwan Printmaking Biennial
2012
Awards
3rd Prize Mt. Rokko International Photography Festival
2019
Shortlist, Hariban Award
2019
Finalist, COCA, Center of Contemporary Artists
2018
Shortlist, Hariban Award
2018
Nomination (Photo Series), PhotoVisa Festival
2018
Shortlist, Hariban Award
2017
Honorable Mention, PX3 Prix De La Photographie Paris
2017
Shortlist (Conceptual), Kolga Tbilisi Photo Award
2017
Special Mention, Balkan Photo Festival
2016
Finalist, PhotoLucida Critical Mass
2016
Honorable Mention, Tokyo International Foto Awards
2016
2 x Honorable Mentions, International Photo Awards
2016
Honorable Mention, International Photo Awards
2014
2 x Honorable Mentions, Moscow International Foto Awards
2014
Honorable Mention, Taiwan Printmaking Biennial
2012
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