Vanguard Gallery is pleased to present Jin Haofan’s “Islands”, a site-specific project conceived exclusively for LISTE 2025, marking the artist’s first solo presentation in Europe.“Islands” consists of three sets of new painting installations. The two side walls feature twin series titled “Normal Temperature 101–200” (2024–25) and “Normal Temperature 201–300” (2024–25). Each series is composed of one hundred paintings arranged like a puzzle. While presenting subtle differences, the palettes are meticulously rendered with feathered brushstrokes, creating the illusion of a chromatic and translucent atmosphere reminiscent of dusk and dawn, evoking Turneresque seascapes after a storm. Suspended within their own picture planes, two hundred unique stones appear to float eternally in their orbits. These stones bear silent witness to the perpetual cycles of natural sublimity and endure the unrelenting passage of time. However, as a collective, the puzzle emanates a profound sense of loneliness and loss, as each stone remains isolated by the clear boundaries of the grid.

Jin Haofan was born in Guangdong Province in 1987. He graduated from Sichuan Fine Arts Institute in 2010 majored in oil painting, and now he works and lives in Shenzhen, He is also one of the members of an artist group, Jiū Society. His recent solo exhibitions include: “A Glance", Vanguard Gallery, Shanghai, China(2022); “Normal Temperature", Vanguard Gallery, Shanghai, China (2019); “Good Night, Idiot", Tenjinyama Art Studio,Sapporo, Japan (2016); “MTRRAGE", Gallery 55, Shanghai, China(2015).