Fair: ART021 2024, Shanghai

For its second participation in ART021 Shanghai, Sans titre is pleased to present a dialogue with Aysha E Arar and Zhiliang Jin in the DETOUR sector from November 7 to 10, 2024.

With the theme of Asia and Its Diaspora, this year’s edition is curated by Danielle Shang. It brings together selective works by contemporary artists of Asian descent, highlighting Asian and Asian diasporic artistic practices and examining critical discourses, each through their specific lens.

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Aysha E Arar (b. 1993) is a Palestinian artist. She received her BFA with honors from the HaMidrasha Faculty of Arts - Beit Berl College in 2018.
Aysha E Arar has had solo exhibitions at Sans titre, Paris (2024); Dvir Gallery, Tel Aviv, Paris & Brussels (2024 & 2023); 디스위켄드룸 ThisWeekendRoom, Seoul (2024); Beit HaGefen, Haifa (2023); Hayarkon 19, Tel Aviv (2022); Givat Haviva Art Gallery (2021). In October 2025, the artist will have a solo exhibition at CC Strombeek, Grimbergen.
Her work has been shown in group exhibitions at Kunsthaus Baselland, Münchenstein (2024); MO.CO. Panacée, Montpellier (2024); Cooper Cole, Toronto (2024); Sans titre, Paris (2024, 2022 & 2021); TAGELDIMDE / MIDDELGATE, Geel (2023); Edmond de Rothschild Center, Tel Aviv (2022); Umm al-Fahm Gallery (2022); Alfred Institute for Art and Culture, Tel Aviv (2021); Kultur Forum Dresden e.V., Dresden (2021); Albertinum Museum, Dresden (2021); Artura Gallery, Kfar Monash (2021); Balkont Gallery, Tel Aviv (2019); Dvir Gallery, Tel Aviv (2018); Ethiopian Embassy, Tel Aviv (2017); Helena Rubinstein Pavilion for Contemporary Art, Tel Aviv Museum, Tel Aviv (2017); Tel Aviv Cinematheque, Tel Aviv (2016); Excellence Project of the Jewish Festival, Krakow (2016).
Aysha E Arar’s works are featured in the collections of significant institutions and museums, including Lafayette Anticipations - Fonds de dotation Famille Moulin (Paris, France), FRAC Corsica (Corte) and SMAK - Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst (Ghent, Belgium).

Zhiliang Jin (b. 1995, Wenzhou) lives and works in Guangzhou, China and London, United Kingdom. He graduated in 2022 from the Royal College of Art in London and in 2018 from The Glasgow School of Art.
Jin took part in exhibitions at Sans titre, Paris (with Eva Aeppli) (2024); TENET, London (2024); Gene Gallery, Shanghai (2023); Pina, Vienna (2022); Royal College of Art, London (2022); Tree Art Museum, Beijing (2021); Fresh Milk, Barbados (2019); The Glasgow School of Art, Glasgow (2018); The Pipe Factory, Glasgow; The Concept Space, London (2017); 12 Star Gallery in Europe House, London (2017).