Ding Hongdan: Still Mad

Ding Hongdan

Still Mad

29th November 2024 - 25th January 2025

MAMOTH is delighted to present Still Mad by artist Ding Hongdan, on view from 29 November 2024 to 25 January 2025. This exhibition marks the culmination of Ding’s residency as MAMOTH’s 2024 Artist-in-Residence and presents a new body of work developed during her time in London.

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Ding Hongdan (b. 1995, Guangzhou, China) lives and works in Beijing, China. Ding graduated from the Third Studio of Oil Painting Department of Central Academy of Fine Arts, receiving a bachelor's degree in 2018 and a master's degree in 2021. She is currently pursuing a Ph.D. at the Central Academy of Fine Arts in Beijing, under the supervision of Professor Liu Xiaodong.

Ding's paintings explore the real-life and spiritual states of her contemporaries within the context of a new reality. Through a realistic approach, Ding captures contemporary women’s multifaceted reflections on daily life and social relationships.

Recent exhibitions include: A Cloud in Trousers: Painting Today, curated by Yuan Fuca, West Bund Museum, Shanghai, China (2024); Erratum and Misalignment, MGSpace, Beijing, China (2024); Patternmaker's Maze, Lisson Gallery, Shanghai,China (2024); The Dancing Floor of the World, Gravity Art Museum, Beijing, China (2024); The Quest of Young Artists, Each Modern, Taipei, Taiwan (2024); Afraid, Start Museum, Shanghai, China (2023); Wuhan Biennale, United Art Museum, Wuhan, China (2022); A Fund of Gifts, Gallery Func, Shanghai, China (2021); M’room Art Blind Supermarket, WHITE BOX ART CENTRE, Beijing, China (2021); and iArt Youth Art Project “Festival of Time: Rethinking Existentialism”, Chongqing Yuan Art Museum, Chongqing, China (2020), among others.

In 2024, Ding was awarded the TAG New Contemporary Tidal Wave Award.