EDUCATION
MASTER OF ART (ART IN PUBLIC SPACE)
2021-2022
Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT)
BACHELOR OF LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN
2018-2021
Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT)
DESIGN PROJECTS/PROGRAMS
2022 HEART 2050, Heide Museum, work with Heather Hesterman, Melbourne, Australia
2022 Native Space, Holding space-The Big Anxiety Festival, The Alfred Hopsital Innovation and Education Hub, Melbourne, Australia
2022 Organic Garden (Finding the Smallest Organic Garden in Melbourne), Applied Design Research Activation Project – Living City Design, Madame Brussels Lane, ISPT&RMIT, Melbourne, Australia
2021 What is nature?, RMIT, Melbourne, Australia
2021 #citynaturespace, Museo Spazio Pubblico / Public Space Museum, Bologna, Italy
2020 Support store design, Melbourne, Australia
2020 Infill Architecture city youth container construction, Melbourne, Australia
2020 Bamboo Pavilion, Melbourne, Australia
2020 Urban Reading Relic, Melbourne, Australia
2020 Stonnington & Grattan Garden Reclaiming Project, RMIT, Melbourne, Australia
2020 ESCALE, RMIT, Melbourne, Australia
2020 New Bird Hide, A+ CREATURE design ideas competition, Melbourne, Australia
2019 Water wave brick stone, Lincoln Square, RMIT, Melbourne, Australia
2019 Tempest Skatepark, RMIT, Melbourne, Australia
2019 Muti-functional landscape, St. Kilda Foreshore Brookes Jetty Ideas Competition, Melbourne, Australia
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2022 Holding space-The Big Anxiety Festival, The Alfred Hopsital Innovation and Education Hub, Industry Partnered studio @ RMIT, Melbourne, Australia
2021 PROPOSITIONS FOR PUBLIC SPACE, Museo Spazio Pubblico / Public Space Museum,Bologna, Italy
ACHIEVEMENTS/AWARDS
Dec 2022 NAVA Ignition Award Winner - RMIT Graduation Exhition
Jul 2022 Applied Design Research Activation Project – Living City Design
Issued by ISPT & RMIT
Living City Design is a Spring Place Activation Project organised by ISPT Pty Ltd and Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT). After participating and design in the second half of 2022, I am very honored to participate in this golden opportunity and be selected . This project will be fabrication and installation in Madame Brussels Lane in Melbourne in 2023
ARTIST BIOGRAPHY
Yidan Fang creates multi-dimensional work to dialogue with nature, using public art to explore the interdependence and symbiotic between nature, culture, and people. Fang is a Chinese artist based in Melbourne Australia. With a Bachelor Degree in Landscape Architecture Design (2021) Fang is now studying a Master of Arts (Art in Public Space) at RMIT University, Melbourne. She has been involved in many landscape architecture projects during her bachelor’s studies including 2020 Support store design; 2020 Infill Architecture city youth container construction; 2020 Bamboo Pavilion; 2020 Urban Reading Relic;etc...The work explores the connections between public space and the natural environment.
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In 2021, Yidan Fang’s #citynaturespace work was exhibited at the Museo Spazio Pubblico, Bologna, Italy. In 2022, Yidan Fang’s Organic Garden (Finding the Smallest Organic Garden in Melbourne) design was selected for the Applied Design Research Activation Project in Madame Brussels Lane, Melbourne. In 2022, she's native space was exhibited at the Alfred Hopsital Innovation and Education Hub with the Big Anxiety Festival.
ARTIST STATEMENT
My work focuses on exploring the connection between human and non-human. I create different forms of public artwork to sensitively engage with nature to encourage active reflection and emphasize symbiotic relationships with the non-human. My work visualises public art and design as a bridge between people's consciousness and their environment. Guiding people into the thinking about its construction triggers a dialogue between nature and self.
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I use various research methods and material conventions including visual media and temporary public art to encourage conversation and establish partnerships and symbiotic relationships between the public and nature in the urban environment.