Dreams, memory, hallucinations, and fantasy have all been the thread and substance of Zhou Fan’s practice throughout the last decade. Zhou first came to prominence in 2007, a series of paintings based on a dream he had as a child the inspiration for these works. The dream involved many jellyfish floating in the sky, some of which fell to the ground on parachutes and became mushrooms.

“The dream seems like a vague memory to me now,” recalls Zhou. “Even during the time that my works were inspired by the dream, it was actually two to three years after I had the dream. It was a very personal experience that lies deep in my memory.”

His artworks bring his audience into the realm of imagination with out-of-this-world scenes and a sumptuous psychedelic colour palette. The idea of lucid dreaming is conjured with remarkable and intricate fantastical imagery.