Mu Pan (born 1976) is a Chinese American artist who lives and works in Brooklyn, New York City.
[4] Pan is known for precisely drawn animal and half-human creatures, whose portrayals — usually caught in actions somewhere between human and bestial, and accompanied by the logos and uniforms of 20th-century culture — suggest a cynical misanthropy.
[2] His subjects often appear to be engaged in violent clashes with antagonists that range from animal/human hybrids to martial arts hero Bruce Lee.
[8] A big part of Pan’s approach to composition, line-work, and detail draws on the tradition of Japanese ukiyo-e woodblock prints.
[10] From the Brooklyn Museum's collection online, he discovered Kawanabe Kyosai's Wars of the Frogs, sketches in ink on paper from the late nineteenth century, which inspired his series “Frog Wars.” The first retrospective exhibition of Mu Pan’s paintings took place in Madrid, Spain, in 2019 at Espacio Solo, Colección SOLO museum.