"image”?
social issues
disarming humor
context-based
Yuying Huang is a performance and installation artist based in London and Shanghai. She holds an MA in Fine Art from Chelsea College of Arts and a BA in Public Art from China Academy of Art.
Her work explores the concept of "image”, seeking to understand daily life under the influence of the internet, often through the disarming effects of humor, and drawing from the theories of visual imagery and technology. Her pieces also addressing social issues through context-based artworks.
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MAFA (2022-2023): Chelsea College of Art & Design, University of the Arts London
BFA (2016-2021): China Academy of Art (Place&Space&Art)
2024
Seeing Red, Chapel Art Studio, Andover,UK
Trash, Badartpresents, Greatorex Street, London, UK
Blood Stains Like Ink, The Starving Artists, online
Art as a response to mental health, Doncasterartfair, online
2023
Degree Show, Chelsea College of Art, London, UK
Windows, Millbank, London, UK
Canal Dream Art Festival, Regent's Canal, London, UK
International Art Week, ADEMA, Palma, Spain
The Sixth Sense, Cookhouse Gallery, London, UK
Visual is Vocabulary, Cookhouse Gallery, London, UK
Common People, St Saviour’s Pimlico, London, UK
Wish You Were Here, Margate Beach, UK
The Little Show, Cookhouse Gallery, London, UK
“Parallel” International Festival, Cookhouse Gallery, London, UK; HKBU, Hongkong
2022
Dwelling in the Cloud, Ugly Duck, London, UK
Val Der Ada, Cookhouse Gallery, London, UK
2021
Prestory, Zhejiang Art Museum, Hangzhou, China
2020
Along the Yangtze River Public Art Project, Chongqing, China
2019
Unknown Vector, T Project, Hangzhou, China
The 2nd Jiangke Junk Art, National Wetland Museum of China, Hangzhou, China
The 2nd Suzhou Taihu Public Art Festival, Taihu, Suzhou, China
2018
Unknown Vector, T Project, Hangzhou, China
My artistic practice questioning our ability to adapt to technological advancements in the Internet era and the sense of unreality in mundane life. As part of the last generation to witness the virtualization process, my unique perspective sheds light on the complexities of the society, particularly in the post-pandemic era.
In an attempt to approach to the possible answer, my recent projects (mainly installations and performances) have revolved around the central inquiry of "what is an image", often using "found image", drawing inspiration from W. J. T. Mitchell's 'Picture Theory' and Hito Steyerl's thinking on the related topic. The projects investigate the construction and flattening of the world onto two-dimensional planes, which then reenter the physical realm in a peculiar state. Simultaneously, my concern for social issues also finds expression in my work, making it an integral part of the reality I explore.
My unique sense of humour and performing form come from online memes and the TV program called “All Japan Masquerade Grand-Prix”.
