Yang Yuanyuan
Graduated from London College of Communication, the University of the Arts London, with the Bachelor of Arts, Department of Photography, Working and living in Beijing at present.
Awards / Scholarship
Grant of Asian Cultural Council of 2017, New York, US
Nominated for 2016 New Talent
Nominated for Huayu Youth Award
Second Prize of 2015 Gucang Dummy Award Martin Parr Sample Book Award
Nominated for the Author Book Award of Rencontres d'Arles, France
Selected in the Photography Book of the Year 2015, FOTOBOOKFESTVAL KASSEL.
Nominated for International Photography Awards
Nominated for Exposure Award
Nominated for 2014 Bloomberg New Contemporaries by ICA, London, UK
2013 Paul Smith Photography Award, London College of Communication
Photography Award of Margenta-Flash Forward
2012 Turney Foundation Award, US
2011 Photography Award of Bar-Tur, US
Solo Exhibition
2019 “Mirage in Dalian”, AIKE, Shanghai, China
2018 “ Theater of Crossroads”, Huamei Arts Association, New York, US
“Interval Zone”, Modern Art Base, Shanghai, China
2016“ At The Place of Crossed Sights (Part 1)”, C-Space, Beijing, China
2014 “Almost there, almost specific,_________”
2012 “Middle Ground”, No.3 Gallery, Beijing, China
Important Experience/ Stories/ Point of Views
Yang Yuanyuan, who was born in 1989 in Beijing and graduated from the University of the Arts London with a Bachelor of Photography in 2013, is living and working in Beijing, San Francisco and New York.
Yang Yuanyuan creates visual narratives in the media of image, photography, Artists’ Book and performance. By combining the elements of reality and fiction, Yang Yuanyuan challenges rigid historical interpretations, focusing on the forgotten, disappearing and distorted characters and episodes. Her recent solo exhibitions include ""Dalian Mirage"", AIKE, Shanghai, China, 2019; ""Theater of Crossroads"", Chinese America Arts Council / Gallery 456, New York, America, 2018; ""Interval"", Modern Art Base, Shanghai, China, 2018; ""At The Place of Crossed Sights, Part I"", C-Space, Beijing, China, 2016. In the summer of 2018, Yang Yuanyuan resided at UnionDocs, Brooklyn, New York; in 2017, she was selected for the Grant Residence Program in New York by Asian Cultural Council, and resided at Art in General, New York in 2018 for a half year. She has also received numerous nominations and awards in China and at abroad, including: Nomination for New Talent, 2016; nomination for Huayu Youth Award, 2016; second prize of Lianzhou Gucang Dummy Award Martin Parr Edition, 2015; Les Rencontres d'Arles Author Book Award, 2015; British Margenta: Flash Forward Photography Award, 2013; third prize of British Bar-Tur Photography, 2011.
