Yang Qiong

Young artist, born in 1983, now live in Beijing

Education

2004             Graduated from the Fine Arts School of China Central Academy of Fine Arts

2008-2009    Glasgow School of Art (Glasgow, UK), As an international exchange student

2009             Graduated from the Sculpture Department of China Central Academy of Fine Arts

2011             Graduated from Chelsea College of Art and Design, University of the Arts London, Fine Art, London, UK

Yang Qiong’s early works were clean and pure. He used synthetic materials like acrylic and ABS plastic to present a smooth and even texture. The shapes of his works are mostly distilled from daily life. Common objects like spindles and skin folds inspired “Distance”, “Island”, “Tiny” and works from the same period.

In solo exhibition “The Pond” in 2013, Yang Qiong’s works take antique home appliances(porcelain, furniture, statues and the like) as his source materials, weaving metaphorical images of “abandoned objects” and “empty pond” into the plot, to express a state of nihility of existence and stimulate the audience to reflect upon the relationship between “the past” and “the present that will soon become the past”. Broken porcelain pieces, shattered pottery figurines, wooden furniture remnants and new materials are resurrected in artists’ sculptures.

While borrowing cyber terminology, the 2016 solo exhibition “Ice Hole”(Pronounced as Shen Jing Bing, which is a homonym of “psycho”), persisted Yang Qiong’s artistic practice of traditional aesthetics and culture, and took old objects as its creative basis.

Yang Qiong was deeply impressed by the bonsais in traditional gardens when he visited Suzhou in 2014. Traditional bonsai and modern installations are similar in art forms, but in retrospect, the artistic concept bred in the middle kingdom put what meant to express beyond the subject. With that, ” White” began to take shape under the Chinese concept of creating environment.

As a rising young artist, Yang Qiong’s understanding of the nation, culture and times can be seen in his works. As the contemporaneity focuses on the “ego”, he is both humbled and proud of the abstruseness, the subtlety, the restraint and the reticence of traditional Chinese culture. Yang Qiong strived to “Bring traditional values back again” through his creations, which in turn showed his musing of the contemporaneity of Chinese tradition.

Yang Qiong’s works are collected by institutions and collectors in Europe, Japan, Taiwan and mainland China. His graduation work was awarded 2nd Place in the CAFA Graduation Exhibition and was collected by CAFA Museum.

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ARTWORKS

Still Pond·Ying Qing (Misty Blue)

Ceramics (Song), crystal resin, elmwood, aluminium, PVC
110 x 150 x 14 cm
2013

Slight Cold #1

China (Song), white marble, PLA, cement, steel
90 x 26 x 110 cm
2017

Pillar 1#

marble powder, PLA, concrete, steel
90 x 90 x 10 cm
2018

Pillar 2#

marble powder, PLA, concrete, aluminum
25 x 82 x 8 cm
2018

Wall East

marble powder, PLA, concrete, steel
80 x 80 x 14 cm
2018

The Nine

Marble powder, PLA, concrete, steel
120 x 90 x 10 cm
2018

Overflow

marble powder, PLA, concrete, wood
90 x 90 x 10 cm
2018

Steps 2#

marble powder, PLA, concrete
56 x 18 x 53 cm
2018

Main Ridge

Marble powder, PLA, concrete, steel
90 x 50 x 9 cm
2018

Late Winter

Marble powder, PLA, concrete, steel
150 x 40 x 10 cm
2018

Steps 1#

Marble powder, PLA, concrete
42 x 36 x 25 cm
2018

Screen Wall

marble powder, PLA, concrete
15 x 80 x 6 cm
2018

Each Other #2

Bowl (Song), Resin, Old elm
55 x 55 x 15 cm
2016

Follow The Sun

Qing Dynasty Roof Statue, Rock, Crystal resin, Pine
100 x 100 x 16 cm
2015

Friends from Afar

Pottery figurine (Ming), rosewood, ABS
130 x 9 x 36 cm
2016

Wisp

Erhu bow(1950’s), resin, old elm
200 x 24 x 5 cm
2016

A Bowl of Water

Censer(Qing), resin, plaster, bronze
55 x 120 x 40 cm
2015

Stupa

Old objects in different time, immortal moss, acrylic
150 x 80 x 80 cm
2016

Boasting

Pottery (Yuan), ABS
36 x 24 x 32 cm
2016

You Can Not believe What I Said

Porcelain bowl(Ming), ABS, copper, acrylic, pine
120 x 13.6 x 6.8 cm
2016

Top Hat I

Guardian Lion (Qing), White marble, PLA
60 x 15 x 30 cm
2016

Heavy Snow Pressure The Pine

Wooden bench (Qing), white marble, PLA
20 x 12 x 30 cm
2016

Mushroom Cloud

Porcelain incense burner(1912-1949), ABS, stainless steel
75 x 36 x 36 cm
2016

Hollow No.2

Bakelite, ABS, Rubber Spray-Finishing
100 x 100 x 8 cms
2010

大国博弈 Superpower Games

2016
木俑(宋？),老麻将(民国),abs;
Wooden Figurines (Song Dynasty),Old Mahjong(1912-1949),abs;,
40 x 40 x 35 cm

高帽II Top Hat II

2016
石狮子(明),汉白玉,聚乳酸;
Guardian Lion(Ming Dynasty),Marble,Polylactic Acid;
50 x 15 x 30 cm

无事 Nothing Happened

2016
张迁碑拓片,松木,宣纸;
Stone Rubbing of Tablet Zhang Qian, Pine, Chinese Rice Paper
240 x 120 x 5 cm

世界的另一个尽头 The other end of the world

2011
树脂石膏，水晶树脂，颜料，铝，高密度纤维板；
Color on resin plaster, crystal resin, Aluminum, MDF
57.4 x 57.4 x 4 cm

健忘症 Amnesia

2011
树脂石膏，水晶树脂，颜料，铝，高密度纤维板；
Color on resin plaster, crystal resin, Aluminum, MDF
56.2 x 56 x 5 cm

止水·浮萍 still pond·the duckweed

2013
瓷碗（清代 雍正），树脂，榆木，铝，PVC；
Porcelain(Qing)，crystal resin, wood(elm), aluminium, pvc
40 x 40 x 10.5 cm

止水·兰白 still pond·blue and white

2013
淡蓝瓷碗（元代），白色瓷碗（宋代），树脂，榆木，樟子松木，PVC；
Porcelain(Yuan&Song), crystal resin, wood(elm), wood(pine), pvc
69.5 x 69.5 x 12 cm

止水·朱砂 still pond·cinnabar

2013
闲章（化石），树脂，榆木，樟子松木，PVC；
Chinese seal(Fossil)，crystal resin, wood(elm), wood(pine), pvc
40 x 40 x 11 cm

止水·隅 still pond·the nook

2013
瓷碗（明代 洪武），树脂，榆木，樟子松木，PVC；
Porcelain(Ming)，crystal resin, wood(elm), wood(pine), pvc
120 x 49.5 x 10 cm

止水·旧事 still pond·the Old story

2013
瓷碗（清代 乾隆），树脂，榆木，松木，亚克力；
Porcelain (Qing)，crystal resin, wood(elm), wood(pine), acrylic
20 x 20 x 10 cm

止水·仕女 still pond· A young lady

2013
陶俑 (唐代)，树脂，榆木，铝，PVC；
ceramics(Tang)，crystal resin, wood(elm), aluminium, pvc
40 x 40 x 12 cm

止水·惊蛰 Still Pond·Jing Zhe

2013
瓷碗（明代 嘉万），树脂，榆木，PVC；
Ceramics (Ming)，crystal resin, elmwood, PVC
101 x 190 x 32 cm

止水·坛 still pond·the jar

2013
陶罐，树脂，榆木，樟子松木，PVC；
ceramics，crystal resin, wood(elm), wood(pine), pvc
56 x 141 x 91 cm

止水·闲足 still pond·the leg

2013
木凳（花梨木），树脂，榆木，铝，PVC；
wooden ancient furniture(rosewood)，crystal resin, wood(elm), aluminium, pvc
160 x 20 x 8 cm

止水·台 still pond·the platform

2013
木凳，树脂，榆木，樟子松木，PVC；
wooden ancient furniture，crystal resin, wood(elm), wood(pine), pvc
140 x 100 x 15 cm

二则其一 One in Two

2014
瓷偶瓷盅 (明），树脂，榆木，PVC；
Porcelain figure and cup, crystal resin, elmwood, PVC
80 x 80 x 8 cm

Exhibitions

Publications

Selected Articles

The White – Introduction

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Ice Hole – introduction

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The Pond – introduction

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Mental Imagery

by Sui Jianguo

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