Li Yang 杨秝

Li Yang杨秝(b.1991) born in Chengdu, China and currently lives and works in New York City.

Where are the images come and go?

My practice in art is deeply rooted in my memories of space, real in existence as well as imagined; both cartography of heritage and dreams. These memories are dated back to childhood or freshly created, they are layered on top of each other, forming a labyrinth of existence along with my growing perception and cognitions. When I encounter a memory in a certain sound, scent, plant, or pigment, intuitively capturing it is a routine and it transfers to forms such as photography, audio recording, a few words in writing, or sketching out with charcoal or digital pencil. More often than not, I am amazed in these sophisticated spaces cut into countless units of time, investigating the connection and marks in the wild, cities, temples, museums, and the notes of authors from multi disciplines. Sometimes there is only myself in these spaces of memories. Some other times it is about the whole universe; Sometimes it matters to one part of human beings, and other times it is for another.

2022 MA in Teaching + Learning Art + Design, Rhode Island School of Design

Providence, RI, USA


2018 MFA in Sculpture, University of College
London, Slade School of Fine Art

London, UK

2016 BFA in Painting and Drawing, Academy of Art
University

San Francisco, CA, USA