Harry Yu

Hi, I'm a Boston-based artist. My artworks are often whimsical drawings and experimental paintings. Abstract expressionism and surrealism are two of my favorite styles. I am inspired by their energy and creativity.

During the three years of pandemic, I did mostly watercolor landscapes and narrative illustrations. The tranquility of watercolor was helpful. One of my (2023) acrylic painting projects is figure art, that celebrates the connections among friends. Another (2024) project is exploration of the motif of multiple horizons.

When I am not making marks on canvas, I read, mostly poetry, and I write. My writing interests include children’s picture books, flash short stories, and short poems. My poems were selected for public reading, and on view at Boston City Hall: April-October 2016, 2022, and 2023.

To me, the definition of good art is that the artwork does some good for the world in some way. This is the view I've gathered from the masterpiece mentioned in the short story The Last Leaf, written by O Henry. And as a contemporary musician Pink has said, one of the missions as an artist is to "help other people to change so that they can see more kinds of beauty."

The other activities I have fun with, outside of 2D and 3D ...

I enjoyed classes at the New England School of Photography, the Museum of Fine Arts, Stanford University Online, University of Edinburgh Online, Berklee Online, and a number of Open Courses from other universities.

Outside the Line, Post Office Gallery, Jul 21-Aug 11, 2019 North Truro (Cape Cod), MA.

Selfie, Mosesian Center for The Arts, Jan 24-Mar 29, 2019, Watertown, MA.

Art and Soul, Mosesian Center for The Arts, Mar 22-May 18, 2018, Watertown, MA.

Restructured, Nave Gallery Annex, Nov 16-Dec16, 2017, Somerville, MA.

Blue 2017, University Place Gallery and Cambridge Art Association, Nov 6-Dec 20, 2017, Cambridge, MA.

Save the Twine Field, Post Office Gallery, Aug 20-Sept 3, 2017, North Truro, MA.

2017 Summer Exhibition of Emerging Artists, Kathryn Schultz Gallery and Cambridge Art Association, Jul 6-Jul 28, 2017, Cambridge, MA.

Art Projection II, JP Brewery, May 13, 2017, Jamaica Plain, MA.

Reclaimed, The Mosesian Center for the Arts, Apr 20 - Jul 7, 2017, Watertown, MA.

Picture Social Justice and Human Rights, Gallery1581, Mar 31-Jun 30, 2017, Brookline, MA.

Big Print/Little Print, The Mosesian Center for the Arts, Mar 10-Apr 21, 2017, Watertown, MA.

Wall to Wall, Nave Gallery, Sep 24-Oct 30, 2016, Somerville, MA.

Broken, Post Office Gallery, Aug 7-27, 2016, (Cape Cod) North Truro, MA.

Juror's Choice, Uforge Gallery, Aug 5-28, 2016, Jamaica Plain, MA.

The New England Collective VII, Galatea Galle...