Harry Yu

Hi, I'm a Boston-based artist. Making art is a process, for me, to connect with deeper emotions, to feel beyond what I can see, to question possibilities, to think outside the obvious, and to find meaning in shared humanity. I hope my art will offer a place of contemplation, and regeneration of the creative flow.

Artists are called upon to: open hearts, keep the wonders of life going, and help people understand many kinds of beauty. I feel 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.

To give back to the community, I facilitate free plein air sketch intro workshop group. 10% of my art proceeds is donated to unhoused people and animal shelters.

When I am not making marks on canvas, I read, mostly poetry, and I write, often free verses and Haibun. My poems were selected for public reading, and on view at Boston City Hall: 2016, 2022, and 2023.



Other than 2D and 3D art, I have fun with songwriting, making music tracks, and putting short films together. Some of my lyrics are in the gathering songs of the all-inclusive UU church.

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 Gallery, Aug 3-28, 2016, (South E...