Weiyang Gao

I am a Chinese artist who currently works in Chicago, US. I received my BFA in 2013 from Boston University and my MFA in painting and drawing in 2021 from School of the Art Institute of Chicago. My paintings blur the categories of figuration and abstraction. Within them, I utilize themes of pattern, space, and light in relation to the human body to discuss and critique the constructions of systems of belief. Being an artist with a multi-cultural background, I have insight into the many ways people have used and abused culture and history to create barriers and divisions within the broader spectrum of humanity. Within my paintings, I address the feelings of being oppressed by those barriers and divisions while looking for places that could transcend both culture and history. I have shown at the Sloan House in Boston, Guayaba Gallery in Union City, Visionary Project in New York, Research House of Asian Art and FLXST Contemporary Art Gallery in Chicago, etc.

MFA of painting and drawing, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL (2021)
BFA of painting and drawing, Boston University, Boston, MA (2018)

• Upstream, Research House for Asian Art, Chicago, IL (2021)
• The Happening, Flxst Contemporary Art Gallery, Chicago, IL (2021)
• Goodbye Horses, Research House for Asian Art, Chicago, IL (2021)
• SAIC MFA Graduate Exhibition, SAIC Gallery, Chicago, IL (2021)
• Against Impossibility, Flxst Contemporary Art Gallery, Chicago, IL (2021)
• Genesis, The Holy Art, London, UK (2021)
• Train to My Dream, Gummies Gallery, Workshop 4200, Chicago, IL (2021)
• Fresh Perspectives Pt 2, London Paint Club, London, UK (2021)
• Part 1: The Era of Seclusion, Visionary Projects, New York, NY (2020)
• 6 Ft From You, Guayaba Gallery, Union City, NJ (2020)
• SAIC Writing Center 2D Art Call, Chicago, IL (2019)
• Continuum, 808 Gallery, Boston, MA (2018)
• Inversant’s 8th Annual Art Show, Boston, MA (2018)
• Fall Showcase, Stone Gallery, Boston, MA (2017)
• @Sloan, Sloan House, Brookline, MA (2017)
• Summer Showcase, 855 Gallery, Boston, MA (2016)