Yu Huang

"A Rose for Rose", Oil on canvas 48” x 48”, $6,000

“Hands Off My Money: Detroit Bankruptcy”, Oil and collage on canvas , 36” x 36”, $4,000

"Jo", Oil on canvas, 36” x 48”, $4,800

"The Struggle of Feminism", Oil on canvas, 36” x 36”. $4,000

“Transform the Unknown: If Danh Vo were Andy Warhol”. Oil and collage on canvas, 36” x 48”, $4,800

“When I Rule the World, #1”, Oil on canvas, 24” x 24”, $1,450

“Where is Ana Mendieta?”, Oil and pastel on canvas, 36” x 48”, $4,800

Yu Huang

Artist Statement

I am a witness of our history. My paintings and mix media works are intended to be records of our history. They meditate on gender, war, social justice, and human existence. Realism and magical realism are tools to convey my thoughts about issues of our contemporary society. Through my work, I wish to offer a critical view to examine our social and political environments as an immigrant and a minority woman artist.

I endeavor to promote humanity, social and political justices as an artist. My body of work reflects the interest in using figurative forms and portraiture to communicate the artist’s observations of the world. My paintings and mix media works are also constantly shaped by my knowledge and experience as an educator, art historian and curator. Curatorial and art historical trainings enable me to adopt an analytical view to examine my work in terms of content, design and techniques.

I believe artists should constantly challenge themselves and explore new ways of artmaking. I experiment different techniques, styles, and subject matters for storytelling. My knowledge in art history, both the East and the West, provides with me multiple perspectives in looking at art and offer me a rich resource and a variety of techniques to incorporate into my work.

My experiences as an immigrant, a female artist, a teacher, a curator, and an art historian have been offering me invaluable resources to draw from. I wish to continue to utilize these resources to create meaningful work in my career.

Education
PhD track. Department of Fine Art, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY.

Completed doctorate coursework. Major: Modern and Contemporary Chinese Art; Minor: Painting and Drawing.
Art Academy of Cincinnati, Painting and Drawing
M.A. Department of Art History, Major: Asian Art History
University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas

B.A. Department of Japanese Language and Literature,
National Soochow University, Taipei, Taiwan

Solo Exhibitions
2018 Dream Most Difficult, April 25 - May 19, 2018, ARC Gallery, Chicago, IL
2017 I Carry My Home, December 15, 2017- January 19, 2018, 48th Ward district office, Chicago, IL
2017 Transform the Unknown, July 17- July 21, 2017, Palette and Chisel Art Academy, Chicago, IL
2016 When Art History Becomes a Vocabulary, YLH Studio, Chicago Arts District, Chicago, IL

Selected Group Exhibitions
2018 Small Works, Dec 7 - Dec 16, 2018, Women Made Gallery, Chicago, IL
2018 FL3TCH3R Exhibit: Social & Politically Engaged Art, Oct 8 - Dec 14, 2018, Reece Museum, Johnson City, TN,
2018 Pastel Point, Sep 19 - Oct 7, 2018, Cincinnati Women’s Club, Cincinnati, OH
2018 South Shore Arts--The 75th Annual Salon Show, September 9 – November 8, 2018, The Center for Visual and Performing Arts, Munster, IN
2018 Masterful Moxie-The Power of Art, Febuary 10 - March 10, 2018, Fifth Annual Culture Bridge, Scharpenberg Gallery, DANK Haus German American Cultural Center, Chicago, IL
2017 Freeport 14th annual regional juried exhibition, Freeport Art Museum, Nov 17, 2016-Feb 10, 2017, Freeport, IL
2017 We Are Enough, national juried exhibition, Oak Park Art League, Chicago, IL
2013 Member exhibition, July, 2013, Tiger Lily Press annual exhibition, Cincinnati, OH
2013 Art for Peace and Justice, May 2013, Art Academy of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH

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Yu Huang