Yao Wang (b. 2002) is an Asian-American artist from San Gabriel, California. Their work explores the possibilities of installation, cultural symbolism, and everyday objects to articulate nuanced depictions of the immigrant experience. Situated in themes of labor, loss, and poverty, Yao’s practice generates new images of contemporary migrant life.
wangyaostudio@gmail.com
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Education
2027 MFA, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
2024 BFA, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
2023 Yale Norfolk School of Art, Artist-in-Residence, Litchfield County, CT
2022 CAMRA Mellon Fellowship Program, Fellow, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Speaking Engagements
2023 Gender, Sexuality and Women’s Studies Conference on Abolition, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
2023 CAMRA Screening Scholarship Media Festival, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Solo Exhibitions
2023 7/11 SLURPEES 4 LIFE, 305 S San Gabriel Blvd, San Gabriel, CA
Group Exhibitions
2024 Stand / Still, The Charles Addams Fine Arts Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2023 Bedroom Bedroom Bathroom Bathroom, Triangle Project, Miami, FL
2023 Sports!, The Charles Addams Fine Arts Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2023 Pond Theory, Yale Norfolk School of Art, Norfolk, CT
2023 Seoul, Gamsahabnida, The Charles Addams Fine Arts Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2023 Embodied Ethnography, The Slought Foundation, Philadelphia, PA
2023 Rising Sun: Artists in an Uncertain America, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA
2023 2nd Art Student Biennial, William Way LGBT Community Center, Philadelphia, PA
2021 Rotten Foundations, Dangerous Footholds, Slought Foundation, Philadelphia, PA
Grants, Awards & Honors
2023 University of Pennsylvania Summer Research Grant
2023 Yale Norfolk Community Art Grant, Yale Norfolk School of Art & Norfolk Foundation for Living
2023 Howard A. Silverstein and Patricia Bleznak Silverstein Studio Abroad Grant
Permanent Collections
2024 Center for Experimental Ethnography, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA