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Hula Hoops
In this series of artworks made with Chinese ink on Yupo paper, the artist draws upon the childhood experience of play by constructing highly charged compositions. The characters’ facial expressions and identities in these images are not clearly defined, often taking on ghostly forms. Portrayed by only a few brushstrokes, the figures seem to float upon a turbulent sea of colors within a realm of half-imagined memories.
In her work, Yi Gao takes an experimental approach to her practice to transcend conventional boundaries and power structures. She uses color, rhythm and repetition to generate movement and evoke emotion. Her medium serves as a vessel for archiving the experience of migrating across multiple dimensions.
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In her work, Yi Gao takes an experimental approach to her practice to transcend conventional boundaries and power structures. She uses color, rhythm and repetition to generate movement and evoke emotion. Her medium serves as a vessel for archiving the experience of migrating across multiple dimensions.
Yi Gao was born in 1988 in Nanjing, China, and lives between Los Angeles, CA, and Nanjing. She is currently an MFA Candidate in Painting and Drawing at the University of California in Los Angeles, CA (2023), and received her BFA from Otis College of Art and Design in Los Angeles, CA (2012).
Gao has mounted solo exhibitions at LAN Art Gallery in Shenzhen, China (2019).
Her work has also been featured in group exhibitions at The Mistake Room in Los Angeles, CA (2023); NewWight Gallery in Los Angeles, CA (2023); Reena Spaulings Fine Art in Los Angeles, CA (2022); LADIES’ ROOM in Los Angeles, CA (2022); and Connoisseur Art Gallery in Hong Kong (2017) among others.
She was the recipient of the Martha Alf Foundation Grant (2022), the Helen Frankenthaler Scholarship (2022-2023), and the Edna and Yu-Shan Han Award (2021-2022).
In this series of artworks made with Chinese ink on Yupo paper, the artist draws upon the childhood experience of play by constructing highly charged compositions. The characters’ facial expressions and identities in these images are not clearly defined, often taking on ghostly forms. Portrayed by only a few brushstrokes, the figures seem to float upon a turbulent sea of colors within a realm of half-imagined memories.More
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