Guan Yu

Guan Yu, 1989 Born in Qingdao, Shandong, China. Graduated from 2011 BA China Academy of Fine Arts, 2013 MA Slade School of Fine Art, University College London. Currently lives and works in Qingdao and London. Guan Yu’s paintings habitually include poetic text, but actively distance themselves from the content of the images. The distance between painting and text set up a perceptual trap to guide the viewer away from the overly normal perceptual dimension, while the brushstrokes of her paintings appear to be writing, the brushstrokes of text appear to be scribbling. Even though the paintings are full of the artist’s personal cues, the artist wishes to situate her artistic expression within the inevitable process of irreversible creating process and development, rather than revisiting personal contingent experiences and intimate past times.

Born in 1989, China

2011 Graduated with BA in Experimental Art, China Academy of Art

2013 Graduated with MFA, Slade School of Fine Art, University College London

Currently works and lives in Beijing and London

Solo Exhibitions

2019 Guan Yu: Heavy Cloud, Hive Center for Contemporary Art, Beijing, China

2017 Guan Yu: To be Hungry for Wind, Hive Center for Contemporary Art, Beijing, China

Selected Group Exhibitions

2018 Déjà vu: Painting as the Art of Signification, Hive Center for Contemporary Art, Beijing, China

          Flaneur’s Square, Hive Center for Contemporary Art, Beijing, China

2014 Royal Academy of Music Piano Festival, London, UK

2013 Slade School of Fine Art MA/MFA Degree Show, London, UK

2013 Growth and Decay, UCL, London, UK

2011 China Academy of Art Degree Show, Hangzhou, China