John Yuyi
Chiang Yu-Yi (born 1991), professionally known as John Yuyi, is a Taiwanese visual artist. Her practice explores aspects of the social media, photography, and the post internet. She lives and works in Taipei and New York City.
Early life and education
Chiang Yu-Yi was born in Taipei. She studied Fashion Design with a Bachelor of Arts/Science at the Shih Chien University.[1] Since the beginning of her career, she has had a significant online presence, on platforms like Facebook and Instagram.[2] Before working as an artist, John Yuyi worked as an intern for Jason Wu, an assistant editor at a fashion magazine, and as a model.[3]
Style
Early work
In a 2014 swimwear collection project, John Yuyi connects her fashion design education with graphic content creation. For this project, she chooses not to categorize herself purely in either mediums of fashion or photography.[4]
Work
Skin on Skin, 2016
Skin on Skin is a photo piece where John Yuyi pastes temporary tattoos of nude self portraits on the skin of pork cuts. John Yuyi described the art making process as "random… tricky and fun", similar to her experience making an earlier piece Face Post, 2015.[5]
Exhibitions
Solo exhibitions
- My (Temporary) Self, Los Angeles, Make Room, 2018[7]
Selected group exhibitions
References
- ^ "Installations 01- Gallery Vacancy". Taipei Dangdai - Art & Ideas. Retrieved 2019-03-09.
- ^ "John Yuyi | Metal Magazine". metalmagazine.eu. Retrieved 2019-03-09.
- ^ "John Yuyi | Metal Magazine". metalmagazine.eu. Retrieved 2019-03-09.
- ^ "John Yuyi | Metal Magazine". metalmagazine.eu. Retrieved 2019-03-09.
- ^ Weinstock, Tish (2016-08-10). "yuyi john is the willy wonka of the art world". I-D. Retrieved 2019-03-09.
- ^ "THE ART VACANCY | The Next Gen: John Yuyi". Retrieved 2019-03-09.
- ^ "03_24_John_Yuyi_MainPage". Make Room. Retrieved 2019-03-09.
- ^ "John Yuyi - Exhibitions". VACANCY. Retrieved 2019-03-09.
- ^ "數位時代下的疑問：Why Didn't You Like My Pic?". 明潮. Retrieved 2019-03-09.
- ^ "Undergarments | curated by ellen.gif and Andriana Carney". undergarments.work. Retrieved 2019-03-09.