FRANK WANG YEFENG
1984 born in Shanghai, China
2011 Master of Fine Arts, Art and Technology Studies, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago
2007 Bachelor of Fine Arts, Sculpture, Fine Arts College of Shanghai University
Currently lives and works in Providence and New York, USA
Solo / Duo Exhibitions
2022 The Levitating Perils, Chazan Gallery at Wheeler, Providence, RI, USA
2022 Slow Spectre, SEAGER Gallery, London, UK
2021 On Hold – Solo Exhibition of Frank WANG Yefeng, Vanguard Gallery, Shanghai, China
2021 Terraza Cervantes – Frank WANG Yefeng & José Ruiz, The 13th Shanghai Biennale Special program, Biblioteca Miguel de Cervantes，Shanghai, China
2020 The Groundless Protag, GlogauAIR Public Showcase, Berlin, Germany
2020 The Expelled New, Multispace NYC, NY, USA
2019 Arthub Asia, The Table and Online Artist Screening Series, Shanghai, China
2018 Dyspepsia – Mattia Casalegno x Frank Wang Yefeng, Arete Gallery, Brooklyn, NY, USA
2017 [‘Penthaus], Between Art Lab, Beijing, China
2017 Parallel Reality – Wang Yefeng/Shamus Clisset, Amelie A. Wallace Wallace Gallery, SUNY, Long Island, USA
2016 The Drifting Stages, Arthub Asia Artists Screening Program, Shanghai, China
2015 New Games, V Art Center, Shanghai, China
2014 I – Generation, Solo Exhibition of Yefeng Wang, Art Projects Gallery, Central, Hong Kong
2013 Impersonal – Solo exhibition: Yefeng Wang:, HEREArts Center, New York, USA
Group Exhibitions (Selected)
2023 Beijing Contemporary Art Expo 2023, RaidenINST, Beijing, China
2023 Mediums and Messengers, Bannister Gallery, Providence, RI, USA
2022 YY OS Gold Canopy, YveYang Gallery, New York, USA
2022 Art Week Encore: Art021xH8, No.8 Hengshan Rd, Shanghai, China
2022 Hug: Nestling the Drifting World, Jeju Museum of Contemporary Art, South Korea
2022 Beast, Chimera, Kin, Hessel Museum of Art, NY, USA
2021 Boomerang – OCAT Biennial ‘21, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China
2021 Encounters with Incomprehension, The Wrong Biennale No.5, Online
2021 There was only this world, this looted, ventriloquized Earth, Curated by Francesca Altamura, Hook.art
2021 Night Lights Denver, Public Projection Installation, Commission for Denver Digerati, Denver, CO, USA
2021 RenZhiChu, Public Screening at 10 Times Square Billboard, ZAZ10TS, New York, USA
2021 Fulfillment Service Ltd, Outdoor billboards and Online Exhibition, Commission for Royal College of Art and Gasworks, London, UK
2021 Wassaic Project 021 Summer Exhibition, Wassaic, NY, USA
2020 Asian Now – Paris Asian Art Festival, OCULA
2020 Liminal Pavilion, Bangkok Biennial, Bangkok, Thailand
2020 World on Fire – Supernova Animation Festival 2020, Denver Digerati, Colorado, USA
2020 AI: Love and Artificial Intelligent, Hyundai Motor Studio, Beijing, China
2020 Resonance, Shanghai Duolun Museum of Modern Art, Shanghai, China
2019 BRIC Biennial, Brooklyn, NY, USA
2019 Art021 Shanghai Contemporary Art Fair, Shanghai, China
2019 Beijing Contemporary Art Expo, Beijing, China
2019 File Festival, Sao Paulo, Brazil
2019 Ocean (with Slime Engine), MadeIn Gallery, Shanghai, China
2018 International Festival Les Instants Video, Marseilles, France
2018 Cynetart 2018, Festspielhaus Hellerau and Pylon Lab, Dresden, Germany
2018 Liminality, The Border Project Space, Brooklyn, NY, USA
2018 Off The Wall, Arts + Literature Laboratory, Madison, WI, USA
2018 Immortal City, Tianjin Binhai Museum, Tianjin, China
2017 Real-Fake 2.0, Connecticut College, Connecticut, United States
2017 Real-Fake 2.0, Chazan Familly Gallery, Rhode Island College
2017 NARS foundation open studios, Brooklyn, United States
2017 Forever Fornever, Wrong Biannual, Rhode Island College, United States and online
2017 Body Farm, Paradise Palace Gallery, Brooklyn, United States
2017 2D faculty annual exhibition, Rhode Island College, Rhode Island, United States
2017 Two persons show of Wang Yefeng/Shamus Clisset, SUNY Wallace Gallery, Long Island, United States
2017 [‘Penthaus], Between Art Lab, Beijing, China
2016 Shenzhen MAF Media Art Festival, Shen Zhen, China
2016 Real-Fake.2.0, Bronx Art Space, New York, United States
2016 Threshold Frequency, Art Museum of Nanjing university of the Arts, Nanjing, China
2016 Dream Space, New Hive, New York, United States
2016 Art in the City, Chi K11 Museum, Shanghai, China
2016 Governors Island Art Fair, New York, United States
2016 Concept, CICA Museum, South Korea
2016 District B, Beijing, China
2016 Do you wanna play with me?, Between Art Lab, Shanghai, China
2016 The Drifting Stages, Arthub Asia Artists Screening Program, Shanghai, China
2016 Meanwhile 01: Wang Yefeng, Newhive, United States
2015 Yami-ichi NYC, Knockdown Art Center, New York, United
2015 NARS foundation annual benefit & silent auction, New York, United States
2015 Myth and Mutations, Reverse Art Gallery, New York, United States
2014 Chiaroscuro, The Research House For Asian Art, Chicago, United States
2014 NARS foundation annual benefit & silent auction, New York, United States
2014 A Fake-Real World, Media City, Xi’an, China
Artists Residency / Fellowship
2022 Fellowship, Vermont Studio Center Artist in Residency (Up-coming, August – September, 2022)
2021 International Studio & Curatorial Program (ISCP) Artist in Residency, Brooklyn, NY (May – August, 2021)
2020 GlogauAIR, Berlin, Germany (January – April, 2020)
2013 New York Art Residency & Studios Foundation, Brooklyn, NY (July – September, 2013)
Honor/Awards / Grant (Selected)
2021 Artists to Watch ‘21, Artconnect.com
2021 NYFA City Artist Corps Grants
2020 Winner, AFIAS AWARDS 2020, Spain Moving Image Festival
Scholarship
2018 Rhode Island College Major Research Grant, through RIC Committee for Faculty Scholarship
2016 Rhode Island College Faculty Research Grant, through RIC Research Committee
2014 Rhode Island College Faculty Research Grant, through RIC Research Committee
2012 “CAAP” Grant, through the City of Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events
Lectures / Artist Talks / Publications (Selected)
2021 Visiting Lecture Series, Department of Digital Art, Pratt Institute
2021 Artists at Work: Frank WANG Yefeng in conversation with Danielle Shang, International Studio & Curatorial Program
2021 Interview, Chatroom Issue 13: About Inbetween Identity, Cross-cultural Creativity, and Social Activism, On Open- Art.org, Spotify and Apple Podcast
2021 Artist Interview: The Revelation after “On Hold,” Art China
2020 Writing: The Inbetweenner’s Condition, Heichi Magazine
2020 Issue 11 Featured Artist and interview, Maake Magazine, Curated by Tanya Gayer
2020 Artist Talk in the Department of Photography & Imaging, NYU Tisch school of the Arts, Online
2020 Artist Talk in the Expanded Media Program, Connecticut College, Online
2019 Unreal Estate, Brooklyn Paper, reviewed by Julianne Cuba
2019 BRIC Biennial Puts Spotlight on Artists Working in South and Southern Brooklyn, Brownstone, reviewed by Craig Hubert
2019 At BRIC Biennial, Diversity is Not A Trend, AFROPUNK, reviewed by Diana McClure
2019 Travels Through the Unreal, Screening and Artists Panel Discussion, Outpost Artist Resources, Queens, NY, USA
2018 Marseille 2018, (p.6-p.7), Turbulence Vidéo magazine, n°102, reviewed by Jean-Paul Fargier
2018 Artist to Watch: Hottest Talent in 2018, Take Magazine, USA
2018 Liminality & Mind-State Journeys Explored at The Border, HAMPTONS ART HUB, reviewed by Jonathan Goodman
2018 Limitless Potential, QUIET LUNCH, reviewed by Audra Lambert
2018 Dyspepsia: A Techno-Existential Intrusion Into The Human Body, BROKELYN, reviewed by Tansy Xiao
2017 Artist interview, Digital America Issue #9, online
2017 Artist Lecture, Independent Curators International (ICI), New York, USA
2017 Transnational Hub Panel Discussion and Artist Lecture, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, USA
2017 Artist Lecture, Clarkson University, Potsdam, USA
2016 Meanwhile01 – Wang Yefeng, Newhive, interviewed by Chris Romero, online
From Nipple Fountains to Holographic Keith Haring, Artfcity, online
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