Yuyu Wang (b. 1991) currently works as an artist in Shanghai. She received her master's degree in sculpture from the Slade School of Fine Art, University College London in 2016, and her bachelor's degree in fine arts from Birmingham Institute of Art and Design) in 2014.

Yuyu Wang’s practice consistently revolves around the liminal states presented by the movement of bodies and matter. She investigates how daily perceptions, through processes of repetition and accumulation, come to present landscape-like characteristics.

Her practice emphasizes collaboration with materials (such as silicone, fabric, metal, and organic objects) through embodied labor. By understanding the physicality and cultural metaphors of matter, she attempts to re-examine the origin and agency of materials, thereby constructing symbiotic forms that are derived from life yet transcend mere mimicry. These forms act as vessels capturing moments of transformation, aiming to invite an intimate, multi-species dialogue.

Her recent practice focuses on non-human subjects that coinhabit with humans in urban spaces (e.g., insects, parasitic plants), examining how they mobilize natural energy suppressed by the order of civilization. Her work explores the possibility that liminal states such as “adhesion”, “parasitism”, and “infiltration” can themselves function as strategies for survival and critique.

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王玉钰是一名工作于上海的艺术家。她于伦敦大学学院斯莱德艺术学院雕塑专业获得硕士学位，并于伯明翰艺术与设计学院获得纯艺术学士学位。

王玉钰的创作实践持续围绕身体与物质在运动中所呈现的阈限状态而展开。她探查日常感知如何经由重复与堆叠的过程，而呈现出景观化的特征。她的实践注重通过具身性的劳作，与硅胶、织物、金属、有机物、等材料协作。通过理解物质的物理性与文化隐喻，她试图重新审视材料的起源与代理，从而构建出既源于生命体又超越仿生的共生形态。这些作为捕捉转化瞬间的载体，旨在邀请一场亲密的、多物种间对话。

她近期实践聚焦于城市中与人类共生的非主体（如昆虫、寄生植物），审视它们如何动员被文明秩序所压抑的自然能量。她的作品探讨了“粘连”、“寄生”与“渗透”等阈限状态，其本身作为一种生存与批判策略的可能性。

Artist in Residence

Machang Art Residence, Shanghai (2021)

Academy of Visual Arts, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong (2017)

Sidney Nolan Trust, Presteigne (2016)

Selected Solo Exhibitions

“Weaving Practice”, Hong Kong Basel Booth 1C34, Hong Kong (2025)

“Drop Hole”, Studio Gallery, Shanghai (2023)

“Hook and Eye of Collar”, ANTENNASPACE, Antenna-Tenna project, No. 2, Lane 191, Urumqi Middle Road, Shanghai (2021)

“How to Make 18 Circle Marks on Fingers”, Dream Co. Space, 798 Art Zone, Beijing (2018)

Selected Group Exhibitions

“Plasmodesmata”, group exhibition, ShanghART Gallery, Shanghai (2025)

“Incarnation”, group exhbition, SONG ART Museum, Beijing (2024)

“Palai Penang”, group exhibition, Homestead, Wawasan Open University, Penang (2024)

“Badlands”, group exhibition, Totalab, Shanghai (2023)

“Flexibility Carries”, group exhibition, Aurora Museum, Shanghai (2023)

“How Many Times Have I Left My Everyday Life”, group exhibition, 69 Art Campus, Beijing (2022)

“What Did One Wall Say to the Other? – I’ll Meet You at the Corner!”, group exhibition, Dangxia Art Space, Beijing (2022)

“UNFINISHED CAMP”, screening, House of Electronic Arts, Basel (2021); Pivô, São Paulo (2022)

“Textronic”, group exhibition, Atmosphere Space, Nanjing (2022)

“Somatic Attunement”, group exhibition, Studio Gallery, Shanghai (2021)

“Li Family House Fortune Exhibition”, group exhibition, White Space Beijing (2021)

“Buddhist Youths: United Collective Indifferences”, group exhibition, Goethe-Institut, 798 Art Zone, Beijing (2019)

“Raw Notes – No. 2”, group exhibition, AM Art Space, Shanghai (2018)

Selected Award

NET-A-PORTER, Incredible Female Artist Award (2021)