In the project, I combine the medium of photography and sculptures to create both photographic and sculptural assemblage. I use fleshy Sculpey clay to build up altered and fragmented bodies as my subjects, aiming to create a dialogue between the ambiguous nature of the objects and the space depicted in photographs- photography is the pictorial representation of mental states.
In the project, I combine the medium of photography and sculptures to create both photographic and sculptural assemblage. I use fleshy Sculpey clay to build up altered and fragmented bodies as my subjects, aiming to create a dialogue between the ambiguous nature of the objects and the space depicted in photographs- photography is the pictorial representation of mental states.
A cactus
in the Chimney
Project Description
Yi Hsuan Lai
b. 1988
Originally from Taiwan, Lives and works in Brooklyn, NY
ylai8[at]sva.edu
EDUCATION
2020 School of Visual Arts New York, NYC, NY
MFA in Photography, Video and Related Media
2014 National Yunlin University of Science & Technology Yunlin, Taiwan
MFA in Visual Communication Design
2010 Shih Hsin University Taipei, Taiwan
BFA in English
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2020 Anonymous Town, SPRING/BREAK Art Show NYC, NY
2020 Body Language, Deer Studio NYC, NY
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2021 Wassaic Project: Summer Exhibition Wassaic, New York (upcoming)
2020 Seasonal Repression, Field projects NYC, NY
2020 The things in itself, NARS Foundation NYC, NY
2020 LUCID , Carrie Able gallery group show NYC, NY
2020 In Visible Space, Here Art NYC, NY
2020 Cold Heels: Covid-19 Edition, SHIM Art Network
2019 Break A Leg, Sugar gallery Fayetteville, AR
2019 WONDER FOTO Day Taipei, Taiwan
2019 Escape from, Escape to, SVA Chelsea gallery NYC, NY
RESIDENCIES
2021 UN/MUTE - 10002 A Collaborative Online Residency (upcoming)
2020 International Residency Program, NARS Foundation Brooklyn, NY
2020 Artists In Residence, Carrie Able Gallery Brooklyn, NY
SELECTED GRANTS / AWARDS
2020 Alumni Scholarship Award, SVA Alumni Society
2020 SVA Scheimpflug Award, School of Visual Arts
2018-2020 Alice Beck-Odette Scholarship, School of Visual Arts