Yuyan Wang (b. 1989, China) is a filmmaker and multidisciplinary artist whose work explores the impact of image creation in media, representation, and the attention economy. Both poetic and political, her practice focuses on the mutation of the industrial production chain of images, whose endless development leads to an abstraction of reality. Through repurposing images, her films reverse and challenge the images' functions and meanings, breaking down the hierarchies between found, processed, and created material. By utilizing editing, sound, and immersive environments, Wang alternates between creating focus from distraction and creating ambiguity from clarity.
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Solo Exhibition
2016 I don’t even understand，ENSBA，Paris，France.
2014 The guide has been rectified, Community Art Space, Hangzhou, Chine.
Group Exhibition
. Water Memory, Fluid Futures, Centre Pompidou, Paris, France, 2023
. Nuit blanche, Maison des arts - Centre d’art contemporain de Malakoff, France, 2023
. Minus One curated by HE4RTBROKEN, ICA London, England, 2023
. Nuit Blanche, Maison des arts-centre d’art contemporain de malakoff, Paris, France, 2023
. Antéfutur, Capc Musée d’art contemporain de Bordeaux, France, 2023
. Le Retour, Mrac Occitanie, Sérignan, France, 2023
. Tate Modern Lates, London, UK, 2022
. Nature Humaine, Humaine Nature, Fondation Vincent Vangogh, Arles, France, 2022
. Set Phosphenes, Studio for artistic reserch, Dusseldorf, German, 2022
. 12th Berlin Biennale for Contemporary Art: Still Present! German, 2022
. Chroniques – Biennale des imaginaires numériques, Marseille, France, 2022
. e-flux Video &Film July 2022 Staff Pick, 2022
. Floating, Guangdong Museum of Art, China, 2022
. I'm Stepping High, I'm Drifting, and There I Go Leaping, Xiao Museum of Contemporary Art, China, 2022
. Premonition, Jagna Ciuchuta, Artothèque, Espaces d'art in Caen, France, 2022
. Après nous, le déluge, Galerie PCP, Paris, France, 2022
. The Wrong online biennale - Seers of visions, 2022
. Seeyousound special Rome, Italy, 2022
. Bush Definition, China, 2022
. Video Essay and Videographic Artworks Series, Filmexplorer, Switzerland, 2022
. Mägede Hääl, Estonia, 2022
. From Seeing to Acting, Looiersgracht 60, Amsterdam, 2021
. MIEFF Echo, Krasnodar, Russia, 2021
. Liquid Forms - Para-Site, Hong Kong, 2021
. 65e édition du Salon de Montrouge, Paris, France, 2021
. Panorama 21, Le Fresnoy-Studio National des Arts Contemporains, France
. OVNi Festival, Nice, France, 2020
. Videobox, Le Carreau du Temple， Paris，France, 2020
. Panorama 21 Les revenants, Le Fresnoy - Studio National des Arts Contemporains, France, 2019
. Primitive People, Centre d’art Ange Leccia, Corsica，France, 2018
. Providenza Festival, Corsica, France, 2018
. Dictionary of rhymes，Mi* Galery，Paris, France, 2018
. Une légère oscillation, Loo&Lou Galery, Paris, France, 2018
. Your brain is my bedroom, Galerie Les Filles du Calvaire, Paris, France, 2017
. Nos ombres devant nous, La Fondation Ricard, Paris, France,2017
. Felicità 17, Palais des Beaux-arts, Paris, France,2017
. Is there something I should know? Do Disturb Festival, Palais de Tokyo, Paris, France, 2017
. Can’t fake it anymore. Fondation BROWNSTONE, Paris, France, 2016
. Vilmouth Time, la Nuit des Musées, Musée Mac/Val, Ivry sur Seine, France, 2016
. Same Same But Different, Ensba, Paris, France, 2016
. Nature And Me, Echigo-Tsumari Triennale 2015. Japan, 2015
. Reform, Kunstverein Nürtingen e.V. German, 2015
. Ertne, Galerie Area-Area revenue(s), Paris, France, 2014
. You've gone too far, Ensba, Paris, France, 2014
. Deep reality, Atelier Vilmouth, Paris, France, 2014
. Declaration of Independence，Today Art museum，Berijing, China, 2012
. How to become an ignorant,Hanart TZ Gallery，Hongkong, 2012
. Do you remember the Soviet Union? Shanghai Art Fair, Shanghai，China, 2012
. Brain Storm, Guangdong Museum of Art，Guangdong，China, 2012
Filmography
One Thousand and One Attempts to Be an Ocean (2021), 11’30
. Berlinale International Film Festival, Germany (1 - 5 March, 2021)Berlinale Shorts
. Tampere Film Festival, Finland (10 – 14 March, 2021)International Competition
. Vidéoformes - Festival International d'Arts Numériques, France (18 – 21 March, 2021)Competition
. Kino Pavasaris – Vilnius Film Festival, Lithuania (18 March – 1 April, 2021)Special: Activism in Cinema
. Glasgow Short Film Festival, United Kingdom (22 – 28 March, 2021)International Competition
. Go Short – International Short Film Festival Nijmegen, the Netherlands (14 – 18 April,2021)Student Competition
. Lichter Filmfest Frankfurt International, Germany (27 April – 2 May, 2021)Official Selection
. Ismailia International Film Festival for Documentaries and Shorts, Egypt (19 – 25 May,2021)Short Documentary Competition
. Documentamadrid, Spain (26 – 30 May, 2021)International Competition
. Golden Harvest Short Film Festival, Taiwan (28 May – 6 June, 2021)Competition
. Netzhaut Ton Film Festival, Austria (18 – 20 June, 2020)Short Film Competition, Young Talent Award
. Pesaro Film Festival - Mostra Internazionale del Nuovo Cinema, Italy (19 – 26 June, 2021)Pesaro Nuovo Cinema Competition, Young Jury Award
. Festival ECRÃ, Brazil (15 – 25 July, 2021)Official Selection
. Festival Partie(s) de Campagne, France (15 - 18 July, 2021)Séance OVNI
. European Film Festival Palic, Serbia (17 – 23 July, 2021)Young Spirit of Europe
. Bogotá Experimental Film Festival, Colombia (1 – 31 August, 2021)Competition
. Moscow International Experimental Film Festival, Russia (11 - 16 August, 2021)Competition, Special Mention
. Liquid Forms - Para-Site, Hong Kong (August 2021), China
. IndieLisboa Film Festival, Portugal (21 August – 6 September, 2021)International Competition
. Melbourne International Film Festival, Australia (5 – 22 August, 2021)Short Film Competition
. Kino Otok – Isola Cinema International Film Festival, Slovenia (25 – 29 August, 2021)Video on the Beach
. CINEMANCIA Film Festival, Colombia (1 – 7 September, 2021)Official Selection
. Leiden Shorts, the Netherlands (2 – 5 September, 2021)Competition
. Pow Film Fest, United States ( 3 – 6 September, 2021)Official Selection
. Pluk de Nacht, the Netherlands (8 – 12 September, 2021)
. Drama International Short Film Festival, Greece (12 - 18 September, 2021)Student International Competition
. Rockaway Film Festival, United States (13 – 19 September, 2021)
. Champs-Elysées Film Festival, France (14 – 21 September, 2021)French Short Film Competition
. Equinoxio Film Festival, Colombia (17 – 30 September, 2021)Official Competition: Horizons
. Lille International Short Film Festival, France (17 - 26 September, 2021)National Competition
. Guanajuato International Film Festival, Mexico (17 - 26 September, 2021)Official Selection: Experimental Short, Best Experimental Film Award
. Film Festival Allers-Retours - Cinéma d'Auteur Chinois, France (17 September – 1October, 2021)Short Film Program
. 25FPS International Experimental Film Festival, Croatia (23 – 26 September, 2021)International Competition, Audience Award
. Tirana International Film Festival, Albania (24 - 30 September, 2021) Video Art & Experimental Competit
. Festifreak - Festival Internacional de Cine Independiente de La Plata, Argentina (1 – 17October, 2021)Competition
. Fest New Directors New Films Festival, Portugal (4 – 11 October, 2021)Short Experimental Competition
. Festival du Nouveau Cinéma, Canada (6 - 17 October, 2021)Les Nouveaux Alchimistes Competition
. EUREKA University Film FESTIVAL, Colombia (12 – 19 October, 2021)Expanded Cinema Panorama
. Chicago International Film Festival, United States (13 – 24 October, 2021)Documentary Short Film Competition
. Lausanne Underground Film & Music Festival, Switzerland (20 – 24 October, 2021)International Short Film Competition
. Świdnica Film Festival SPEKTRUM, Poland (24 – 30 October, 2021)Competition
. Uppsala Short Film Festival, Sweden (25 - 31 October, 2021)International Competition
. Aesthetica Short Film Festival, United Kingdom (2 – 7 November, 2021)Documentary Competition
. Denver Film Festival, United States (3 – 14 November, 2021)Main Competition – Avant Garde
. Festival Interférences, France (10 - 21 November, 2021)
. Kassel Documentary Film and Video Festival, Germany (16 - 21 November, 2021)Competition
. Short Film Festival Cologne, Germany (16 - 21 November, 2021) New Aesthetic
. Bucharest International Experimental Film Festival, Romania (16 - 21 November, 2021) International Competition
. Villeurbanne Short Film Festival, France (19 - 28 November, 2021)
. Beijing International Short Film Festival, China (19 - 29 November, 2021)International Competition
. Poitiers Film Festival, France (26 November - 3 December, 2021)International Competition
. Beirut Shorts International Film Festival (30 November - 3 December, 2021)Official Selection
. This human world – International Human Rights Film Festival, Austria (2 – 12 December,2021) Expanded Shorts Competition, Special Mention
. Kortfilmfestival Leuven, Belgium (4 – 11 December, 2021)Labo Program
. Stuttgarter Filmwinter, Germany (9 - 18 January, 2022)International Short Film Competition, Norman for Best Short Film
. Premiers Plans Film Festival, France (24 - 30 January, 2021)Student Films Competition
. Seeyousound International Music Film Festival, Italy (18 – 24 February, 2022)Short Film Competition
. Pendance Film Festival, Canada (10 - 13 March, 2022)
. Mecal Pro - Barcelona International Short and Animation Festival, Spain (24 March - 11April, 2022) Oblique Competition
. XPOSED Queer Film Festival Berlin, Germany (26 – 29 May, 2022)Official Selection
. Icedocs - Iceland Documentary Film Festival, Iceland (22 – 26 June, 2022)Special Screening @ Arkane Lighthouse
. La Guarimba International Film Festival, Italy (7 - 12 August, 2022) Insomnia Category
All Movements Should Kill the Wind (2019), 12’20
. 49th International Film Festival Rotterdam, Netherlands
. European Media Art Festival, Osnabrueck, Germany
. Vienna Shorts - 17th International Short Film Festival, Vienna, Austria
. Go Short – International Short Film Festival Nijmegen, Netherlands
. Glasgow Short Film Festival, Scotland, Special Mention
. Images Festival, Toronto, Canada
. Elemental Relations: Thinking Ecologically through Artist Films and Videos,NYU Shanghai, China
. Short Waves Festival, Poznań, Polish
. Videoformes Digital Arts, Clermont-Ferrand, France, Prix Videoformes 2020
. Asian Film Archive, Singapore
. Reframe: The (In) Hospitable World. Singapore
. Filmschoolfest Munich, Germany
. Bogotá Short Film Festival, Colombia
. Uppsala International Short Film Festival, Sweden
. Video magazine Labocine, October Issue (#51) "YOU ARE HERE"
. Tirana International Film Festival, Albania, Best Short Documentary
. Festival Des Cinémas Différents Et Expérimentaux De Paris, France
. Rencontres Internationales Sciences & Cinémas, Marseille, France
. 22nd Ismailia International Film Festival, Egypt
. Let's Talk About Water, Global Institute for Water Security, Canada
. CineCina Film Festival, New York, USA, Best Experimental Short
. Champs-Élysées Film Festival, Paris, France
. EXiS Experimental Film and Video Festival, Seoul, Korean
. Lviv International Short Film Festival Wiz-Art, Ukraine
. New Holland Island International Debut Film Festival, Saint Petersburg, Russia
. NOWNESS China New Talent Awards, K11 Art Foundation, Shanghai, China
. Beijing International Short Film Festival, Beijing҅China
. International Short Film Festival Winterthur, Switzerland
. 25 FPS - International Experimental Film and Video Festival, Zagreb, Croatia
. OVNi Festival, Nice, France
. Poitiers Film Festival, Poitiers, France, Jury Prize
. Videobox, Le Carreau du Temple, Paris, France
. Panorama 21, Le Fresnoy - Studio National des Arts Contemporains, France
. Screenings at Le Cinéma Club, Dia Art Foundation, Chelsea,United States
Grants/Prize
. Visio Production Fund, Italy, 2023
. Art Production Grant, Fondation des Artistes, France, 2022
. Best Editing Award, Hijack Visionary Filmmaker Award, Aesthetica Short Film Festival, 2021
. Best Experimental Film Award, Guanajuato International Film Festival, Mexico, 2021
. Audience Award, 25FPS International Experimental Film Festival, Croatia, 2021
. Young Talent Award, Netzhaut Ton Film Festival, Austria, 2021
. Young Jury Prize,Pesaro Film Festival, Italy, 2021
. Special Mention, Moscow International Experimental Film Festival, Russia, 2021
. Prix ICART Artistik Rezo, France, 2021
. Special Mention, Glasgow Short Film Festival, Scotland, 2020
. Prix Videoformes, Videoformes Digital Arts, Clermont-Ferrand, France,2020
. Best Short Documentary,Tirana International Film Festival, Albania, 2020
. Best Experimental Short, CineCina Film Festival, New York, USA, 2020
. Jury Prize,Poitiers Film Festival, Poitiers, France, 2019
. Video Analix Forever, Le Fresnoy - Studio National des Arts Contemporains, 2019
. Prix THADDAEUS ROPAC des amis des beaux-arts, ENSBA, 2016
. Prix FONDATION JEAN-FRANCOIS ET MARIE-LAURE DE CLEMONT-TONNERRE, ENSBA, 2016