Yang Xinguang was born in 1980 in Hunan, China. He received his BA in Sculpture from the Central Academy of Fine Arts in 2007. He currently lives and works in Beijing. Yang Xinguang's work often employs natural materials, like plants and soil, which are intertwined, superimposed, and juxtaposed with industrial elements. He explores the special status of natural objects amid the living environment of human beings and brings new perspectives and contexts to the relationship between the natural and the artificial in a humorous way. In his practice, vines, branches, mud, and rocks reverse their roles as objects and, instead, invade and subvert the narrative of modernity with their subjectivity.
Yang’s works have been featured in Wuhan Biennale (2022), The 9th Shanghai Biennale (2012), The 1st Monte Video Biennial (2012), CAFAM Biennale (2011), etc. His recent group exhibitions took place at Artron Art Centre (Shenzhen), Ullens Center for Contemporary Art (Beijing), He Art Museum (Guangzhou), Asian Culture Center (Korea), Ullens Center for Contemporary Art Dune (Beidaihe), OCT Contemporary Art Terminal Xi’an (Xi’an), Rockbund Art Museum (Shanghai), Nazionale D’arte Moderna E Contemporanea (Italy), The National Gallery of Georgia (Georgia), White Rabbit Museum (Australia), Frac des Pays de la Loire (France), Singapore Art Museum (Singapore), Lehmbruck Museum (Germany) and so on. He won the Chinese Contemporary Art Golden Palm (2010) and the Nomination Award in Wu Zuoren Art Awards (2010) and was nominated for HUGO BOSS Asia Prize (2015), the Award of Art China (2014), the 2nd Huayu Youth Award (2014), and the Signature Art Prize (2011). Yang’s works have been collected by Fosun Art Foundation (Shanghai), Long Museum (Shanghai), M+ (Hong Kong), Kadist Art Foundation (Paris and San Francisco), FRAC des Pays de la Loire (Nantes), 33 Contemporary Art Center (Guangzhou), Shanghai Museum of Glass (Shanghai), De Heus Collection (Netherland), G Museum (Nanjing), White Rabbit Museum (Australia), DSL Collection (France) etc.
