ARTIST

 

Yang Di

Born in 1990,  lives in Beijing and Suzhou now.

He graduated from the Sichuan Fine Arts Institute in 2012 with a degree in Film and Video Photography from the Department of New Media Art.

In 2020, he graduated with a Master's (Diplom) in Free Art from the Art Academy of Düsseldorf, Germany, where he was awarded the honor of Meisterschüler (Grand Master). He was awarded the Graduate Prize of the Academy of Fine Arts Düsseldorf (2020) and the 9th Huayu Youth Award shortlisted (2021).

 

Yang Di's works cover video installations, photography, and painting. Based on his research on the change of narrative patterns, Yang Di investigates reverse control and effects of images and narrative methods on humans. His works are often derived from existing films, literature, paintings, and pop culture. Yang’s art language manipulates how the audience perceives these existing objects (films etc.). The audience is therefore compelled to review, re-read, and rethink from the present moment.


Education & Teaching (Selected)


2020Diplom, Meisterschüler/honored student of Martin Gostner
2019-2020Kunstakademie Düsseldorf Student, class dominique gonzalez- foerster
2015-2020Kunstakademie Düsseldorf Student, class Martin Gostner
2008-2012Sichuan Fine Arts Institute, China


Awards / Grants (Selected)

2021
The 9th Huayu Youth Award shortlisted
2020Absolvierendenpreis der Kunstakademie Düsseldorf
2012Sichuan Academy of Fine Arts graduate creative Academy Awards, Chongqing, China



Exhibitions (Selected)

2023

White Holes: The Mysteries and Modern Perceptions of Oracle Bone Script,798 Cube,Beijing


A Way of Crossing Space,Levant Art Gallery,Shanghai

Cafe Crush,Bloom Art Space,Düsseldorf
2022

The Eighth Shanghai Duolun Youth Art Exhibition,Shanghai Duolun Art Museum of Morden Art,Shanghai 


The Intimate Revolt,Goethe Institut,Beijing
2021Coming to Voice.Graduates of the Düsseldorf Academy of Arts 2020, K21 Museum Düsseldorf
2020Chengdu Contemporary Image Museum, Chengdu 
2019Levant Art Gallery <Bilnd Spot>, Shanghai

Die Grosse, Klasse Gostner, Kunstpalast Düsseldorf

Just A-SittinAnd A-Rockin', Künstlerverein Malkasten, Düsseldorf 2018 Contemporary Art Ruhr, Medienkunstmesse, Essen
2017Akademie [Arbeitstitel], Kunsthalle Düsseldorf 

Aus jedem Dorf ein Hund, kuenstlerhaus-dortmund

Kunst Nacht Kempten, Kempten Museum, Germany
2013<InductorII> Experimental Art Exhibition, Songzhuang Art Festival 2013 Experimental Film and Video Art Forum, BeijingYuan Dian Art Museum

"cell factory" exhibition, Chengdu Museum




Film Festival


2019

Hong Kong International Film Festival, Hong Kong, China, (Cinematographer and Art Director)

2018 Athens Animfest, Athens, Greece( Cinematographer and Art Director)

20188th Video Rodeo, Essen, Germany (Cinematographer and Art Director)
2015Ulan Bator Experimental Film Festival, Ulan Bator, Mongolia
2013EXIN Asian Experimental Film and Video Art Forum,Taiwan, China

Beijing Film Academy New Media Art, Triennial, Beijing, China

FIRST INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL XINING, Xining, China
2012The 9th Beijing Independent Film Festival, Beijing, China

DaLian Independent Film Festival, Dalian, China