John Yuyi (*1991, Taiwan), now based in New York City, received her BFA in Fashion Design from Shih Chien University in 2013. Yuyi’s work has been exhibited both in the US and internationally, including in ‘The Artist Is Online’, König Galerie, Berlin (2021); ‘Global Gallery’, König Galerie, Berlin (2021); ‘Manifest of freedom’ 193 Gallery, Paris (2020); ‘Eye See No Lashes’ Tao Art, Taipei (2021); Taipei Dangdai, Taipei (2019); The Art Vacancy, New York (2018); My(temporary)self, Los Angeles (2018); ‘John Yuyi’, Shanghai (2018); More Than A Gallery, Paris (2016); Off Topic, Taipei (2016), Watermark, Los Angeles (2016), and in Sydney. Most recently she was exhibited at Fotomuseum Winterthur, Switzerland in 2021 as part of the exhibition ‘How to Win at Photography – Image-Making as Play’ along with artists such as Ed Ruscha, Cindy Sherman and Ai Weiwei. Furthermore, she was recently exhibited in the ‘Fundación Foto Colectania’ in Barcelona together with Roni Horn and Thomas Ruff amongst others.
She was recognised by Forbes magazine in the ‘30 under 30 Asia 2018 - The Arts’ category. Furthermore, Yuyi worked on international projects with Gucci, Kenzo, Burberry, and Maison Margiela, among other brands, and has been profiled by i-D, Office, NYLON, Dazed, Bullett, the BBC, and The New York Times.
Education
2013
BFA degree in Fashion Design, Shih Chien University, Taiwan
Selected solo exhibitions
2022
'John Yuyi', Christophe Guye Galerie, Zurich, Switzerland
2021
'Eye See No Lashes', Tao Art, Taipei, Taiwan
2018
'JOHN YUYI', Gallery Vacancy, Shanghai, China
'My (Temporary) Self', Make Room, Los Angeles, USA
'The Next Gen: JOHN YUYI', The Art Vacancy, New York, USA
Selected group exhibitions
2022
'How to Win at Photography – Photographs', Gallery in London, England
'Techno Romance. Data, Dating, Desire', iMAL, Brussel, Belgium
2021
'Face Control', Fundación Foto Colectania, Barcelona, Spain
'SWIPE RIGHT! DATA, DATING, DESIRE', iMAL, Brussels, Belgium
'Global Gallery', Konig Galerie, (New York, Berlin, Tokyo, Seoul, Madrid)
'How to Win at Photography', Fotomuseum Winterthur, Switzerland
'THE ARTIST IS ONLINE', KÖNIG GALERIE, Decentraland
2020
'Manifest of freedom', 193 Gallery, Paris, France
2019
'The New Circus' art performance at Venice Biennale 2019, Venice, Italy
'I Tree to Call You' art installation at Taipei Dangdai 2019, Taipei, Taiwan
2018
'Data Dating', Galerie Charlot, Paris, France
2017
'Curated by GIRLS', Curated by GIRLS (Lisbon, Berlin, London)
'Tunica Studio Issue No.6', Launch Event & Exhibition, New York, USA
'UNDERGARMENTS', curated by ellen.gif and Andriana Carney, Sydney, Australia
'WATERMARK', Nous Tous LA, Los Angeles, USA
2016
'Why Didn’t You Like My Pic?', curated by Art Baby Girl, presented by OFF TOPIC, Taipei, Taiwan
'Hot, Opalescent, Thick Tears That Poets And Lovers Shed', Freddo Chen Art Group Llc, New York, USA
'Here And Now', Freddo Chen Art Group Llc, New York, USA
'Intimacy / Identity / Contemporary Realities', More Than A Gallery, Paris, France
2014
'Render: A BSG Emerging Designers Expo', Brunswick Street Gallery, Melbourne, Australia
Collections
NADA New York - O.T.I Gallery, New York, USA
Fotomuseum Winterthur, Winterthur, Switzerland
LaM Museum, Villeneuve d'Ascq, France
