Shuai Yang (b.1998 Beijing, China) is an artist based in New York. Starting with a statement of using her body as measurement, Yang works across printmaking, painting, drawing, and sculpture to investigate the philosophy of measurement and challenge the limitations of knowledge. Shuai Yang recently received her MFA in Visual Arts from Columbia University School of The Arts and a BFA in printmaking from Massachusetts College of Art. She has exhibited her work in a three-person exhibition at Eli Klein Gallery (New York) and has shown at Hudson River Museum (New York); Lenfest Center For The Arts (New York); Society of Arts and Crafts (Boston); Chambers Fine Arts (New York); Storage Gallery (New York); LATITUDE Gallery (New York); theBlanc (New York); DeCA Foundation (New York); Fredric Snitzer Gallery (Miami); Abigail Ogilvy (Los Angeles); Accent Sisters (Jersey City); among others. Her work is collected by the Hudson River Museum (New York) and the Artemizia Foundation (Bisbee, Arizona). Yang has received reviews and interviews from Impulse Magazine, White Hot Magazine, VENTI Journal and has given talks at Pratt Institute and Massachusetts College of Art. She is a recipient of the Glogauair Artist-in-Resident (Berlin, forthcoming), Vermont Studio Center Residency, Nars Foundation International Artist Residency, Rockella Artist Program fellowship, Morty Frank Travel Award, and Donald C. Kelley Travel Award.
Contact: shuaiyangstudio@gmail.com
EDUCATIONS
2023 M.F.A., Visual Arts, Columbia University, New York
2020 B.F.A., Printmaking, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2024
• At-Will Adaptation (three-person show), Eli Klein Gallery, New York
• Faces and Figures: Recent Acquisitions, Hudson River Museum, New York
• Beyond Boundaries: The Space Between Us, DeCA Foundation, New York
• What If We Lose The Ground, Accent Sister, Jersey City
• Meridianos, ZAHAV Gallery, Cali, Colombia
2023
• MFA Thesis, Wallach Gallery, Lenfest Center for the Arts, New York (catalogue)
• Stand-outs: Selections from the Columbia MFA Program, Fredric Snitzer Gallery, Miami
• Oh To Be A Painting 2, Abigail Ogilvy, Los Angeles
• Genesis, Chambers Fine Arts, New York
• A Happy Beginning, LATITUDE Gallery, New York
• Like Human but Not Human, Rockella Artist Space, New York
• Cycle V, Storage Gallery, New York
• in medias res, theBlanc Gallery, New York
2021
• Columbia University MFA Summer Show, Chashama Space, New York
• First Year Show, Lenfest Center For The Arts, Columbia University, New York
• I Thought It Was A Drought, 164 Ashburton Ave, Yonkers, NY
2020
• Touchy Feely, Gallery 263, Cambridge, MA
• Impressions V, Gallery Twist, Lexington, MA
2019
• Boston Printmakers Exhibition, Framingham State University, Framingham, MA
• Perseverance, Society of Arts and Crafts, Boston, MA
PUBLIC COLLECTION
• Hudson River Museum, Yonkers, NY
• Artemizia Foundation, Bisbee, AZ
SELECTED PRESS & SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS
• Visiting speaker, Pratt Institute, December 2024
• Sterling Corum, “Are You Alone Right Now? “, Impulse Magazine, October 2024
• “Centerless Energy: Conversation between Shuai Yang and Eunice Chen”, ZaiArt, Mainland
China, June 2024
• Paul Laster. “Learning Through Curating. Two Shows Highlighting A New Generation of
Chinese Artists,” White Hot Magazine, August 2023
• Panel speaker, for the exhibition A Happy Beginning, LATITUDE Gallery, New York, August
2023
• “Meet Shuai Yang,” VoyageLA, July 2023
• Yubai Shi, “Shuai Yang’s Wombs: Affection Interpretations of One-Child Policy,” VENTI Jour-
nal, Fall 2020: Atmosphere, Volume 1, Issue 2
• Zeniada Poetry&Art Magazine, John Hopkins University, Spring 2020: Page 9 & 19
ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCE
• GlogauAIR Artist Residency, Berlin, Germany (forthcoming in 2025)
• Vermont Studio Center Residency, Vermont (forthcoming in Fall 2024)
• NARS Foundation International Artist Residency, New York, 2024
• Arts Letters & Numbers Residency, Rensselaer County, New York, 2024
• Rockella Artist Residency, Queens, New York, 2023
SELECTED AWARDS
• Morty Frank Travel Fellowship to Indonesia, LeRoy Neiman Center for Print Studies, Co
lumbia University, 2023
• Donald C. Kelly Artist Travel Grant to Germany, Massachusetts College of Art, 2022
• LeRoy and Janet Neiman Scholarship, LeRoy Neiman Center for Print Studies, Columbia
University, 2020
• Continuous Service Award, Massachusetts College of Art, 2020
• Equity&Inclusion Award, Massachusetts College of Art, 2020
• ColArt Americas Paper Award, Boston Printmakers, Boston, Massachusetts, 2019
TEACHING EXPERIENCES
• Adjunct Assistant Professor, Columbia University School of the Arts, New York, NY
(Course: Printmaking 1: silkscreen, Summer 2023)
• Visiting critic, final review, undergraduate printmaking department, Massachusetts College
of Art, Boston, MA, December 2022 & May 2023
• Teaching Assistant, Columbia University School of the Arts, New York, NY (Courses: Inta-
glio 1, Fall 2022; Silkscreen, Summer 2021; Intro to Printmaking, Spring 2021)
• Teaching Assistant, Youth Program, Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, MA (Courses:
Portfolio Development; Visual Thinking; Observational Drawing; Summer Studios: Met-
alsmithing, Fall 2017 - Spring 2020)
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCES
• 2020-21 & 2022-23 Printshop Fellow, LeRoy Neiman Center for Print Studies, Columbia
University, New York, NY (Part-time)
• 2022-23 Artist Lecture Coordinator, Columbia University School of the Arts, New York,
NY (Part-time)
• 2021-22 Project Manager, Xiao Museum of Contemporary Art, Shandong Province, China
(Full-time, hybrid)
• 2017-20 Program Coordinator, Youth Program, Massachusetts College of Art and Design,
Boston, MA (Part-time)
• Summer 2019 Research Intern, Today Art Museum, Beijing, China (Full-time)