SONG Yuanyuan

1981      Born in Shenyang, China

Currently living and working in Shenyang, China

 

Song Yuanyuan’s paintings seemingly depicted mundane surroundings and objects yet they were all settled in an unsettling way. As if there is a vicious gaze peeping the darkest side deep in your soul in Schadenfreude as you are gazing the painting, the feeling of being disposed forces you to hide away and self- inspect. Borrowed online images and photographs taken in daily life as inspirations, Song Yuanyuan has abandoned narrativity in his paintings and trying to depict a sense of emotion through collaging objects. Ordinary objects and grotesque environments, often enclosure spaces with only artificial lighting, formed Song Yuanyuan’s artistic language. His works embody the desire and lure for reality and illusion and the contradictions, which the juxtaposition of these two might create. The conflict between his artistic ideals and the reality becomes an intense yet poetic battle presented on canvas.

  • Solo / Duo Exhibitions

    2022      Clues, Qiao Space, Shanghai, China

    2020      The Park, Vanguard Gallery, Shanghai

    2019      Poetry of the Rebels, Vanguard Gallery, Shanghai, China

    2016      Downstage, Upstaged, Platform China Contemporary Art Institute, Beijing, China

    2014      Master of Counterfeit, Liste – The Young Art Fair in Basel, Basel, Switzerland

    2011      Examining Objects, Platform China Contemporary Art Institute, Beijing, China

    2010      May You Succeed, 01100001 Gallery, Beijing, China

  • Group Exhibitions

    2023     Lost in Translation, Galerie du Monde, Hong Kong, China

    2023     Our Hometown, Ourselves, Shixiang Space, Beijing, China

    2023     Uncanny Valley, Gagosian Gallery, Hong Kong, China

    2022     Carefree Days, Platform China Contemporary Art Institute, Beijing, China

    2021      Tangle of revolution and political soul, Shanghai Gallery of Art, Shanghai,China

    2021      On Behalf of, Qiao Space, Shanghai, China

    2021      Coffee Kiosk-Pink is the New Black,SPURS Gallery,Beijing, China

    2021      Memorias Del Subdesarrollo, Qimu Space, Beijing, China

    2021      Spring Fever 2021, Platform China Contemporary Art Institute, Beijing, China

    2020      The Tears of Eros I, Linda Gallery, Beijing, Chian

    2020      Platform China’s 15th Anniversary Special Exhibition, Platform China Contemporary Art Institute, Beijing, Chian

    2020      The Farm, Chi K11 Art Museum, Shenyang, China

    2019      Pal(ate)/ette/, Shanghai Gallery of Art, Shanghai, China

    2019      Group Exhibition in Summer-To Youth,Platform China Contemporary Art Institute, Beijing,

    2018      Assembling, Chi K11 Artspace, Shenyang, China

    2018      Group Exhibition in Summer Common Objects, Platform China Contemporary Art Institute, Beijing, China

    2017      Jungle Ⅲ-Common, Platform China Contemporary Art Institute, Beijing, China

    2017      Socialist Baroque, N3 gallery, Beijing, China

    2016      Each to His Own: Li Wendong, Wei Xingye Collection Exhibition, OCAT Xi’an,Shanxi,China

    2016      Dissensus-The Painting to Language Agitation, Today Museum, Beijing, China

    2016      To+ : 2016 Chengdu Donghu New Year’s Art Fair of Youth Exhibition, Hong Museum Chengdu, Sichuan, China

    2015      Relocation Jubilee, Platform China Contemporary Art Institute, Beijing, China

    2015      Hinterland, Times Museum, Guangzhou, China

    2015      Fat Choi, A307&Secretion Field, Beijing, China

    2015      Breaking the Image -Methods in the Treatment of Imagery by Contemporary Artists from China, Sishang Art Museum, Beijing, China

    2015      An Anonymous Exhibition, The space of St., Beijing, China

    2015      The Sysrem of Objects,Minsheng Art Museum, Shanghai, China

    2014      Conscious-Twelve Views on Painting, Tang Contemporary Art Beijing, Beijing, China

    2014      Given, Nuoart Gallery, Beijing, China

    2014      ⅠⅡⅢⅣⅤ – Young Artists Group Exhibition, JJ Joong Jung gallery, Seoul, Korea

    2013      Jungle II—A Thriving Morphology: Theory of Relativity, Platform China

    2013      Contemporary Art Institute, Beijing, China Studio, M50 Art Space, Shanghai, China

    2013      The Visual Rhetoric of the Young Generation, Suzhou Jinji Lake Art Museum, Suzhou, China

    2013      ON | OFF: China’s Young Artists in Concept and Practice, The Ullens Center for Contemporary Art, Beijing, China

    2012      At Home, Gallery Beijing Space, Beijing, China

    2012      The First “CAFAM·Future” Exhibition, CAFA Art Museum, Beijing, China

    2012      Re: Painting, Platform China Contemporary Art Institute, Beijing, China

    2011      Ruins – Face of Contemporary Northeast China, SOKA Art Center, Beijing, China

    2011      Painting Lesson I, Illusion and Delusion, Gallery Yang, Beijing, China

    2011      19 Solo Shows about Painting, Platform China Contemporary Art Institute, Beijing, China

    2010      Reshaping History – China Youth New Art Invitational Exhibition, Today Art Museum, Beijing,

    2010      Daily—Describe an Intuition Liberalize Yourself, Qing He Art Museum, Nanjing, China