Born 1998, Liverpool, UK
Lives and works in New York City
EDUCATION
2021
2020
2020
B.A Visual Arts, Magna cum Laude, Columbia University. New York, NY
École des arts de la Sorbonne (Université Panthéon-Sorbonne). Paris, France
École des arts de la Sorbonne (Université Panthéon-Sorbonne). Paris, France
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2021
A sky-licker relation, James Fuentes Gallery, New York, NY. [forthcoming]
A dozen poem-pictures, James Fuentes Online, New York, NY.
Crane Seeking Comforts, T293 Gallery, Rome, Italy
A dozen poem-pictures, James Fuentes Online, New York, NY.
Crane Seeking Comforts, T293 Gallery, Rome, Italy
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2021
2020
2019
2016
2020
2019
2016
Tidal Motion, Joe Sheftel, Provincetown, MA
Breakfast Under The Tree, Carl Freedman Gallery, Margate, UK. (Curated by Russell Tovey.)
Go Figure!?, Sprüth Magers Online.
QUEER OUT T/HERE, Tong Art Advisory, New York, NY.
Friend Zone, Half Gallery, New York, NY. (Curated by Vaughn Spann.)
Pressing, Division of Labour, Salford, UK. (online)
myselves, Kohn Gallery, Los Angeles, CA.
Warmth and Promise, Rachel Uffner Gallery, New York, NY.
Open Air, Tong Art Advisory, East Hampton, NY.
Queer the City, Homotopia Festival, Liverpool, UK.
Chinosity Experience, Asia Society, New York, NY.
Liverpool Art Fair, The Gallery, Liverpool, UK.
Open Exhibition, Editions, Liverpool, UK.
[Two-person exhibition] CAPTURED MOMENTS, Road Studios, Liverpool, UK.
Home, ARTShub47, Liverpool, UK.
A-Level Summer Exhibition, Royal Academy, UK, (online)
Breakfast Under The Tree, Carl Freedman Gallery, Margate, UK. (Curated by Russell Tovey.)
Go Figure!?, Sprüth Magers Online.
QUEER OUT T/HERE, Tong Art Advisory, New York, NY.
Friend Zone, Half Gallery, New York, NY. (Curated by Vaughn Spann.)
Pressing, Division of Labour, Salford, UK. (online)
myselves, Kohn Gallery, Los Angeles, CA.
Warmth and Promise, Rachel Uffner Gallery, New York, NY.
Open Air, Tong Art Advisory, East Hampton, NY.
Queer the City, Homotopia Festival, Liverpool, UK.
Chinosity Experience, Asia Society, New York, NY.
Liverpool Art Fair, The Gallery, Liverpool, UK.
Open Exhibition, Editions, Liverpool, UK.
[Two-person exhibition] CAPTURED MOMENTS, Road Studios, Liverpool, UK.
Home, ARTShub47, Liverpool, UK.
A-Level Summer Exhibition, Royal Academy, UK, (online)
2021
2020
2020
Already Home: AAPI Artists on Belonging, “Moments in Culture by Outfront” via Art.sy,
Digital displays in national transit systems, USA.
Queer the City, Homotopia Festival, Billboard, Liverpool, UK.
Digital displays in national transit systems, USA.
Queer the City, Homotopia Festival, Billboard, Liverpool, UK.
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
2021
2020
2019
2018
2017
2016
2020
2019
2018
2017
2016
Harley Wong, “16 Rising Artists of the Asian Diaspora in the United States,” artsy.net, May, Web.
“Meet the Asian art world’s dynamic new duo,” FT Weekend, May, Print.
“An Introduction to Art by Russell Tovey,” BBC’s The One Show, May, Television.
Chiara Bonanni, “Interview: Oscar Yi Hou, Crane Seeking Comfort – T293,” Exibart Magazine, Web.
“Oscar yi Hou: Crane Seeking Comforts,”, CURA. Magazine, April, Web.
“Oscar yi Hou – Crane Seeking Comforts,” artribune.com, April, Web.
Martin Betant, “Oscar yi Hou « Crane Seeking Comforts » : L’artiste s’expose à la galerie
T293 au sein du projet « Also on View »,” April, Luxe Magazine, Web.
“ENGAGE IN DIALOGUE WITH THE DILIGENTLY LAYERED PAINTINGS OF OSCAR YI HOU“,
Art of Choice, December, Web.
“EXPLORING SELFHOOD THROUGH MEDIUM AT KOHN GALLERY, LA”, Art of Choice,
September, Web.
Columbia Journal of Literary Criticism, June, Print.,
"ARTIST OF THE WEEK: OSCAR YI HOU" Milk.xyz, June, Web.
"Rising Creatives", ROOT-ed Zine, March, Print.
“VICELAND: Underrepresented”, VICELAND, Television.
“INTERVIEW XVI: OSCAR HOU", Ratrock Magazine, October, Print, Web.
“Art Hoe Collective Meets Lorna Simpson”, Tate Gallery, July, Online video.
“oscar yi hou” ISSUE #4: INVENT”, Recens Paper, August, Print.
“OSCAR HOU”, Issue 2, Grounders Magazine, August, Print.
“Oscar yi Hou”, Average Art Magazine, September, Print.
“Meet the Asian art world’s dynamic new duo,” FT Weekend, May, Print.
“An Introduction to Art by Russell Tovey,” BBC’s The One Show, May, Television.
Chiara Bonanni, “Interview: Oscar Yi Hou, Crane Seeking Comfort – T293,” Exibart Magazine, Web.
“Oscar yi Hou: Crane Seeking Comforts,”, CURA. Magazine, April, Web.
“Oscar yi Hou – Crane Seeking Comforts,” artribune.com, April, Web.
Martin Betant, “Oscar yi Hou « Crane Seeking Comforts » : L’artiste s’expose à la galerie
T293 au sein du projet « Also on View »,” April, Luxe Magazine, Web.
“ENGAGE IN DIALOGUE WITH THE DILIGENTLY LAYERED PAINTINGS OF OSCAR YI HOU“,
Art of Choice, December, Web.
“EXPLORING SELFHOOD THROUGH MEDIUM AT KOHN GALLERY, LA”, Art of Choice,
September, Web.
Columbia Journal of Literary Criticism, June, Print.,
"ARTIST OF THE WEEK: OSCAR YI HOU" Milk.xyz, June, Web.
"Rising Creatives", ROOT-ed Zine, March, Print.
“VICELAND: Underrepresented”, VICELAND, Television.
“INTERVIEW XVI: OSCAR HOU", Ratrock Magazine, October, Print, Web.
“Art Hoe Collective Meets Lorna Simpson”, Tate Gallery, July, Online video.
“oscar yi hou” ISSUE #4: INVENT”, Recens Paper, August, Print.
“OSCAR HOU”, Issue 2, Grounders Magazine, August, Print.
“Oscar yi Hou”, Average Art Magazine, September, Print.
PUBLISHED WRITING
2019
"In Which Humanness Rests" Journal of Art Criticism, Spring. Print.
CURATORIAL PROJECTS
2021
QUEER OUT T/HERE, Tong Art Advisory, New York, NY
HONOURS
2019
Robert Gamblin Painting Award, Columbia University