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BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION
Oscar yi Hou
Born 1998, Liverpool, UK
Lives and works in Brooklyn
Born 1998, Liverpool, UK
Lives and works in Brooklyn
EDUCATION
2021
B.A Visual Arts, magna cum laude, Columbia University. New York, NY
2020
École des arts de la Sorbonne (Université Panthéon-Sorbonne). Paris, France
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2022
-> ‘23
-> ‘23
East of sun, west of moon, Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY
2021
A sky-licker relation, James Fuentes Gallery, New York, NY
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
2024
RE: REPRESENTATION, James Fuentes, New York
2023
The Descendants, K11 Musea, Hong Kong
Nature, Crisis, Consequence, New-York Historical Society, New York, NY
The Range, Gallery 12.26, Dallas, TX
Nature, Crisis, Consequence, New-York Historical Society, New York, NY
The Range, Gallery 12.26, Dallas, TX
2022
Sustaining Vision, Grinnell College Museum of Art, Grinnell, IA.
2021
The Loneliest Sport, Spazio Amanita, New York, NY
Tidal Motion, Joe Sheftel, Provincetown, MA
Shining In The Low Tide, Unclebrother, Hancock, NY
Breakfast Under The Tree, Carl Freedman Gallery, Margate, UK
Go Figure!?, Sprüth Magers Online
QUEER OUT T/HERE, Tong Art Advisory, New York, NY.
Friend Zone, Half Gallery, New York, NY
Pressing, Division of Labour, Salford, UK (online)
Tidal Motion, Joe Sheftel, Provincetown, MA
Shining In The Low Tide, Unclebrother, Hancock, NY
Breakfast Under The Tree, Carl Freedman Gallery, Margate, UK
Go Figure!?, Sprüth Magers Online
QUEER OUT T/HERE, Tong Art Advisory, New York, NY.
Friend Zone, Half Gallery, New York, NY
Pressing, Division of Labour, Salford, UK (online)
2020
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
Warmth and Promise, Rachel Uffner Gallery, New York, NY
Open Air, Tong Art Advisory, East Hampton, NY
Queer the City, Homotopia Festival, Liverpool, UK
2019
Chinosity Experience, Asia Society, New York, NY
2016
Liverpool Art Fair, The Gallery, Liverpool, UK
Open Exhibition, Editions, Liverpool, UK
CAPTURED MOMENTS, Road Studios, Liverpool, UK
Home, ARTShub47, Liverpool, UK
A-Level Summer Exhibition, Royal Academy, UK (online)
Open Exhibition, Editions, Liverpool, UK
CAPTURED MOMENTS, Road Studios, Liverpool, UK
Home, ARTShub47, Liverpool, UK
A-Level Summer Exhibition, Royal Academy, UK (online)
SELECTED PUBLIC DISPLAYS
2022
flock together, aka: a mural family portrait (2022), Vinyl, 50x50 ft, UOVO Warehouse, Brooklyn, NY
2021
Already Home: AAPI Artists on Belonging, “Moments in Culture by Outfront” via Art.sy,
Digital displays in national transit systems, USA.
Digital displays in national transit systems, USA.
2020
Queer the City, Homotopia Festival, Billboard, Liverpool, UK
RESIDENCIES
2023 -> ’24
Sharpe-Walentas Studio Program, New York, NY
2021
Silver Arts Project Studio Residency, New York, NY
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
2023
The Whitney Review Of New Writing, Issue 2
30 Under 30 | Forbes (Print)
Oscar yi Hou, Gisela McDaniel, and Kapp Kapp named in Forbes’s 30 Under 30 | Artsy
A Conversation with Oscar yi Hou | Cerebral Women (Podcast)
Sarah Harrelson’s Artists to Watch during Miami Art Week | Artsy
CULTURED's 2023 Young Artists List | CULTURED (Print)
Out West, the Gay Cowboy Roams Free | The New York Times Style Magazine (Print)
10 Art Shows to See in New York Right Now | Hyperallergic
Alex Katz, Laurie Simmons and More on Their Favorite New York Exhibitions | The New York Times Style Magazine
THE COWBOY WAY | The Dallas Morning News (Print)
In Conversation | The Brooklyn Rail (Print)
Carte Blanche | SHADOWPLAY (Print)
Artist Oscar yi Hou Questions "Asian" and "American" Identity | All Of It with Alison Stewart, WYNC (Radio)
Oscar yi Hou | GAYLETTER Issue 17 (Print)
Reclaimed | Brooklyn Museum (Video)
Oscar yi Hou's "East of sun, west of moon" | NYC-Arts (Television)
30 Under 30 | Forbes (Print)
Oscar yi Hou, Gisela McDaniel, and Kapp Kapp named in Forbes’s 30 Under 30 | Artsy
A Conversation with Oscar yi Hou | Cerebral Women (Podcast)
Sarah Harrelson’s Artists to Watch during Miami Art Week | Artsy
CULTURED's 2023 Young Artists List | CULTURED (Print)
Out West, the Gay Cowboy Roams Free | The New York Times Style Magazine (Print)
10 Art Shows to See in New York Right Now | Hyperallergic
Alex Katz, Laurie Simmons and More on Their Favorite New York Exhibitions | The New York Times Style Magazine
THE COWBOY WAY | The Dallas Morning News (Print)
In Conversation | The Brooklyn Rail (Print)
Carte Blanche | SHADOWPLAY (Print)
Artist Oscar yi Hou Questions "Asian" and "American" Identity | All Of It with Alison Stewart, WYNC (Radio)
Oscar yi Hou | GAYLETTER Issue 17 (Print)
Reclaimed | Brooklyn Museum (Video)
Oscar yi Hou's "East of sun, west of moon" | NYC-Arts (Television)
2022
Oscar yi Hou and Russell Tovey on Kinks, Cranes, and Cowboys | Interview Magazine
Oscar yi Hou | Cero Magazine #5 (Print)
Oscar yi Hou makes art from the spaces in between | Document
The Artsy Vanguard 2022: Oscar yi Hou | Artsy Editorial
THE INTIMATE GAZE OF “OSCAR YI HOU: EAST OF SUN, WEST OF MOON” | The Amp
A Debut of ‘Visual Splendor’ | New York Times (Web & Print)
Harper’s Bazaar Icons 2022 | Harper’s Bazaar US (Web & Print)
Identity Explored From One Place Between Two Worlds | South China Morning Post (Web & Print)
Re-Enchanting the Human | Twin Magazine, Issue 26 (Print)
Oscar yi Hou’s Layered Portraits of Queer Kinship Evade Easy Interpretation | Artsy Editorial
The Review‘s Review: Ye’s Two Words | The Paris Review
Oscar yi Hou paints portraits to honour his loved ones | i-D
Brooklyn-based artist Oscar yi Hou receives UOVO Prize | Brooklyn Daily Eagle
Oscar yi Hou Receives the Third Annual UOVO Prize | Surface Magazine
Painter Oscar Yi Hou receives third annual UOVO prize | The Art Newspaper
Young Gun Painter Oscar yi Hou Forges His Own Path | Cultured Magazine
Oscar yi Hou | Cero Magazine #5 (Print)
Oscar yi Hou makes art from the spaces in between | Document
The Artsy Vanguard 2022: Oscar yi Hou | Artsy Editorial
THE INTIMATE GAZE OF “OSCAR YI HOU: EAST OF SUN, WEST OF MOON” | The Amp
A Debut of ‘Visual Splendor’ | New York Times (Web & Print)
Harper’s Bazaar Icons 2022 | Harper’s Bazaar US (Web & Print)
Identity Explored From One Place Between Two Worlds | South China Morning Post (Web & Print)
Re-Enchanting the Human | Twin Magazine, Issue 26 (Print)
Oscar yi Hou’s Layered Portraits of Queer Kinship Evade Easy Interpretation | Artsy Editorial
The Review‘s Review: Ye’s Two Words | The Paris Review
Oscar yi Hou paints portraits to honour his loved ones | i-D
Brooklyn-based artist Oscar yi Hou receives UOVO Prize | Brooklyn Daily Eagle
Oscar yi Hou Receives the Third Annual UOVO Prize | Surface Magazine
Painter Oscar Yi Hou receives third annual UOVO prize | The Art Newspaper
Young Gun Painter Oscar yi Hou Forges His Own Path | Cultured Magazine
2021
Art Gallery Shows to See Right Now | The New York Times (Print)
Oscar yi Hou, A sky-licker relation | TheGuide.art
Oscar yi Hou and Louis Fratino are at the vanguard of queer figurative painting | Document Journal
Interview with Oscar Yi Hou | Editorial Magazine
Oscar yi Hou | Talk Art (Podcast)
16 Rising Artists of the Asian Diaspora in the United States | Artsy Editorial
Artworks in NYC subways celebrate Asian American culture in America | News12 (Television)
Meet the Asian art world’s dynamic new duo | FT Weekend (Print)
An Introduction to Art by Russell Tovey | BBC’s The One Show, May (Television)
Interview: Oscar Yi Hou, Crane Seeking Comfort – T293 | Exibart
Oscar yi Hou: Crane Seeking Comforts | CURA Magazine
Oscar yi Hou – Crane Seeking Comforts | Artribune
L’artiste s’expose à la galerie T293 au sein du projet « Also on View » | Luxe Magazine
Oscar yi Hou, A sky-licker relation | TheGuide.art
Oscar yi Hou and Louis Fratino are at the vanguard of queer figurative painting | Document Journal
Interview with Oscar Yi Hou | Editorial Magazine
Oscar yi Hou | Talk Art (Podcast)
16 Rising Artists of the Asian Diaspora in the United States | Artsy Editorial
Artworks in NYC subways celebrate Asian American culture in America | News12 (Television)
Meet the Asian art world’s dynamic new duo | FT Weekend (Print)
An Introduction to Art by Russell Tovey | BBC’s The One Show, May (Television)
Interview: Oscar Yi Hou, Crane Seeking Comfort – T293 | Exibart
Oscar yi Hou: Crane Seeking Comforts | CURA Magazine
Oscar yi Hou – Crane Seeking Comforts | Artribune
L’artiste s’expose à la galerie T293 au sein du projet « Also on View » | Luxe Magazine
2020
ENGAGE IN DIALOGUE WITH THE DILIGENTLY LAYERED PAINTINGS OF OSCAR YI HOU | Art of Choice
EXPLORING SELFHOOD THROUGH MEDIUM AT KOHN GALLERY, LA | Art of Choice
EXPLORING SELFHOOD THROUGH MEDIUM AT KOHN GALLERY, LA | Art of Choice
2019
Columbia Journal of Literary Criticism (Print)
ARTIST OF THE WEEK: OSCAR YI HOU | Milk.xyz
ARTIST OF THE WEEK: OSCAR YI HOU | Milk.xyz
2018
Rising Creatives | ROOT-ed Zine (Print)
2017
VICELAND: Underrepresented | VICELAND (Television)
INTERVIEW XVI: OSCAR HOU | Ratrock Magazine
Art Hoe Collective Meets Lorna Simpson | Tate Gallery (Video)
“oscar yi hou” ISSUE #4: INVENT | Recens Paper (Print)
INTERVIEW XVI: OSCAR HOU | Ratrock Magazine
Art Hoe Collective Meets Lorna Simpson | Tate Gallery (Video)
“oscar yi hou” ISSUE #4: INVENT | Recens Paper (Print)
2016
“OSCAR HOU”, Issue 2 | Grounders Magazine (Print)
Oscar yi Hou | Average Art Magazine (Print)
Oscar yi Hou | Average Art Magazine (Print)
CURATORIAL PROJECTS
2021
QUEER OUT T/HERE, Tong Art Advisory, New York, NY
LECTURES/TALKS
2023
TEACHING
2023
Guest Critic and Lecturer, Mason Gross School of The Arts, Rutgers University
Guest Critic and Lecturer, NYU Steinhardt
Guest Critic and Lecturer, NYU Steinhardt
2022
Guest Speaker, Princeton University
2021
Guest Speaker, New York Film Academy
HONOURS
2024
30 Under 30 | Forbes
2023
Philip Pearlstein Painter Distinction | Sharpe-Walentas Studio Program
2022
UOVO Emerging Artist Prize | Brooklyn Museum
2019
Robert Gamblin Painting Award | Columbia University
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Brooklyn Museum
Columbus Museum of Art
Grinnell College Museum of Art
ICA Miami
M+ Museum
New-York Historical Society