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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
Dwelling: New Acquisitions, Cantor Arts Center, Stanford, CA
RE: REPRESENTATION, James Fuentes, New York
RE: REPRESENTATION, James Fuentes, New York
2023
The Descendants, WOAW Gallery, 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 PRESS
2024
Brooklyn Rail | Review: The beat of life
Document | In ‘The Beat of life,’ Oscar yi Hou resists traditional notions of representation
Office | Oscar yi Hou Sets Reality Center Stage
Helmut Lang | People of Helmut Lang
GQ | 14 Menswear Mavericks Show Off Their Thighs
Harper’s Bazaar Japan | Art Vol. 2
ArtAsiaPacific | Sept/Oct 2024
PAPER | Oscar yi Hou Keeps It Real
Document | In ‘The Beat of life,’ Oscar yi Hou resists traditional notions of representation
Office | Oscar yi Hou Sets Reality Center Stage
Helmut Lang | People of Helmut Lang
GQ | 14 Menswear Mavericks Show Off Their Thighs
Harper’s Bazaar Japan | Art Vol. 2
ArtAsiaPacific | Sept/Oct 2024
PAPER | Oscar yi Hou Keeps It Real
2023
The Whitney Review Of New Writing | Issue 2
Movements Journal | Beyond Ornament, Issue 1
Forbes | 30 Under 30 (Print)
Artsy | Oscar yi Hou, Gisela McDaniel, and Kapp Kapp named in Forbes’s 30 Under 30
Cerebral Women | A Conversation with Oscar yi Hou | (Podcast)
Artsy | Sarah Harrelson’s Artists to Watch during Miami Art Week
CULTURED | CULTURED's 2023 Young Artists List | (Print)
The New York Times Style Magazine | Out West, the Gay Cowboy Roams Free (Print)
Hyperallergic | 10 Art Shows to See in New York Right Now
The New York Times Style Magazine | Alex Katz, Laurie Simmons and More on Their Favorite New York Exhibitions
The Dallas Morning News | THE COWBOY WAY (Print)
The Brooklyn Rail | In Conversation (Print)
SHADOWPLAY | Carte Blanche (Print)
WYNC | Artist Oscar yi Hou Questions "Asian" and "American" Identity (Radio)
GAYLETTER | Oscar yi Hou, Issue 17 (Print)
Brooklyn Museum | Reclaimed (Video)
NYC-Arts | Oscar yi Hou's "East of sun, west of moon" (Television)
Movements Journal | Beyond Ornament, Issue 1
Forbes | 30 Under 30 (Print)
Artsy | Oscar yi Hou, Gisela McDaniel, and Kapp Kapp named in Forbes’s 30 Under 30
Cerebral Women | A Conversation with Oscar yi Hou | (Podcast)
Artsy | Sarah Harrelson’s Artists to Watch during Miami Art Week
CULTURED | CULTURED's 2023 Young Artists List | (Print)
The New York Times Style Magazine | Out West, the Gay Cowboy Roams Free (Print)
Hyperallergic | 10 Art Shows to See in New York Right Now
The New York Times Style Magazine | Alex Katz, Laurie Simmons and More on Their Favorite New York Exhibitions
The Dallas Morning News | THE COWBOY WAY (Print)
The Brooklyn Rail | In Conversation (Print)
SHADOWPLAY | Carte Blanche (Print)
WYNC | Artist Oscar yi Hou Questions "Asian" and "American" Identity (Radio)
GAYLETTER | Oscar yi Hou, Issue 17 (Print)
Brooklyn Museum | Reclaimed (Video)
NYC-Arts | Oscar yi Hou's "East of sun, west of moon" (Television)
2022
Interview Magazine | Oscar yi Hou and Russell Tovey on Kinks, Cranes, and Cowboys
Cero Magazine | Oscar yi Hou, #5 (Print)
Document | Oscar yi Hou makes art from the spaces in between
Artsy Editorial | The Artsy Vanguard 2022: Oscar yi Hou
The Amp | THE INTIMATE GAZE OF “OSCAR YI HOU: EAST OF SUN, WEST OF MOON”
The New York Times | A Debut of ‘Visual Splendor’ (Web & Print) Harper’s Bazaar US | Harper’s Bazaar Icons 2022 (Web & Print)
South China Morning Post | Identity Explored From One Place Between Two Worlds (Web & Print)
Twin Magazine | Re-Enchanting the Human, Issue 26 (Print)
Artsy Editorial | Oscar yi Hou’s Layered Portraits of Queer Kinship Evade Easy Interpretation
The Paris Review | The Review‘s Review: Ye’s Two Words
i-D | Oscar yi Hou paints portraits to honour his loved ones
Brooklyn Daily Eagle | Brooklyn-based artist Oscar yi Hou receives UOVO Prize
Surface Magazine | Oscar yi Hou Receives the Third Annual UOVO Prize
The Art Newspaper | Painter Oscar Yi Hou receives third annual UOVO prize
Cultured Magazine | Young Gun Painter Oscar yi Hou Forges His Own Path
V MAN | “East of sun, west of moon”
Cero Magazine | Oscar yi Hou, #5 (Print)
Document | Oscar yi Hou makes art from the spaces in between
Artsy Editorial | The Artsy Vanguard 2022: Oscar yi Hou
The Amp | THE INTIMATE GAZE OF “OSCAR YI HOU: EAST OF SUN, WEST OF MOON”
The New York Times | A Debut of ‘Visual Splendor’ (Web & Print) Harper’s Bazaar US | Harper’s Bazaar Icons 2022 (Web & Print)
South China Morning Post | Identity Explored From One Place Between Two Worlds (Web & Print)
Twin Magazine | Re-Enchanting the Human, Issue 26 (Print)
Artsy Editorial | Oscar yi Hou’s Layered Portraits of Queer Kinship Evade Easy Interpretation
The Paris Review | The Review‘s Review: Ye’s Two Words
i-D | Oscar yi Hou paints portraits to honour his loved ones
Brooklyn Daily Eagle | Brooklyn-based artist Oscar yi Hou receives UOVO Prize
Surface Magazine | Oscar yi Hou Receives the Third Annual UOVO Prize
The Art Newspaper | Painter Oscar Yi Hou receives third annual UOVO prize
Cultured Magazine | Young Gun Painter Oscar yi Hou Forges His Own Path
V MAN | “East of sun, west of moon”
2021
The New York Times | Art Gallery Shows to See Right Now (Print)
TheGuide.art | Oscar yi Hou, A sky-licker relation
Document Journal | Oscar yi Hou and Louis Fratino are at the vanguard of queer figurative painting
Editorial Magazine | Interview with Oscar Yi Hou
Talk Art (Podcast) | Oscar yi Hou
Artsy Editorial | 16 Rising Artists of the Asian Diaspora in the United States
News12 | Artworks in NYC subways celebrate Asian American culture in America (Television)
FT Weekend | Meet the Asian art world’s dynamic new duo (Print) BBC’s The One Show | An Introduction to Art by Russell Tovey (Television)
Exibart | Interview: Oscar Yi Hou, Crane Seeking Comfort – T293 CURA Magazine | Oscar yi Hou: Crane Seeking Comforts
Artribune | Oscar yi Hou – Crane Seeking Comforts
Luxe Magazine | L’artiste s’expose à la galerie T293 au sein du projet « Also on View »
Document Journal | Oscar yi Hou and Louis Fratino are at the vanguard of queer figurative painting
Editorial Magazine | Interview with Oscar Yi Hou
Talk Art (Podcast) | Oscar yi Hou
Artsy Editorial | 16 Rising Artists of the Asian Diaspora in the United States
News12 | Artworks in NYC subways celebrate Asian American culture in America (Television)
FT Weekend | Meet the Asian art world’s dynamic new duo (Print) BBC’s The One Show | An Introduction to Art by Russell Tovey (Television)
Exibart | Interview: Oscar Yi Hou, Crane Seeking Comfort – T293 CURA Magazine | Oscar yi Hou: Crane Seeking Comforts
Artribune | Oscar yi Hou – Crane Seeking Comforts
Luxe Magazine | L’artiste s’expose à la galerie T293 au sein du projet « Also on View »
2020
Art of Choice | 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
2019
Columbia Journal of Literary Criticism (Print)
Milk.xyz | ARTIST OF THE WEEK: OSCAR YI HOU
Milk.xyz | ARTIST OF THE WEEK: OSCAR YI HOU
2018
Rising Creatives | ROOT-ed Zine (Print)
2017
VICELAND | VICELAND: Underrepresented, (Television)
Ratrock Magazine | INTERVIEW XVI: OSCAR HOU
Tate Gallery | Art Hoe Collective Meets Lorna Simpson, (Video) Recens Paper | “oscar yi hou” ISSUE #4: INVENT, (Print)
Ratrock Magazine | INTERVIEW XVI: OSCAR HOU
Tate Gallery | Art Hoe Collective Meets Lorna Simpson, (Video) Recens Paper | “oscar yi hou” ISSUE #4: INVENT, (Print)
2016
Grounders Magazine | “OSCAR HOU”, Issue 2, (Print)
Average Art Magazine | Oscar yi Hou, (Print)
Average Art Magazine | Oscar yi Hou, (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
Whitney Museum of American Art
Brooklyn Museum
Columbus Museum of Art
Grinnell College Museum of Art
ICA Miami
M+ Museum
New-York Historical Society
Cantor Arts Center