Little Deaths Went Pass Me, 2021-22, video, 2m 15s
The Girls, 2022, video, 3m 39s
Yan Wang (born 1998, Beijing, China; lives Beijing and Brooklyn, NY) has a BFA in Printmaking from Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA), Baltimore, MD. Her work has been exhibited at Greenpoint Gallery, Brooklyn, NY; Grounded Gallery, Gulfport, FL; :iidrr Gallery, New York, NY. Wang’s prints are included in the collection of Dolphin Press & Print, MICA; and WannaGone Press, Shanghai, China. Her animated film The Girls won places in media festivals such as Dallas Shorts, Hong Kong Indie Film Festival, International Cosmopolitan Film Festival Tokyo, Paris Lady MovieMakers Festival, Starling Short Film Festival and Sweaty Eyeball International Film Festival. Wang’s work is included in Volumes 4 and 6 of the online publications by Contemporary Art Chronicle.
Statement from the Artist:
My practice aims to craft narratives that represent female experiences under certain political regimes in China, for example, to discuss how the single-child policy changed fertility rights and weaponized it against women. My work explores the similar historical placements between chinaware/vessels and the female gender and depicts younger generations of women escaping from their mothers’ social traumas.