Lu Yang
I make strong pieces I can attach myself to, or react to. They are my way of ‘channeling my feelings’ and building my own space out there.
Shanghai-born multimedia artist Lu Yang creates fantastical, often painful, and shocking images which represent an interdisciplinary blend of religion, philosophy, neuroscience, psychology and modern technology, as well as the allusions to real life forms and structures of natural and religious origin. The output of Lu Yang’s artistic practice spans game engines, 3D-animated films, video game installations, holograms, motion capture performances, virtual reality and software manipulation. The artist also collaborates with acclaimed scientists, psychologists, performers, designers, experimental composers, music producers, robotics companies and pop stars.
His work has been featured in major museums and institutions internationally including recent important solo exhibitions at the Kunsthalle Basel, Basel; Zabludowicz Collection, London; Kunstpalais, Erlangen; ARoS Aarhus Art Museum, Aarhus, Denmark; Spiral, Tokyo, Japan; M WOODS, Beijing; MOCA Cleveland, Cleveland, USA; UCCA, Beijing; and Fukuoka Asia Art Museum, Fukuoka, Japan. Recent works in large-scale thematic exhibitions include Asia Society Triennial 2021, New York; Shanghai Biennale 2018 and 2012; Athens Biennale 2018; Liverpool Biennial 2016; Montreal International Digital Art Biennial 2016; 56th Venice Biennale 2015 China Pavilion; and Fukuoka Asian Art Triennale 2014. Lu Yang’s work has also been recently curated into exhibitions at the Centre Pompidou, Paris, 2020. Lu Yang was awarded the BMW Art Journey in 2019, and Deutsche Bank’s Artist of the Year 2022. Lu Yang lives and works in Tokyo, Japan.
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Lu Yang, 2021. Photo by Wang Shenshen.
Material World Knight - Vajra #1, 2021
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24V LED illuminated, high resolution fabric print, silver oxidized aluminum frame, separate external LED driver
140 x 140 x 6 cm / 55 1/8 x 55 1/8 x 2 3/8 inches
Delusional World - Bardo #1, 2021
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24V LED illuminated, high resolution fabric print, silver oxidized aluminum frame, separate external LED driver
100 x 120 x 6 cm / 39 3/8 x 47 1/4 x 2 3/8 inches
Material World Knight - MOE #1, 2021
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high resolution matte laminated print on solid aluminium, router cut edges, 2 x L corner aluminium stands
180 x 135 x 0.3 cm (stand: 145 x 20 x 40 cm) / 70 7/8 x 53 3/16 x 1/8 inches (stand: 57 1/16 x 7 7/8 x 15 3/4 cm)
Brain Control Messenger - Welcome To Heaven #1, 2021
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high resolution matte laminated print on solid aluminium, router cut edges, 2 x L corner aluminium stands
130 x 52 x 0.3 cm (stand: 82 x 20 x 40 cm) / 51 3/16 x 20 7/16 x 1/8 inches (stand: 32 5/16 x 7 7/8 x 15 3/4 inches)
Electromagnetic Brainology - Fire #2, 2021
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high resolution matte laminated print on solid aluminium, router cut edges, glued aluminium split batten
117 x 55 x 0.3 cm / 46 1/16 x 21 11/16 x 1/8 inches
Electromagnetic Brainology - Air #2, 2021
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high resolution matte laminated print on solid aluminium, router cut edges, glued aluminium split batten
109 x 89 x 0.3 cm / 42 15/16 x 35 1/16 x 1/8 inches
Electromagnetic Brainology - Earth #2, 2021
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high resolution matte laminated print on solid aluminium, router cut edges, glued aluminium split batten
101 x 67 x 0.3 cm / 39 13/16 x 26 3/8 x 1/8 inches
Electromagnetic Brainology - Water #2 , 2021
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high resolution matte laminated print on solid aluminium, router cut edges, glued aluminium split batten
116 x 49 x 0.3 cm / 45 11/16 x 19 5/16 x 1/8 inches
UterusMan - Unlimited Fight-0-backroom
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Doku The Self, 2022
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single channel 4K digital video, edition of 6
36 min 04 sec
Doku Digital Alaya, 2021
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single channel HD digital video, edition of 6
4 min 17 sec
Doku Hello World, 2021
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single channel HD digital video, edition of 6
3 min 26 sec
Doku Human, 2021
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single channel HD digital video, edition of 6
3 min 30 sec
The Great Adventure of Material World - Game Film, 2020
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single channel HD digital video, edition of 6
26 min 22 sec
The Great Adventure Of Material World - Game, 2019
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single-player role-playing computer game, edition of 6
durational experience
Material World Knight, 2018
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3 channel HD digital video, edition of 6
22 min 15 sec
Electromagnetic Brainology, 2017
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5 channel HD digital video, edition of 6
Electromagnetic Brainology 13 min 34 sec; Air 2 min 24 sec; Earth 1 min 43 sec; Fire 2 min 23 sec; Water 3 min 51 sec
LuYang Delusional Crime and Punishment, 2016
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single channel HD digital video, edition of 6
14 min 37 sec
LuYang Delusional Mandala, 2015
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single channel HD digital video, edition of 6
16 min 27 sec
Uterus Man, 2013
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single channel HD digital video, edition of 6
11 min 20 sec
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Āśrava World, 21 May, 2021 - 3 July, 2021
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Lu Yang – RISING, Melbourne
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Lu Yang – ARoS, Denmark
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Lu Yang – Apollo 40 Under 40
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Lu Yang – Deutsche Bank “Artist of the Year” 2022
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Lu Yang – Kunstpalais Erlangen
LuYang Vibratory Field
Installation View, Kunsthalle Basel, 2023. Photo by Philipp Hänger.
LuYang NetiNet
Installation view, Zabludowicz Collection, London, 2022. Photo by David Bebber.
Lu Yang: False Awakening
Installation View, Kunstpalais, Erlangen, Germany, 2022. Photo by Ludger Paffrath.
Lu Yang: Digital Descending
Installation View, ARoS Aarhus Art Museum, Aarhus, Denmark 2021. Photo by Anders Sune Berg.
Lu Yang: Material World Knight
Installation View at Shanghai Biennale 2018, Power Station of Art, Shanghai, China
