Lu Yang
artist.
Lu Yang is a multimedia artist who creates fantastical and often painful and shocking images which blend religion, philosophy, neuroscience, psychology, and modern technology. His practice spans game engines, 3D-animated films, video game installations, holograms, motion-capture performances, virtual reality, and software manipulation. He also collaborates with acclaimed scientists, psychologists, performers, dancers, experimental composers, music producers, robotics companies, and pop stars. Lu Yang graduated with a BA and MA from the School of Intermedia Art at China Academy of Art in Hangzhou. He has exhibited globally, including at the 2022 Venice Biennale. Recent solo exhibitions include Kunsthalle Basel; Zabludowicz Collection, London; PalaisPopulaire, Berlin; ARoS Aarhus Art Museum; Spiral, Tokyo; M WOODS, Beijing; Museum of Contemporary Art Cleveland; UCCA Center for Contemporary Art, Beijing; and Fukuoka Asian Art Museum. In 2022, Lu Yang was announced as Deutsche Bank Artist of the Year and, in 2019, won the BMW Art Journey.
From When Sputniko! Met Lu Yang, March 2023
