B. 2000, Chongqing, China
Lives and works in Providence, RI and New York, NY
EDUCATION2027 (Expected)
2024 MFA, Sculpture, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
BFA, Studio Art, with a minor in Philosophy, New York University, NY
TWO-PERSON PRESENTATIONS
2026
2023
2022 Feeding the Load, Regulated Dosage, Frisson Gallery, New York, NY
Nature v.s. Nurture, 80WSE Gallery, New York, NY
Werewolf/Ferryman (Relic), Commons Gallery at New York University, New York, NY
SELECTED GROUP PRESENTATIONS
2026 As If Seen Before, Accordion Studios, Providence, RI
a space in fourteen traces, Gelman Gallery at RISD Museum, Providence, RI
A Year from Genesis, Frisson Gallery, New York, NY2025Planetarity: Friction, Fossils, and the Future, Gelman Gallery at RISD Museum, Providence, RI
Muttering Burrow, The Armory Show 2025, with RAINRAIN, New York, NY
The Misfire: Engorgement And Constipation, The Compound, Baltimore, MD
No Footsteps Return, RAINRAIN Gallery, New York, NY
2024
At-Will Adaptation, Eli Klein Gallery, New York, NY
OBSESSED, Zepster Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Through the Window, On The Fringe NYC, New York, NY
Open Kitchen - Assembly, Light Up Globals Project Space, New York, NY
What if We Lose the Ground, Accent Sisters, Jersey City, NJ
2023
9, theBLANC Art Space, New York, NY
Interwoven Souls: United in Loneliness, Sotheby’s Institute of Art, New York, NY
A Happy Beginning, LATITUDE Gallery, New York, NY
Genesis: A New Generation of Chinese Artists, Chambers Fine Art, Salt Point, NY
MOLD-ING, Stilllife Art Fair, New York, NY
Mycelia, Commons Gallery at New York University, New York, NY
Looking for Same, Rosenberg Gallery at New York University, New York, NY
2022 Island of Light, 559 W 23rd Street, New York, NY2019 Build Up to Break Down, Commons Gallery at New York University, New York, NY
RESIDENCY
2024 At-Will Adaptation: The Residency, Eli Klein Gallery, New York, NY
SELECTED PRESS
2026 Liu, April. “Night at Gelman Gallery: On a space in fourteen traces”, Whitehot Magazine of Contemporary Art, May 2026
Bell, Patrick Ryan. “Echo Yan and Cass Yao: An unsettled awareness”, Two Coats of Paint, April 2026
Chung, Lizard. “The PAPER Guide to Downtown's Best Spring Art Shows”,
PAPER Magazine, March 2026
Wu, Peiyue. ““Feeding the Load” Confronts the Body’s Long History of Being Shaped”,
Asian American Arts Alliance, March 2026
Romm, Jonah. “Confronting the Abject; Feeding the Load, Regulated Dosage at FRISSON,” Whitehot Magazine of Contemporary Art, February 2026
2025Covington, Brian. “Gallery Round Up: About the Body Exhibitions Get Physical at The Compound And Night Owl Gallery”, BmoreArt, September 2025
Ekstrand, Anna Mikaela. “This Week in NYC: Meditations on Horror, Celestial Interpretations, and a Dance Festival in Battery Park”, Cultbytes, August 2025
Wu, Peiyue. “Slow Horror: A Way Back to Our Ability to Care”, Tussle Magazine, August 2025
Park, Chunbum. “The Cosmological Horror and Privilege of Existence”, Roundcube Contemporary, July 2025 2024 Chapman, A.E. ““I’ll Be Your Mirror”: A Group Show at Zepster Gallery Looks Inward”, IMPULSE Magazine, November 2024
Jager, David. “Obsessed at Zepster Gallery”, Whitehot Magazine of Contemporary Art, November 2024
Corum, Sterling. “Are You Alone Right Now?”, IMPULSE Magazine, October 2024
2023 Laster, Paul. “Learning Through Curating. Two Shows Highlighting A New Generation of Chinese Artists”, Whitehot Magazine of Contemporary Art, August 2023
Gemima, Clare. “Stilllife Art & Design Fair 2023,” Whitehot Magazine of Contemporary Art, May 2023
TEACHING AND TALKS
2025-26Teaching Assistant, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
2024
Visiting Artist, BFA Alumni Panel, New York University, New York, NY
2022-24 Sculpture Teaching Assistant, New York University, New York, NY
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