cv — Echo Youyi Yan

Echo Youyi Yan
阎悠逸

B. 2000, Chongqing, China
Lives and works in Brooklyn, New York

EDUCATION

2027 (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

Feeding the Load, Regulated Dosage, Frisson Gallery, New York, NY (*Upcoming)

2023

2022

Nature v.s. Nurture, 80WSE Gallery, New York, NY

Werewolf/Ferryman (Relic), Commons Gallery at New York University, New York, NY

SELECTED GROUP PRESENTATIONS

2025

Planetarity: Friction, Fossils, and the Future, Gelman Gallery at RISD Museum, Providence, RI (*Upcoming)

The Misfire: Engorgement And Constipation, The Compound, Baltimore, MD (*Upcoming)

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, NY

2019

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

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

2024

Visiting Artist, BFA Alumni Panel, New York University, New York, NY

2022-24

Sculpture Teaching Assistant, New York University, New York, NY

echoyanyouyi@gmail.com