Kyoto International Conference Center
Art Collaboration Kyoto 2025
Booth:GC19
2025.11.13-11.16
Kyoto International Conference Center
Biography
Hou Yijie (b.1996, Chengdu, China) graduated from the printmaking department of Sichuan Fine Arts Institute, he currently lives and works in Chongqing.
Hou’s dynamic artistic exploration integrates the emotions and sensations arising from contemporary challenges with the histories, legends, fables, and anecdotes of Chinese culture. Through fluid and precise brushstrokes, he constructs tension-filled spaces shaped by the interplay of societal forces—the imperial court, the hermit’s retreat, and the outlaw’s wilderness. By recreating these spaces and populating them with diverse characters, Hou examines the complex and unstable state of human nature. He reflects on how individuals, in constant conflict with their external environments, must make personal choices—listening to their inner voices while breaking free from dogma and discipline.
Solo Exhibitions (Selected)
2025 Draw a Bow Slowly, TC101 SPACE, University Arts Centre of The Chinese University of Hong Kong (Shenzhen), Shenzhen, China
2024 Compass Pointing to the Secret Treasure, MANGROVEGALLERY, Shenzhen, China
2023 Journaling, MANGROVEGALLERY Artist-in-Residence Programme, Nantou City, Shenzhen, China
Group Exhibitions (Selected)
2025 SPRING SHOW – Drawings -, WAITINGROOM (Tokyo), Tokyo, Japan
The Stranger, MANGROVEGALLERY, Shenzhen, China
2023 Tree of Fire, MANGROVEGALLERY, Shenzhen, China
“Sprouting! The Future of Printmaking Art”; The 13 Years of Zhou Chunya Scholarship, Long Museum, Chongqing, China
I-Define II: 7 Questions，A Thousand Plateaus Art Space，Chengdu, China
The Nomatic Diamond Hearts，ArtDepot, Beijing, China
2022 Nap-of-the-Earth, The Young Artist Residency Program of Sichuan Fine Arts Institute, Art Museum of Sichuan Fine Arts Institude, Chongqing, China
2021 Spirit of Youth，2021 Triennial of Chinese Industrial Art Prints, Hubei Museum of Art, Wuhan, China
Luo Zhongli Scholarship, Annual Exhibition of Works 2021, Sichuan Fine Arts Institute, Chongqing, China
“The Gifts”,The Awards Nomination of Students Works, The Schools of Fine Arts, Sichuan Fine Arts Institute, Chongqing, China
2019 The Third International Print Biennial, The Xuyuan Art Museum, Beijing, China
The Start of a Long Journey, Outanding Works by Graduates of 2018 from Key Art Academies in China, Central Academy of Fine Arts, Beijing, China
Awards (Selected)
2021 Luo Zhongli Scholarship “The Gifts”,The Awards Nomination of Students Works, nomination award
The First Constellation Award
2020 The 8th Zhou Chunya Scholarship
Exhibitions