Exhibition
Hou Yijie Hou Yijie: Compass Pointing to the Secret Treasure
MANGROVEGALLERY
2024.7.27-9.7
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 spirited pursuit of art revolves around integrating the feelings and emotions arising from real life conundrums, with histories, legends, fables, and anecdotes in Chinese culture. He uses free and easy strokes to create a charged space pulled in so many directions by conflicting social dynamics: those of the imperial court, of the hermit retreat, and of the outlaw wilderness, mixed with the theme of adventure. Hou recreates the space, along with the myriad of personalities within, to examine the irreducible fluid state of human nature, where individuals have to make constant decisions for themselves as they come to grips with the environment, to listen to one’s inner voice without being corralled by dogmas or rules. The job of an artist is not to judge those personal decisions, but to lay bare the complexity within them.
Solo Exhibitions
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
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
2021 Luo Zhongli Scholarship “The Gifts”,The Awards Nomination of Students Works, nomination award
The First Constellation Award
2020 The 8th Zhou Chunya Scholarship
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