
Biography
Yu Hang (b. 1987, Jilin, China) studied at the Shanghai Academy of Fine Arts and currently lives and works in Shanghai.
His paintings ultimately gravitate toward sensibility, as he views painting as a sensory experience rather than a concept or an explanation. Painting, in his view, cannot be fully apprehended through text; it requires direct, in-person engagement. Yu Hang’s work embodies this visual and emotional intensity, inviting viewers into an immediate sensory encounter.
Solo Exhibitions (Selected)
2024 Blackout, MANGROVEGALLERY Artist-in-Residence, Nantou city, Shenzhen, China
2023 Rouge Nihility, BLANK GALLERY, Shanghai, China
2022 Dionysus, AXIS, Chengdu, China
2021 Hakuna Matata, Gene Gallery, Shanghai, China
2019 Long Pai Shen Ma, Gene Gallery, Shanghai, China
The Sun is the Golden testicle under my Legs, Martin Goya Business, Hangzhou, China
Group Exhibitions (Selected)
2025 The Stranger, MANGROVEGALLERY, Shenzhen, China
2023 Tree of Fire, MANGROVEGALLERY, Shenzhen, China
2022 Long Pai Shen Ma, Gene Gallery, Shanghai, China
Floating Across the Shallow Clouds: About the Seven States of Painting, JinChen YFM Art Gallery, Shanghai, China
Primeval Fairy Tale, Leo Gallery, Shanghai, China
ROMANTIC STREET DANCE, Gene Gallery, Shanghai, China
2021 Ultra Community, Tank Shanghai, Shanghai, China
The Timing of Drifters, martin goya.pig / 宅 HOME Theatre, Hangzhou, China Aliens Landing Here, Space Station, Beijing, China
Exercise Book, Anna is Stuck at Your Place, Enjoy·Art museum, Beijing, China
2020PINK PUNK PARK, Gene Gallery, Shanghai, China
NEW ERA FEST: Forward Emergency Support Team, Shanghai, China
Weeds node: RPAG World since The Geng Zi Year, The Fart, Hangzhou, China
2019 Running into a poem, RongYi art museum, Shanghai, China
Incandescence, Big Space × Chino Gallery, Shanghai, China
Blast Blue, Half Image, Shanghai, China
Unfinished Cyber, Martin Goya Business / Xiangshan Art Commune, Shanghai, China
The Greasy Spoon, Martin Goya Business / OTA Fine Arts, Shanghai, China