by ye zijing
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YE ZIJING/Rie/よう
Zijing reflects on modes of existence that exceed binaries such as legal/illegal, human/non-human, and nation/non-nation. Food and edibility function as a central perceptual pathway and material in her practice, where the mouth becomes a site through which borders are metabolized, negotiated, and reimagined.
叶子菁关注那些超出合法／非合法、人类／非人类、国家／非国家等二元结构的存在形态。食物与可食性在其实践中构成核心的感知路径与创作材料，使口腔成为边界被代谢、协商与重构的场所。
ヨウは、合法／非合法・人間／非人間・国家／非国家といった二項を超える在り方を思考している。食と可食性は実践を貫く重要な知覚の経路であり素材でもあり、口腔を通して境界が代謝され、交渉され、再構築される場を立ち上げている。
CV
Born in Guangdong Province, China, in 1999.
Tama Art University, Sculpture Department, 2023 BFA
University College London (UCL) Slade School of Fine Art for Master of Fine Arts (MFA).
Activities
awards / prizes
2020
Selected for Photo Vogue Italia
Honorable Mention in Japan Photo 2020 Spring/Summer
2022
Tama Art University Special Excellence Award Scholarship
2023
Selected for Excellent Works in Graduation Production 2023, Tama Art University
Ezoe Recruit Foundation Art Division Scholarship 江副リクルート財団アート部門奨学生
2024
The Batsford Prize 2024 Best Fine Art Award (London)
Best Stage Design for An Ideal Husband (London)
2025
Kuma Foundation Creator Scholarship クマ財団9期奨学生
Mandy Zhang Art prize(the inaugural)
Shortlisted for Boise Travel Scholarship
Shortlisted for The Perimeter
Finalist for Ivan Juritz Prize
First selection for Arte Laguna Prize
selected exhibitions / event curations
2021
1/35 Exhibition, Tama Art University Sculpture Department (Kanagawa)
AURA (London, UK)
Nijikake Classroom (Tokyo)
ICON (London, UK)
Sumida Mukojima EXPO 2021 – Nokinshita Project (Tokyo)
2022
Solo exhibition at Hotel "Kotoba" (Kanagawa)
Concurrent Exhibition, Tama Art University Sculpture Gallery – curation
Site of Intervention (Tokyo) – curation
CONTEMPORARY VENICE (Venice, Italy)
2023
Graduation Production Exhibition, Tama Art University, Hachioji Campus
Joint Graduation Exhibition of Five Tokyo Art Universities (Tokyo)
Boats Beats Breads Sound Camp (Yamanashi) – curation
Interlude – Slade Interim Showcase 2023 (London)
Stage Design for An Ideal Husband (London)
2024
Extreme Tea Party (Tokyo) – curation
The Dazzling Edge Of Darkness (London)
The Batsford Award Exhibition (London)
The Big Mixer (London)
SLADE MA/MFA Interim Showcase 2024 (London)
2025
I Would Rather Be Horizontal (London)
Have You Seen My Microwave? (London)
All That Is Solid, Melts (London)
Slade School of Fine Art Degree Show MA/MFA (London)
Spools of Night (London)
2026
KUMA EXHIBITION 2026 (Tokyo)
Fault Lines (Tokyo)
Workshops / performance
2026
Food project: Tangram Tasting (London)
Food project: Don't give flowers, eat them (London)
Performance: Water Diviners (London)