Mailer Yao
OVERVIEW
Mailer Yao (also known as Yao Hai) was born in Gansu, China in 1980 and moved to Hong Kong in 2009 and New York in 2014. He currently lives and works in London, UK. Mailer's work includes installation, sculpture, painting, video, performance and sound.
He has held solo exhibitions at Lepsien Art Foundation (“Provozierte Beziehungen”, 2019), Shanghai Yell Space (“Organic Production”, 2019), Galerie du Monde (“Yao Hai”, 2018), Hong Kong Museum of Medical Sciences (“Reconstruction of Deconstruction”, 2018), Shanghai Gallery 55, (“Adventure in Graphics”, 2018 and “zero + one + twelve”, 2017), Wuhan United Art Museum (“Free Play of Deconstruction”, 2017) and Wuhan K11 art village (“Beyond Boundaries”, 2016). His works have been exhibited in many international institutions including Taipei Artist Village in Taiwan, CICA Museum in South Korea, Hong Kong Visual Arts Centre in Hong Kong, Queens Museum and Williamsburg Art & Historical Centre in New York.
He has participated in several artist residency programs including Lepsien Art Foundation (Germany, 2019), Taipei Artist Village with the support from K11 Art Foundation (Taiwan, 2017), United Art Museum (China, 2017) and K11 Art Foundation (China, 2016). His works have been featured in South China Morning Post, Hong Kong Economic Journal, Radio Television Hong Kong, Ocula, Artsy, ARTouch magazine, Design Anthology and others.
CV
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2019
"Provozierte Beziehungen", Lepsien Art Foundation, Dusseldorf, Germany
"Organic Production", Yell Space, Shanghai
2018
"Yao Hai", Galerie du Monde, Hong Kong
"Adventure in Graphics", gallery 55, Shanghai
2017
"zero + one + twelve", gallery 55, Shanghai
"Free Play of Deconstruction", United Art Museum, Wuhan, China
2016
"Beyond Boundaries", K11 art village, Wuhan, China
Projects
2020
"Yao Hai: Opening Up Wasteland", Peking University Chinese Modern Art Archive, Duolun Museum of Modern Art, Shanghai
2018
"Yao Hai: Reconstruction of Deconstruction”, Hong Kong Museum of Medical Sciences, Hong Kong
2017
"Yao Hai: Freedom Preservation Project", Taipei Artist Village, Taiwan
“Yao Hai: Boring Care”, Taipei Artist Village, Taiwan
Selected Group Exhibitions
2020
"The Annual Exhibition of Contemporary Art of China 2019", Duolun Museum of Modern Art, Shanghai
"ART021 Shanghai Contemporary Art Fair", gallery 55, Shanghai Exhibition Centre, Shanghai
"Close Encounter", gallery 55, Shanghai
2019
"2141", Rongyi Art Museum, Shanghai
"Proximity", Ke Art Museum, Shanghai
"SEEN", YELL SPACE, Shanghai
2018
"FLASH 2018", PSA Square, Shanghai
2017
"Taipei Artist Village Residency Artists Exhibition", Taipei Artist Village, Taiwan
"art is much splendid a thing", gallery 55, Shanghai
"A Seven-Day Plan - The Shape of Time", Poly International Centre, Wuhan, China
"Sublanguage: Body and Space", Dahu Art Centre, Shanghai
2016
"Utopia: Artist’s Emotion and Form", Donghan Art Museum, Wuhan, China
"Making the Future”, David & Schweitzer Contemporary, New York
"Artist and Location", CICA Museum, Seoul, South Korea
"Emerging Young Artists Invitational Exhibition", Xiling Art Museum, Hangzhou, China
2015
"Art Yellow Book Project Exhibition", CICA Museum, Seoul, South Korea
"You've Got Mail", Ground Floor Gallery, Brooklyn, New York
Queens Art Connection, Queens Museum, New York
"Making History - Arts in Bushwick 2015", StoreFront Ten Eyck Gallery, New York
"Seeking Space Exhibition 2015" presented by Tumblr, Be Electric Studio, New York
"Art Mora", Coohaus Gallery, New York
2014
"Over the Edge: Paperworks Unbound”, Williamsburg Art & Historical Centre, Brooklyn, New York
2011
Shanghai Spring Art Salon, Shanghai
Residencies
2019 (September – November)
International Grant Emerging Artist 19/20, Lepsien Art Foundation, Dusseldorf, Germany
2017 (October – December)
Artist Residency, K11 Art Foundation X Taipei Artist Village, Taiwan
2017 (March – June)
Migrant Birds Project, United Art Museum, Wuhan, China
2016 - 2017
K11 art village Artist-in-Residence Programme, K11 Art Foundation, China
PUBLICATIONS
The Exhibition of Annual of Contemporary Art of China Shanghai 2019
ART YELLOW BOOKCICA Museum, 2015, South Korea
Yao Hai: Free Play of Deconstruction
United Art Museum, 2017, China
Yao Hai: Beyond BoundariesK11 Art Foundation, 2016, China
MAKING HISTORY BUSHWICKARTS IN BUSHWICK, 2015, New York