Chinese Canadian artist based in Houston/NYC yj2519@columbia.edu
Education
2021 Master of Fine Arts, Columbia University, New York, NY
2017 Bachelor of Fine Arts, Emily Carr University, Vancouver, Canada
Selected Exhibitions
2024 Core Exhibition, Museum of Fine Arts Houston, Houston, TX
Spring Sprang Sprung, Hunsand Space, Beijing, China
2023 To your eternity- Art and Tech Biennale. Today Art Museum, Beijing, China.
A bouquet of senses, Meliksetian|Briggs, Dallas, TX
The secret realm of thrills and concealment, BROWNIE Project, Shanghai, China
Night Skyline Stars, Laura, Houston, TX
Core Exhibition, Museum of Fine Arts Houston, Houston, TX.
2022 Zero-sum Game, Christian Andersen, Copenhagen, Denmark
Vacation, Sweet Pass sculpture park, Dallas, TX
2021 Names for airy nothings, Meliksetian|Briggs, LA
Medium-sized dry goods, Meliksetian|Briggs, LA
Desire Encapsulated, Make room, LA
Welcome, Tomato Mouse, New York, NY
In response: We fight to build a free world, The Jewish Museum, New York, NY
2020 The practice of everyday life, Meliksetian|Briggs, LA
Art on the Grid, New York Public Art Fund, New York, NY
M.I.O.K, Leroy Neiman Gallery, New York, NY
2019 Shadow Tongue, Duplex, Vancouver, Canada
2017 Pivots and Spins, Access Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
Just go on talking, Project Space, Vancouver, Canada
2016 Precarium, Plaza project space, Richmond, Canada
Careful Counters, Skylight Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
Screenings
2024 Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
Slamdance Film Festival, Park City, Utah
2023 Eyeworks Festival of experimental animation, Museum of Moving Image, New York, NY,
Tabor Film Festival, Desinić, Hrvatsko zagorje, Croatia
World Panorama, Animafest, Zagreb, Croatia
Mid-Length, Flatpack Festival, Birmingham, UK.
Festival of hand-drawn animation, Tomato Mouse, New York, NY
POMOFOMO, International Film Festival Rotterdam, Netherlands
2022 Edge of Frame, London International animation festival, London, UK
2020 States of emergency, London International animation festival, London, UK
Commiserate Chicago, Media Art Festival, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Publications
2023 To your Eternity, by Ekalan Hou, Art Forum
Give me a reason to go to the museum to watch videos, on contemporary moving
image, by Xianhui Meng, Vogue China
Going Dutch, On the 52nd International Film Festival Rotterdam, by Beatrice Loayza. Art Forum.
The magical realism of Yifan Jiang, by Terri Provencal. Patron Magazine
2021 Yifan Jiang: ‘Names for airy nothings’ Where Reality and Fantasy Collide, by Jody Zellen,
ArtNowLA
2020 MFA Spotlight, Art Forum
Residencies
2022 The core program, Museum of Fine arts houston, Houston, Texas
2021 Roswell Artist-in-resident program, Roswell, New Mexico
2019 Mildred’s Lane, Pennsylvania