Luka Yuanyuan Yang
杨圆圆（b.1989，北京）是一名视觉艺术家与电影导演，她的作品常常由纪实素材与档案交织而成，她用影像、摄影、书籍、装置、表演等方式去探讨身份、移民和记忆相关的话题。文献研究通常是她项目的起点，然而，她真正的创作常常始于对某人的“情动”时刻——从大连殖民地时期的已故日本作家、到20世纪旧金山唐人街夜总会的舞者，这些“相遇”引导她踏上一段过去与当下之间的探寻之旅，她的大部分作品就是在这个过程中成形的。通过结合真实与虚构的元素，她希望在作品中挑战固化与传统的历史诠释，关注那些被遗忘、消声及曲解的叙事。
作为一名电影导演，她的作品出现在《纽约客》杂志，新奥尔良电影节，亚特兰大电影节、卡姆登国际电影节、亚美国际电影节、台湾国际女性影展等。她的首部长片《女人世界》（正在后期中）收到The Gotham, Doc Edge，平遥国际电影展、北京国际电影节，CNEX华人纪录片提案大会、山一国际女性影展、海浪电影周等机构或影展的支持。
作为一名视觉艺术家，她的作品曾展出于CHAT六厂（香港）、外滩美术馆（上海）、上海当代艺术博物馆（上海）、时代美术馆（广州）、时代艺术中心（德国）、华美艺术协会456画廊(美国）、Art in General（美国）、乌拉圭当代艺术中心（乌拉圭）、木木美术馆（北京）、三影堂摄影艺术中心（北京）、金鹰美术馆（南京）、四方当代美术馆（南京）、OCAT（北京、上海、深圳）、AIKE（上海）、Modern Art Base（上海）、上海城市空间艺术季（上海）。
杨圆圆的艺术作品被KADIST基金会收藏，她的工作获得亚洲文化协会和Asymmetry艺术基金会的支持。她曾获宝格丽闪耀之辉奖（2023）；ART POWER年度艺术发现大奖（2019）；新锐摄影奖提名(2016)；华宇青年奖提名(2016)；法国阿尔勒摄影节作者书奖(2015)；Magenta基金会Flash Forward摄影奖（2013）；三影堂特尼基金奖(2012)。
Luka Yuanyuan Yang (b. 1989, Beijing) is a visual artist and filmmaker who weaves documentary and archival materials into diverse mediums like film, photography, artist books, installations, and performances, often exploring themes of identity, migration, and memory. Her creative process typically begins with extensive research, but it often takes a turn when she becomes captivated by particular individuals, from a deceased Japanese writer born in colonized Dalian to burlesque dancers in San Francisco’s Chinatown. This affection guides her on a journey between the past and present, during which most of her works take shape. By crafting narratives where fact and fiction coexist, Yang aims to challenge conventional historical interpretations and amplify the voices of forgotten, silenced, or misinterpreted subjects.
As a filmmaker, her work has been featured in The New Yorker, as well as the New Orleans Film Festival, Atlanta Film Festival, Camden International Film Festival, Asian American International Film Festival, and Women Make Waves. Her first feature film “Chinatown Cha-Cha”(currently in post-production) has received support from The Gotham, Doc Edge, Pingyao International Film Festival, Beijing International Film Festival, CNEX, Shanyi International Women’s Film Festival, and Aranya Waves Film Festival.
As a visual artist, her work has been exhibited at Centre for Heritage Arts & Textile, Hong Kong; Rockbund Art Museum, Shanghai; Power Station of Art, Shanghai; Times Art Museum & Times Arts Center Berlin; Chinese American Arts Council, New York City; Art in General, New York City; Espacio de Arte Contemporáneo, Uruguay; M WOODS, Beijing; Three Shadows Photography Art Centre, Beijing; G Museum of Art, Nanjing; Sifang Art Museum, Nanjing; OCAT, Beijing, Shanghai, Shenzhen; AIKE, Shanghai; and Modern Art Base, Shanghai, among others.
Luka’s artwork was collected by KADIST Foundation. She has received support from institutions such as Asian Cultural Council and Asymmetry Art Foundation. She has also earned numerous international accolades, including BVLGARI Avrora Award (2023); Art Power 100 (2019); Huayu Youth Award (2016); Rencontres d’Arles The Arthor Book Award (2015); Magenta Foundation (2013); and the Three Shadows Tierney Fellowship (2012).
