Yi Mengyuan/Katharine 易梦原 was born in Beijing. She now lives on the unceded land of the Coast Salish peoples–Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), Stó:lō and Səl̓ílwətaʔ/Selilwitulh (Tsleil-Waututh) and xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam) Nations (Vancouver). Yi is also a part of the artist collective Bagua Artist Association 八卦艺术家协会.
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Education
BFA Visual Arts, University of British Columbia
Solo and Two-Person Exhibitions
2019
Healing Brush, co-curated by Pongsakorn Yananissorn and Steven Dragonn, Canton-Sardine, Vancouver, Canada
2015
In Spite of the Abyss, two-persons exhibition with Maia Nichols, curated by YACTAC, Dynamo Arts Association, Vancouver, Canada
Group Exhibitions
2019
Artmoments 2019 (Artmoments 屏幕间艺博会), Online (SCREENROOM and Wechat Moments屏幕间公众号及微信朋友圈), China
2018
Open Season, a part of Ten Different Things, Curated by Kate Armstrong, In Collaboration between CityStudio Vancouver and Living Labs, commissioned by The City of Vancouver Public Art Programs, Vancouver, Canada
2017
Your Kontinent: Digital Carnival Media Art Festival, Curated by Wynne Palmer, Cinevolution, Richmond World Festival, Richmond, Canada
Distance, N9 Art Center, Suzhou, China
BYOB, VIVO Media Arts Centre, Vancouver, Canada
2016
Precarium – Right Until Revocation, Plaza Project, Richmond, Canada
2015
Cabinet of Curiosity, Newton Art Walk, Newton, Surrey, Canada
2014
Hihey Cinema Art T3 (Hihey Art T3 艺术节), Beijing, China
Kinetica, AHVA Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
An Honest Day’s Work, AMS Art Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
2013
Is It Happening: 2013 BFA Graduation Exhibition, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
2012
N2M U?, Tag Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
What’s the matter?, Gam Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
Listen (传说), FM98.5, 798 Art District, 2nd Floor Press, Beijing, China
2012
Generation One, Asian Heritage Month, River Market, New Westminster, Canada
Artist Talks
2018
Open Season: A Conversation about Sovereign Absurdity, Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
Press/Reviews/Publications
Katharine Meng-Yuan Yi: Conceptual and Social Engagement Art (易梦原，艺术观念与社会介入), Long Suiyang, ARTRON.NET, 2019
The Carnival of Internet Images (日常网络图像在屏幕之间狂欢), Lu Ran, The Creators Project, VICE CHINA, 2018
Open Season, publication produced to accompany the series Ten Different Things, edited by Kate Armstrong. TEN DIFFERENT THINGS, 2018
In the Media Tent: Exploring LAND through multimedia art at Digital Carnival 2017, Justin Ramsey, VANDOCUMENT, 2017
Awards
2019
Long-listed for the Phillip B. Lind Emerging Artist Prize, Polygon Gallery, North Vancouver, Canada
2014
Nominated for the Bank of Montreal Art Award, Canada
2013
Scholarship Award Recipient of British Columbia Arts Council, Canada