You Si
Born in Shanghai China
Education
Shanghai Theatre Academy Stage Design Shanghai, China
Anhui Vocational College of Art Stage Design Hefei, China
Say “Chinese art” and the first thing many people think of is ink painting. You Si reinvents this centuries-old tradition by using an eyedropper to deposit coloured acrylic ink on rice paper. His works seem to burst with life, but what kind of life is difficult to determine: the designs could be flowers, cells, amoebae, jungles, supernovas. You Si`s emphasis on depicting a tranquil inner reality-but one that never loses its sense of tension with an outer reality-might be his only connection to classical Chinese aesthetics. Otherwise they seem to completely abandon China-specific reference points. These abstract forms alternately resemble bustling mitochondria, dense jungles and inter-dimensional wormholes. They often capture the symphonic trance of organisms moving together, and against each other, suggesting cycles of birth and destruction. . He describes the paintings simply as “mental universes”.
Solo Exhibition
2011 Time Blossoms, Edge Gallery, Hong Kong
2011 Space/Life, ARTWE Virtual Museum, Shanghai
2010-2011 “边际的蔓延” (Unbounded Diffusion)，ART LABOR Gallery, Shanghai
2009-2010 “You Si”, Michael Goedhuis Gallery, New York
2008 “边际的演变” (Unbounded Redux), Shanghai Sculpture Space, Shanghai
2007 “边际” (Unbounded)， ART LABOR Gallery, Shanghai
2000 “游思水墨画展” (New Paintings: Ink on Paper), Abraham Lubeiski Gallery, New York
1994 “You Si: Paintings”, Chinese Culture Institute, Boston
1988-1989 “北京青年艺术家巡回展” (Beijing Young Artists Exhibition to New York and Boston), Multiple venues, USA
1988 “An Exhibition of Painting by You Si”, Holdswoth Contemporary Art Gallery, Sydney
1988 “泼洒的绘画”(Splash Paintings), East & West Art Gallery, Melbourne
1987 “当代中国水墨画”(Contemporary Chinese Ink and Wash)， Swedish Embassy, Beijing
Group Exhibition
2014 “宣·延” (Xuan, etc.), Shanghai Gallery of Art, Shanghai
2011 “宣·延” (Xuan, etc.), Shanghai Gallery of Art, Shanghai
2008-2009 “浮现” (Surfacing), Shanghai Gallery of Art, Shanghai
2008-2009 Group Exhibition of Contemporary Artists, Toomey-Tourell Fine Art, San Francisco
2008 “海平线绘画雕塑联展” (Sea Level: Painting & Sculpture)，LHS Art Gallery, Shanghai
2008 “原料结合”巡展 (Continuance of ‘Material Links’), Technopolis, Athens
2008 “原料结合”巡展 (Continuance of ‘Material Links’), CACT, Thessaloniki, Saloniki
2008 Group Show, East Link Gallery, Shanghai
2008 “原料结合” (Material Links), Museum of Contemporary Art Shanghai, Shanghai
2004 “假日一族” (Vacation Nation), Pierogi Gallery, New York
2003 “布鲁克林最佳艺术家在波士顿” (The Best of Brooklyn Comes to Boston), Bernard Toale Gallery “Pierogi Presents”, Boston
2002 “煮与炒” (Boiled and Fried), Pierogi Gallery, New York
2001 “国际水墨画巡回展” (International Ink-wash Painting Exhibition), Shanghai Art Museum, Shanghai
2000 “大苹果中国画” (Big Apple Chinese Painting), Kalkodo Gallery New York
1997 “海外艺术家联展” (Oversea Artists Exhibition), City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
1989 “当代中国画” (Contemporary Chinese Painting), Manhattan East Gallery of Fine Arts, New York
1986 “当代中国水墨画” (Contemporary Chinese Ink and Wash)，Beijing University & Tsinghua University, Beijing
1985 “当代水墨画” (Contemporary Ink Painting), National Astronomical Observatory of China, Beijing
Collections
National Gallery of Victoria
Head office of Newsweek (Beijing)
Swedish Embassy (Beijing)
Ilya Lugatenko Collection
Private Collections
Flying in Order, 2010
Chinese ink on rice pape
124 x 179cm
$43,000 AUD (excl.GST)
Hatch, 2011
Colured ink on rice paper
124 x 179cm
$43,000 AUD (excl.GST)
Nova Terra, 2006 (SOLD)
Screen printing on rice paper
33.7 x 44.7 cm
2/30
$1100 AUD (framed & incl. GST)
New Fruit, 2006
Screen printing on rice paper
33.5 x 44.8cm
3/30
$1100 AUD (framed & incl. GST)
Stones, 2006
Screen printing on rice paper
44.7 x 34.5cm
1/30
$1100 AUD (framed & incl. GST)
Stretched Evolution, 2006
Screen printing on rice paper
44.8 x 34.5 cm
2/30
$1100 AUD (framed & incl. GST)
How it all got started (version 2), 2009
Chinese ink on rice paper
178.8 x 178.8cm
$8800 AUD (framed & incl. GST)
Becoming the Mass, 2010
colour ink on rice paper
180 x 180cm
$8800 AUD (framed & incl. GST)
3 Dimension Cycle, 2010
Colour ink on rice paper
178.8 x 178.8cm
$8800 AUD (framed & incl. GST)
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