Yang Sirui was born in Nanjing, the ancient capital of the Six Dynasties of China. She used to describe herself as a Martian, but now she has officially left the "planet" and embarked on a journey into "space". Sirui is currently based in Naarm/Melbourne, Australia.
"Not yet an artist but for sure a creative thinker & practitioner. So I am on the way to be. "
Current art practices encompass drawing and painting, digital illustration, photography also installation art. She gradually discovered that innocence (natural essence) and profound (complexity), through spontaneous thinking and interdisciplinary exploration, form a complementary relationship in her creation. As far as Sirui is concerned, this kind of complementarity in contemporary fields, especially the collision between human civilization and nature, inspires Sirui to find the eternity belonging to the ontology in the ever-changing environment.
杨(Yang)思睿(Sirui)，出生于中国六朝古都 —— 南京。她曾形容自己是个“火星人”，但她已正式离开了自己的“星球”并从此踏上了太空之旅。目前在澳大利亚 Naarm /墨尔本生活和学习。
“我还不是一名艺术家，但肯定是一个有创造力的思想实践者。所以我正在‘路上’。”
当前的艺术实践涵盖绘画、插画、摄影以及装置艺术等。
Sirui通过自发的思考和跨学科的探索，逐渐发现纯真（自然的本质）和深刻（事物的错综复杂性）在她的创作中形成了一种互补的关系。对于目前的Sirui而言，当代领域中的这类互补, 尤其演变为人类文明与自然之间的碰撞, 启发着Sirui去变化万千的环境中寻找着属于本体的永恒。
(b.2000)
Education
Ongoing MA Arts and Cultural Management, University of Melbourne
2021-2022 BA Fine Art, Gold and Silversmithing, RMIT
2022 RMIT Peer Mentoring
2020 Advanced Diploma of Visual Arts, RMIT
2021 MUS24.5x, Harvard X (online)
Past Exhibitions
2023 Mudfest 2023: Transform, George Paton Gallery, Melbourne, Australia
GSA Prize 2023 shortlisted, Melbourne, Australia
Healing the Spirits, Artful Yoga Gallery, Melbourne, Australia
2022 Big Amygdala Energy Zine Launch, Science Gallery Melbourne & SIGNAL Arts, Australia
The FAITH in Pandemic Times, Incinerator Gallery, Moonee Valley, Australia
INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY 3.0, Platform Exhibitions, Melbourne, Australia
Rendering: Jewellery and Objects, Craft Contemporary 2022, Assembly Point, Melbourne, Australia
Hyper Nature, Jewellery display with Valentin Ostrom and Rachel Simoons, Building 2, RMIT, Australia
VANTAGE, A Perspective of Place, Red Gallery, Australia
2021 The 3rd Winner of NEMESIS (virtual), The Holy Art Gallery, London, UK
Rendering: Jewellery and Objects, Radiant Pavilion 2021, Creative Spaces, Melbourne, Australia
Fifty Square Art Prize, Brunswick Street Gallery, Melbourne, Australia
Contemporary Venice 2021, Venice, Italy
2020 Amended 2020 Online Grad Show, RMIT, Australia
2019 Experimental public art project: SINposium x Natural Spirits, Building 94, RMIT, Australia
Publication
2023 "Master of Contemporary Art, VCA by Sirui Yang", Mass Memo 2023, Memo Review, Melbourne
"A Like Artist" New Collectors' Art Book, Al-Tiba9 Contemporary Art, Barcelona, Spain
Interview
2024 Podcast Guest Speaker, SBS Chinese: Cutting paper dragons in the Year of the Dragon, SBS, Australia
2022 10 Questions With Sirui Yang, Al-Tiba9 Contemporary Art, Barcelona, Spain
Artist Talk
2022 Big Amygdala Energy Zine, Science Gallery Melbourne & SIGNAL Arts, Australia
Features
2023 Shortlisted, VAA International Exhibition & Scholarship Prize 2023, London, UK
2019 We Are we are, Honourable Mention, ND Photography Awards
Collaborations
2024 Podcast Guest Speaker, SBS Chinese: Cutting paper dragons in the Year of the Dragon, SBS, Australia
Commissioned Artist, Lunar new year 2024 Chinese Paper Cutting, Melbourne Immigration Museum, Australia
2023 Commissioned Artist, Design the World 's Weirdest House, MPavilion Parkville , Australia
2022 MC, Resident Reflection: Close to Home, MPavilion & SIGNAL Arts, Australia
Co-performer, SWARM: SCRAM! , Science Gallery Melbourne & SIGNAL Arts, Australia
Co-curator, Hyper Nature, Jewellery display with Valentin Ostrom & Rachel Simoons, Building 2, RMIT, Australia
2021 Co-curator, Frünce, Trocadero Art Projects, Australia
2019 Curator, SINposium x Natural Spirits, RMIT, Australia
Volunteering
Nov. 2023 - Ongoing Australian Centre for the Moving Image, Melbourne, Australia
Aug. 2021 - Ongoing SIGNAL Curator, Melbourne, Australia
Aug. 2020 - Ongoing Trocadero Art Projects, Melbourne, Australia
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