Talk:Cao Yu (artist)

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Mostly unsourced claims that do not add to our understanding of this artist. WomenArtistUpdates (talk) 02:04, 27 February 2023 (UTC)

Awards

• Best Young Artist of the Year·The 12th AAC Award
• Nomination, Yishu·8 Chinese Young Artist Award
• Selected into Generation.T Asia's Leaders of tomorrow 2020
• Shortlisted for the Chinese Contemporary Art Award(CCAA)
• Nomination, Opline Prize, France
• Named 2018 China Art Power100
• Third prize, CAFA Graduates Outstanding Exhibition 2011
• Nomination, Zeng Zhushao Sculpture Fellowship

Exhibitions

Solo Exhibitions

2021 Passing Through the Human World，Galerie Urs Meile, Beijing, China

• 2019 Femme Fatale, Galerie Urs Meile, Lucerne, [1]
• 2017 I Have an Hourglass Waist, Galerie Urs Meile, Beijing, [2][3][4]

Selected Group Exhibitions

2022

• Empowerment， Kunstuseum Wolfsburg，Salzburg ，Germany
• Stepping Out!-Female Identities in Chinese Contemporary Art, Museum der Moderne，Salzburg ，Austria
• Stepping Out!Female Identities in Chinese Contemporary Art, Kunstforeningen Gamle Strand，Copenhagen，Denmark
• Stepping Out!-Female Identities in Chinese Contemporary Art, Lilehammer Art Museum，Norwegian

2021

• The Exhibition of Annual of Contemporary Art of China，Shanghai DuoLun Museum of Modern Art，China
• Award of Art China · 15th anniversary retrospective exhibition-THE ARTIST IS PRESENT, Artron Art Centre，Shenzhen，China
• Echo, Galerie Urs Meile, Ardez, Switzerland
• SPACE FANTASY—The New Generation of Chinese Installation Art，MOCA YINCHUAN, YinChuan，China
• SNAPSHOT， Galerie Urs Meile, Beijing, China

2020

• Shifting, Pop-up Art Parcours, Galerie Urs Meile, Ardez, Switzerland
• Being of Evils，Hive Center For Contemporary Art，Beijing, China

2019

• Chinese Whispers 中 国 私 语 - Recent Art from the Sigg Collection, MAK Museum für Angewandte Kunst, Vienna, Austria
• China Bodies of Work, Baxter Street at the Camera Club New York, New York, US
• Goodbye Plastic, Longtang, Zurich, Switzerland
• Now Is The Time, 2019 Wuzhen Contemporary Art Exhibition, North Silk Factory, Wuzhen

2018

• SANKT MARTIN, Martina Tauber Fine Art, Munich, Germany
• Pace Over Window，Pyeongchang Olympics Media engineering，Pyeongchang, Korea
• The Exhibition of Annual of Contemporary Art of China, Beijing Minsheng Art Museum, China
• Her Kind, Zhuzhong Art Museum, Beijing, China
• Encounter Asia—Multi-vision of Youth, Museum of Sichuan Fine Arts Institute, Tank Loft, Chong- qing Contemporary Art Center, Chongqing, China
• XIE-SHENG，Bonacon Gallery, Guangzhou, China 0:00, Bank / Mabsociety, Shanghai, China

2017

• Extended Ground, GalerieUrsMeile, Lucerne, Switzerland
• BANANA BANANA2, DISKURS Berlin, Berlin, Germany
• THE PUBLIC BODY .02, Artspace, Sydney, Australia Kabinett, Art Basel Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
• Prix Yishu 8 Chine Exposition des Finalistes, Yishu 8, Beijing, China
• Recent acquisitions – recent developments, Sishang Art Museum, Beijing, China

2016

• The 3rd Today's Documents-BRIC-á-brac: The Jumble of Growth, Today Art Museum, Beijing, China
• Neo - Eden: The Artworks by Young Chinese, Japanese and Korean Artists, Jinji Lake Art Museum, Suzhou, China
• Technology - Alchemy and Body Modification, Ying Art Center, Shanghai, China
• Thinking in Torus: Young Chinese Artists Across Dimensions, Luohu Art Museum, Shenzhen, China
• 2016 - Fresh Vision, OCT Art and Design Gallery, Shenzhen, China
• WHY the PERFORMANCE?, McaM, Shanghai, China
• BANANA BANANA, JNBY Concept Store, Beijing, China
• China Streaming·VIA Art Channel, Palais de Tokyo, Paris, France

Public Collection

• Erlenmeyer Stiftung，Basel，Switzerland M+ Collection, Hong Kong, China
• Sishang Art Museum, Beijing, China
• Central Academy of Fine Arts Art Museum, Beijing, China
• ZZ Art Museum, Beijing, China

Additional sources

Per Cunard's excellent research:

1. Guest, Luise (2020-09-01). "Show and Tell: Cao Yu's Gendered Embodiment". Ran Dian. Archived from the original on 2023-02-28. Retrieved 2023-02-28.

   The article notes: "Minimalist, conceptual, and deliberately provocative, Cao’s work reflects upon and exploits the physicality of her materials, from the conventional – marble, stretched linen and canvas – to unexpected, even transgressive, substances including the artist’s own hair, breastmilk and urine, and their various significations. Cao graduated from the academically rigorous Sculpture Department of Beijing’s Central Academy of Fine Arts and cites Sui Jianguo and Zhan Wang as influential teachers and mentors. ... Cao Yu’s uncompromising chutzpah in confronting the masculinist history of modern and contemporary sculpture and performance art – so much testosterone! – echoes the similarly audacious work of a Chinese performance and transdisciplinary artist of the previous generation."

2. Qiu, Yuanting 邱苑婷 (2021-09-06). "曹雨 艺术的冒犯" [Cao Yu: The Offense of Art]. Southern People Weekly (in Chinese). Archived from the original on 2023-02-28. Retrieved 2023-02-28.

   The article notes from Google Translate: "Back in the summer of 2016, when you entered the graduate exhibition of the Central Academy of Fine Arts, you would see the work "Spring" by the artist Cao Yu. Pregnant during college, and turned breastfeeding into a work of art - many people know Cao Yu, it is from "Spring". ... Accompanied by the controversy, Cao Yu became famous almost overnight, and she soon received offers from international galleries after being "born out of nowhere"."

   The article further notes from Google Translate: "Five years have passed, and Cao Yu's creation is still continuing with an astonishingly high output.  She tattooed a tiger's head on a bull's heart that was still warm and beating, and held it in front of her "androgynous" body to shoot "Things in the Chest"; she sat on an old sink, her androgynous image, in a black suit, The flat chest, masculine momentum, and the "magic touch" in the work - the water spraying out of the rusty faucet all break the established gender gaze, blur the boundaries between fashion and art, and the audience is caught by the sharp eyes What you are staring at, this is "Dragon Head"."

3. Shu, Yuan 舒元 (2021-06-07). "曹雨的"路过人间"是首铿锵而热烈的歌" [Cao Yu's "Passing Through the World" is a sonorous and enthusiastic song]. Hi艺术 [Hi Art] (in Chinese). Archived from the original on 2023-02-28. Retrieved 2023-02-28.

   The article notes from Google Translate: "Cao Yu always hits the pain points in the society with a single blow. She pokes them, penetrates human nature, and always forms a strong public opinion. She never presents poetry and freshness in front of you, the kind of violence, fierceness, and rebellion are the main themes. Entering the exhibition hall, you will be enveloped by Cao Yu’s provocation and accuracy."

4. Wang, Sue (2019-04-17). "Galerie Urs Meile presents "Cao Yu: Femme Fatale" in Lucerne". Central Academy of Fine Arts. Archived from the original on 2023-02-28. Retrieved 2023-02-28.

   The article notes: "Cao Yu continues to expand her oeuvre by presenting a new series of photographic works entitled Femme Fatale, which gave its title to the exhibition and is the artist's first attempt at photography. The experimental nature of Cao's exhibitions stems from I Have an Hourglass Waist - the artist's first solo exhibition at the gallery's Beijing outpost. From video to sculpture, installation to work on canvas, and now photography, her multidisciplinary practice is crucial in challenging the perception of her surroundings, experiences and her role as an artist. Cao’s interpretation is jarring and contemplative for both a new and familiar audience."

5. Buhr, Elke (2022-09-27). "Künstlerin Cao Yu über Feminismus: "Vergesst Gender!"" [Artist Cao Yu on Feminism: "Forget Gender!"]. Monopol (in German). Archived from the original on 2023-02-28. Retrieved 2023-02-28.

   The article notes from Google Translate: "There is also Cao Yu, born in 1988. The artist from Beijing has received numerous awards in China, and she has just been listed as China's most influential contemporary artist in a WeChat index. Cao Yu works with installation, video, photography and performance and is always good for an unusual action. At her first exhibition at the Urs Meile gallery in Beijing, she blocked a passageway with an installation of black bras that people had to step on to get in."

Netherzone (talk) 01:48, 1 March 2023 (UTC)