Echo Youyi Yan
Born 2000 in Chongqing, China. Lives and works in New York.
EDUCATION
2027
MFA, Sculpture, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
2024
BFA, Studio Art, with a minor in Philosophy, New York University, New York
TWO-PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2026
Feeding the Load, Regulated Dosage (Forthcoming), Frisson Gallery, New York
2023
Nature v.s. Nurture, 80WSE Gallery, New York
2022
Werewolf/Ferryman (Relic), Commons Gallery at New York University, New York
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2025
Planetarity: Friction, Fossils, and the Future (Forthcoming), Gelman Gallery at RISD Museum, Providence, RI
The Misfire: Engorgement and Constipation (Forthcoming), The Compound, Baltimore, MD
No Footsteps Return, RAINRAIN Gallery, New York
2024
At-Will Adaptation, Eli Klein Gallery, New York
OBSESSED, Zepster Gallery, Brooklyn, New York
Through the Window, On The Fringe NYC, New York
Open Kitchen - Assembly, Light Up Globals Project Space, New York
What if We Lose the Ground, Accent Sisters, Jersey City, NJ
2023
9, theBLANC Art Space, New York
Interwoven Souls: United in Loneliness, Sotheby’s Institute of Art, New York
A Happy Beginning, LATITUDE Gallery, New York
Genesis: A New Generation of Chinese Artists, Chambers Fine Art, Salt Point, NY
MOLD-ING, Stilllife Art Fair, New York
Mycelia, Commons Gallery at New York University, New York
Looking for Same, Rosenberg Gallery at New York University, New York
2022
Island of Light, 559 W 23rd Street, New York
2019
Build Up to Break Down, Commons Gallery at New York University, New York
SELECTED PRESS
2025
Park, Chunbum. “The Cosmological Horror and Privilege of Existence”, Roundcube Contemporary, July 2025
2024
Chapman, A.E. ““I’ll Be Your Mirror”: A Group Show at Zepster Gallery Looks Inward”, IMPULSE Magazine, November 2024
Jager, David. “Obsessed at Zepster Gallery”, Whitehot Magazine of Contemporary Art, November 2024
Corum, Sterling. “Are You Alone Right Now?”, IMPULSE Magazine, October 2024
2023
Laster, Paul. “Learning Through Curating. Two Shows Highlighting A New Generation of Chinese Artist”, Whitehot Magazine of Contemporary Art, August 2023
Gemima, Clare. “Stilllife Art & Design Fair 2023,” Whitehot Magazine of Contemporary Art, May 2023
ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCE
2024
At-Will Adaptation: The Residency, Eli Klein Gallery, New York
TEACHING AND TALKS
2024
Visiting Artist, BFA Alumni Panel, New York University, New York
2022-24
Sculpture Teaching Assistant, New York University, New York, NY