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Jay Yung Artist Statement British born Chinese artist Yung works across a variety of mediums, including performance, video, sculpture, drawing and painting. Her eclectic work, often referred to as ‘doodles’ and ‘blobs’ is the starting point to the tensions between her two identities; being British and Chinese. This conflict manifests itself as opposites in her practice, whether chaos versus order or beauty versus repulsion. Motivated by the increasingly mythological notion of self in today’s post 9-11 tick box culture, her artworks deploys the politics of play to expose the art making process. Through installations combining sonic and moving image, Yung opens up rigid systems of looking, investigating spiritual mechanisms that help us endure life’s hardships and reassesses any illusion of a cohesive collective identity. Prior to pursuing my passion for art, I studied French at Sheffield University and worked in London PR for clients ranging from Microsoft to Warner Brothers. I graduated with a first in my BA (Hons) in Fine Art, The University of Dundee, May 2006.
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