DiscussionThe Courtauld Institute of Art23.05.2023

2024 Asymmetry Distinguished Lecture Series at The CourtauldIntimate SystemsQu Chang and Trevor Yeung

Qu Chang

Qu Chang is an independent curator and writer currently based in Paris, in residence with École des Beaux-Arts de Paris (2022-2023). Her previous curatorial projects include Café do Brasil (2019, Para Site), Crush (2018, Para Site), Doreen Chan: Hard Cream (2019, HB Station), Law Yuk Mui: From whence the waves came (2018, Art Basel Hong Kong), Adrift (2016, OCAT Shenzhen), among others. She is a member of 楔 Xiē, with whom she is a part of the exhibition To Bind, Embed, Shimmer, and Brace at DAAD Galerie, Berlin (2022). Her writings appear in journals including Artforum, Frieze, Ocula, Spike, Yishu, among others. She is a Ph.D. candidate at the Cultural Studies department, Lingnan University. Her doctorate research focuses on the discourse of love in post-reform China. Previously, she served as a curator at Para Site art space, Hong Kong.

Trevor Yeung

Trevor Yeung (b. 1988, Guangdong Province, China) draws inspiration from intimate and personal experiences, culminating in works that range from image-based works to large-scale installations. Obsessed with structures, he creates different scales of systems which allow him to exert control upon living beings, including plants, animals, as well as spectators. Yeung has participated in Singapore Biennale (Singapore, 2022); Kathmandu Triennale (Kathmandu, 2022); la biennale de Lyon (Lyon, 2019); EVA International Biennale (Dublin, 2018); 4th Dhaka Art Summit (Bangladesh, 2018) and the 10th Shanghai Biennale (Shanghai, 2014). Yeung has also exhibited at institutions and galleries internationally including Musée d’Art Moderne de Paris (Paris, 2022); Tai Kwun Contemporary (Hong Kong, 2022); Singapore Art Museum (Singapore, 2022); Jameel Arts Center (Dubai, 2022); M+ (Hong Kong, 2021); Shanghai Power Station of Art (Shanghai, 2021); Para Site (Hong Kong, 2020); Stiftung Skulpturenpark Köln (Cologne, 2020); HOW Art Museum (Shanghai, 2020); Taikang Space (Beijing, 2018); Museum of Modern Art (Warsaw, 2018); esea contemporary (Manchester, 2017) and OCAT Shenzhen (Shenzhen, 2016). Trevor Yeung will have his solo exhibition at Gasworks London in 2023, marking his inaugural institution exhibition in the UK. Yeung currently lives and works in Hong Kong.

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