Central to Hongjie Yang’s practice is a sculptural investigation into the metamorphosis of materials and the interrelation of the natural and the artificial. Yang’s recent work seeks to explore the sacred and the unknown through the lens of the fluidity of time.

Yang studied at Design Academy Eindhoven, where he received a Master in Contextual Design in 2015. Based in the Netherlands, his practice has since taken a journey through the fields of design and fine art. Yang’s works have been exhibited at institutions including: Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris; Design Museum Holon, Tel Aviv; MARTa Herford Museum, Germany; and Museum Kranenburgh, Netherlands.

Selected Exhibitions and Events:

2020 - Design and Wondrous, Centre Pompidou x West Bund Museum, Shanghai, China.
2020 - La Manufacture, curated by Lidewij Edelkoort, Gare Saint Sauveur, Lille, France.
2019 - The State of Extreme, Design Museum Holon, Tel Aviv, Israel.
2019 - Nature Morte / Nature Vivante, CID Grand Hornu, Belgium.
2019 - Talk, Forum Vertigo, Centre Pompidou, Paris, France.
2019 - Talk, Design Marabout n°7, Centre Pompidou, Paris, France.
2019 - La Fabrique du Vivant, Centre Pompidou, Paris, France.
2018 - Naked, Museum Kranenburgh, Bergen, the Netherlands.
2017 - Fundamentals, Dutch Invertuals, Dutch Design Week, Eindhoven, the Netherlands.
2017 - Spazio Rossana Orlandi, Milan, Italy.
2017 - Harvest, Dutch Invertuals, Salone del Mobile, Milan, Italy.
2017 - The Future Perfect, New York City, USA.
2016 - Power Play, Dutch Invertuals, Dutch Design Week, Eindhoven, the Netherlands.
2016 - The Wild Things, curated by Lidewij Edelkoort, Texture, Kortrijk, Belgium.
2016 - The Life Fair, Het Nieuwe Instituut, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
2016 - Unsettling Green, MARTa Herford Museum, Herford, Germany.
2016 - Spazio Rossana Orlandi, Milan, Italy.
2016 - Advanced Relics, Dutch Invertuals, Salone del Mobile, Milan, Italy.
2015 - Thing Nothing, Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven, the Netherlands.
2015 - Graduation Show, Design Academy Eindhoven, Eindhoven, the Netherlands.
2014 - Sense Nonsense, Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven, the Netherlands.
2014 - Designing Scarcity, Het Nieuwe Instituut, Rotterdam, the Netherlands.