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 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.

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.