(1970 – )

Kristin NG-Yang
Contemporary
Overview

Born in 1970 in Shandong, China. In 1999 Kristin moved to South Africa and settled in KwaZulu-Natal. In 2013 she went back to Beijing and created the Kristin NG-Yang Art Studio in Song’zhuang, Beijing. Currently, she lives and works between South Africa and China.

 Kristin has traveled extensively through Southern Africa, Europe, and America; visiting many museums and galleries during her travels. She has held numerous solo exhibitions in South Africa, Italy and China. Her artworks have been exhibited in South Africa, France, Germany, Sweden, the UK, Portugal, Italy, Australia and China, and have been collected by art galleries, art institutions and private collectors.

 Both Kristin’s grandfather, a traditional Chinese literati artist, and father, who practiced oil paintings in a more Western style, had a deep love for the arts. And so, having grown up around artists, Kristin’s creativity was nurtured from a young age. She moved to South Africa having been offered the opportunity to learn English- she had only intended to stay for two years, however, this of course was not the case. Kristin’s work traverses the experience of a Chinese-born artist living in South Africa. She talks about how she used to sit in her car and simply observe the movement around her little enclosed space. She discusses a quietness in her work, which ultimately in part stems from the separation she felt as a foreigner- entranced by the beauty of the country yet feeling somewhat outside of it.  

 Kristin graduated from the Central Academy of Fine Arts, Beijing in 1991. In 2001 she registered to do a Post Graduate Diploma at the Center for Visual Arts at the University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, obtaining the University’s Top 45 Postgraduate Scholarship. In 2004 Kristin completed her Master’s in visual arts.

Education

1991
Graduated from the Central Academy of Fine Arts, Beijing

2001
Registered to do a Post Graduate Diploma at the Center for Visual Arts at the University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, obtaining the University’s Top 45 Postgraduate Scholarship

2004
Completed Masters in Visual Arts

 

Exhibitions

Solo Exhibitions 

2022 
Introspection/Introspective, Tamasa Gallery, Durban, South Africa.

2019       
I am beautiful!, Kristin NG-Yang solo exhibition, Noeli Galley, Shanghai, China.
2018 Not only Photos – 365, Cao Bar, Cao’chang’di, Beijing, China.

2018       
An Encountrt, Drawing & Prints Solo exhibition” Noeli Galley, Shanghai, China.
Pears, Solo Exhibition, Hui Space, Songzhuang, Beijing

2017       
Perception & Prejudice, The Other Room, Durban, South Africa.

2016       
Bird/Fish Solo Exhibition, Noeli Galley, Shanghai, China.
Bird/Fish Solo Exhibition, National Arts Festival, Grahamstown SA,
Bird/Fish Solo Exhibition, Durban Art Gallery, Rivertown Contemporary South Africa

2015       
Kristin’s Solo Exhibition, Tamasa Gallery, Durban, South Africa.

2014       
Diary in South Africa, Noeli Galley, Shanghai, China.

2013       
Living in South Africa, Noeli Galley, Shanghai, China.

2012       
Interpretation, Alliance Francaise, Durban, South Africa.

2008       
Art works by Kristin Hua Yang, Fogolino Art Gallery, Trento, Italy.  
Art works by Kristin Hua Yang, Cassa Rurale di Pergine, Pergine, Italy.

2007       
Nordic Forest, KZNSAZ Gallery, Durban, South Africa.

2004       
Submerged Mindscape, Tamasa Gallery, Durban, South Africa.

2003       
MAFA exhibition, Jack Heath Gallery, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa 

2001       
Drawing and oil paintings, Jack Heath Gallery, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa.

Selected Group Exhibitions

2022
New Day Spring Group Exhibition, Graham Contemporary, Johannesburg, South Africa

2019       
52 contemporary Art Exhibition, The Fifth Space, Sunshine International, Beijing

2018       
Regenerate, Shi’ao’guo’ji Art Gallery, Beijing

2017       
Turbine Art Fair, Johannesburg, South Africa.

2016       
Zhi’shang – Kong’jian, Bird Nest Art Center, Beijing, China.
Zhi’shang – Wan’wei, Ban Space, Shanghai, China.
Zhi’shang – Zhi’shang, National Exhibition Center, Shanghai, China.

2015       
Zhongshan Art Fair, Zhongshan, Guangdong, China.
Female Art Exhibition, Naked Eye Gallery, Beijing, China.

2014       
Li’ren’wei’mei, Shang’Shang Art Gallery, Beijing, China.
Chu’fu, Yixing Art Space, Beijing, China.
Chong’gou’yi’xiang 1, Yi Space, Beijing, China.
Exhale, Art Space Durban, South Africa.

2013       
Sound from Africa, East Gallery, Guan’lan, China.
The 2nd Chinese Young Artist Selected Prints Exhibition,  798 Beijing, Qingdao art Gallery, Shenzhen, China.
What Lies Beneath, KZNSA Gallery, Durban, South Africa.
Consider China, Art Space Durban, South Africa.
Chun Guang Za Xian, Yi Gallery, Beijing, China.

2012       
Across the parallel lines, Join exhibition with Diane Victor, East Galley, Guan’lan, China.

2012       
Lady of the Forest, Inky cuttlefish Studio, London.
Art on Paper, Kenya National Museum.

2011       
Emerging Artist from South Africa, Pang’yong’jie Studio, Beijing, China.

2010       
10 Years, 10 Artists, Tamasa Gallery, Durban, South Africa.
Art exhibition, St Paul secondary school, London, U.K.
Red Eye, Durban Art Gallery, Durban, South Africa.
Woman’s Day, Durban Art Gallery, Durban, South Africa.
Jabulisa 2001, traveling exhibition, Tatham Art Gallery, and other galleries in South Africa.

2009       
Cultural Landscapes, Turbine Hall, Johannesburg, South Africa.

2008       
CVA exhibition of staff and graduate students, Jack Heath Gallery, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa.
Annual members exhibition, KZNSA Gallery, Durban, South Africa.

2007       
Pure and Simple, duet exhibition at Art Space, Durban, South Africa.
Intel Exhibition of Art Works, Johannesburg and Cape Town, South Africa.
Woman’s Day, Durban Art Gallery, Durban, South Africa.
A4 from Durban, Art Space Berlin, Germany.
Annual members exhibition, KZNSA Gallery, Durban, South Africa.

2006       
Renault Artists: Everard Read Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa,
Renault Artists: Renault exhibition hall, Port Elizabeth, South Africa
Renault Artists: Renault exhibition hall, Paris, France. 

2006       
Annual members exhibition, KZNSA Gallery, Durban, South Africa.

Awards

2016
Bird/Fish, won an Ovation Award National Arts Festival, Grahamstown SA

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