Oscar yi Hou
Ep.159 features Oscar yi Hou, an artist and writer based in Brooklyn, NY. He was born and raised in Liverpool, England. He received his BA from Columbia University, New York. He has also studied at The Sorbonne Art School (École des arts de la Sorbonne). Alongside his solo exhibition East of sun, west of moon at the Brooklyn Museum, yi Hou was recipient of the third annual UOVO Prize in 2022. Previously, he has exhibited at James Fuentes, New York; New-York Historical Society; Asia Society, New York; Royal Academy, UK; T293 Gallery, Rome; Kohn Gallery, Los Angeles; and Sprüth Magers Online. His work is included in the collections of the Brooklyn Museum; Columbus Museum of Art; Grinnell College Museum of Art; ICA Miami; M+ Museum; and the New-York Historical Society. Photo credit: Vincent Tullo for The New York Times (2022) Artist oscaryihou.com James Fuentes https://jamesfuentes.com/artists/oscar-yi-hou Brooklyn Museum https://www.brooklynmuseum.org/exhibitions/oscar_yi_hou Brooklyn Rail https://brooklynrail.org/2023/07/art/Oscar-yi-Hou-with-Andrew-Woolbright WNYC https://www.wnyc.org/story/artist-oscar-yi-hou-questions-asian-and-american/ Brooklyn College https://vanguard.blog.brooklyn.edu/2023/02/01/reclaiming-years-of-identity-erasure-oscar-yi-hous-exhibit-in-bk-museum/ NYTimes https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/22/arts/design/oscar-yi-hou-paintings.html Cultured Mag https://www.culturedmag.com/article/2022/02/07/young-gun-painter-oscar-yi-hou-forges-his-own-path Interview https://www.interviewmagazine.com/art/oscar-yi-hou-russell-tovey-brooklyn-museum Document Journal https://www.documentjournal.com/2022/11/oscar-yi-hou-east-of-sun-west-of-moon-brooklyn-museum-uovo-winner-asian-american-diaspora/ NYU News https://nyunews.com/arts/2022/12/06/oscar-yi-hou-review/ Bronx Journal http://bronxjournal.com/?p=27473 https://nyunews.com/arts/2022/12/06/oscar-yi-hou-review/ Art for Change https://artforchange.com/collections/oscar-yi-hou NYSS https://nyss.org/lecture/oscar-yi-hou-concepts-of-practice/ 4A https://www.aaartsalliance.org/magazine/stories/the-intimate-gaze-of-oscar-yi-hou PBS https://www.pbs.org/video/oscar-yi-hous-east-sun-west-moon-imqo9q/ NY Historical Society https://emuseum.nyhistory.org/objects/97212/far-eastsiders-aka-cowgirl-mama-ab--son-wukong Cura. https://curamagazine.com/digital/oscar-yi-hou/ NYC-Life https://www.nyc-arts.org/showclips/oscar-yi-hous-east-sun-west-moon-imqo9q/ Rat Rock Magazine http://www.ratrockmagazine.com/oscar-yi-hou