Artist Profile Yining Fang

Fang’s sensitive drawings present vulnerable, elongated figures within recursive domestic spaces in an affecting externalization of the quiet trauma of alienation.

Artist Statement

The body is both a bridge and a gate, connecting subjects while separating the interior from the exterior. This fluid boundary, where the seen and unseen, known and felt collide, inspires my work. Through depictions of wounds, morbidities, and twisted forms, I explore the body as a vessel for memory, trauma, and emotion, revealing the fragile spaces where the self struggles to be understood. Drawing on Husserl’s concept of the Site of Subjectivity, I project unspeakable emotions onto objects and spaces, transforming them into mirrors of hidden identity. In my drawings, low-saturation colors and layered textures reflect emotional depth, while my sculptures extend these ideas into three-dimensional forms, creating tension between figures and their environments. By reexamining the boundaries between private expression and public space, my work probes how individuals navigate and confront universal alienation.

Artist Biography

Yining Fang is an artist currently based in New York, pursuing a BFA in Fine Arts. Born and raised in Shenzhen, she began her artistic journey scribbling on her childhood home’s walls. Her work centers around her own experiences as a woman in society, focusing on the relationship between bodily sensitivity and the plasticity of space. Working primarily through drawing, sculpture, and printmaking, she explores subtle shifts in spatial rhythm and material sensitivity, creating works that bridge internal perception and external form. In 2021, she attended the School of Visual Arts, where she developed her multidisciplinary practice.