Jun Yang
21st Biennale of Sydney, Australia
16 March – 11 June 2018
The Biennale of Sydney was the first to be established in the Asia-Pacific region and is, alongside La Biennale di Venezia, the Bienal de São Paulo and documenta, one of the longest running exhibitions of its kind. The inaugural edition in 1973 heralded a new generation of biennials, with a primary focus on providing individual artists with a platform to express their ideas, rather than exhibiting their work as a representation of nationhood.
In 2018, the Biennale of Sydney was curated by Mami Kataoka, director of the Mori Art Museum, Tokyo. In collaboration with Phileas Austrian artist Jun Yang participated in the biennial’s 21st edition.
Jun Yang (born 1975 in China, lives and works in Vienna, Austria) immigrated to Europe with his family as a child. Yang has had solo exhibitions at MAK Center L.A., Mackey Garage Top, Los Angeles; WIELS Contemporary Art Centre, Brussels; Vitamin Creative Space, Guangzhou and Tufts University Art Gallery, Boston among others. Past group exhibitions include Galerie für Zeitgenössische Kunst Leipzig; Steirischer Herbst, Graz; Hongah Museum, Taipei; Mori Art Museum, Tokyo and Kunsthalle Wien.
