ChengOu Yu

Originally from China, ChengOu Yu received his BA in Ceramic Design from Jingdezhen Ceramic Institute (China) in 2012 and his Advanced Diploma with honor in Crafts and Design - Ceramics from Sheridan College (Canada) in 2015. In 2020, he graduated from the New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University with an MFA in ceramic art. He is currently a Lecturer and 3D Technician in Ceramics at The University of North Carolina at Charlotte.

His trans-national experience impacts his roles as an artist. His work and research are focused on iconography, culture contract and conflicts, system and logic, the concept of space. The pot as an icon is a starting point, this concept is further expanding to other subjects. His interest in the representation and assumption on objects and ideas under different cultural context is coming from the educational background and life experience from east to west. He addresses how experiences reflect on the thinking and making process by analyzing the system that used to construct the work physically and conceptually. The concept of space (physical space and non-physical space) is present in the work, which reflects his understanding of the interaction of ‘object to object’ and ‘object to the viewer’.

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