Cheng Yen Yu
The whistler amidst the tombstones
Artist
Series of Work
Mixed Media, Installation, Watercolor, Handmade Paper & Cyanotype
Work Gallery
2019 - 2024
Eternity and a day- Impermanence#5
Material : mixed media on canvas
Year : 2024
Size : 70x70cm
Eternity and a day- Impermanence#4
Material : mixed media on canvas
Year : 2024
Size : 70x70cm
Eternity and a day- Impermanence#3
Material : mixed media on canvas
Year : 2024
Size : 70x70cm
Eternity and a day- Impermanence#6
Material : mixed media on canvas
Year : 2024
Size : 70x70cm
Eternity and a day- Impermanence#9
Material : mixed media on canvas
Year : 2024
Size : 70x70cm
Eternity and a day- Impermanence#2
Material : mixed media on canvas
Year : 2024
Size : 70x70cm
Eternity and a day- Impermanence#7
Material : mixed media on canvas
Year : 2024
Size : 70x70cm
Eternity and a day- Impermanence#8
Material : mixed media on canvas
Year : 2024
Size : 70x70cm
Eternity and a day- Impermanence#1
Material : mixed media on canvas
Year : 2024
Size : 70x70cm
Eternity and a day - Conflict and Dialogue
Material : mixed media on canvas
Year : 2024
Size : 70x70 cm
The Emotional Footprint I
Material : Handmade paper, cotton thread, charcoal, natural materials, ready-mades, board, acrylic
Year : 2020- 2021
Size : 160 x 120 cm
The Emotional Footprint II
Material : Handmade paper, cotton thread, charcoal, natural materials, ready-mades, board, acrylic
Year : 2020- 2021
Size : 160 x 60 cm
Xinjiang
Material : Handmade paper, cotton thread, charcoal, natural materials, ready-mades, board, acrylic
Year : 2021
Size : 160 x 120 cm
A Complete Person
Material : Handmade paper, ashes, cyanotype, ready-mades, acrylic
Year : 2021
Size : 150x150 cm
Chapter Two : The Hill Of Desire
Material :Watercolor on arches paper
Year : 2019
Size : 158x110 cm
Chapter One: Darkest Hour
Material :Watercolor on arches paper
Year : 2019
Size : 158x110 cm
Chapter Four : Chapter One: Darkest Hour
Material :Watercolor on arches paper
Year : 2022
Size : 158x110 cm
Chapter Nine: Barren Mountain - Father
Material :Watercolor on arches paper
Year : 2019
Size : 110x78cm
Chapter Three: The Observer's Eyes
Material :Watercolor on arches paper
Year : 2019
Size : 158x110 cm
Chapter Seven : The Dead Are Indifferent To The Living
Material :Watercolor on arches paper
Year : 2019
Size : 158x110 cm
Chapter Ten: Episodic Memory
Material :Watercolor on arches paper
Year : 2022
Size : 110 x 78cm
Chapter Eleven: Where Will We Go?
Material :Watercolor on arches paper
Year : 2019
Size : 78x54cm
Chapter eight: Dialogue with death in the language of death
Material :Watercolor on arches paper
Year : 2019
Size : 110x78cm
START JOURNEY
2024
Eternity and a Day
The series of “Eternity and a Day” explores the interrelationship between life truths and the impermanence of interpersonal relationships from philosophical and Buddhist perspectives. The concept of the artwork is inspired by Buddhist teachings on reincarnation, impermanence, Anātman, and dependent origination.
2024
The Show Must Go On - An Exile Trapped By Life
“The show must go on,” particularly highlights the multiple identities that humans inevitably play as social animals in different societal contexts.
2024
The Show Must Go On - Four Season
“The show must go on,” particularly highlights the multiple identities that humans inevitably play as social animals in different societal contexts.
2020 – 2021
Installation Works Freezing Series
The goal of the freezing series is to explore the characteristics of different media materials and the new context created by the recombination of items in an experimental way.
2019 – 2022
The Chapter Series
In June 1874, the Russian composer Modest Mussorgsky wrote the piano suite “Pictures at an Exhibition”, which was inspired by an exhibition of paintings that exhibited a deceased friend of Mussorgsky, Viktor Hartmann of paintings, He selected 10 of the paintings to compose an emotional suite to commemorate the artist, interpret music through paintings, and communicate with the deceased through music. The “chapter series” was originally inspired by this musician’s suite. I combined my own experience and used the “chapter style” to describe the mother’s bedridden, dying, funeral, the influence of the dead on the living and other themes. I was like Mussorgsky, as an observer, witness the process of life from flourishing to perishing, and explore the essence of life through emotional internalization and speculation.
2020
Solo Exhibition
The solo exhibition is primarily divided into seven sections, organized chronologically and thematically. Each section represents a different stage and reflects the current state of life, with profound insights and explored topics extending from it.
2021 – 2022
Handmade Paper
Paper is one of the most important parts of our culture. After delving into it, it is a special media that can combine with different natural materials, scent and texture. Handmade papers can be used to recreate works.
2021 – 2022
Cyanotype
Personally speaking, cyanotype is another material similar to watercolor. The difference is that nature becomes an artist to join this game since the depth of color blue depends on the level of sunshine.
2015 – 2020
Watercolor Painting
Painting watercolor focuses on the unpredictable nature of the relationship between the pigments and water. The themes of paintings range from landscapes to objects and nature.
ABOU ME
Why are natural materials so attractive to me?
Collecting different natural objects has been my forever passion since childhood.
This is because nature has been a place where I gained inspiration and helped me stay away from the bustling and hustling environment.
The textures, colors, and appearances of objects arouse my curiosity to explore and combine them with my creation.
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