Yongqi Tang, As If Dreaming

Yongqi Tang

As If Dreaming, 2022

acrylic on canvas

27.94 × 35.56 cm (11 × 14 inches)

Having studied and worked in both China and the United States, Yongqi Tang’s artistic practice has been influenced by two vastly different cultural and ideological contexts. Her curiosity for exploring the ways in which sense of place and self interact leads her to investigate the social and spatial construction of identity. With a particular emphasis on the fluidity of our self-image, her works deals with ambiguity, gender and nationality. Tang’s primary objective is to reinterpret categories into which we are born and to re-articulate the discourse around them. Working in a variety of mediums, oil, watercolor, acrylic and charcoal, Tang often creates multiple studies of the same composition, with each version bringing forth new elements and moods. Tang’s fluid movement through mediums is also a reflection of her approach to self-image and the broader human experience.