b. 1990, China
Amsterdam, Athens, Shanghai, among other places
I am fascinated with subjects concerning memory, identity, movement, queerness and our living environment. By using a variety of mediums, I explore how we discover ourselves in an ever-changing context, and weave those themes through my work in ways that interconnect. Having spent my childhood in China, I am attracted to symbols that reveal and convey meaning and memory; and later living in different countries across Europe, I find myself challenge my own identity and seek a sense of rootedness through movement and our diverse living environment. With my practice, I research topics that have a lot to reveal about us, our communities, and serve to chronicle our history on many levels.
I’m also part of the cross-disciplinary auction performance Dead Darlings collective, that challenges notions of value, demand, desirability and commerce in art .
Education
Gerrit Rietveld Academie, Amsterdam 2012-2015
London College of Communication, London 2011-2012
Mail: jessie.yingying.g@gmail.com
Instagram: jessie.yingying.gong
Selection of exhibitions
Dead Darlings - In It Together, W139, Amsterdam, 12.2025
Where the Sea Reaches, He Xiangning Museum, Shenzhen, 09-12.2025
Incorp World, EMST, Athens, 12.2024
Dead Darlings - A Public Affair, Oedipus Studio, Amsterdam, 06.2023
Dead Darlings - Issues!, Vrij Paleis, Amsterdam, 07.2022
Light Strokes, SinArts Gallery, The Hague, 06-07.2022
FLAM, Arti et Amicitiae / Overhoeks, Amsterdam, 05.2022
Dead Darlings - From Stage-freight to Limelight, Heimathafen, Berlin, 04.2022
2 Body Practice - W139 hosts..., W139, Amsterdam, 03.2022
Welcome! - 10 years of SAPH, MAXXI, Rome, 10.2021
Is-land, CHAxART, Amsterdam, 07-08.2021
New Semiotics, Hellas House, Shanghai, 05.2021
Not Applicable, Cream Athens, London, 03-04.2021
Dead Darlings - Love for Sale, W139, Amsterdam, 02.2021
404 Page Not Found, Kunstenhuis, Ghent, 10-11.2020
Art Rotterdam - Prospects & Concepts, Van Nellefabriek, Rotterdam, 02.2020
Take care of the little ones, SinArts Gallery, The Hague, 01.2020
Away with the Flow, H27 Gallery, Shanghai, 06.2019
Connecting Dots, 1929 Art Space, Shanghai, 05.2019
Venice Biennale, Swatch Faces Pavilion, Venice, 05-11.2019
Enfolding - a Study into the Gendered Scripts, The Orchid and The Wasp, Amsterdam, 03.2019
Dead Darlings Design, Het Nieuwe Instituut, Rotterdam, 02.2019
3rd Beijing Photo Biennale, CAFAM, Beijing & Beizhen, 09-11.2018
Babel Lelab, Eastcom Creative Zone, Hangzhou, 03.2018
How did it come so far, Helicopterstraat, Amsterdam, 11.2017
Double Landscapes, Sanquin, Amsterdam, 07-09.2017
Dead Darlings - Entropy, Foam, Amsterdam, 06.2017
Retrouvailles, fanfare, Amsterdam, 09.2016
ASSORTI, Andenken / Battalion, Amsterdam, 09.2015
Graduation Show, Gerrit Rietveld Academie, Amsterdam, 07.2015
Wonder & Wander, Oude Kerk, Amsterdam, 04 - 05.2015
This could be us, de Punt, Amsterdam, 04.2015
It’s Chinatown, Galerie Vriend van Bavink, Amsterdam, 12.2014 - 02.2015
Double-Sided, Weekender, Amsterdam, 02.2014
It’s like dressing up twice in the morning, PAKT, Amsterdam, 01.2013
Grants & Residency
He Xiangning Museum Artist Residency, 07-08.2025 (CN)
Mondriaan Fonds, Kunst Media, 2025 (NL)
Makryammos Artist Residency, 09.2023 (GR)
Nature+ Artist Residency, 05.2021 (CN)
AGA LAB Artist Residency, 02.2021 (NL)
Mondriaan Fonds, Projectinvestering Kunstenaar, 2021 (NL)
Mondriaan Fonds, Werkbijdrage Jong Talent, 2018-2019 (NL)
Swatch Art Peace Hotel Artist Residency, 01-06.2018 (CN)
Amsterdams Fonds voor de Kunst, Spreekuur, 09.2015 (NL)
I am fascinated with subjects concerning memory, identity, movement, queerness and our living environment. By using a variety of mediums, I explore how we discover ourselves in an ever-changing context, and weave those themes through my work in ways that interconnect. Having spent my childhood in China, I am attracted to symbols that reveal and convey meaning and memory; and later living in different countries across Europe, I find myself challenge my own identity and seek a sense of rootedness through movement and our diverse living environment. With my practice, I research topics that have a lot to reveal about us, our communities, and serve to chronicle our history on many levels.
I’m also part of the cross-disciplinary auction performance Dead Darlings collective, that challenges notions of value, demand, desirability and commerce in art .
Education
Gerrit Rietveld Academie, Amsterdam
London College of Communication, London
Studio: Broedplaats Lely, Amsterdam
Exhibition
Nasty Women, Galerie Josilda da conceição, Amsterdam, 03.2017
Retrouvailles, fanfare, Amsterdam, 09.2016
Same Time, Gallery Lokaal WV 15, Amsterdam, 12.2015
Weekender: Poetry Meets Photography - Brainwash Festival, Tabacco Theatre, Amsterdam, 10.2015
ASSORTI, Andenken / Battalion, Amsterdam, 09.2015
Graduation Show, Gerrit Rietveld Academie, Amsterdam, 07.2015
Wonder & Wander, Oude Kerk, Amsterdam, 04 - 05.2015
This could be us, de Punt, Amsterdam, 04.2015
It’s Chinatown, Galerie Vriend van Bavink, Amsterdam, 12.2014 - 02.2015
Global Traveller, Lane Crawford, Shanghai, 04 - 06.2014
Et cetera, HFBK, Hamburg, 05.2014
One Thousand Books, Copenhagen, 04.2014
Double-Sided, group show, Weekender, Amsterdam, 02.2014
It’s like dressing up twice in the morning, PAKT, Amsterdam, 01.2013
Publication
KwartZwart, featured photography, 06.2016 (NL)
Confucious Magazine, featured article & photography, 01.2015 (DE)
Neocha, featured article & photography, 07.2013 (CN)
De Gids, contributing photography, 05.2013 (NL)