YOWSHIEN KUO

 Yowshien Kuo’s work blends his personal experiences as a Taiwanese American with historical references and criticism to comment on social and racial inequality, cultural constructs, sexuality, and the human condition. Kuo graduated with an MFA in 2014 from Fontbonne University in St. Louis, Missouri. Most recently, he was the recipient of the Great Rivers Biennial Arts Award 2022-23, having a solo exhibition at The Contemporary Art Museum in St. Louis. His artwork has also appeared in many publications, including New American Paintings #149 in 2020, where he was prominently featured on the cover. Kuo has exhibited throughout the United States and Europe, including a number of art fairs.

Highlights of recent exhibitions include ‘When You See Me: Visibility and Contemporary Art/History, Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, TX (2024, group, forthcoming); ‘Who is your Master? curated by Wolf Hill, 1969 Gallery, New York, NY (2023, group); ‘More Than: Expanding Artist Identities from the American West’, Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson, AZ (2023, group); ‘Janus’, Morgan Presents, New York, NY (2022); ‘Eye Become the Beholder’, LUCE Gallery, Turin, Italy (2022, solo); ‘Sufferingly Politely’, CAM Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis, St. Louis, MO (2022, solo); ‘Frontier Romance’, Praise Shadows Gallery, Boston, MA (2021, solo). Yoshien is represented by LUCE Gallery in Turin, Italy.