Yang Wei Han uses photography to recreate seemingly ordinary moments of daily life, of which the complex meanings are often revealed later in remembrance. Consisting of a wide range of subject matters and photographic processes, his work continuously explores the intricate relationships between the everyday, the passage of time, and the memory imagery.

 

Yang Wei Han (b. 1999, Dalian, China) received an MFA from the California Institute of the Arts in Valencia, CA; and a BA from Tsinghua University in Beijing, China. Yang’s work has been exhibited at venues including the Mexican Center for Culture and Cinematic Arts in Los Angeles, CA; Palos Verdes Art Center in Rancho Palos Verdes, CA; and Biola University in La Mirada, CA. He participated in the 2023 Small Press Book Bazaar at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. He is also the recipient of awards and residencies including a 2023 Kala Art Institute Residency, a 2023 JumpstArt Grant, and a 2022 Bartman Fund Project Grant. Yang now lives and works between Beijing and Los Angeles.