You Yong

 

b. 1988, Zhejiang, China

Lives and works in Beijing, China

 

Yong You has a complete academy education system, from the High School Affiliated to CAFA, Central Academy of Fine Arts, to a Ph.D. student under Yang Feiyun in the Chinese National Academy of Arts. His painting style is built upon not only his solid practice basement but also his unique and sensitive painting sensation. His works contain the classical spirit and present vividity, also perfectly mix the animated, introverted brushstroke color and tender, elegant temperamental character.

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Confronting the stunning choices of painting that the boundaries in the contemporary have been limitlessly broadened, Yong You appears his remarkable critical thinking, independent appreciation, inner courage, concentration on accumulation, and tendency towards eclectic; he has traveled an exclusive road of painting in the practice of constant reflection and introspection.