Luka Yuanyuan Yang
Biography
LUKA YUANYUAN YANG (b. 1989)
Luka Yuanyuan Yang is a visual artist and filmmaker who weaves documentary and archival materials into diverse mediums like film, photography, artist books, installations, and performances, often exploring themes of identity, migration, and memory. By crafting narratives where fact and fiction coexist, Yang aims to challenge conventional historical interpretations and amplify the voices of forgotten, silenced, or misinterpreted subjects.
As a filmmaker, her work has been featured in The New Yorker, as well as the New Orleans Film, Festival, and Women Make Waves. Her first feature film Chinatown Ch-Cha will have its world premiere in 2024, the film has received support from The Gotham, Doc Edge, Pingyao International Film Festival, Beijing International Film Festival, CNEX, Shanyi International Women's Film Festival, and Aranya Weaves Film Festival.
Yuan will have her first solo show at Flowers Hong Kong, Time Capsule, exhibiting five short film created between 2019 - 2022.