Artist statement
Yingchao practises interdisciplinary art with a focus on installation art and painting. His artistic exploration focuses on liminality, cultural identity, and the relationship between industrialization and social structures. In recent projects, Yingchao aims to create traditional landscape paintings with a contemporary approach.
Yingchao often works with used objects, because they carry the notion of being discarded mass-produced items. The themes of erasure are remodeled through marking or collectively painting the objects. By consolidating their appearances, the objects’ individuality is erased. This cycle of recreation questions the ownership of objects, the elevated and destroyed meaning.
Yingchao obtained a Bachelor of Fine Art degree from OCAD University with, major in Drawing & Painting, Minor in Art History. He is currently studying Fine art at Chelsea College of Art's MA program.
Professionally, Yingchao worked as a corporate art consultant and he did commissioned works for companies such as Sun Life. As part of his aspirations, Yingchao also curates exhibitions for private clubs by collecting works by Asian and other minority artists. He has curated exhibitions in Toronto at The National Club, The Arts & Letters Club, and 80 Wineloft.