Artist Bio
Yoyo Hu is a Chinese-born sculptor and installation artist whose practice bridges ancient craftsmanship with emerging technologies such as 3D modeling, 3D printing, slip casting, and ceramic light-based installation. Her works construct a unique visual language that oscillates between “future relics” and “archaeologies of tomorrow,” questioning what traces of human existence will endure as technology reshapes our world at unprecedented speed.
Central to Hu’s artistic inquiry are the tensions between permanence and impermanence, tradition and innovation, memory and temporality. Her early work focused on figurative sculpture inspired by Chinese historical art and cultural narratives. Over time, she transitioned from representational forms to large-scale sculptural installations. Yet, the characters and symbolic imagery from her early practice continue to inhabit her new works in transformed ways. They live on as fragments, shadows, and metaphoric presences embedded within architectural, ceramic, and light-based structures.
Her work reflects profound meditations on homesickness, cultural identity, the search for meaning, and the erosion and reconstruction of memory. By merging the tactile history of ceramics with the precision of digital technologies, Hu creates immersive environments that invite viewers to contemplate humanity’s dialogue with time—its past, its future, and the uncertain terrain shaped by artificial intelligence and rapid technological evolution.
Hu’s installations often present themselves as poetic ruins or monuments of an imagined era, prompting viewers to consider a key question: When our present becomes the past, what will remain? And what does it mean to be human in a future defined by machines, data, and accelerating change?