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11/18/2024

:iidrr Gallery is glad to present Tianzhen Evleen Huang’s first solo exhibition in New York, ”Primary Residence: Attachment Moment.“ Evleen Huang is an award-winning multidisciplinary visual artist based in New York. Her work spans social media design, advertising, branding, experiential design, and motion graphics. Her designs have garnered international recognition from prestigious awards, including the A‘ Design Award, Communication Arts, PRINT Awards and the CIDEA Design Award.

This exhibition is an immersive experience inspired by Primary Residence, a typography series designed by Evleen Huang. Primary Residence is an internationally acclaimed design project that began as an exploration of typography, combining the aesthetic principles of the Bauhaus Movement with the basic forms of Latin script. It has since evolved into explores the relationship between the true self and the meaning of home in an age of isolation. It speaks to the archetypical yearning for home in all people.

11/16/2024

Thank you to everyone who joined us for the opening reception of Daughters of Arachne by Xiao Yvonne Yang at :iidrr Gallery. ✨

Daughters of Arachne
Xiao Yvonne Yang

Curator: Yiwei Lu

:iidrr Gallery
November 14 - 24, 2024
Opening: November 14, 6 - 9p.m.

:iidrr Gallery is proud to present Xiao Yvonne Yang’s first solo exhibition in New York, Daughters of Arachne. Yvonne Yang is a Chinese artist based in London, working primarily in textile art. She holds a BFA in Fashion Design from Parsons School of Design
and an MA in Culture and Creative Industries from King’s College London. Her work explores themes of diasporic displacement in diasporic life, the interaction between individuals and their environments, and the connections with their native families.

This exhibition presents Yvonne Yang’s two recent bodies of work, guiding the audience from the lived experience of female immigrants in London into a reflective exploration of family dynamics. Through the physicality of yarn tension and the materiality of her works, the exhibition reveals the delicate balance between absence and presence, structure and
fragility.

11/06/2024

11/01/2024

How Strange are Strangers by
On view through Nov 10th, 2024

10/30/2024

10/27/2024

Through Thought curated by .uddin

10/26/2024

Thank you to everyone who joined us for Entering Aufhebung at :iidrr Gallery. This four-day exhibition presented the latest sculptural explorations by Wenjue Lu and Chufeng Fang .luuuu , the artists behind Studio Wenjüe Lu, alongside installation work by Teresa Wang . The delicate fiber-based sculptures by Lu and Fang, rendered in natural tones, unfold as meditations on stillness and fragility, offering a counterpoint to the accelerating rhythms of contemporary life. The artists’ nuanced approach, informed by their backgrounds in fashion and cultural studies, invites a reassessment of human centrality, proposing instead an interconnected, shared reality. Teresa Wang’s installations enter into this dialogue with a stark, industrious aesthetic, prompting reflection on identity, ego, and the intersection of Hegelian and Daoist thought.

Photographer: .alexander

10/25/2024

:iidrr gallery is pleased to announce How Strange are the Strangers, a solo exhibition by Rui Kez . On view from Oct 30 to Nov 10. Opening reception on Oct 30, 6 to 8 PM. This exhibition attempts to expose a transcendental state within the mundane interactions, the uncomfortable yet inevitable feeling of strangeness, not only to others but to yourself as well.

About Artist
Rui Kez (b. 2000) is an artist working primarily in oil painting. Her approach is anchored in spontaneity, employing a vibrant yet nuanced palette and fluid forms to evoke deep, visceral responses from viewers. Her works draw viewers into a magical realm of ultra-reality, revealing the ubiquitous yet invisible moments of life’s fleeting beauty. Her current focus explores the interpretation of the male body within intimate relationships. She received her BA in Visual Arts Studio and Philosophy, with a minor in Film Studies, from UCSD in 2024.

10/23/2024

Daughters of Arachne
Xiao Yvonne Yang

Curator: Yiwei Lu

:iidrr Gallery
November 14 - 24, 2024
Opening: November 14, 6 - 9p.m.

:iidrr Gallery is proud to present Xiao Yvonne Yang’s first solo exhibition in New York, of Arachne. Yvonne Yang is a Chinese artist based in London, working primarily in textile art. She holds a BFA in Fashion Design from Parsons School of Design
and an MA in Culture and Creative Industries from King’s College London. Her work explores themes of diasporic displacement in diasporic life, the interaction between individuals and their environments, and the connections with their native families.

This exhibition presents Yvonne Yang’s two recent bodies of work, guiding the audience from the lived experience of female immigrants in London into a reflective exploration of family dynamics. Through the physicality of yarn tension and the materiality of her works, the exhibition reveals the delicate balance between absence and presence, structure and
fragility.

10/21/2024

Through Thought curated by .uddin
On view 10/16-10/27, 2024

10/18/2024

Through Thought curated by .uddin
Opening reception recap pt.1

10/15/2024

:iidrr gallery is pleased to announce the first series installment of “Through Thought”, a group exhibition featuring a thought provoking collection of works from artists along the east coast. On view from Oct 17-27, 2024. Opening reception Oct 17, 6-8PM. Initiated by Murph Pi and Jeffrey Melo , this project allows us a look into the journey of creating work that reflects the distinct narrative histories that embody the lived experience of the artist, while exposing the choreographic relationship between realization, reason and reaction.

Curated by Bebe Uddin .uddin

Artists
MAESTRO
Sujetka
Cidney Cher
Sherly Fan
Arielle Weenonia Gray
Emma June Jones .art
Rui Kez
Jeremiah Morris
Rawnak Raman
Sydney Wilson
Annu Yadav
Bethany Yeap

Curated by Bebe Uddin .uddin , the exhibition tasked each artist to contend with the concept of “Figurative.” What does it mean? What is its nature? Is it the body or mind? Does figurative pertain to the lexical, theoretical, universal, or internal dimension of and of not the self? Can it be expressed, or does it simply exist as is? Art conventions recognize figurativism as relating to the anatomy—the vessel by which the soul is carried and materializes action into phrase and meaning. In this first installment, audiences are challenged to extend our understanding of figurative as a construct existing beyond the corporeal, beyond the limitations of speech and convention, as art in the abstract is inherently figurative, or is it? We invite each artist to offer their interpretation of this speculative concept. 

Full press release text by .uddin zhanying

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