Yongqi Tang

Born in 1997 in China, Yongqi Tang is an artist and educator based in Seattle, WA. Since 2015, she has studied and worked between China and the United States. Her practice explores themes of femininity and the diasporic experience, examining how the construction of narratives shapes cognition and challenges the stability of self-image in both private and public spaces. By reconstructing classical imagery and mythology, Tang’s work seeks to preserve and reimagine the past, creating a personal dimension where time, memory, and resonance unfold. Her works explore a variety of materials such as oil, watercolor, acrylic, and charcoal.

Recent solo exhibitions have been mounted at Latitude Gallery, New York; Le Scalze, Naples; Jupiter Contemporary in Miami, FL; T293 Gallery in Rome, Italy. She has also been exhibited in numerous group shows such as How it’s Going at 193 Gallery Paris; I Go To Seek A Great Perhaps at Make Room LA; Main Character at WOAW Gallery in Hong Kong. Previous residency experience includes Fountainhead Residency(2024), Amazon AIR Program(2023), and Field Projects(2022). She is recipient of the Artist Trust GAP Award (2023), Bernie Funk Artist Scholarship (2022), the Puget Sound Group of Northwest Artists Scholarship Award (2022).

Her art has been covered in numerous outlets, including Artnet, New American Paintings, Whitehot Magazine, Booooooom, Impulse magazine, and elsewhere.