Der in Finnland lebende Hongkonger Künstler und Forscher (*1991), Gewinner des renommierten C/O Berlin Talent Awards 2025, präsentiert seine Arbeit „The Stone Gave Images“ sowie neue Werke zu diesem Thema. Yiu untersucht darin die historische und technologische Entwicklung der Gesichtsanalyse von traditionellen Methoden bis hin zu modernen Gesichtserkennungsalgorithmen. In der Installation werden ausschließlich in Stein gravierte Textfragmente und Datenmodelle im Zusammenspiel mit neuen, weiterführenden Arbeiten gezeigt. Durch das dauerhafte Medium Stein verleiht er flüchtigen digitalen Prozessen eine physische, archaische Schwere. Seine technologiekritische Position hinterfragt die vermeintliche Objektivität automatisierter Systeme und reflektiert die Konstruktion von Identität im digitalen Zeitalter.

Ausbildung

2019

Master of Arts (Art and Design), Visual Cultures, Curating and Contemporary Art (ViCCA), Aalto University, Espoo, Finland

Solo Ausstellung

2026

C/O Berlin (Inter)Faces of Predictions Berlin, Germany

2024

Galleri Format Between Two Trees, There Are Many World Malmo, Sweden

WMA Space everything is a projection Hong Kong

2023

NOUA The Poetics of Science Bodo, Norway

2022

Hippolyte Gallery Common Objects in Context Helsinki, Finland

Titanik Gallery How To See Something Where There Is Nothing Turku, Finland

MAAtila Ground Truth, or How to Resurrect A Tree Helsinki, Finland

2021-2022

Mai Manó Ground Truth, or How to Resurrect A Tree Budapest, Hungary

2021

Third Space Sarajevo Roses and Clouds of June Helsinki, Finland

2020

Hippolyte Gallery The Twinkling of an Eye Helsinki, Finland

2018

Node Gallery Look Like Science

Ausgewählte Ausstellungen

2026

Fotomuseum Winterthur Shadow Creatures: The Ghosts of Algorithms Winterthur, Switzerland

Benaki Museum Unfold Chapters: Book Exhibition Athens, Greece
Wij Trädgårdskök To See a Tree From A Pixel Ockelbo, Sweden

2025

Freezer Festival The Alephs Buenos Aires, Argentina

JIPFest Coexistence Jakarta, Indonesia

Kunsthal Aarhus Bugs & Metamorphosis (Touring) Aarhus, Denmark

Deutsche Börse Foundation FOAM TALENT 2024-25 (Touring) Frankfurt, Germany

Riga Photography Biennale Faces of Predictions, or How To Read a Face Riga, Latvia

Bienal’25 Porto Photography Tales They Don’t Tell You Porto, Portugal

Hasselblad Foundation Bugs & Metamorphosis Gothenburg, Sweden

2024

Museum of Contemporary Art Creeps and Butterflies Zagreb, Croatia
Museum Folkwang Grow it, Show it! Essen, Germany
TaiKwun Contemporary BOOKED: Hong Kong Art Book Fair Hong Kong
Serlachius Museum ROR ABC Mänttä, Finland
FOAM Museum FOAM TALENT 2024-25 Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Gallery Uusi Kipinä If Light Gives Us Knowledge, Lahti, Finland
Haihatus Art Centre’ HAIHATUS25 Juotsa, Finland
MUU Gallery Booked Helsinki, Finland

2023

Artsi Museum Systems Vantaa, Finland
Omne Festival Index Naturae Bologna, Italy
Fotobokfestival Oslo Index Oslo, Norway
Mäntän Äärellä Mäntän Äärellä Mäntää, Finland
FORMAT23 Photo Festival What Photography Can Be Derby, The UK

2022

Northern Photographic Center Uusi Pohjoinen Uusia Nakökulmia Oulu, Finland

Singapore International Future Known as Unpredicted Singapore? Photography Festival

Benaki Museum Athens Photo Festival Greece, Athens

Artsi Museum Transition Point(s) Vantaa, Finland

Le Cent Quatre Circulation(s) Festival 12th Editions Paris, France

2021

FotoTallinn SOFT images Tallinn, Estonia

Noorderlicht Fotofestival The Makeable Mind Groningen, Netherlands

2020

Backlight Photo Festival 2020 Related Realities Tampere, Finland

Pori Biennale Not to Sing Like a City Bird Sings Online

2019

Fotogalerie Wien The Stars Look So Different Tonight Vienna, Austria

2018

Hong Kong International Performative Measurements Hong Kong Photo Festival

2017

The 6th Guangzhou Triennial Simultaneous Eidos

Award

2026

Shortlisted APhF (Athens Photo Festival) Pick Award

Winner CIFRA RestArt Reality Award

2025

Young Artist Grant Finnish Art Society

Winner C/O Berlin Talent Award

Silver Medal The Best Book Design From All Over the World (Stifung Buch Kunst)

2024

Nominated Deloitte Photo Grant

Winner The Most Beautiful Book in Finland (Kauneimmat Kirjat)

Shortlisted Best Dutch Book Design, Student Jury

Member FUTURES artist

Winner FOAM TALENT

2023

Winner Falling Walls Science Summit, Art and Science Category
Winner Eyecatceher NEXT awards

2022

Winner WMA Commission

Shortlisted Singapore International Photo Festival Photobook Award

Winner Finnish Photobook Award (Vuoden Valokuvataidekirja)

Winner The Most Beautiful Book in Finland (Kauneimmat Kirjat), Art Category

2021

Finalist Notable LABS Abstract, Leonardo, MIT

2020

Shortlisted Kassel Dummy Award

Winner Crow Award, Commendation on Research of Oustanding Worth

2019

Nominated Pernod Ricard Fellowship

Nominated Image Vevey

2018

Shorlisted Lucie Foundation Emerging Artist Scholarship Program

2017

Winner NTU International Photography Awards, Open Series category, First Prize

WORKS IN COLLECTIONS

2026

C/O Berlin Collection

2024

Aalto University Art Collection

2023

The Finnish Museum of Photography

SELECTED PROJECT GRANTS

2026

Arts Promotion Center Finland 1-year artist grant

Arts Promotion Center Finland Project grant

2025

Grafia Ry Project grant

2024

Arts Promotion Center Finland Project grant

2023

Arts Council Norway Expenditure grant

Arts Promotion Center Finland Project grant
Finnish Cultural Foundation 6-month working grant and expenditure grant

2022

Kone Founrdation 3-year working and expenditure grant

Frame Contemporary Art Finland Project grant for art publication

Arts Promotion Center Finland 6-month working grant

Finnish Cultural Foundation 6-month working grant and expenditure grant

Finnish Cultural Foundation expenditure grant for exhibition production

2021

Arts Promotion Center Finland 3-month working grant
Frame Contemporary Art Finland Project grant for art publication

Arts Promotion Centre Finland Project grant
Chico Review Merit Scholarship Scholarship

2020

The Olga and Vilho Linnamo Foundation Scholarship Project grant

2019

Kone Foundation 1-year working grant and expenditure grant

Memberships, Collectives & Position of trust

2025

The Finnish Photojournalist Association Member

2024-now

Uusio Collective Co-Founder (with Pekko Vasantola and Roberto Fusco)

2021

SOFT images Member (with Maija Annikki Savolainen and Sofia Okkonen)

2021-now

The Union of Artist Photographers of Finland (VTL) Member

2020-now

Diversity Agent, Culture for All (Kulttuuria Kaikille) Member