Mao Yu

Born in Ninghai, Zhejiang in 1999, Mao Yu graduated with a Bachelor's degree from the Fiber Art Department of China Academy of Art and is currently pursuing a Master's degree at the School of Sculpture and Public Art (Fiber Art Department) of the same institution. Rooted in fiber materials, Mao Yu's practice primarily takes the form of installations and sculptures. His works reflect attempts to navigate existential relationships between humans and nature in information age, encompassing themes of the alienation of human emotions and observations of landscapes in both natural and artificial worlds. At the core of his practice lies a search for the ephemeral vitality latent in all things.

Credit：Mao Yu


Stainless steel wire, sewing thread, cotton yarn, zirconia, Taihu rock, faux rabbit fur carpet.80×400cm
When observing Taihu rocks, people project myriad meanings and symbols upon them—just as we do when gazing into the cosmos. The Chinese see Chang'e, the Jade Rabbit, or Wu Gang in the moon's mares, while Western observers discern continents and oceans mirroring Earth's. Yet we all know, there is no water on the moon, let alone a sea. This imagined "plenitude" reflects humanity's projections onto the universe—a macrocosm that simultaneously constructs our inner worlds.
pigment, metal, sewing thread.21.6×27.9×2cm.The alignment of stars marks time's passage. Each extending trail of starlight becomes a line of sight into the unknown.
pigment, metal, sewing thread.21.6×27.9×2cm.A wrinkled star chart left with traces of universal entropy.
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