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Artist & Works
Yilina Yang


Yilina Yang positions her sculptures between the archaeological and the futuristic: two horizons that together suggest a collapse of time. Through beautiful yet dangerous forms, her work reveals how the lure of vanity leads us into silent traps of nothingness. Drawing from vanitas traditions, historical hunting scenes, and fragments of contemporary culture – from nostalgic fashion to digital ephemera – she frames contemporary vanitas as an inner climate: beneath the seductive gleam lies a quiet fear of impermanence. Yilina holds an MA (Royal College of Art Ceramics & Glass, 2025) and a BFA (Rhode Island School of Design Ceramics, 2024). Recognition includes the R.J. Washington Bursary (2025), with recent shows at Warbling Collective, The Handbag Factory, and Swanfall Art.

email:Yilinayang.studio@gmail.com
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Ghost of Vanity(2025) 
Ceramics, antique springbok hide

Ghost of Vanity appears as an antique springbok hide displayed like a trophy rug, but distur bingly animated: a pair of clawed arm juts out from the fur. Visually, it recalls a hunting trophy, the kind of extravagant home decoration that is literally the result of a kill. The haunted ghost under the pile reveals the seductive danger of vanity.





The Ink Fables(2025) 
Ceramics, crystal

Rorschach-like ceramic plaques sharpen into a trap: half totem, half jaw. Faceted crystal “eyes” glint from matte black clay, watching like a nocturnal beast. Beauty reads as ornament at first glance, then as a warning: a lure that hints at bone and capture, inviting viewers to project their own fable into the void. In dialogue with 17th-century Vanitas and hunting trophy, and myth this work extends the artist's inquiry into “the trap of vanity” - how beautiful surfaces can become quiet instruments of erasure.