管玉(Guan Yu),1989年出生于中国山东青岛,2011年获得中国美术学院学士学位,2013年获得伦敦大学学院斯莱德美术学院硕士学位,现工作、生活于青岛和伦敦。其创作观念常通过个人视角探索现实与感知的张力。重要个展包括2017年在北京蜂巢当代艺术中心举办的“管玉:房间里的大象”。参与的部分群展有:2014年英国皇家音乐学院钢琴节艺术项目(伦敦)、2013年斯莱德美术学院硕士毕业展(伦敦大学学院斯莱德美术学院)及“生长与衰变”(伦敦大学学院)、2011年中国美院毕业展(杭州)。
1989 Born in Qingdao, Shandong, China 2011 Graduated with BA in Experimental Art, China Academy of Art 2013 Graduated with MFA, Slade School of Fine Art, University College London Currently works and lives in Qingdao and London












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从创作特点来看,管玉的作品围绕“岛”和“象”两个主要系列展开。她的岛屿场景多为黄昏或夜晚,画面中人群簇拥,承载着私人记忆的重聚与自我精神的整理。而“象”系列借用谚语“房间里的大象”的隐喻,绕开世俗障碍,追求真实、可触摸的表达。她的作品中常伴以诗意的文字,不仅服务于视觉,更延展了作品的阅读边界,使充满寓意的物象契合人类的共通情感。相较于布面作品的静谧,她的纸本作品状态更为放松洒脱,保留了如风般轻盈的绘画语言。
Guan Yu’s representative works include a series of paintings that often engage with emotional states, urban scenes, and poetic observations, such as _Train-04_ (2016, oil on canvas), _Train-03_ (2020, oil on canvas), _Elephant in the Room_ (2017), _Red Double Happiness_ (2017, acrylic on canvas), _Emma Is Not Anna_ (2017, acrylic on canvas), _Fire_ (2017, acrylic on canvas), _Platform_ (2017, acrylic on canvas), and _The Bright Smile of April Stings the Eyes_ (2016, acrylic on canvas), among others.
Her creative style is figurative yet infused with an experimental, sometimes abstract sensibility. She often works with acrylic, oil, and works on paper, exploring themes such as personal identity, emotion, memory and time, social commentary, globalisation, urban landscapes, and the body. Through a highly personal lens, Guan Yu examines the tension between reality and perception, layering images with nuanced symbolism and a subdued, reflective atmosphere.
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Based on the available data, Guan Yu’s recorded exhibition history includes a solo show and recent group presentations at the Hive Center for Contemporary Art:
• **2017** – *Guan Yu: Elephant in the Room*, Hive Center for Contemporary Art, Beijing (solo)
• **2024** – *Guan Yu Artist Archive*, Hive Center for Contemporary Art
• **2026** – *Light Revelry: Hive · Becoming · Corridor*, Hive Center for Contemporary Art, Beijing (group)
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