Yu Hong was born in Xi’an, China in 1966 during the age of Communist China led by Mao Zedong. Her passion for art started at the Central Academy of Fine Arts in Beijing where she studied oil painting and received her Master of Fine Arts degree. She is now a teacher at the same Academy and influences her students to secure the necessities of life and only paint when they have free time on the weekends. Yu Hong was specifically trained in realist painting where she focused on human interaction amongst society. She creates pieces from her personal accounts that reflect specific events that occur in each year of her life. Yu Hong and a group of colleagues were regarded as the “New Generation” artists because of their representational, figurative work. Additionally, she has created portraits of women facing daily challenges in everyday life, ultimately promoting social and economic reforms for women. She specifically states that in the beginning of her career, most people had not heard of feminism because of the Communist Revolution. Lastly, in her most recent work she comments on society by depicting her figures as being lonely: a remark on the scarce resources that challenge individuals to better themselves.

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