EXHIBITION BOOK (including bio, artwork descriptions and prices)

P R E S S R E L E A S E
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE > May 7, 2015
HAO NI
Ghost Hit Wall
HAO NI, night drawing (2012) graphite on paper, 18” x 14”
HAO NI | GHOST HIT WALL
JUNE 11 – JULY 19, 2015
Opening Reception:
Saturday, June 13, 6PM – 9PM
Gallery Hours:
Thursday + Friday, 3PM–8PM
Saturday + Sunday, 12PM–5PM
Other Days by Appointment
“One time I was shrimp fishing with some friends in the mountains and we got hungry, so we
decided to drive to the next town over to hit up a night market, which was like 10 minutes away.
So we were just having a good time, joking around in the car when we realized that the CD
started to repeat but we hadn’t come across the next town yet. It was at this point that I also
realized we had never seen another car on the road the whole time. If you looked out the
window, it was just rows of sheet metal houses on one side and farmlands on the other. So we
kept talking until my friend noticed that the clock and the gas gage hadn’t moved, and we all
started to get nervous.
My friend kept driving while we stared out the window. Everything looked so bleak: the houses
and farms kept passing but something was missing… There was no one outside — no lights, no
animals, nothing — and things felt, for a lack of better word: dead.
By this time the fear set in, and we started arguing about what to do. Some insisted on pulling
over to seek directions from one of the houses, but I just felt like that was a bad idea because,
you know, in every horror movie that’s like the last thing you want to do. I told them that we were
not running out of time and gas, so we should just keep moving. After about 40 minutes of
silence, we finally arrived at the town.
We talked to some people there and we asked them for directions back to our town. The answer
was always the same: there was only one road, the road we came on, the one through the
mountains…which was weird because we didn’t see any mountains at all.
We finished eating, and we just sat in the car for a long time, because no one wanted to get
back on that road again. We prayed before we headed back, hoping that this time the road
would be a different one.”
Yellow Peril Gallery is pleased to present “Ghost Hit Wall” by Hao Ni, featuring an
eclectic series of video, mixed media installations, sculptures, and drawings from June
11 – July 19, 2015. The opening reception is Saturday, June 13 from 6PM – 9PM.
“Ghost Hit Wall” is the literal translation of “鬼打牆”, the Mandarin Chinese expression of getting
lost, going in a circle and not being able to get out. “The idea is that when traveling in remote
areas, a person is obstructed by walls that ghosts have placed in front of them, thus forcing that
person to wander in endless circles,” says Ni. “People also use this term to describe problems
with no real solution.”
The works featured in “Ghost Hit Wall” are infused with visual information that encourages
viewers to contemplate what it is like to get lost in the various shapes, patterns, words and
clues on display. Through organizing, manipulating, repeating, and translating everyday objects
and scenarios, the exhibition excavates the different material layers in life to examine the
tension, dread and uncertainty under the duress of continuously accelerating time.
The opening reception for “Ghost Hit Wall” is Saturday, June 13, from 6PM – 9PM. The
exhibition will be on display until Sunday, July 19, 2015. This is Hao Ni’s second solo exhibition
at Yellow Peril Gallery. The first was “Proximity” in 2013.
About Hao Ni
HAO NI was born in 1989 in Hsin Chu, Taiwan. He received his MFA in Sculpture from the Rhode Island School of
Design in 2014. He has exhibited his work in group and solo shows in Providence, New York, Chicago, Miami, and
Taipei, including venues like Taipei Fine Arts Museum in Taiwan, Queens Museum in New York, and New Bedford
Art Museum in Massachusetts. For more information about Hao Ni, visit haoishao.com.
About Yellow Peril Gallery
Founded in 2011, YELLOW PERIL GALLERY is a contemporary art gallery located at The Plant, a historic mill
complex in the Olneyville neighborhood of Providence, Rhode Island. The Gallery fosters modern art critiques on
popular culture and society from emerging, mid-career and established artists in the United States and abroad. Our
inventory comprises of works of art from critically acclaimed artists who have been featured in biennials and
museum exhibitions, participated in top tier art fairs and acquired by private collectors worldwide. Artists that we
represent share our commitment to social responsibility, and 10% from the sale of all artwork is donated to a
charitable organization of the Artists’ choice. For more info about future exhibitions, visit
www.yellowperilgallery.com.
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If you’d like more information about this press release, or to schedule an interview with HAO NI, please contact
Vanphouthon Souvannasane via e-mail at [email protected].
HAO NI
BIO
B. 1989 in Hsin Chu, Taiwan
HAO NI was born in 1989 in Hsin Chu, Taiwan. He received his MFA in Sculpture from the
Rhode Island School of Design in 2014. He has exhibited his work in group and solo shows in
Providence, New York, Chicago, Miami, and Taipei, including venues like Taipei Fine Arts
Museum in Taiwan, Queens Museum in New York, and New Bedford Art Museum in
Massachusetts. For more information about Hao Ni, visit haoishao.com.
ARTIST STATEMENT
“One time I was shrimp fishing with some friends in the mountains and we got hungry, so we
decided to drive to the next town over to hit up a night market, which was like 10 minutes away.
So we were just having a good time, joking around in the car when we realized that the CD
started to repeat but we hadn’t come across the next town yet. It was at this point that I also
realized we had never seen another car on the road the whole time. If you looked out the
window, it was just rows of sheet metal houses on one side and farmlands on the other. So we
kept talking until my friend noticed that the clock and the gas gage hadn’t moved, and we all
started to get nervous.
My friend kept driving while we stared out the window. Everything looked so bleak: the houses
and farms kept passing but something was missing… There was no one outside — no lights, no
animals, nothing — and things felt, for a lack of better word: dead.
By this time the fear set in, and we started arguing about what to do. Some insisted on pulling
over to seek directions from one of the houses, but I just felt like that was a bad idea because,
you know, in every horror movie that’s like the last thing you want to do. I told them that we were
not running out of time and gas, so we should just keep moving. After about 40 minutes of
silence, we finally arrived at the town.
We talked to some people there and we asked them for directions back to our town. The answer
was always the same: there was only one road, the road we came on, the one through the
mountains…which was weird because we didn’t see any mountains at all.
We finished eating, and we just sat in the car for a long time, because no one wanted to get
back on that road again. We prayed before we headed back, hoping that this time the road
would be a different one.”
HAO NI
CV
EDUCATION
2014
2011
Rhode Island School of Design, MFA Sculpture, Providence, RI
Bachelor of Fine Arts, School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC), Chicago, IL
Concentration in Sculpture
EXHIBITIONS
SOLO
2015
2014
2013
2011
“Ghost Hit Wall”, Yellow Peril Gallery
“Night III”, Governors Island Art Fair, New York, NY
"Proximity”, Yellow Peril Gallery
"You Have Your Fortress, I Have Mine", Pop Up Art Loop, Chicago
SELECT GROUP
2015
2014
2014
2014
2014
2014
2013
2013
2013
2013
2013
2012
2012
2012
2011
2011
2011
2011
2010
2010
2009
“Accidental Transitions” (with Bayne Peterson), Fjord, Philadelphia, PA
Taipei Arts Awards, Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Taiwan
“Night II”, RISD MFA Thesis Show, Providence, RI
“It Doesn’t Show Signs of Stopping”, AS220 Project Space, Providence, RI
“All That Glitters is not LED”, Exposé Gallery, Providence, RI
“Cultural Hegemony”, SCOPE New York 2014, Yellow Peril Gallery
“Model Minority,” SCOPE Miami Beach 2013, Yellow Peril Gallery
“Work Harder” Yellow Peril at LightSpace Studios, Brooklyn, NY
“Stalactite” The Granoff Center for the Creative Arts, Providence, RI
“Heavy” Sol Koffler Gallery, RISD, Providence, RI
“Transmediation” Stephan Stoyanov Gallery, New York NY
“Y.O.L.O” Las Manos Gallery, Chicago, IL
“With Other People, With Other Sons” Heaven Gallery, Chicago, IL
“B.A.D” Beverly Art Center, Chicago, IL
“Wood Worked” Chicago Urban Art Society, Chicago, IL
“Visual Narration: Contemporary Forms of Storytelling” Robert Bills Contemporary, Chicago, IL
NEXT art fair, Robert Bills Contemporary, Chicago, IL
BFA show, SAIC, Chicago, IL
“Scape”, The Nicole Villeneuve Gallery, Chicago, IL
“Melting Point”, Work Studio Chicago, IL
“Sense and Form” Crossing” 33 Collective Gallery, Chicago
BIBLIOGRAPHY
2012
2011
Make Space. Review: With Other People, With Other Sons
Time Out Chicago. Visual Narration at Robert Bills Contemporary. Lauren Weinberg
HAO NI | Ghost Hit Wall | PRICE LIST
Njoy the patron saint of E
cigarettes (2015)
aluminum tubes, printed
blanket, lights, smoke
machine, wooden chair
58” x 22” x 22”
$1900
cig tower (2015)
ash, ashtray, cigarettes,
acrylic paint, wood
dimensions variable
$750
Accident (2015)
photo, wooden frame, hair
ties
5" x 17"
$275
window IV (2015)
windows, stickers, tape,
paper, spray paint on
glass, acrylic paint on plastic
4’ x 5’ x 10”
$2000
weight (2014)
plaster, aqua resin , stickers
made from pictures of
hickies gathered from the
internet, business class EVA
air airplane pillow
14"x 10" x 20"
$700
Conversation I (2015)
burnt lemon juice on paper
15” x 18”
$500
smoke party (2015)
ash, ashtray, cigarettes,
acrylic paint
dimension variable
$400 each
$1000 for installation
fresh ttears, hot blood,
wet kisses (2014)
used chrome car letters
pressed into ventilation filter,
cigarettes, ash
2’ x 3.5’ x 5”
$2500
luck (2015)
ladybugs in resin
dimensions variable
$1800
tiger 2.0 (2014)
silk scarf, holographic I-phone
case, acrylic
15” x 20” x 5”
$475
window V (2015)
windows, stickers, tape, paper,
spray paint on
glass, acrylic paint on plastic
4’ x 5’ x 10”
$4500
structure study III (2014)
xylophone, percussionist with dryerase marker, musical sheet
composed of dead phototactic
insects and burnt marks
video runtime: 10:23 mins
percussionist: Rho Mei Yu
edition of 5
$500 - $2000
hotgirl 2.0 (2014)
silk scarf, holographic Iphone case, acrylic.
15” x 20” x 5”
$475
Ancestor I (2015)
epoxy on ceramic, wood,
wax and plastic
16"x 20"x 41"
$3700
Untitled (2015)
paint on burnt paper
15" x 15"
$500
Ancestor II (2015)
etched glass, wax and
plastic
38" x 8" x 44"
$3500
Conversation II (2015)
burnt lemon juice on paper
23" x 28"
$2800
love pattern I (2015)
hickies collected from the
Internet, printed on
temporary tattoo paper
8.5” x 11”
$375
structure study III scores (2014)
positively phototatic insects found
in Taiwan, burnt marks and dry
erase marker on musical scores
8.5” x 11”
$250 each
smoke sculptures (2015)
acrylic paint and glue on cigarette
ash with box case
dimensions variable
$500 each
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Souvannasane, Director, Yellow Peril Gallery, via phone at +1 917 655 1497 or e-mail:
[email protected].
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