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Lilan Yang (b. 1997, Chongqing, China) is an artist and experimental filmmaker. Rooted in the materiality of 16mm film, their practice explores the flux of migration, the decay of memory and the intricacies of perception.
Yang’s films have been exhibited at institutions including the RISD Museum and Foxy Production (New York), with installations at festivals such as the Ann Arbor Film Festival, Alchemy Film & Moving Image Festival (UK), and MONO NO AWARE Film Festival (New York). A recipient of the Award for Excellence at Image Forum Film Festival (Japan), Yang has been awarded residencies at MASS MoCA, Baltic Analog Lab (Latvia), Millay Arts, and I-Park Foundation, among others.
Yang holds a Master of Fine Arts from the Rhode Island School of Design, a Bachelor of Science in Computer Engineering from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, and currently resides in Boston, Massachusetts.
