{"id":29381,"date":"2025-10-25T21:00:40","date_gmt":"2025-10-25T21:00:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/visualartjournal.com\/?p=29381"},"modified":"2025-10-25T21:29:16","modified_gmt":"2025-10-25T21:29:16","slug":"yan-huo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/visualartjournal.com\/2025\/10\/25\/yan-huo\/","title":{"rendered":"Yan Huo"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"29381\" class=\"elementor elementor-29381\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8a96505 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"8a96505\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-daaebf1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"daaebf1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.21.0 - 22-05-2024 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p>Where do you live: New York<br \/>Your education: Master\u2019s degree in Architecture<br \/>Describe your art in three words: Spontaneous \u00b7 Random \u00b7 Spatial \u00b7 Colorful<br \/>Your discipline: Painting and Spatial\/Architectural Exploration<br \/><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/yan._huo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Instagram |<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/hate_boredom\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Instagram<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5bc2a5c e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"5bc2a5c\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5f39e8b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5f39e8b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-29369 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/visualartjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Yan-Huo-Img-7852.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1050\" height=\"1422\" srcset=\"https:\/\/visualartjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Yan-Huo-Img-7852.jpg 1050w, https:\/\/visualartjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Yan-Huo-Img-7852-222x300.jpg 222w, https:\/\/visualartjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Yan-Huo-Img-7852-756x1024.jpg 756w, https:\/\/visualartjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Yan-Huo-Img-7852-768x1040.jpg 768w, https:\/\/visualartjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Yan-Huo-Img-7852-600x813.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1050px) 100vw, 1050px\" \/><\/h4><h4 style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Your background in architecture clearly informs your artistic vision. How do spatial thinking and design principles translate into your approach to painting?<\/h4><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I have twelve years of art training, so I have been passionate about color from a very young age. Even in my free time, I enjoy exploring color and different visual expressions. A sense of space can appear on a flat surface\u2014it can evolve into a two-dimensional composition or suggest three-dimensional depth. For me, different colors can serve as a medium to express the folding of space and the immovable, almost like a tangible form of spatial experience.<\/p><h4 style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What first inspired you to explore color as a primary medium of expression, apart from architectural form?<\/h4><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I have always been very sensitive to color. In architecture, however, color is rarely the main focus\u2014the discipline is largely functional. Painting, by contrast, allows me to use color as a vehicle for emotion. Through color, I can express the subjective, emotional aspects of experience that architecture doesn\u2019t always allow me to explore.<\/p><h4 style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In your color paintings, there seems to be a flow reminiscent of light, space, and atmosphere. How do you perceive the relationship between architecture and color?<\/h4><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Yes, thank you for noticing. I have always been fascinated by the interplay of light and shadow, both in architecture and in painting. The sense of space is one of the most compelling qualities in visual experience. Translating that spatial sensation onto a flat surface requires tremendous effort and practice, which is why I am particularly interested in exploring how to convey a three-dimensional feeling within a two-dimensional medium.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-29370 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/visualartjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Yan-Huo-Black-2025.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1050\" height=\"1503\" srcset=\"https:\/\/visualartjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Yan-Huo-Black-2025.jpg 1050w, https:\/\/visualartjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Yan-Huo-Black-2025-210x300.jpg 210w, https:\/\/visualartjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Yan-Huo-Black-2025-715x1024.jpg 715w, https:\/\/visualartjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Yan-Huo-Black-2025-768x1099.jpg 768w, https:\/\/visualartjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Yan-Huo-Black-2025-600x859.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1050px) 100vw, 1050px\" \/> Yan Huo | Black | 2025<\/p><h4 style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Could you describe your creative process when making these stream-of-consciousness color works? Do they begin with a plan or evolve intuitively?<\/h4><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I have struggled with this question for some time. Architecture often has very concrete forms, while human thought is inherently chaotic. In my painting, I try to return to a primordial starting point: forgetting my over ten years of art training, the outstanding works I have seen, and the influence of other artists. I try to imagine what a person might create in their most original, uninfluenced state. Many of these works are therefore created unconsciously, though they are often guided by shifts in mood and intuition.<\/p><h4 style=\"font-weight: 400;\">How does your experience of living and working across different cultures\u2014China, Europe, and the U.S.\u2014shape your understanding of space and color?<\/h4><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Living and working across China, Europe, and the U.S. has deeply shaped the way I perceive space and color. Each place offers its own distinctive light, landscape, and architectural language, which in turn informs my sensitivity to spatial relationships and color dynamics. Experiencing such diverse environments allows me to weave together visual elements from different cultures into a cohesive artistic expression that reflects both memory and emotion.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-29371 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/visualartjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Yan-Huo-Ovem-2025.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1050\" height=\"2509\" srcset=\"https:\/\/visualartjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Yan-Huo-Ovem-2025.jpg 1050w, https:\/\/visualartjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Yan-Huo-Ovem-2025-126x300.jpg 126w, https:\/\/visualartjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Yan-Huo-Ovem-2025-429x1024.jpg 429w, https:\/\/visualartjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Yan-Huo-Ovem-2025-768x1835.jpg 768w, https:\/\/visualartjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Yan-Huo-Ovem-2025-643x1536.jpg 643w, https:\/\/visualartjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Yan-Huo-Ovem-2025-857x2048.jpg 857w, https:\/\/visualartjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Yan-Huo-Ovem-2025-600x1434.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1050px) 100vw, 1050px\" \/> Yan Huo | Ovem | 2025<\/p><h4 style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What role do emotion and memory play in your compositions?<\/h4><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Emotion and memory are central to my work. I often draw from personal experiences, recollections of spaces, and fleeting moments to guide the flow of color and composition. Painting becomes a way to translate the intangible\u2014feelings, atmospheres, and memories\u2014into visual form, allowing each piece to carry both an emotional resonance and a spatial presence.<\/p><h4 style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Are there particular artists, architects, or color theorists who have influenced your exploration of color and form?<\/h4><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Yes. One artist who has had a profound influence on me is Caravaggio. I am deeply fascinated by his intense, almost violent spatial aesthetics\u2014his rich, dramatic use of color and the overwhelming relationships between forms captivate me. Another master of space who greatly inspires me is Louis Kahn. His understanding and exploration of light and shadow, and the way he structures space, are truly extraordinary and have deeply informed my approach to both color and spatial composition.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Where do you live: New YorkYour education: Master\u2019s degree in ArchitectureDescribe your art in three words: Spontaneous \u00b7 Random \u00b7 Spatial \u00b7 ColorfulYour discipline: Painting and Spatial\/Architectural ExplorationInstagram | Instagram Your background in architecture clearly informs your artistic vision. How do spatial thinking and design principles translate into your approach to painting? 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