Prospects — Ellen Yiu

Ellen Yiu

Selected Portfolio

Artists’ books

Consolations for a Broken Daughter

For this exhibition, Yiu created new work about the complex relationship between mother and daughter - beginning from her own experiences but ultimately transcends the personal.
The installation is inspired by cyclical nature of IChing, and also serves as a stage for a performance, in collaboration with Valentina Scaglia (former NDT dancer) and her daughter Zoe Timulak.

Lining Revealed

Lining Revealed examines the interactions between folk craft and contemporary art by juxtaposing artworks, handicrafts and archival documents. Through the critical lens and creative manifestations of contemporary art, it reveals the historical, social and cultural significance embodied in folk craft and the role craft plays in reinvigorating contemporary vision...

Kunstlinie & NDSM Fuse

What does hope look like in a broken world? And how can art help us imagine a future that is hopeful, and at the same time realistic? The group exhibition RE:FWD: A Reply to the Present, A Forward to Us All brings together hopeful future prospects from 21 young artists.

Exhibition view at Prospects

“The objects created by Ellen Yiu could be described as miniatures. Larger originals of these small objects exist. Her artistic practice focuses on interpreting small objects. She alters the meaning of these objects by changing their scale, making unexpected combinations, or creating something entirely new.”