Yehong Mao

Born 1976, China

Lives and works in Los Angeles, USA

Yehong Mao is a Los Angeles based painter whose work bridges intuition, abstraction, and the visionary. Trained in art from childhood, she studied at the Shanghai Academy of Arts and Crafts (1996) and the School of Fine Arts at Shanghai University (2000). Mao’s kaleidoscopic compositions unfold like otherworldly landscapes—improvised, intuitive, and hovering between abstraction and representation. Forms appear to cohere and then dissolve into dream-like gestures, inviting viewers into a meditation on perception, transience, and the act of seeing. Her practice is rooted in joy, clarity, and a deeply felt creative process.

EDUCATION

2000 MA School of Fine Arts, Shanghai University, Shanghai, China

1996 BA Shanghai Academy of Arts and Crafts, Shanghai, China

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

2026 Artefiera Bologna, Lupo Gallery, Bologna, Italy (Group)

2026 ‘Horsin’ Around,’ Latitude Gallery, New York, USA (Group)

2025 Untitled Art Fair Miami, Latitude Gallery, Miami, USA (Group)

2025 Art021 Shanghai, Latitude Gallery, Shanghai, China (Group)

2025 Verona’s Modern Art Fair, Lupo Gallery, Verona, Italy (Group)

2025 ‘Earth to Sky,’ Shrine Gallery, New York, USA (Group)

2025 Volta Basel, Latitude Gallery, Basel, Switzerland (Group)

2024 Potocki Center for Arts, Mission Viejo City Gallery, California, USA (Solo)

2023 ‘Rosebuds and Sidewalks Ends,’ Real Tinsel Gallery, Wisconsin, USA (Group)