Yu Ying (b. 1987, Shandong Province) is the founder and member of BALCONY COLLECTIVE. He graduated from Tsinghua University with BA and China Central Academy of Fine Arts with MFA. His practice tends toward painting, collage and video inspired by current social-political events and his own surroundings. He was the recipient of numerous awards, including Today Art Museum 10 Years Retrospective Special Award（2015）, the Finalist of Focus on Talents Project (2011), Finalist of Chinese New Painting Award (2011), etc. He has exhibited extensively at many major museums and institutions around the world, such as Contemporary Arts Museum Houston & Asia Society Texas Center(Houston, USA); Haus der Kulturen der Welt (Berlin, Germany); Gaîté Lyrique(Paris, France); Mastio della cittadella (Turin, Italy); Valencia University (Valencia, Spanish); Power Station of Art (Shanghai, china); OCAT Shanghai (Shanghai, China); MOCA Shanghai (Shanghai, China); Minsheng Art Museum (Beijing, Shanghai, China); National Art Museum of China (Beijing, China); Today Art Museum (Beijing, China), etc. His works were broadly collected by museums and public collections, including Today Art Museum; CAFA Museum, Beijing, China; Tsinghua University Museum; CAFA Museum; Hong Kong Contemporary Art Museum. His latest museum solo show, “Nanking Winter College”, was held by AMNUA and supported by Si Fang Art Museum.

1987年生於山東，“陽台”和“去碑營”的發起人和成員之一，先後畢業於清華大學（學士）和中央美院（碩士）。他以繪畫、拼貼和影像為主的創作實踐，來源於他對社會和政治現實的觀察和感知。他曾獲得王式廓藝術基金會“王式廓獎“（特邀藝術家，2017）、今日美術館“十年回顧特別獎”（2015）、馬爹利藝術基金會”關注未來英才計劃“（入圍獎，2011）、中國新銳繪畫獎（2011）等獎項。作品曾在休斯頓當代藝術博物館、柏林世界文化宮，巴黎Gaîté Lyrique藝術中心、都靈衛城博物館、西班牙瓦倫西亞大學美術館、上海當代藝術博物館、上海OCAT、上海MOCA、民生現代美術館（上海、北京）、中國美術館、北京今日美術館、天津美院美術館等美術館展出或放映，公共收藏包括今日美術館、清華大學藝術博物館、中央美術學院美術館、四方當代美術館和香港當代藝術館等。他最近期的美術館個展是由南京藝術學院美術館主辦、四方當代美術館支持的項目“金陵冬季學院”。