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.