独立策展人，曾任UCCA尤伦斯当代艺术中心策展人及公共项目总监，具有近十年的艺术评论写作及策展经验。毕业于南京大学哲学系、宗教学系。2008年，于全职任职于草根NGO的同时，研习艺术评论写作；2011年，任《艺术界LEAP》杂志编辑，并为《艺术界LEAP》《艺术论坛》中文网和《艺术新闻中文版》等杂志撰写文章。2015年，入职UCCA后，编纂王音、刘韡、徐震、曾梵志等艺术家画册，并策划多场展览及公共项目活动。挑战着策展既有的框架和合作模式，他策划了“肉身：恐怖谷”、“密室”、“例外状态：中国境况与艺术考察2017”、“Pity Party”、“敢当：当代神石注疏”、“韶华”、“装饰”、“恐怖谷：肉身”等群展，赵半狄、谢南星、伍伟、姜琤、谢燚、高源、蔡泽滨、张允菡、杨露子、尉洪磊、朱昶全、3d group等艺术家个展，并以艺术家身份在布拉格和北京等地参展。2017年，入围Hyundai Blue Prize年度艺术大奖。2019年及2021年，任年度华宇青年奖初选评委。
A independent curator, he received his bachelor’s degree in philosophy and religious studies from Nanjing University. Yang Zi has worked in art criticism and curation for nearly ten years. From 2012 to 2014, Yang Zi was an editor of LEAP, and he has written extensively for a range of publications, including LEAP, Artforum China, Art Bank, and Art Time, among others. 2015, after joining UCCA, He acted as executive editor on a series of UCCA catalogues for Wang Yin, Liu Wei, Xu Zhen, and Zeng Fanzhi, and curated several exhibition and public programs for UCCA. 2018, he was promoted to curator and the head of Public Programs in UCCA.His curatorial projects include “La Chair” ; “Secret Chamber”; “Pity Party”; “Land of the Lustrous”; “In Younger Days”;“Zhuang Shi”;“Uncanny Vally” and solo exhibitions for zhao Bandi, Xie Nanxing, Wu Weu, Jiang Cheng, Xie Yi, Gao Yuan, Cai Zeibin, Chang Yunhan, Yang Luzi, Yu Honglei, Zhu Changquan and 3d groups. 2017, He was a Hyundai Blue Prize finalist. 2019 and 2021, He was one of the primary judges of Huayu Youth Award.
