About 

Helen Yu (b. 1997, Shanghai)  is a Chinese-Canadian painter presently living and working in New York. She earned her B.F.A. from the Rhode Island School of Design in 2020. Yu’s works explore notions of greed, indulgence, and labor as observed in class and gender performance, societal norms, and digital landscapes. Growing up, Yu moved frequently between Asia and North America, experiences that deeply inform her perspective on global identity and culture. Her works have been exhibited in Woods-Gerry Triennial (Woods-Gerry Gallery, Providence, R.I., 2015); Kunqu (Shanghai Museum of Glass, Shanghai, 2017); The RISD Illustration Show (ISB Gallery, Providence, R.I., 2020), The Other to Itself (Sotheby’s Institute of Art, New York, NY, 2023); 9 (TheBlanc, New York, NY, 2024); Girl Dinner (Uncool Gallery, Brooklyn, NY, 2025).