Pictured: “Freemartins” installation by Yeni Mao with Make Room at Frieze LA in 2024

Yeni Mao is a Chinese-American sculptor based in Mexico City. He received a BFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and subsequently trained in foundry work in California and the architectural industries of New York. Recent solo exhibitions include “An array of disruptions and codependencies” at Brooke Benington in London, “Yerba Mala” at Campeche in Mexico City, and a presentation with Make Room at Frieze Focus LA in Los Angeles.

Mao’s work also has been a part of group exhibitions at Museo Tamayo Arte Contemporaneo and Museo Anahuacalli in Mexico City and Dallas Contemporary in Texas. He is a recipient of a Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant and his work has been featured in Art in America, Frieze and The New York Times.

Hosted by the College of Design Lectures and Exhibitions Committee and Department of Art and Visual Culture, Mao’s lecture is free and open to all.