Growing up as an ethnic minority in China, art became the medium through which Yuqi began to confront and begin to articulate her lived experience. After completing a Bachelor Degree in Drawing at the Alberta College of Art and Design, Yuqi began a two-year journey traveling the world working as an art teacher. She then moved to New York and attended the Social Documentary Film Program at the School of Visual Arts. Upon graduation, she was awarded the Paula Rhodes Memorial Award for Exceptional Achievement in Social Documentary Film. For Yuqi filmmaking is a dialogical process that involves both observation and improvisation. Filmmaking is an extension of Yuqi’s artistic practice and through her work she explores the questions of representation, human experience and cultural translation. A Little Wisdom is Yuqi Kang's feature directorial debut. Production began while she studied in the Social Documentary Film Department at the School of Visual Arts, New York. Her short documentary Last Days of Domino premiered at DOC NYC and was awarded Experimental Short Honorable Mention. Her short Cities and Memory premiered at the World Arts Film Festival and was awarded Best Experimental Short at the Accolade competition and Honorable Mention at the Marine Media Contest.
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