Biography
Léo Yeung (楊智豪 / ヤン・レオ) is a contemporary interdisciplinary artist based in France, whose practice spans France, Hong Kong and Japan. Working across painting, sculpture, installation, and experimental materials, his work explores the relationships between materiality, nature, and migration, investigating the generative and transformative forces that continuously shape the world.
Born and raised in Hong Kong, Yeung became actively involved in the city’s independent art community from an early age. For more than a decade, he was an active member of the inter-school art collective Art Focus, participating in exhibitions, curatorial projects, and cultural programs while engaging in dialogue with established Hong Kong artists. These formative experiences cultivated an open perspective on contemporary art and laid the foundation for his curatorial approach, which continues to inform his artistic practice today.
Having lived and worked in France for over fifteen years, Yeung has developed his artistic practice through long-term immersion in Paris’ contemporary art environment. Alongside his independent studio practice, he further developed his practice through independent studio work and artistic practice at the Atelier des Beaux-Arts de la Ville de Paris, while continually expanding his artistic perspective through museums, galleries, artists’ studios, and international cultural exchange. Living in one of the world’s leading centers of contemporary art has profoundly shaped his approach, deepening his engagement with abstraction, conceptual inquiry, material experimentation, and process-based practice, ultimately leading to a visual language that bridges Eastern and Western cultural perspectives.
Yeung holds a Master of Philosophy from the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, where his research focused on digital imaging, interactive systems, and human–computer interaction. He has published academic papers and received international creative technology awards from Microsoft, Samsung, and Intel. This background continues to inform his artistic practice, where material research, technological media, and conceptual thinking intersect.
Living and working between Paris, Hong Kong, and Hokkaido continues to provide Yeung with diverse cultural and artistic perspectives.In recent years, Hokkaido, Japan, has become an important site of artistic research within his practice. Its natural landscapes, craft traditions, and regional cultural practices have become important sources of inspiration for his work. Alongside his studio practice, he actively develops interdisciplinary cultural initiatives connecting contemporary art, technology, education, and regional cultural development, exploring how art can foster dialogue and meaningful connections across cultures, communities, and generations.
藝術家簡介
Léo Yeung（楊智豪／ヤン・レオ）為旅法當代跨領域藝術家，創作足跡橫跨法國、香港與日本。其作品涵蓋繪畫、雕塑、裝置及實驗性媒材，圍繞物質性（Materiality）、自然與遷徙（Migration）之間的關係，探索那些持續塑造世界的生成與轉化力量。
Léo 出生並成長於香港，自年少時期便積極參與本地獨立藝術社群，並於跨校藝術組織 Art Focus 活躍逾十年，參與展覽、策展計劃及文化活動，期間亦與多位香港藝術家交流。這段早期經歷培養了他對當代藝術的開放視野，並奠定了其策展思維的基礎，持續影響其創作實踐。
旅居法國逾十五年，Léo 長期浸潤於巴黎的當代藝術環境，在持續的工作室創作之外，亦參與巴黎市立美術工作室（ Atelier des Beaux-Arts de la Ville de Paris ）的藝術實踐，並透過頻繁參訪美術館、畫廊、藝術家工作室及跨文化交流，不斷深化其創作思考。長期生活於世界重要的當代藝術中心，使抽象藝術、概念思考、材料實驗與創作過程成為其藝術觀的重要養分，逐步建立出融合東西方文化的創作語言。
Léo 畢業於香港科技大學，取得哲學碩士學位（Master of Philosophy），研究方向涵蓋數位影像、互動系統及人機互動。他曾發表多篇學術論文，並獲得 Microsoft、Samsung 及 Intel 等國際企業頒發創意科技獎項。跨越藝術與科技的研究背景，這段跨越藝術、科技與研究的背景，至今仍持續影響其創作實踐，並在材料實驗、科技媒介與概念思考之間，形成其獨特的跨領域創作方法。
穿梭於法國巴黎、香港與日本北海道之間的生活與創作，使 Léo 持續從不同文化景觀與藝術傳統中汲取靈感。近年持續往返日本，並以北海道的自然景觀、日本的工藝文化及地方文化實踐作為長期研究與創作的重要養分。除了個人創作外，他亦積極參與跨領域文化計劃，連結當代藝術、科技、教育及地方文化發展，持續探索藝術如何成為不同文化、社群與世代之間交流、對話與連結的媒介。