Biography
Yu-Ru Huang, a multimedia artist, designer, and Professor of art history, received her MFA from Rochester Institute of Technology, New York, and her BA with teaching certificate from National Taiwan Normal University.
Her works are placed in solo and group exhibitions in museums, galleries in Taiwan, New York, California, and Texas. Her art and designs for publications have been published in Japan and in the United States (Rutgers University Press). Her art installation in a gallery was reinstalled onstage for a performance at Asia Society.
Through collaboration in the arts, she has created 3 pieces of public art in Houston and a memorial library that displayed historic archives for immigrants from Taiwan.
After receiving her Individual Artist Grant from the Cultural Arts Council of Houston/Harris County, she created the art project Echoes of Language. The project has received much support from HAA (Houston Arts Alliance).
She was cited by Mayor Sylvester Turner of Houston for her works celebrating Houston’s diversity in 2016. Her artwork was presented to Mayor Annise Parker of Houston by Houston’s international community in 2015. Her art projects and programs for Houston’s Taiwanese American community received two grants from the city of Houston through HAA.
Yu-Ru Huang, a multimedia artist, designer, and Professor of art history, received her MFA from Rochester Institute of Technology, New York, and her BA with teaching certificate from National Taiwan Normal University.
Her works are placed in solo and group exhibitions in museums, galleries in Taiwan, New York, California, and Texas. Her art and designs for publications have been published in Japan and in the United States (Rutgers University Press). Her art installation in a gallery was reinstalled onstage for a performance at Asia Society.
Through collaboration in the arts, she has created 3 pieces of public art in Houston and a memorial library that displayed historic archives for immigrants from Taiwan.
After receiving her Individual Artist Grant from the Cultural Arts Council of Houston/Harris County, she created the art project Echoes of Language. The project has received much support from HAA (Houston Arts Alliance).
She was cited by Mayor Sylvester Turner of Houston for her works celebrating Houston’s diversity in 2016. Her artwork was presented to Mayor Annise Parker of Houston by Houston’s international community in 2015. Her art projects and programs for Houston’s Taiwanese American community received two grants from the city of Houston through HAA.