Cleo Yao is a multidisciplinary visual artist specializing in photography, video, graphic design, and art direction. She holds a degree of Bachelor of Fine Arts in Photography and Bachelor of Arts in Art History from New York University. Cleo’s photographic practice emphasizes the intimacy inherent in the act of image-making and explores a subjective reality deeply interwoven with personal emotions and experiences. Drawing on Barthes's notion of punctum,  her artistic practice attempts to  capture an emotional resonance that establishes a connection with viewers. Moving beyond a representational realism, her works transforms the external world into a dialogue with the inner, personal, and subjective dimensions of human experience.





Email: cleoyao63@gmail.com
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