William Yang has been combining his skills as a writer and a visual artist since 1989 when he began to perform monologues with slide projection in the theatre. Sadness, wove together two themes: the discovery of his Chinese heritage, and the rituals of dying and death in Sydney. It has toured successfully nationally and internationally. In addition to his famed monologues, William Yang regularly exhibits his photographic works. His rich and celebratory images of the gay community in Sydney from the seventies to the present reveal a world of personal and sexual expression.
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Exhibitions include; William Yang: Life Lines, Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane (2009); Pingyao Photographic Festival, China (2009); Claiming China, Monash Gallery of Art, Victoria (2008); Reveries: Photography & Mortality, National Portrait Gallery, Canberra (2007); William Yang: Selected Photographs, Wollongong City Gallery plus National Touring Exhibition (2003-2006).
Yang’s works are in the collections of Art Gallery of New South Wales; Higashigawa–cho Municipal Gallery, Hokkaido, Japan; Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney; National Gallery of Australia, Canberra; National Portrait Gallery, Canberra; Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane; State Library of New South Wales, SydneyNational Library of Australia, Canberra.
