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Danny Yung was born in Shanghai on November 21, 1943. He relocated to Hong Kong with his family at the age of five and then moved to the United States at the age of seventeen.
He studied mathematics and dance at Pacific University, Oregon, then studied architecture at the University of California, Berkeley, and completed a master's degree in urban design and urban planning from Columbia University in 1969.
Yung co-founded the Basement Workshop in New York City in 1971, an Asian American political and arts organization for writers, visual artists, dancers, and activists.
In 1979, Yung returned to Hong Kong and held his first one-man cartoon exhibition. He became involved in all aspects of the arts, including experimental films, conceptual art, installation, video, and performing arts. He is widely recognized as an experimental art pioneer and an influential artist in Hong Kong. He formed the avant-garde arts collective Zuni Icosahedron in 1982 and has served as its artistic director since 1985.
Yung currently serves as chair of the Hong Kong Institute for Contemporary Culture, as well as a part-time member of the Central Policy Unit, a Hong Kong government think tank.
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Created by Alston So, March 2026.