
Coolieisms, aka: Good boy, Houseboy, 2026
Signed and dated on verso
Oils and gouache on canvas
20 × 16 inches

Front-left ecstasy, aka: Drip of daybreak, 2026
Signed and dated on verso
Oils on canvas
42 × 30 inches

Self-portrait (27), aka: Chasing the dragon, 2026
Signed and dated on verso
Oils and gouache on canvas
64 × 46 inches

Goldcruiser, aka: Having a piss with you, 2026
Signed and dated on verso
Oils, gouache, color pencil on canvas
62 × 38 inches
Born 1998, Liverpool, United Kingdom
Lives and works in New York City

Oscar yi Hou focuses on the expansive work and writings of Oscar yi Hou, melding critical theory, political critique, poetry, and memoir. With contributions from Simon Wu, Xin Wang, and Kate Wong, as well as a conversation between yi Hou and Amanda Ba. Weaving together a meditation on language, relation, and identity, the second half of the book presents a series of chapters of yi Hou's writing published here for the first time.

Nightcrawling: More Life accompanies Oscar yi Hou's third solo exhibition with the gallery, Nightcrawling, at James Fuentes, New York. The editioned publication features new writing and poetry from the artist, alongside texts by Juliana Huxtable, Jesús Hilario-Reyes, hannah baer, John Arthur Peetz, and Kay Gabriel.