Yang Yuyu

[1]: 11 [2] He was renowned for his late-period modernist abstract composite forms, stainless steel material, and Chinese aesthetics.

He received instruction from Kuo Po-chuan (郭柏川), Asai Takeshi (淺井 武), and Samukawa Norimi (寒川 典美).

[8]: 209–210  The following year, he married his cousin Li Ding (李定) and taught art at the Lanyang Girls' High School (蘭陽女中) before becoming a botanical illustrator for the National Taiwan University in Taipei.

Upon his return to Taiwan in 1966, Yang began creating his stone landscape sculpture series in Hualien and received the "Golden Medal Award (金爵獎)" from the Art Society of Republic of China (中華民國畫協會).

[18]: 269 In 1975, Yang used bamboo and rattan to create sculptures and props for the Cloud Gate Dance Theatre's (雲門舞集) production of "Legend of the White Snake (白蛇傳)".

However, the sculpture backdrop "Snake Nest" and the original bamboo curtain were destroyed in a fire at the Cloud Gate rehearsal studio in Bali in 2008.

In 2010, the Cloud Gate Dance Theatre recreated the "Snake Nest" and bamboo curtain based on the original designs.

On October 21, 1997, after completing a solo exhibition at the Hakone Open-Air Museum in Japan, Yang passed away at the age of 72 in Fayuan Temple (法源寺) in Hsinchu due to sepsis caused by pulmonary edema and renal failure.

Additionally, the library within NCTU houses "Advent of the Phoenix", bringing the total number of his works on campus to 14.

Among them, "Justice (正氣)", "Bright Moon (明月)", and "Global Village (地球村)" are original works, and were donated to FJCU in accordance with Yang Yuyu 's wishes in 2003.