YDP is a London-based project space for Asian and Asian diasporic contemporary art. Born as a personal project of arts philanthropist Yan Du, YDP is part of her overarching vision to facilitate transcultural dialogues.
Mission and Vision
Emerging from Asian backgrounds and drawing upon a multitude of diasporic experiences, YDP amplifies artists’ voices and responds to their needs through a programme of exhibitions, residencies and artist-led experiments.
We learn from and grow alongside artists, taking time to reflect on and present contemporary practices. With a flexible approach, we explore new models for nurturing creativity and criticality.
Our home on Bedford Square is a convivial space where we exchange ideas, form bonds and imagine the future of art. We let an open and transcultural spirit guide our work.
YDP is an independent, non-profit project space where everyone is welcome.
Space
Located in a Grade I Listed eighteenth-century townhouse, YDP’s home was carefully conceptualised as a ‘suitcase project’ that reflects the diasporic experience of nomadic home-making. The redesign was developed collaboratively with BEAU Architects, a Hong Kong-based studio. Modular and temporary in its structure, this redesign introduces flexibility and adaptability into the original Georgian architecture of the building while honouring the historical heritage of Bedford Square.
People
Yan Du, Founder and Director Billy Tang, Artistic Director Eleanor Dobson, Head of Operations Jun Shen, Curator Cindy Ziyun Huang, Project and Communications Coordinator Fiona Xintong Ye, Coordinator