RESUME/BIO ______________________________________________________________

BIO
Born Seoul, Republic of Korea 1982
Lives and works in New York City, NY


EDUCATION
2010-2012 MFA in Painting, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY
2008-2010 Certificate Fine Arts Printmaking The Art Students League of
New York, New York, NY
2005-07 Post-Baccalaureate, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore,
MD
2001-05 BFA in Painting and Drawing, The School of Art Institute of
Chicago, Chicago, IL

EXHIBITIONS

2009 “Anima Mundi”, Primo Piano LivinGallery for Contemporary Art,
Lecce, Italy
Phyllis Harriman Mason Gallery, New York, NY
2008 “Lift Off!”, Plant Zero, Richmond VA
2007 “Unanimous Head Apparatus”, FAB Gallery, Richmond, VA
“Icosahdronl”, FOX 3 Gallery, Baltimore, MD
2006 “Twenty Three Resolutions”, FOX 3 Gallery,Baltimore, MD
Commencement Exhibition, Maryland Institute College of Art,
Baltimore, MD
Drawing, FOX 3 Gallery, Baltimore, MD

SELECTED EXPERIENCES

2007
Art Teacher, Dream Art Institution (www.e-dreamart.com), Seoul,
Republic of Korea
2006 Art Teacher, Chicago, IL, 2003-2004

AWARD

2005 Merit Scholarship, Maryland Art Institute College of Art, Baltimore
MD

Judy Yang's work comes from a practical contemporary understanding of materials and a romantic intuitive interpretation of her world. Her choice of materials for her three dimensional 'paintings' comes from a belief that an artist should chose the most suitable material available to achieve the desired result. She models the small colored details in sculpty clay rather than paint because to her it isn't important that the raw material she uses comes squeezed from a tube, sifted from a box and baked or carved from wood. Categories of painting, sculpture, mixed media and drawing aren't limitations she intentionally challenges. That her vision is expressed by her work and within the viewers experience with them is what she desires. Judy seeks to communicate to the viewer her interest in the nature of beauty, ugliness, joy, pain, death and the wide range of life experience. One of her main concerns is with understanding the materials she uses in order to achieve that result.
Mastery of materials and technique is today often derided as 'slick'. Judy's work counters that perception by being seriously thought out, culturally complex and well crafted while at the same time playfully innocent. They are a mix of western and Asian influences drawn from Victorian antiques, modernism, spiritualism, traditional Asian work, movies, careful observation and cartoons. She manages the difficult task of meaningfully merging her influences without creating superficial 'identity' art. This mixing of cultures and influences in art is as old as recorded history. As a member of a generation of Koreans who have been transplanted to America at an early age (in order to study) she offers a new and unique perspective pertinent to our times.

Influenced & Taught by:
Phillips, Anthony
Tremonto, Roxie
Wirsum, Karl
Phillips, John
Mackey, Fletcher
Tisa, Kennneth B.
Neill, Christine
Kiese, Silya
Dorfman, Bruce
Pellettieri, Michale
Pantell, Richard