Establishing and Reinforcing
a Community of Emerging Artists in NYC
YEN YEN CHOU
Acrylic on foam and epoxy clay, faux pearl 19 x 25 x 24 in.
Acrylic, air-dry clay, beads, marshmallows, ceramics 6 in. each but dimensions variable
Acrylic on foam and epoxy clay, faux pearl 19 x 25 x 24 in.
ARTIST STATEMENT:
The work in this show started from my obsession with food, especially sweets. Growing up in Taiwan, I remember going to supermarkets and bakeries with my parents and longing for all the colorful and eye-catching sweets and buttery pastries. I find it curious that I still desire them even though they don’t always taste as good as they look. As a response to this emotional conflict, I create sculptures to explore the ideas of obsession, sensation, and the relationship between natural and artificial.
Yen Yen is an artist based in Taipei, Taiwan and Brooklyn, New York. She graduated from Pratt Institute with an M.F.A. in Painting and Drawing in 2018. She has participated in a number of group exhibitions at spaces including Dinner Gallery, New York, NY, Fridman Gallery, New York, NY; Tchotchke Gallery, Brooklyn, NY; Tiger Strikes Asteroid, Brooklyn, NY; Chinatown Soup, New York, NY; Gallery Cubed, New York, NY; Prince Street Gallery, New York; and SPRING/BREAK Art Show NYC.