Larry YUNG is a contemporary Chinese American artist raised in San Francisco from the age of six. Throughout his career, Yung has held numerous sellout exhibitions in New York, San Francisco, Sweden, Amsterdam and Hong Kong. As well as countless group shows, Yung has produced commissions for Nordstrom, Proctor and Gamble, Pierre Cardin and China Max Cafe and his work can be found in private collections of Marvel Comics, Esquire Magazine and the Bill Gate's Microsoft Collection. Yung has also featured at museum exhibitions including the Alternative Museum in New York City, The Crocker Art Museum in Sacramento, Berkeley Art Center and the Asian Art Museum in San Francisco. Most recently, he was selected and published in the New American Paintings January 2002 edition with his latest works. His formal training began at the San Francisco Academy of Art College in 1985.
EDUCATION
1985 Academy of Art College, San Francisco, California
AWARDS
2002 New American Paintings – Juried Exhibition-in-Print, Number 37
1997 Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley, California – Jurors Awards
1997 Metropolitan Home Magazine, New York, New York
(Grand Prize Winner and Cover Story – Jurors Awards)
1995 Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley, California – Jurors Awards
1994 Art of California Magazine, Third Annual Discovery Awards – Gold Award
1991 Metropolitan Home Magazine, New York, New York –
(Winner Design for Real Life)
1984 Academy of Art College, San Francisco, California – Gold Award
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2007Microsoft's Seatle Headquarters, USA
1998 Galerie Martini, Hong Kong
1998 Big Pagoda Company, San Francisco, California
1998 Andres’ Contemporary Art, Amsterdam, Netherlands
1997 Andres’ Contemporary Art, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
1997 Andres’ Contemporary Art, Singapore
1997 Konst Galleri, Berkeley, California
1996 Handelshuset, Stockhom, Sweden
1995 The Art Shop, Hillsborough and West Hollywood, California
1994 Gallery 13, Soho, New York, New York
1993 Gallery 13, Soho, New York, New York
1992 Young President’s Association, Grand Wailea, Hawaii
1991 Lahaina Galleries, Lahaina, Hawaii, and San Francisco and Newport Beach, California
1990 Jessel Gallery, Napa California
1989 Lumina Gallery, San Francisco, California
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2000 Galerie Martini, Hong Kong
1998 Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, California
1997 Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley, California
1997 Alternative Museum Showcase 1997, Soho New York, New York
1997 Art Fair Seattle, represented by Konst Galleri, Seattle, Washington
1996 Asian American Arts Foundation, San Francisco, California
1996 Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley, California
1996 Mitsukoshi Department Store & Galleries, Tokyo, Japan
1995 Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley, California
1995 Klim Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
1994 Roy G. Biv, Palm Springs, California
1994 Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, Museum Shop, San Francisco, California
1994 Andres’ Art Gallery – Art Miami, Miami Beach, Florida
1993 Marco Fine Arts, Beverly Hills, California
1992 Andres’ Art Gallery – Art Miami, Miami Beach, Florida
1992 Tiburon Historical Museum, Tiburon, California
COMMISSIONS
1998 Zein Noodle Club, San Francisco, California
1997 Pierre Cardin, Corporate Headquarters, Hong Kong
1996 Swans Books, San Francisco, California – Food and Art
1996 Yerba Buena Center for the Arts Shop “Tattoo Show”
1994 China Max, Hong Kong – 60 foot suspended Dragon installation
1991 Art Expo Preview Magazine – Cover for Summer Issue
1990 Cloisonne, San Francisco, California – suspended Dragon installation
1989 China Moon Café, San Francisco, California – suspended Dragon installation
1989 Proctor & Gamble, Hollywood, California – Animation for Commercial
PRIVATE AND CORPORATE COLLECTIONS
Art & Art Co. Ltd., Tokyo, Japan
Bill Gates, Microsoft, Seattle, Washington
Centre Renaissance, Bermuda
China Max, Hong Kong
China Moon Café, San Francisco, California
Dale & Sharon Flanagan, Los Angeles, California
Douglas Wong, San Francisco, California
Esquire Magazine, New York, New York
Grubb & Ellis, Los Angeles, California
Irwin & Rita Bloom, East Hampton, New York
Marilyn Lewis, Los Angeles, California
Marvel Comics, New York, New York
McGuire Real Estate, San Francisco, California
Michael Learned, Beverly Hills, California
Rice Magazine, San Francisco, California
Zelco Industries, New York, New York
