A Full Life
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Frames ship to U.S. addresses only. Framed prints ship in 2–4 weeks and are final sale. Full framing details
Add Custom Frame
Frames ship to U.S. addresses only. Framed prints ship in 2–4 weeks and are final sale. Full framing details
Add Custom Frame
Frames ship to U.S. addresses only. Framed prints ship in 2–4 weeks and are final sale. Full framing details
Add Custom Frame
Frames ship to U.S. addresses only. Framed prints ship in 2–4 weeks and are final sale. Full framing details
Frames ship to U.S. addresses only. Framed prints ship in 2–4 weeks and are final sale. Full framing details
The shape of my memory seems to transmute so fluidly over the course of time that I can never be sure whether what I remember is objective truth or subjective longing. Rooted in small scale gestures, aggregated over weeks into expansive drawings, my work begins with places I’ve traveled, a shallot for dinner or pouring over old family albums. Through a form of remembrance, I transform their actuality into a landscape of something else entirely. I draw in snatched moments of time, amalgamating hundreds of minute gestures into expansive vistas.
For 20x200, I have created a collage landscape depicting the many ways Asians have made America their home. The captured moments, taken from family albums, celebrate the diversity of Asians and the ways they find spaces to belong. A Full Life began as a full-size billboard in New York City as part of the “Asians Belong Here” exhibit sponsored by Save Art Space.
Yen is an architect, artist and writer. Born in Saigon, she lives in New York City, where she co-founded an architecture firm, Front Studio. She has an architectural degree from Carnegie Mellon University and a graduate degree from L’École d’Architecture in Paris. Her short stories appear in Waxwing, Crack the Spine and Hypertext. Yen has been awarded residencies by the Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity, MASS MoCA, the Arctic Circle and Trestle Art Space.
Her sold out series She Is, an original collection of drawings, debuted with 20x200 in 2019 and most recently Yen’s work was featured on a full-size billboard in New York City as part of the Asians Belong Here public art campaign.