Areum Yang

Interviews by Brainard Carey

Areum Yang (b. 1994 Seoul, South Korea; lives and works in New York) graduated from Hongik University, Seoul, South Korea in 2017 and from the Hunter MFA program, New York, NY in 2021. She recently undertook residency at Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture. She has been included in group shows at Long Story Short, Los Angeles, CA; Analog Diary, Beacon, NY: Hauser & Wirth, New York, NY; Margot Samel, New York, NY, and Mamoth, London, UK. Yang was selected as the winner of the Silver Award for AHL T&W Foundation Contemporary Visual Art Awards and the KCC Young Artist Awards in 2021. Her work has been selected for print publication in Art Maze Magazine edition 23, Friend of Artists volume 15, and Whitewaller issue 33. The Day Before, 2024 acrylic, oil, fabric collage, oil pastel, pencil on poly cotton 82 x 74 inches. Courtesy of the artist and Derek Eller Gallery, New York, photo, Adam Reich. In Between Dreams, 2024 acrylic, oil, fabric collage, oil pastel, and pencil on poly cotton 70 x 60 inches. Courtesy of the artist and Derek Eller Gallery, New York, photo, Adam Reich. Morning Laundry, 2024 oil, acrylic, pencil, oil pastel, fabric collage on poly cotton 70 x 75 inches. Courtesy of the artist and Derek Eller Gallery, New York, photo, Adam Reich.