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Artist: Yek Wong ( Singapore ) -
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Main Category: Painting
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Genres: Post Modern Art, Contemporary American Art, Color Field
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Biography: Yek considers himself the "Barry White of post-conceptual painting". His work has been described as "the visual equivalent of mood music. Smooth, cool, and meant to seduce you." Other reviewers say Yek's paintings "absolutely do evoke an architecture of the sky."
Originally from Singapore, Yek studied in Australia before moving to the US. He received his BFA in Austin, Texas and his Masters in Fine Arts at the University of Nevada at Las Vegas. Over the last year he has had exhibitions in Los Angeles, Houston, New York, Columbus and Florida and is gaining the attention of collectors and critics all over. Dave Hickey named Yek in his Top Ten of the Nineties list in the December issue of ArtForum. This is the artist's first solo exhibition in Columbus and his second exhibition in the gallery.
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Exhibition History: Selected Solo Exhibitions
2002
Rebecca Ibel Gallery, Columbus, Ohio
Mark Moore Gallery, Santa Monica, California
2001
Feigen Contemporary, New York, New York
2000
Rebecca Ibel Gallery, Columbus, Ohio
Mark Moore Gallery, Santa Monica, California
Selected Group Exhibitions
2001
'Post-Hypnotic,' curated by Barry Blinderman, Tweed Museum of Art, University of Minnesota Duluth; Figge Conservatory, Naples Museum of Art, Naples, Florida
2000
'Ultralounge: The Return of Social Space (With Cocktails),'University of South Florida Contemporary Art Museum, Tampa, Florida
'Glee: Painting Now,' curated by Amy Cappellazzo (curator, Palm Beach Institute of Contemporary Art), Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, Ridgefield, Connecticut
'Post-Hypnotic,' curated by Barry Blinderman, Atlanta College of Art Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia
1999
'Post-Hypnotic,' curated by Barry Blinderman, University Galleries, Illinois State University, Normal, Illinois and The Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati, Ohio
'That Ole Devil,' Lisa Livingston Gallery, Las Vegas, Nevada
'Bossa Supernova,' Post Gallery, Los Angeles, California
1998
'Summertime,' Rebecca Ibel Gallery (Ibel Simeonov), Columbus, Ohio
'Painting from another planet,' curated by David Pagel, Dietch Projects, New York, New York
'Jack and Yek,'Angstrom Gallery, Dallas, Texas
'Ultralounge: The Return of Social Space,' curated by Dave Hickey, Diverseworks, Houston, Texas
1997
'Area 52,' CCSN Gallery, Las Vegas, Nevada
'Muse,' curated by David Pagel, Muse, Los Angeles, California
'New American Talent: 13,' curated by Robert Storr, University of North Texas Art Gallery, Denton, Texas
'Five Easy Pieces,' Nevada Institute for Contemporary Art, Las Vegas, Nevada
'Spot Making Sense,' curated by David Pagel and Sean Kelley, Grand Arts, Kansas City, Missouri
'Meanwhile,' Donna Beam Fine Art Gallery, University of Nevada Las Vegas, Las Vegas, Nevada
'Las Vegas in Los Angeles,' Bolsky Gallery, Otis College of Arts and Design, Los Angeles, California
'Desire,' Contemporary Arts Collective, Las Vegas, Nevada
1996
Jesse Metcalf Gallery, University of Nevada Las Vegas, Las Vegas, Nevada
'Mona, Mona, Mona,'Contemporary Arts Collective, Las Vegas, Nevada
'Sweden Show,' curated by Jeffery Valance, Sweden
1995
'Medication,' Grant Hall Gallery, UNLV, Las Vegas, Nevada
'Debbie Reynolds,' Debbie Reynolds Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada
'Clown Show,' Ron Lee's World of Clowns, Henderson, Nevada
'Liberace Show,' Liberace Museum, Las Vegas, Nevada
1994
Huntington Gallery, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas
1993
Fort Worth Juried Show, Fort Worth, Texas Abilene Museum, Abilene, Texas
1992
Austin Community College, Austin, Texas
Huntington Gallery, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas
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Collections: University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas
University of Nevada Las Vegas, Las Vegas, Nevada
David Reed, New York, New York
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Bibliography: Drohojowska-Rhilp, Hunter. "Sensuality in All Its Many Hues," exhibition review, The Los Angeles Times, Sunday, July 16, 2000 (on line at latimes.com). Kohles, Jeanne Fryer. "Painters exemplify playfulness at work," The Columbus Dispatch, February 20, 2000, p. 8H.
Starker, Melissa. "Hopped up, What's New at Short North Galleries," Columbus Alive, February 10, 2000, p. 15.
Darling, Michael. "Fresh Paint," www.LAWeekly.com, January 29 - February 4, 1999, Art Feature.
Frank, Peter. "Art: John Frame, Maura Bendett, Yek," www.LAWeekly.com, January 29 - February 4, 1999, Picks of the Week.
Vallance, Jeffrey. "Jeffrey Valance's Top Ten (#4 Hot Vegas Artists)," Artforum, January 1999, p. 30.
Goya, Lynn."Living Color," Las Vegas Life Magazine, June 1998, p. 45. Mitchell, Charles Dee." Jack and Yek at Angstrom," The Dallas Morning News, May 30, 1998, p. 8c.
Marin, Rick and Van Boven, Sarah. "The Buzz Machine," Newsweek, July 27, 1998, p. 23.
Cotter, Holland. "Painting from another Planet," The New York Times, July 24, 1998, p. B38.
Peers, Alexandra."Object of the Week: Hollywood Art," The Wall Street Journal , July 24, 1998, p. wl.
Pagel, David. "Visual Stimulation in L.A.," Flash Art, Vol. 31, No. 201, Summer 1998, pgs. 116 - 120.
Schjeldahl, Peter. "Ultralongerie," The Village Voice, June 23, 1998.
Schwendener, "Planet Hollywood," Time Out New York, July 9-16, 1998, Issue 146, p. 62.
Pagel, David, "Works Combining Beauty with Brains," Los Angeles Times, August 14, 1998, p. F 29
Odom, Michael. "Ultralounge," Artforum, November 1998, p. 119.
Tager, Alisa. "Report From Las Vegas," Art in America, February 1997.
Crosby, Gregory. "Radiant City," Scope, February 22 - March 7, 1997.
O'Brien, Draza Fratto. "Desire at the Contemporary Arts Collective," Art Week, April 1997.
Crosby, Gregory. "Radiant City," Scope, May 3, 1997.
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