Press Release Yangyang Pan: Down the Rabbit Hole
Apple Store Collaborates with Yangyang Pan in Chongqing, China:
BIOGRAPHY
YANGYANG PAN
Yangyang Pan, born in 1976, studied at the Sichuan Fine Art Institute where she received her Bachelor of Arts with Honors in 1998 followed by her Master of Fine Art in 2002. She remained as an instructor until 2006 when she relocated to Canada. The artist is widely recognized for her gestural abstract paintings primarily focused on the contrasts found in nature. Her expressive visual language takes inspiration from nature, fusing it with spirit and spontaneity sourced from emotions within. Her palette is chromatically saturated in a higher key, which delights the senses and adds drama to the composition.
Pan has exhibited internationally since 2006, including Canada, USA, Italy and China.
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Education
1999 – 2002, Master of Fine Art, Sichuan Fine Art Institute, Chongqing, China
1994 – 1998, Bachelor of Fine Art, Sichuan Fine Art Institute, Chongqing, China
1990 – 1994, Fine Art School Affiliated to Sichuan Fine Art Institute, Chongqing, China
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2016 East Meet West in Contemporary Abstraction at Madelyn Jordon Fine Art, NY, USA
2016 Burning Earth at Montgomery Inn’s Museum, Toronto, Canada
2015 Drive through Dream at Parts Gallery, Toronto, Canada
2014 Apple Store Art Project at 501 Art District, Chongqing, China
2014 Inside Out at Parts Gallery, Toronto, Canada
2014 Down the Rabbit Hole at Madelyn Jordon Fine Art, New York, USA
2013 Beautiful Moment at Parts Gallery, Toronto, Canada
2012 Spring Fever at Madelyn Jordon Fine Art, New York, USA
2012 Flower on Wall, Canadian Fine Art Gallery, Toronto, Canada
Selected Group Exhibitions
2015 Art Toronto w/ Parts gallery, Toronto, Canada
2015 Art-On Festival, Cascina, Italy
2015 Land of Allure, First Canadian Place Gallery, Toronto, Canada
2015 Love/Paint at Madelyn Jordon Fine Art, New York, USA
2015 Market Art + Design Art Fair w/ Madelyn Jordon Fine Art, New York, USA
2015 Love Art Fair w/ Parts gallery, Toronto, Canada
2015 Love Art Fair (preview), w/Parts gallery, First Canadian Place, Toronto, Canada
2015 Winter Selections at Madelyn Jordon Fine Art, New York, USA
2014 Art Toronto w/ Parts Gallery, Toronto, Canada
2014 Summer Remix: A Group Salon at Madelyn Jordon Fine Art, New York, USA
2014 Love Art Fair w/ Parts gallery, Toronto, Canada
2014 Art + Design Show at Art Gallery of Hamilton, Hamilton, Canada
2014 The Artist Project, Better Living Center, Toronto, Canada
2014 35th Annual Art Auction at Burlington Art Centre, Burlington, Canada
2013 Art Toronto w/ Parts Gallery, Toronto, Canada
2013 The Artist Project, Better Living Center, Toronto, Canada
2013 Art Bomb Online Auction, Toronto, Canada
2013 Rochester MFA Biennial at Rochester Museum of Fine Art, Rochester, USA
2012 New York Affordable Art Fair w/ Madelyn Jordon Fine art, New York, USA
2012 Biannual Juried Exhibition at Grimsby Public Art Gallery, Grimsby, Canada
2011 Art Palm Beach, w/ Madelyn Jordon Fine art, West Palm Beach, USA
2011 Shift, Living Arts Centre Gallery, Mississauga, Canada
2010 Forces of Nature at Glenhyrst Art Gallery, Brantford, Canada
2010 Toronto Outdoor Art Show, Nathan Phillips Square, Toronto, Canada
2009 2nd Annual Open Juried Show at Beaux-Arts Gallery, Brampton, Canada
Selected Bibliography
2015 “Cascina, Arte in Strada”, TG1, September 26th, 2015
2015 “Yangyang Pan’s Abstract Art”, Frankie Magazine, April 24th, 2015
2015 “Artist Interview”, Chongqing Morning News, January 29th, 2015
2014 “Artists Interview”, Apple Inc., December 18th, 2014
2014 “Yangyang Pan: Inside Out”, www.artoronto.ca, November 30th, 2014
2014 “A Garden in Fantasy”, Fshnunlimited Magazine, Spring2014, Pg.142-149
2014 “Meet the Artist”, Fresh Style Magazine, spring 2014, pg. 10
2014 “Designer Knows Best”, Style At Home Magazine, February 2014, pg. 100
2013 “The Beautiful Moment”, Mocoloco.com, October 16th, 2013
2013 “RMFA Biennial Exhibition Catalog” Rochester Museum of Fine Arts, Mar 21st, 2013
2013 “RMFA Exhibit to Open April 6th”, Rochester Times, April 4th, 2013
2013 “Wordless Translation”, Exhibition Essay by Sabine Modder,, 2013
2013 “Sunflower by Yangyang Pan”, www.mocoloco.com, January 16th, 2013
2012 "Spring Fever", Antiques and the Arts Weekly, April 27th, 2012
2012 “Summer Garden”, New York Times, May 8th, 2012
2012 “Yangyang Pan, Spring Fever”, www.artlog.com, May 3rd, 2012
2011 “Weekend News”, OMNI TV, February 19th, 2011
2011 “Shift”, Fairchild TV, February 12th, 2011
2009 “Mandarin Profile Interview”, Fairchild TV, June 20th, 2009
Collection & Commission
Government of Ontario Art Collection, Canada
Apple, USA
Holt Renfrew, Canada
Anthropologie, USA
The Rochester Museum of Fine Arts, USA
Provide Commerce, USA
Vdara Las Vegas, USA
Sichuan Fine Art Institute, China
Employment History
2009 – Present Visual Artist/Painter
2002 – 2007 Instructor, Sichuan Fine Art Institute, Chongqing, China
1999 – 2002 Assistant Instructor, Sichuan Fine Art Institute, Chongqing, China