YEK
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| Education |
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1997 |
Masters of Fine Arts, University of Nevada Las Vegas |
1994 |
Bachelor of Arts, University of Texas at Austin |
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| Selected
Solo Exhibitions |
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2005 |
‘Recent Paintings,’Ameringer Yohe Fine Art, New York, New York
Galerie Jean-Luc & Takako Richard, Paris, France |
2004 |
‘Cabriolet (from Vegas to Columbus),’ •Rebecca Ibel Gallery, Columbus, Ohio
Western Projects, Los Angeles, California. |
2003 |
'Glare,' Galerie Jean-Luc & Takako Richard, Paris, France
Mark Moore Gallery, Santa Monica, California
Savage Gallery, Portland, Oregon |
2002 |
'Dip', Rebecca Ibel Gallery, Columbus, Ohio
'Rough', Mark Moore Gallery, Santa Monica, California
‘Brisk’, Heather Marx Gallery, San Francisco, California. |
2001 |
‘Loop’, Feigen Contemporary, New York, New York.
‘Recent Paintings’, Kevin Bruk Gallery, Miami, Flordia. |
2000 |
Rebecca Ibel Gallery, Columbus, Ohio
‘Smooth’, Mark Moore Gallery, Santa Monica, California.
‘Crush’, Irvine Fine Arts, Irvine, California. |
1999 |
‘Bossa Supernova’, Post Gallery, Los Angeles, California. |
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| Selected Group Exhibitions |
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2005 |
‘Fabulous,’ Rebecca Ibel Gallery, Columbus, Ohio |
2004 |
‘Representing Landscape,’Contemporary Art Center of Virgina, Virgina Beach, Virgina |
2003 |
'Airborne,' Donna Beam Fine Art Gallery, Las Vegas, Nevada
'Ten Years in Columbus, Part 1,' Rebecca Ibel Gallery, Columbus, Ohio |
2002 |
'Summertime,' Rebecca Ibel Gallery, Columbus, Ohio
'Representing Landscape,' University Art Gallery, University of San Diego, San Diego, California
'Trade Show,' Guggenheim Gallery, Chapman University, Orange, California
'Glow:Aspects of Light in Contemporary Art,' curated by Francis Colpitt, San Antonio Art Gallery, University of Texas, San Antonio, Texas
'New in Town,' curated by Bruce Guenther, Portland Museum of Art, Portland, Oregon
'Optical Optimism,' curated by Sandra Gering, Galerie Simone Stern, New Orleans, Louisiana
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2001 |
‘The Magic Hour’, ‘Die Konvergenz von Kunst Und Las Vegas’, Neue Galerie, Kunstlerhaus, Burgring; Graz, Austria.
‘Las Vegans’, Curated by Dave Hickey, James Kelley Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico.
‘Perfect 10: Ten Years in Soho’, Sandra Gering Gallery, New York, New York.
‘The Inaugural Exhibition’, Heather Marx Gallery, San Francisco, California. |
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 |
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
‘Other Paintings’, Curated by Julie Joyce, Huntington Beach Art Center, Huntington Beach, CA |
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, TX
'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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| Bibliography |
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2004 |
ates, Christopher. The Columbus Dispatch, June 26.
Pagel, David. ‘Swoops, Wedges of Imaginative Travel’, Los Angeles Times, April 9. |
2003 |
James, Elizabeth Ann. ‘Art Blossoms On The Wind: Celebrating Time and Talent-Past and Present’, The Short North Gazette, p.12.
Fryer-Kohles, Jeanne. ‘Sextet's Modern Pieces Sparkle’, The Columbus Dispatch, April 6, p. F4.
Starker, Melissa. ‘Optic Nerve’, Columbus Alive, Sptember 5, p.11 |
2002 |
Baker, Kenneth. ‘Viva Las Vegas’, San Francisco Chronicle, September 28, D10.
Berry, Colin. ‘The Inaugural Exhibition at Heather Marx Gallery’, Artweek, February, p. 25
Goddard, Dan R. ‘Curator Sees the Light of Our Times’, San Antonio Press, August 25, p.6h.
King, Sarah S. ‘Report from Santa Fe: Sin City Sampler’, Art in America, July, p.51-53.
Fryer-Kohles, Jeanne. ‘Yek Paints Visual Cotton Candy’, The Columbus Dispatch, July.
Pagel, David. ‘An Eloquence in Yek's Vibrant Paintings’, Los Angeles Times, Friday, January 4, p. F37.
Pagel, David. ‘Artist on a Daring Mission’, Los Angeles Times, Saturday, June 1.
Verwoert, Jan. ‘The Magic Hour’, Frieze, March, p.84. |
2001 |
Smith, Roberta. ‘Tim Bavington and Yek’, The New York Times, Friday, September 28.
Wehr, Ann. ‘Yek and Tim Bavingto’, Time Out New York, October 11 - 18, #315, p.57. |
2000 |
Colpitt, Frances. ‘Report from Houston: Space City Takes Off’, Art in America, October, p.67-75.
Knight, Chritopher. ‘Seeing the Top of the Op Artists’, Los Angeles Times, November 25.
Drohojowska-Rhilp, Hunter. ‘Sensuality in All Its Many Hues’, The Los Angeles Times, Sunday, July 16
Kohles, Jeanne Fryer. ‘Painters exemplify playfulness at work’, The Columbus Dispatch, February 20, p. 8H.
Starker, Melissa. ‘Hopped up, What's New at Short North Galleries’, Columbus Alive, February 10, p. 15. |
1999 |
Hickey, Dave. ‘Best of the 90's’, Artforum, December, p.112.
Joyce, Julie. ‘Yek at Post’, Art Issues, Summer, p.48.
Darling, Michael. ‘Fresh Paint’, www.LAWeekly.com, January 29 - February 4.
Frank, Peter. ‘Art: John Frame, Maura Bendett, Yek’, www.LAWeekly.com, January 29 - February 4, Picks of the Week.
Vallance, Jeffrey. ‘Jeffrey Valance’s Top Ten (#4 Hot Vegas Artists)’, Artforum, January, p. 30. |
1998 |
Goya, Lynn. ‘Living Color’, Las Vegas Life Magazine, June, p. 45.
Mitchell, Charles Dee. ‘Jack and Yek at Angstrom’, The Dallas Morning News, May 30, p. 8c.
Marin, Rick and Van Boven, Sarah. 'The Buzz Machine', Newsweek, July 27, p. 23.
Cotter, Holland. ‘Painting from another Planet’, The New York Times, July 24, p. B38.’ Stimulation in L.A.’, Flash Art, Vol. 31, No. 201, Summer, pgs. 116 - 120.
Schjeldahl, Peter. ‘Ultralongerie’, The Village Voice, June 23.
Schwendener, ‘Planet Hollywood’, Time Out New York, July 9-16, Issue 146,p. 62.
Pagel, David, ‘Works Combining Beauty with Brains’, Los Angeles Times, August 14, p. F 29
Odom, Michael. ‘Ultralounge’, Artforum, November, p. 119. |
1997 |
Hickey, Dave. ‘Top Ten Year in Review’, Artforum, December, p.89.
Tager, Alisa. ‘Report From Las Vegas’, Art in America, February.
Crosby, Gregory. ‘Radiant City’, Scope, February 22 - March 7.
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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Selected Public Collections
Chelsea Art Museum, New York, New York.
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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