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Born: Taipei, Taiwan
Resides: Los Angeles, CA, USA and Taipei, Taiwan
Education:
2000 MFA, Experimental Animation,
California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, CA, USA
1997 BA, Mass Communications,
Fu-Jen University, Taipei, Taiwan
Solo Exhibitions
2010 Soft Tissue: works on paper and sculptures by YaYa Chou, Fort Wayne Museum of Art,
Fort Wayne, IN (catalog)
Home with Beasts, Indie Collective Gallery, Culver City, CA
2009 Compromised Interpretation, LAAA/Gallery 825, Los Angeles, CA
Selected Group Exhibitions
2010 Sweetness and Light, Hampden Gallery, Amherst, MA
39NOW, Sophia Louisa Projects, Los Angeles, CA
Art from the Ashes, Brand Library Art Galleries, Glendale, CA
Best, Crussell Fine Arts Eichler Gallery, Orange, CA (catalog)
Venice Art Walk and Auction Exhibition, Venice, CA
2009 Fresh, The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA, Los Angeles, CA
eclat, Crussell Fine Arts Eichler Gallery, Orange, CA (catalog)
Venice Art Walk and Auction Exhibition, Venice, CA
Pretty: Disturbing, Orange County Center for Contemporary Art, Santa Ana, CA
10th International Shoebox Sculpture Exhibition, University of Hawaii at Manoa Art Gallery, Honolulu, Hawaii (catalog)
Sweetness, The Art Gallery at Moorpark College, Moorpark, CA
2008 Hysteria Updated, Gatov Gallery, Cal. State University Long Beach, Long Beach, CA
Novella, Gallery 825, curated by Meg Linton, Los Angeles, CA
Transformed, Contemporary Art Center of Virginia, Virginia Beach, VA (catalog)
Venice Art Walk and Auction Exhibition, Venice, CA
Shadow Boxes, Café La Boheme, Taipei , Taiwan
Now, curated by Yossi Govrin, Arena1 Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
The Cutting Edge: New Works in Fiber Art , Acorn Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
First Anniversary Group Show, Tinlark Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
4th Year Anniversary Show, Gallery Revisited, Los Angeles, CA
2007 Big Babies, Art Murmur Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Co-Op, Café La Boheme, Taipei, Taiwan
Subset, Crussell Fine Arts Gallery, Orange, CA (catalog)
Annual Downtown Artists Grants Exhibition, Dangerous Curve, Los Angeles, CA
Liminal, Phantom Galleries L.A., Pasadena, CA
The Child in You, Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, IL
On Site at the Gate, juried by Aimee Chang, Angels Gate Cultural Center, San Pedro, CA
Echoes: Women Inspired by Nature, curated by Betty Ann Brown and Linda Vallejo,
Orange County Center for Contemporary Art, Santa Ana, CA (catalog)
Group Show, James Gray Gallery, Santa Monica , CA
Get:Art 2007, Bonhams & Butterfields, Los Angeles, CA
HausGuests, Haus Gallery and The Brewery Project, Los Angeles, CA
Winter Biannual, juried by Susan Cross, L.A. Art Association South: The Michael Napoliello Gallery, Hermosa Beach, CA
2006 Consumerism & Product #3, Gallery Revisited, Los Angeles, CA
‘Tis The Season, curated by Joella March, James Gray Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
Gift Shop, Another Year in LA, Los Angeles, CA
TOMORROWLAND: CalArts in Moving Pictures, Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
Resident Artists Exhibition, Altered Esthetics, Minneapolis, MN
Post It: Another Art Exhibition, Atkinson Art Gallery, Southport, UK
Consumerism & Product #1, Gallery Revisited, Los Angeles, CA
Inauguration 3, Gallery Revisited, Los Angeles, CA
2005 October & December Group Show, The Hive Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
CODA: A concluding passage, SCA Gallery, Pomona, CA (catalog)
Wallworks, LA Artcore 22nd Annual Juried Competition, Juror: Jay Belloli, Artcore Brewery Annex, Los Angeles, CA
Downtown Los Angeles Art Festival - Indoor Exhibition, Los Angeles, CA
Animal Art, Altered Esthetics, Minneapolis, MN (catalog)
2004 l’art de mort, Altered Esthetics, Minneapolis, MN
Envisioning the Future, facilitated by Judy Chicago & Donald Woodman, Pomona Arts Colony, Pomona, CA
Ink & Clay 30, Juror: Hollis Goodall, Kellogg University Art Gallery, Cal Poly Pomona, Pomona, CA
2003 War Stories, A Shenere Velt Gallery of The Workmen’s Circle, Los Angeles, CA
Five Corners II, Café La Boheme, Taipei, Taiwan
Reviews and Articles
2009 Nancy Kay Turner, "Pretty: Disturbing," ArtScene, Vol.28, No.9, May, 2009 (CA)
Edward Goldman,“Art Talk,” KCRW, May 5, 2009 (CA)
2007 “Downtown Artists Project Grant Winners Show,”
Citizen LA, Vol. 2, Issue 9, September, 2007, page 16 (CA)
Lucinda Michele Knapp, “New Artistic Haunts,” Pasadena Weekly, July 5, 2007, p. 17-18 (CA)
Carrie Yury, “Reviews: Echoes Orange County Center for Contemporary Art,”
Artillery magazine, Vol.1, Issue 6, Summer 2007, page 34-35 (CA)
Citizen X, “Grant Winners Hurrah!,” Citizen LA, Vol. 2, Issue 5, May, 2007, page 8
Candace Taylor, “Artists turn gummy bears into eye candy,” Cape Cod Times (MA), May 14;
"Gummy art: From sweet and chewy treats to eye candy," Chicago Tribune(IL), May 3, 2007;
“Eye candy: Artists discover novel uses for gummy bears,” Columbia News Service(NY),
The Arizona Republic(AZ), April 13 and The Times Argus (VT), April 22, 2007;
“Young artists find fruitful uses for gummy bears,” The State(SC),
April 19, 2007
Daniella Walsh, “Women and the world, Review: An exhibit by female artists in Santa Ana
focuses on the Earth and environment,” The Orange County Register,
Entertainment: Arts (CA), April 14, 2007
2006 Liz Good, “Curtains: YaYa Chou: Bear Bulbs,” Fiberarts magazine,
Vol.33, No.3, Nov/Dec 2006, page 80
Mario Cutajar, “Previews of Exhibitions: YaYa Chou and Katy Bowen,” ArtScene,
April 2006, Vol.25, No.8, page16-17 (CA)
Dr. Rebecca Epstein, “Fool on the Floor,” Los Angeles CityBeat,
March 30-April 5, 2006, Vol.4, No.14, page 42-43 (CA)
“YaYa Chou and Katy Bowen,” Flavorpill LA, April 2006
Awards
2010 Artists' Resource for Completion Grant, Durfee Foundation, Santa Monica , CA
2007 Artists' Resource for Completion Grant, Durfee Foundation, Santa Monica , CA
Downtown Los Angeles Artists' Grant, Downtown Artist Project and the Los Angeles
Downtown Arts District, Los Angeles , CA
2002 Award of Merit, Kalamazoo Animation Festival International, MI
2001 Honorable Mention – Animation, Homboldt International Film Festival
2000 Gold Award of Best Animation, New York Exposition of Short Film and Video, NY
Grand Jury Best Animated Film, MicroCineFest, MD
Lectures and Symposia
2009 Asian Americans in the Visual Arts , panel discussion,
presented by Asian Professional Exchange (APEX), Bowers Museum, Santa Ana, CA
2008 Asian New Media, film screening and panel discussion,
National Center for the Preservation of Democracy, Los angeles, CA
2007 16th Annual Matrilineage Symposium, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY
Public and Private Collectors
Cal Poly Pomona, Pomona , CA
Homeira Goldstein, CA
Bernice Steinbaum,
Bernice Steinbaum Gallery,
FL
Jeffrey Crussell, Crussell Fine Arts, CA
Paula Van Horn, CA
Joey Shimoda,
Shimoda Design Group,
CA
Mr. and Mrs. Victor M. Newlove, CA
Kevin Wilkeson & Tiffiny Mansouri, CA
Yossi Govrin, CA
Mr. and Mrs. Brian Sweeney, CA
Rick Robinson, CA
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