Charles Yuen

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Charles Yuen in an American artist, based in Brooklyn, New York.[1]

Early life and education

Yuen grew up in Hawaii. He graduated from University of Hawaiʻi in 1975 with a BFA.[1]

Yuen moved to New York in 1981 after receiving his MFA from Rutgers University.[1] He was an early member of the Godzilla Asian American Arts Network, designed the group's logo, and produced its newsletters.[2][3]

Career

Yuen's work is described as surrealism and abstract expressionism.[4]

In 2018, Yuen was named a John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation fellow.[5]

Exhibitions

Solo

  • Crypto-Somatic Incantation at Studio 10 (2016)[6]
  • Itinerant Visualist (2020)
  • Rhyming the Invisible (2023)[4]

Group

  • Brooklyn Museum of Art[7]
  • Newark Museum[7]
  • Exit Art[7]
  • Franklin Furnace[7]

References

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