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Home: exploring belonging
JIAYI YOUNG
Bio
 Born in Shanghai, China, Jiayi Young is a participating visual artist and a full-time faculty member in the Art New Media department at American River College. She works in the area of large-scale mixed media installation incorporating digital and traditional media. Young began her art career as a Chinese traditional painter with an interest in its philosophies and history. In addition to her MFA in multimedia, she also holds a Master of Science in Atomic Physics. With this strong science background, she is able to explore and utilize the new means of artistic expression through digital media. In addition to making art, she also worked as an atomic physicist. As an artist who is actively working and exhibiting, she is particularly sensitive to contemporary issues surrounding the postmodern world. Her works have been exhibited internationally from Taiwan to France and nationally from California to New York.
Photo courtesy of the artist.
Samples of artwork:
home, rice sacks, plastic name badges, newspaper, stamp pad ink, acrylic paint, 2006
Sifting installation, mixed media
Note: This piece is an example of the artist's body of work, but is not the artwork that will be featured in the Home exhibition.
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