About Yun

Yun considers herself a “Southern Asian” and her experiences are grounded in this dichotomy. Born in Beijing, China in 1979, she migrated with her parents to Tallahassee, Florida, at age six. She grew up in a conservative, traditional Chinese setting, complete with extracurricular activities, strict discipline and high expectations. But Yun had the most fun swinging off vines and partying around sink holes; some of her fondest memories include running barefoot in the lush trees of Tallahassee. Thus, she is a “Southern Asian” and will always have the graciousness of the South in her heart.

Moving to Atlanta in 1998, she pursued her passion for art at Agnes Scott College, a private women's school. After graduation, she quickly found representation and began showing at galleries around the city and nationally. Her first international show was at Berlin's Gallery 24 in June of 2004. In 2008, Yun was chosen as one of 30 artists invited from around the world to participate in the Chinese Character Biennial at the Ku Art Center in Beijing, China.

Self and societal exploration are major themes in Yun’s life and work. She favors an eternal optimism, enjoys creating social stimulatory experiments and strives to make sure her art asks provocative questions. She has been recognized by the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, ART PAPERS Magazine, Art Asia Pacific, LA Weekly (Top 10 Emerging Artists), New American Paintings, World Journal, The Wall Street Journal, and The London Magazine (Est. 1732). ARTSPROJEKT also recently selected Yun to be amongst their cache of artists on their international merchandising platform.

“I promise to push myself to create the edgiest art the world has ever seen. My aim is to fulfill visions that stimulate society to think through analyzing history, reflecting our current state, or implementing an optimistic ideal of human conditions. There is both beauty and decay in our environment. Like someone that channels, my duty is to observe and learn from both and express it through my perspective, without apology.”

-- YUN BAI

Yun currently lives and works in Atlanta, Georgia, USA. 


VITAE

BORN

• Beijing, China 1979



SELECT SOLO EXHIBITIONS

• WHTRM Gallery, Los Angeles, CA May 2012

• LA Contemporary, Los Angeles, CA Apr. 2009

• “Yun Bai aka YunnyBunny™: Who’s That Girl?” Art Murmur Gallery, Los Angeles, CA Feb. 2008 

• “Elegant Nasty”, Bert Green Fine Art, Los Angeles, CA, Sept. 2007 

• “Fresh Flora”, Wertz Contemporary, Atlanta, GA, Mar. 2006 

• “Secrets and Lies” (Two-person show), Atlanta Contemporary Art Center, Atlanta, GA, Jun. 2003



SELECT GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2012

•  “Art, Beats, & Lyrics”, Neo on Locust, St. Louis, MO, Dec. 14, 2012

•  “Art, Beats, & Lyrics”, LMNT, Miami, FL, Dec. 5, 2012

•  “Art, Beats, & Lyrics”, Andrew Mellon, Washington DC, Nov. 16, 2012

•  “Art, Beats, & Lyrics”, Terminal 5, New York, NY, Nov. 8, 2012

•  “Art, Beats, & Lyrics”, Union Station, Los Angeles, CA, Oct. 5, 2012

•  “Art, Beats, & Lyrics”, Warehouse Live, Houston, TX, Sept. 27, 2012

•  “Art, Beats, & Lyrics”, Palladium Ballroom, Dallas, TX, Sept. 20, 2012 

•  “Art Official”, W Hotel Midtown, Atlanta, GA, Sept. 2012

•  “Art, Beats, & Lyrics”, The Compound, Atlanta, GA, Sept. 14, 2012

•  “ARTlanta 2012”, Hotel Indigo, Atlanta, GA, June 30, 2012

•  “Art Official”, W Hotel Midtown, Atlanta, GA, June 2012

•  “Art Official”, W Hotel Midtown, Atlanta, GA, May, 2012

•  “Art Official”, W Hotel Midtown, Atlanta, GA, April, 2012

•  “Jump Start Your Heart”, Barami, Phipps Plaza, Atlanta, GA, Mar. 29, 2012

2011

• "1x1=One", 2TEN Haustudio, Ivanhoe, NC, Dec. 2011

• "Farewell to Los Angeles", Bert Green Fine Art, Los Angeles, CA, Nov. 2011

• "The View from Here", Galaxy Lounge, Johnson City, TN, May 2011



2010 

• “39NOW”, Sophia Louisa Projects @ d.e.n contemporary, Pacific Design Center, Los Angeles, CA, Nov. 2010 

• Bardot @ Avalon, Hollywood, CA, Aug. 2010

• “Sublime Decadence”, New Gallery, Houston, TX, Feb. 2010



2008 

• Chinese Character Biennial, Ku Art Center, Beijing, China, Aug. 2008 

• “Enclosed, Encased & Enrobed”, Orange County Center for Contemporary Art, Santa Ana, CA, Jun. 2008 

• “$2 Show”, curated by Mat Gleason, I-5 Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, Jul. 2008 

• “FotoFest 2008: Six Viewpoints”, New Gallery, Houston, TX, Feb. 2008



2007 

•  Bridge Art Fair w/ Art Murmur Gallery, Miami, Dec. 2007

• “U Can't Touch Dis: The New Asian Art", Curated by Eric Shiner, Zone:   Contemporary Art, New York, NY, Sept. 2007 

• “Altered States: States of Wonder”, City Without Walls, Newark, NJ, Apr. 2007 

• “Fetish: The Culture of Fear and Desire”, Kearny Street Workshop, San Francisco, CA, Feb. 2007



2006 

• Bridge Art Fair w/ Bert Green Fine Art, Miami, Dec. 2006

• Create Fixate, Los Angeles, CA, Dec. 2006 

• Bert Green Fine Art, Los Angeles, CA, Apr. 2006 

• “Red Beans & Rice: Asian Artists in the New South”, (Curated by Craig Bunting & Koan Jeff-Baysa) Eleanor D. Wilson Museum, Hollins University, Roanoke, VA, Jan. 2006 

2005 

• “Neovernacular”, curated by Franklin Sirmans, Steve Turner Contemporary, Los Angeles, CA, Nov. 2005 (w/ Matthew Hollis, Shinique Smith, Jeff Sonhouse, Mickalene Thomas, Kehinde Wiley) 

• “Red Beans & Rice: Asian Artists in the New South”, (Curated by Craig Bunting & Koan Jeff-Baysa) Elizabeth Harper Gallery, Harper Center for the Arts, Presbyterian College, SC, Nov. 2005



2004 

• “Transatlantic”, Gallery 24, Berlin, Germany, June 2004



2003 

• “Lust”, Fe Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA, Nov. 2003 

• “Sweet Dreams”, Soap Factory, Minneapolis, MN, (Curated by Franklin Sirmans), Sept. 2003 

• Turner & Associates, Atlanta, GA, Sept.2003 

• “Unrandom Acts of Violence”, City Gallery East, Atlanta, GA, May 2003



2002 

• “Cornucopia: A Rent Party”, Eyedrum Alternative Space, Atlanta, GA, Dec. 2002 

• “Pin-up Show”, Museum of Contemporary Art of Georgia, Atlanta, GA, Nov.2002

• “Culture Shock: Georgia’s Foreign Born Artists”, SunTrust Plaza, Atlanta, GA, Jul.
2002

• Mayor’s Art Program, Mayor’s Office, Atlanta, GA, July 2002



SELECT ACHIEVEMENTS

• Tyler Perry Studios Collection, Jan. 2013

• Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Print Department, Nov. 2012

• Laguna Art Museum / Orange County Art Museum, Permanent Collection,Nov. 2012

• Mexican Fine Art Center Museum, Permanent Collection, Chicago, Nov. 2012

• Huntington Museum, University of Texas at Austin, Nov. 2012

• UC Santa Barbara Library-Caridad Archive of Chicano Printmaking in California (part of the California Multicultural Ethnic Archive), Nov. 2012

• Self Help Graphics & Art Collection, Nov. 2012

• Galeria Sin Fronteras, Austin, Texas, Nov. 2012

• The Gerald Buck Collections, Nov. 2012

• Self Help Graphics & Art Professional Printmaking Program Residency Oct. 2012

• The London Magazine, cover, Apr./May 2012

• Finalist, Artadia grant (Atlanta), Oct. 2011

• ARTSPROJEKT (selected artist), 2010 

• Chinese Biennial, 2008 

• Feminist Art Base, Brooklyn Museum, 2007

• Wall Street Journal, Dec. 2007
• New American Paintings, Pacific Edition, Dec. 2006
• “Top 10 Emerging Artists” (LA Weekly), Jan. 2006
• King & Spalding Collection, Atlanta, Georgia, Jul. 2003
• AGL Resources Collection, Atlanta, Georgia, Jul. 2003



SELECT BIBIOGRAPHY

• WonderRoot Podcast, Interview w/ Floyd Hall. Apr. 2013. 

• "Bereolaesque hosts ARTlanta 2012 Art Gallery Showing", Jubilee Magazine, July 3, 2012. http://jubileemag.com/2012/07/video-bereolaesque-hosts-artlanta-2012-art-gallery-showing/

• Southeasternartgallerynews.com, June 2012

• The London Magazine, cover, Apr./May 2012. http://thelondonmagazine.org

• Jordan, Mike.  “Yun Bai Art”, feature story, Thrillist.com, Jan. 26, 2012. http://www.thrillist.com/home-gadgets/atlanta/yun-bai-art_art_online-shops

• Jackson, Corey. INSPIRE Magazine. Feature story, Nov/Dec. 2011. http://issuu.com/blackicebell/docs/volume8_editedcover?mode=window&viewMode=doublePage 

• Fox, Catherine. Breaking news: Artadia names 15 Atlanta finalists for cash awards.  Artsatl.com Oct. 14, 2011. http://www.artsatl.com/2011/10/breaking-news-artadia-announces-15-atlanta-finalists/

• TeachArtWiki, 2009.  http://teachartwiki.wikispaces.com/Peaceful+Hope+-+Yun+Bai

• Farrugia, Mallory. “Yun Bai: Who’s That Girl?”, Flavorpill, Feb.12,2008.        www.flavorpill.com 

• “Yun Bai / YunnyBunny: Who’s That Girl?”, Absolute Arts, Jan. 2008, www.absolutearts.com 

• Artslant.com, Jan. 2008. http://www.artslant.com/la/events/show/11432-yun-bai-yunnybunny-whos thatgirl 

• Schuker, Lauren A.E., "The Art World's Biggest Party", Wall Street Journal, Dec.1, 2007, Pg. W4. 

• Becker, Noah, “An Interview with Yun Bai aka Yunny Bunny”, interview, WhiteHot Magazine, WM issue #2. www.whitehotmagazine.com, Apr. 2006 

• New American Paintings, Pacific Edition, No. 67, Dec. 2006, Open Studios Press.

• Catherine Fox, “Sex Symbols”, review, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Mar.30, 2006 

• Boingboing.net, featured link, Jan.30,2006 

• Peter Frank, “Top 10 Emerging Artists”, Zeitlist, LA Weekly, Jan.6-12,2006 

•"Red Beans & Rice”, review, ART PAPERS Magazine, Jan/Feb. 2006 

• Art review, “Red Beans & Rice”, World Journal, Sept. 2005 

• Franklin Sirmans, “Projects in the Making”, Pg. 96, Art Asia Pacific, April 2004 Dec 6, 2003 

• Feaster, Felicia, “Flower of my Secret”, feature story, Creative Loafing, Mar.5-11 2003



EDUCATION
• Agnes Scott College, Atlanta, Georgia, BA in Studio Art (Painting), May 2001