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About Yen Yen

Yen Yen (b. 1992, Taipei, Taiwan) is a Brooklyn-based artist. Last year, she graduated from Pratt Institute with an M.F.A. in Painting and Drawing after receiving her Bachelor’s in Education from the University of Taipei.

Yen Yen has participated in a number of group exhibitions at spaces including The Hole Gallery, New York, NY; Visual AIDS, New York, NY; Tiger Strikes Asteroid, Brooklyn, NY; Prince Street Gallery, New York, NY; Space 776 Gallery, Brooklyn, NY ; and The Cluster Gallery, Brooklyn, NY. She has been a resident artist at Chinatown Soup Studio since early 2019. Visit yenyenchou.com and Instagram @yenyenflamingoo.

Everything is Zero Calorie: Watercolors by Yen Yen

Yen Yen

Yen Yen - Rainbow Stacks (detail) watercolor

My work is an imaginary world that starts from my obsession with food, especially sweets. Growing up in Taiwan, I remember going to supermarkets and bakeries with my parents and longing for all the … [Read more...]

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Established in 2000 and edited by Denise Enck, Empty Mirror is an online literary magazine that publishes new work each Friday.

Each week EM features several poems each by one or two poets; reviews; critical essays; visual art; and personal essays.

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