ARTIST BIOGRAPHY
Kevin Yaun is a Los Angeles based painter whose transient lifestyle moved him across the US as well as Northern Europe and Southeast Asia. His paintings go on a journey themselves as they emerge from layers of paint, arriving at a balanced state of distant yet optimistic. He explores the complex relationship we have with our idea of home and asks us to picture it as an abstract concept.
In 2024, Kevin graduated with an MFA from Laguna College of art. That year also marked his first solo show with the Billis Williams Gallery in LA. His paintings have been shown in public settings like the Laguna Art Museum and are permanently featured in the Pacific Art Foundation, Fulton County Art Collection and many private collections around the world. He shows a range of sizes of paintings including monumental scales that invoke feelings of a kind of “architectural sublime”, inspired by painters like Mark Rothko, Clifford Still, and Caspar David Friedrich.
Kevin Yaun is a Los Angeles based painter whose transient lifestyle moved him across the US as well as Northern Europe and Southeast Asia. His paintings go on a journey themselves as they emerge from layers of paint, arriving at a balanced state of distant yet optimistic. He explores the complex relationship we have with our idea of home and asks us to picture it as an abstract concept.
In 2024, Kevin graduated with an MFA from Laguna College of art. That year also marked his first solo show with the Billis Williams Gallery in LA. His paintings have been shown in public settings like the Laguna Art Museum and are permanently featured in the Pacific Art Foundation, Fulton County Art Collection and many private collections around the world. He shows a range of sizes of paintings including monumental scales that invoke feelings of a kind of “architectural sublime”, inspired by painters like Mark Rothko, Clifford Still, and Caspar David Friedrich.
RESUME
EDUCATION
MFA Painting · Laguna College of Art & Design, September 2022-May 2024
BFA Advertising Design · Savannah College of Art & Design, September 2004-December 2008
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2024 Solo Show · Billis Williams · Los Angeles
2024 Group show · Loisir Gallery · Los Angeles
2024 “Reflections of Resilience” · Laguna Art Museum · Laguna Beach
2023 “The Cityscape Show XIII” Billis Williams · Los Angeles
2023 “Emerging Masters” LCAD Gallery · Laguna Beach
2023 “A Better View” ABV Gallery · Atlanta
2023 “Summer in the City” Cat Eye Creative · Atlanta
2023 “5 x 5 Project XIII” Abend Gallery · Denver
2023 “SIX BY SIX” ABV Gallery · Atlanta
2023 “LCAD MFA” City Hall · Laguna Beach
2022 “SIX BY SIX” ABV Gallery · Atlanta
2022 “The Cityscape Show XII: Iconic” George Billis · Los Angeles
SELECTED FAIR BOOTHS
2024 Billis Williams · Atlanta Art Fair
2024 Billis Williams · San Francisco Art Fair
2023 Billis Williams · Seattle Art Fair
AWARDS AND COLLECTIONS
2023 Pacific Art Foundation Grant 1st Place
2023 Atlanta Fulton County Art Collection
2022-24 Laguna College of Art & Design Merit Scholarship
MFA Painting · Laguna College of Art & Design, September 2022-May 2024
BFA Advertising Design · Savannah College of Art & Design, September 2004-December 2008
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2024 Solo Show · Billis Williams · Los Angeles
2024 Group show · Loisir Gallery · Los Angeles
2024 “Reflections of Resilience” · Laguna Art Museum · Laguna Beach
2023 “The Cityscape Show XIII” Billis Williams · Los Angeles
2023 “Emerging Masters” LCAD Gallery · Laguna Beach
2023 “A Better View” ABV Gallery · Atlanta
2023 “Summer in the City” Cat Eye Creative · Atlanta
2023 “5 x 5 Project XIII” Abend Gallery · Denver
2023 “SIX BY SIX” ABV Gallery · Atlanta
2023 “LCAD MFA” City Hall · Laguna Beach
2022 “SIX BY SIX” ABV Gallery · Atlanta
2022 “The Cityscape Show XII: Iconic” George Billis · Los Angeles
SELECTED FAIR BOOTHS
2024 Billis Williams · Atlanta Art Fair
2024 Billis Williams · San Francisco Art Fair
2023 Billis Williams · Seattle Art Fair
AWARDS AND COLLECTIONS
2023 Pacific Art Foundation Grant 1st Place
2023 Atlanta Fulton County Art Collection
2022-24 Laguna College of Art & Design Merit Scholarship