Private: LAWRENCE YUN
Lawrence Yun Biography
b. in Taiwan
Taiwan born and Los Angeles based artist Lawrence Yun received his Master’s Degree in Drawing and Painting from California State University in Long Beach. He is speialiezed in water colors and teaches at California State University, Fullerton. Lawrence Yun has been exhibiting in galleries, museums, and other creative venues including Schomburg Gallery at Bergamot Station (Santa Monica), Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, Torrance Art Museum, Long Beach Museum of Art and Los Angeles International Airport (LAX). Yun’s works are represented in various private and public permanent collections, including Terranea Resort, Sony Pictures, The Franklin Mint and Brand Library and Art Center.
EDUCATION
2001 Drawing/Painting (M.F.A.) California State University, Long Beach
1997 Printmaking (B.F.A.) California State University, Long Beach
1989 Packaging Design Fu-Hsin Trade and Arts School
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2012 Hybrid Romance, Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery (Barnsdall Park), Hollywood
2011 Inspired Watercolors – Botanical Paintings by Lawrence Yun, Atelier 6000 Art Studio Gallery, Bend, Oregon
2010 Hybrid Romance, Sarah Lee Artworks & Projects (Bergamot Station), Santa Monica
2007 Greenhouse Laboratory III, Walker’s Gallery, Palos Verdes Art Center, Rancho Palos Verdes
2006 Terrain: Mt. Huangshan & Yangtze River, Sarah Lee Artworks & Projects (Bergamot Station), Santa Monica
2006 Greenhouse Laboratory II, Torrance Art Museum
2005 Greenhouse Laboratory, Sarah Lee Artworks & Projects(Bergamot Station), Santa Monica
2003 Showcase, DNFA (Diane Nelson Fine Arts) Gallery, Pasadena
2001 ManipuNature, Patricia Correia Gallery (Bergamot Station), Santa Monica
2000 ManipuNature, A Master of Fine Arts Exhibition, Design Gallery, California State University, Long Beach
1999 Solo Series of Three, 99, Angels Gate Cultural Center, San Pedro
1998 Still Still Life, Collectors Gallery, Palos Verdes Art Center, Rancho Palos Verdes
1997 Lawrence T. Yun (Selected Works, 1995-1997), Art Gallery B, California State University, Long Beach
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2013 Secret Garden (Scheduled July 13 – August 20, 2013), Manhattan Beach Creative Arts Center
2012 Two Artists Observe Nature, Los Angeles International Airport Terminal 1
No Regrets – Visual Arts Faculty Exhibition Main Gallery, California State University, Fullerton
Across Divide 2011-2012 Art Gallery, University of Texas, Austin
2011 Across Divide 2011-2012 Crossman Gallery, University of Wisconsin-Whitewater
2010 California Artists in New Delhi Muktodhara, Banga Sanskirti Bhavan Cultural Center, New Delhi, India
2009 F+ – Visual Arts Faculty Exhibition Grand Central Art Center, Santa Ana
Out of School Brea Art Gallery, Brea
Still Life Fullerton College Art Gallery, Fullerton
2007 Watermark Coastline Community College Art Gallery, Fountain Valley
Marks, Scratches & Doodles Beckstrand and Walker Gallery-Palos Verdes Art Center, Palos Verdes
2006 Across Divide II Las Vegas Cultural Center, Las Vegas, NV
Across Divide II Lycoming College, Pennsylvania
Refresh – Visual Arts Faculty Exhibition Main Gallery, California State University, Fullerton
Sacred Realm Santa Ana City College Gallery, Santa Ana
2005 Tree of Life Campus Gallery, El Camino College
2004 Water Media Traditional/Experimental Manhattan Beach Creative Arts Center, Manhattan Beach
Inspired by Nature Beckstrand Gallery-Palos Verdes Art Center, Palos Verdes
2003 Palm Trees & Poppies Schomburg Gallery (Bergamot Station), Santa Monica
To Be is To Do – Visual Arts Faculty Exhibition Main Gallery, California State University, Fullerton
2002 Palm Trees, Schomburg Gallery (Bergamot Station), Santa Monica
Winter’s Blossom, curator: Susanna Meiers, El Camino College Art Gallery, Torrance
2001 Investigating Nature, three-person-show, curator: Scott Canty, Pierce College Art Gallery, Woodland Hills
Elegance & Harmony, three-person-show, curator: Megumi Sando, Manhattan Beach Creative Arts Center, Manhattan Beach
The Art of Illusion (catalog), curator: Christy Johnson, Millard Sheets Gallery, Pomona
2000 InterSpace, three-person-show, Wildwind Fine Art Gallery, Idyllwild
1999 Mountains & Mole Hills, two-person-show, Art Gallery A, California State University, Long Beach
Landscape Investigations, two-person-show, Wildwind Fine Art Gallery, Idyllwild
1998 On Site at the Gate, Angels Gate Cultural Center, San Pedro
In Search of Milieu, a collaborative show between artists and writers, Art Gallery C, California State University, Long Beach
Elegance and Sensitivity, curator: Lawrence Yun, DesignGroup, Long Beach
1997 Landscape and Still Life, Downey Museum of Art, Downey
CATALOGUES
2007 “Watermark,” p. 12-13, Coastline Community College
2004 “Inspired by Nature,” p.10-11, & 19, Palos Verdes Art Center
2001 “The Art of Illusion,” p. 25, Millard Sheets Gallery
1997 “The Best of Printmaking,” p. 104, Rockport Publishers
FILM & TELEVISION PLACEMENTS
Luck television series, 2010, HBO
Knight Rider (remake) television series, 2008, NBC
Eli Stone television series, 2007, ABC
Transformers featured film, 2007, DreamWorks
Monk television series, 2005, USA Network
Meet the Fockers featured film, 2004, Universal Pictures
Guardian television series, 2001-2003, CBS
Daddy Day Care featured film, 2003, Columbia Pictures
SELECTED COLLECTIONS
Terranea Resort, Rancho Palos Verdes, California
Sony Pictures (Domestic Television)
The Franklin Mint
Brand Library and Art Center, Glendale, California
Loudermilk Couture Production
Palos Verdes Art Center, Rancho Palos Verdes, California