Selected exhibitions
Marlene Tseng Yu | |
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| Born | 1937 (age 86–87) Taiwan |
| Alma mater | National Taiwan Normal University (BA) University of Colorado at Boulder (MFA) |
| Style | Abstract Expressionism |
| Patron(s) | University of Denver |
Marlene Tseng Yu (born 1937) is a Taiwanese-American artist known for her mural-sized, nature-inspired, abstract expressionist paintings. She has exhibited her "Forces of Nature" series extensively in Europe, Asia, and North America. She is founder of the Rainforest Art Foundation.
Yu graduated from National Taiwan Normal University. She then went to the University of Colorado at Boulder for her master's degree in fine arts, and then taught at University of Denver. Her first televised interview was given by Barbara Walters on The Today Show . [1] [2] Her dual-hemispheric education allowed her to synthesize Chinese painting and Abstract Expressionism, experiment with acrylic paint and develop her own brush techniques on canvas and paper, with nature as her inspiration. [2] [3]
Her main theme is the "Forces of Nature," in which she hopes "to capture the spirit of the universe, its rhythm and movements, its quiet and angry moods, its colors and forms..." [4] in natural phenomena such as avalanches, geysers, coral reefs, calving glaciers, black holes, stalagmite formation, amber resin, Aspen leaves and wind, red rock canyons, crystals, turquoise, and volcanoes. [5] In the 1980s, her minor Dream Series depicted a love story with female torsos and body parts surrounded by animals symbolizing the male.
Yu's 33-foot-long (10 m) works are permanently displayed on rotation in a circular room at QCC Art Gallery at the Queensborough Community College, alongside temporary exhibits such as Pablo Picasso, Andy Warhol, and QCC art students, [6] who have submitted essays discussing her technique and subject matter. In 2006, her four "Elements of Life" (Earth, Air, Water, Fire) paintings were followed by her "March of the Icebergs," in response to today's growing concerns about global warming.
She, and real estate developer husband, James K. Yu, lived and worked in SoHo, New York City from 1969 to 2007, and in 2008, opened a studio in Long Island City, Queens. The couple has two children, Daniel and Stephanie. [7]
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Yu thus uses the environment's organic realities —solid rock; molten lava; the motion of water; the texture of trees, and so on— as the fundamental syntax of an abstract visual language.
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