Violet Yin

Violet Yin is a painter and educator who was born in Shanghai, China. She is currently pursuing her MFA in Painting and Drawing at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Throughout her time at SAIC, Violet has thoroughly invested herself in the timeworn practice of observational painting. She believes that figuration, representation is the foundation of abstraction. After her study trip to Mont Castello, Italy during the summer of 2015, she was fascinated by the excitement of the interaction between color and shape during her plein air experience. Gradually, she started working towards more abstract approach from observational inspirations. She found the incredible nature of visual elements. In her recent works, she chose colored pencil and acrylic as the media. The complimentary color choices and unpredictable compositions reflect Violet’s endless curiosity towards the world around her. The chosen lens is not just for documenting the existing objects, it is also for releasing the interpretation and imagination of the artist towards her surroundings.

B.F.A, School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC)
M.A. in Higher Education, Teachers College, Columbia University

05. 2026 Celebrating AAPI Heritage Month: Between, Across, Within, FloHaus Gallery,Online
04. 2026 Let’s Stay Together, Pudong New Area Culture Art Director Center, Shanghai, China
05. 2026 RELICS: Ancient to Modern, Pelham Art Center, Pelham NY
03. 2026 Light, Edward Hopper House Museum, Nyack, NY
03. 2026 A Time within a Time, Monmouth Museum, Middletown, NJ
02. 2026 Unconditional Humans, Gather, Brooklyn, NY
01. 2026 Freedom, Studio Montclair, Montclair, NJ
12. 2025 Nexus, Green Space Studio, Union City, NJ
12. 2025 Works on Paper, Palladium.Athena.Project, Brooklyn, NY
04. 2023 Viewpoints, Studio Montclair, Montclair, NJ
2019 The Freedom of Abstraction, Site: Brooklyn, Brooklyn, NY
2019 Got It For Cheap, Western Exhibitions, Chicago, IL
2019 LES Art Show, Dacia Gallery, New York, NY
2016 OuRArt, Siragusa Gallery, Chicago, IL
2016 BFA Thesis Exhibition, Sullivan Galleries, Chicago, IL
2016 Arte Contemporanea, International Center for the Arts, Umbria, Italy