Janice Yang

Janice Yang is a figurative painter and illustrator. She was originally born in Connecticut, but moved to South Korea at the age of four, and later returned to the U.S. at the age of sixteen. This cross-cultural experience has had an enormous impact on her life and work. She became interested in the human condition, the overlapping cultures and transformations that the world encounters. Janice’s figurative work combines narratives, symbolic objects, and abstract patterns. The process of art making has become her way of communicating with the world to explore and find her cultural identity.

Portland State University, Portland, OR - Master of Education
Pacific Northwest College of Art, Portland, OR - Bachelor of Fine Arts

“Solsolhan Minhwa,” Hongik Art Gallery, Hongik University, Seoul, South Korea 2014
“A Painting and its Curious History,” North View Gallery, Portland, OR 2013
Imago Annual Art Forum, Portland, OR 2013
“Love is a Thread,” Imago Art Space, Portland, OR 2012
PNCA BFA Juried Show, Portland, OR 2013
PNCA BFA Juried Show, Portland, OR 2012
PNCA Illustration Juried Show, Portland, OR 2013
PNCA Illustration Juried Show, Portland, OR 2012
“Exile Poster Project,” Imago Art Space, Portland, OR 2012
Art Center College of Design, Illustration Selected Exhibition, Pasadena, CA 2006
ACCD Illustration Selected Exhibition, Pasadena, CA 2005
ACCD Illustration Selected Exhibition, Pasadena, CA 2004