M.F.A. alum Jason Yi wins Mitchell Foundation grant

Congratulations to LDSOA alum Jason Yi (M.F.A. 1995) who selected as one of 25 reciptients of the Joan Mitchell Foundation 2014 Painters & Sculptors Grant Program in the amount of $25,000 each.

Yi:

works across artistic disciplines: photography, video, sculpture, drawing, multimedia and interactive installations.  The expanded notions of culture, time and history play a critical role in the creation of his work.

He has exhibited nationally and internationally in places such as New York, Philadelphia, Washington DC, Chicago, Los Angeles, Japan, China, Korea, Vietnam, Italy and Austria.  Recently, his installation was included in the international exhibition at the Inside-out Art Museum in Beijing, which ended in spring 2013.  In 2010, “Legend of the White Snake” sculptural work was installed on the roof top sculpture garden at the Madison Museum of Contemporary Art on a long-term loan to the museum.  His awards include Joan Mitchell Foundation 2014 Painters & Sculptors Grant, Mary L. Nohl Foundations Fellowship in the established artist category and Kamiyama Artist in Residence Fellowship, supported by the Japan Foundation.  He was selected as the Milwaukee Artist of the Year in the year 2006 by the Milwaukee Arts Board.

Fantastic news. Thanks to professor emeritus Larry Millard for sharing news of this great honor with us. 

Image: from Yi's 2014 site-specific installation "A Fragile Permanence". wood, duct tape, mylar tape, colored pencil, gesso, foil lined bubble wrap (dimensions variable)

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