SUE YANG
sueyang.arts@gmail.com
www.sueyangart.com


Education

  • M.F.A., Tufts University / School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Medford, MA

  • Diploma, School of Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA

  • Post-Baccalaureate Certificate, School of Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA

  • Gallery Instructor Program, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA

  • M.A., Ohio State University, Columbus, OH

  • B.A., National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan

  • Independent Study with Master Fu, Chuan-Fu, Ink Painting and Chinese Calligraphy, Taipei, Taiwan

Professional Experience

  • Gallery Instructor / Associate, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA, 1995-present

  • Continuing Education Instructor, School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA, 2003 -present

  • Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA, 1996 -present

  • Adjunct Professor, Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, MA

  • Greater Boston Buddha Culture Center, Cambridge, MA

  • Worcester Art Museum, Worcester, MA

  • Chinese Culture Center, Boston, MA

Lectures and Workshops

  • Anderson Ranch, Snowmass Village, CO, 2007, Photoshop Workshop

  • Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, 2001, Chinese Ink Painting Lecture

  • Middlebury College, Middlebury, VT, 1999, Chinese Ink Painting Workshop

  • Bennington College, Bennington, VT, 1998, Chinese Ink Painting Workshop

  • Middlebury College, Middlebury, VT, 1997, Chinese Ink Painting Workshop

  • Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, 1996, Chinese Ink Painting Lecture

Awards and Honors  

  • Award of Merit, Copley Society of Art Committee, Boston, MA, 2013

  • Traveling Fellowship, School of Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA 2011

  • Feed, winner for “Best Group Show”, chosen by AICA (International Art Critics Association, New England Chapter) in an Institutional/University Gallery,” Mass College of Art, Boston, MA 2005

  • “Curator’s Choice” Prize, Revels Juried Show, Cambridge Art Association, Cambridge, MA, 2004

  • Who’s Who for American Women, 2003 Edition, New Jersey: Marquis, 2003

  • Award of Excellence, Forte Cup 20th Century Asian Pacific Art Competition, Washington, DC, 1999

  • Second Prize, Newton Art Association Endowment Fund Awards, Newton, MA, 1998

  • Painting Juror, Newton’s Festival Arts, Mayor’s Office for Cultural Affairs, Newton, MA 1997

  • President, Chinese Calligraphy Association of New England 1993-1995

  • Guest Artist on Asian Focus, CBS Television Network, 1994

Upcoming group shows 2024

Perspectives Show Decision from MFA and Copley Society

My work was selected for a juried show. Perspectives: Art from MFA Staff for this year's collaboration between the Copley Society of Art and the MFA Boston.

My piece, Point of View: Canyon, will be on display with 35 other artists from 12 departments across 5 divisions of the Museum.

The show will be up from April 4th - May 4th 2024

Welcome you and your family/friends to visit the show at

Copley Society of Art

158 Newbury Street

Boston, MA 02116

617 536 5049

TUES – SAT 11 AM – 5 PM

SUN + MON by appointment

Schedule may be altered over holiday weekends.

Selective Solo Exhibitions

  • Dong Li Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan 2019

  • Lattitude Gallery, Boston, 2018

  • Museum of Fine Arts, Boston William Morris Hunt Memorial Library, Boston, 2017

  • Attleboro Art Museum, 8 Visions show, Attleboro, MA, 2016

  • Andre Zarre Gallery, New York, NY, 2014

  • Chi –Lin Art and Antiques of Asia, Meredith, NH 2013

  • Chi –Lin Art and Antiques of Asia, Meredith, NH 2011

  • International Buddhist Progress Society of New York, NY, 2011

  • Surreal image Gallery, Chestnut Hill, MA 2008

  • Landau Gallery, Belmont, 2006

  • Howard Yezerski Gallery, Boston, 2006

  • Kwang Hwa Information and Culture Center, Hong Kong, 2004

  • New England School of Arts and Design, Boston, 2003

  • Paradigma Gallery, Brussels, Belgium, 2002

  • International Buddhist Progress Society, Cambridge, MA, 2001

  • World Trade Center, Boston, MA, 1995

Selective Group Exhibitions

  • Copley Society of Arts, Boston, MA, 2024

  • Roger Williams University ROGER THAT gallery, RI, 2023

  • Yesterday’s Gesture at Praise Shadows Gallery, Brookline MA 2023

  • Copley Society of Arts, Boston, MA, 2023

  • L’Attitude Gallery, Boston, MA, 2015

  • Attleboro Art Museum, 8 Visions show, Attleboro, MA, 2015

  • Copley Society of Arts, Boston, MA, 2015

  • Copley Society of Arts, Boston, MA, 2013

  • Chi –Lin Art and Antiques of Asia, Meredith, NH 2012

  • Danforth art museum, Framingham, 2009, 2010

  • Nao Gallery a three people show, Boston, 2005,

  • Mass College of Art, Bakalar Gallery, Boston, MA, 2004

  • Phoenix Gallery,13th National Juried Show, New York, NY, 2004

  • Galerie fur Landschaftskunst, Hamburg, Germany, 2003

  • Art Space Gallery, New Haven, CT, 2003

  • Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA, 2002

  • Viridian Gallery, 13th Annual Exhibition, New York, NY, 2002

  • Armenian Museum, Watertown, MA, 1998

  • Worcester Art Museum, Worcester, MA, 1997

  • National Museum of Manila, Philippines, 1996

Corporate and Public Collections

  • Fidelity

  • South Cove Community Health Center

Publications

  • Always Bright, Paintings by American Chinese Artists 1970-1999, Volumes I & II, New Jersey: Home and Sekey Books, 1999 & 2001