ABOUT THE ARTIST
Ariane "Yaya” Chang (b. 1986) is a Chinese-French-American artist raised in New York and Hong Kong and based today in Paris. She is self-taught and works in oil, watercolor, acrylic and ink painting. Her eclectic artwork draws inspiration from her co-existing cultures and identities. She believes that it is nourishing to work in multiple spheres, inhabiting different selves in the same body. Each of these identities enhances the other. Yaya graduated magna cum laude from Cornell University and holds an MBA from ESSEC. She is the proud mother of two girls.
EXHBITIONS
Solo Exhibitions
“My Breast Friends”, Bim Bam Gallery, 23 Rue Béranger, 75003 Paris. Dec 2 2023 - January 13 2024.
Artsy: Contemporary Artists Are Changing Our Perceptions of Breasts
Konbini : Après avoir appris le cancer de sa meilleure amie, Yaya Chang s’est mise à peindre des seins
Juxtapoz: All "My Breast Friends": Yaya Chang in Paris
“Cheval Bleu”, Strada Exhibitions, 24 rue Monge 75005, Paris, France - 25 July - 25 Oct 2022 - Catalogue available here.
“Amazons & Blue Jungles” Strada Café & Exhibitions 24 rue Monge 75005, Paris, France du 2 octobre au 18 decembre 2019
"La Routine", Strada: 92 rue du Temple, 75003 and 24 Rue Monge, 75005 Paris, France June 28 to September 28, 2017
"La Routine", L'Atelier Singulier, 38 Rue Sedaine, 75011 Paris, France, March 18 - April 20, 2017
"Beijing, T'es ouf", Amy Q Gallery, Chaoyang Park, Beijing, China 朝阳公园西路9号,壁湖居, April 7-29, 2016
"The Whole is Greater Than the Sum of Its Parts", Galerie Nouvel Organon, Paris, France, January 2014
"Delectable Paths", Showroom of SugarPlum Cake Shop, Paris, France, June 2010
Selected Group exhibitions
“Artistes de Belleville”, Group exhibition - Associations des Artistes de Belleville. Galerie des AAB, 1 rue Francis Picabia, 75020. 18 au 28 avril 2019
“3 Americans in Paris”, Fondation des Etats-Unis, 15 boulvard Jourdain, 75014 Paris. March 28-March 31, 2019 website here
“ Where East and West Meet in Art”, Paris 75016, June 1, 2018 Press Release here
Portrait of Yaya Chang in front of her paintings at the opening of “3 Americans in Paris”, Paris, March 2019.
"Art in Technology", Google headquarters, Paris, France, January 2012
"Au tour l’Opéra", Grand Salon du Fondation des Etats-Unis, Paris, France, December 2010
Group photo of artists and panel of “Where East and West Meet in Art & Design” for the Geely exhibition in Paris, June 2019.
When Digital Brands Meet Art, Ykone Gallery, Galerie Beaubourg, 38 rue Quincampoix, 75002, Paris January 2017
“Shakespeare and Company, Paris: A History of the Rag & Bone Shop of the Heart”, book launch and exhibition of contributors, 37 Rue de la Bûcherie, 75005 Paris, France, September 2016
"Mutatis Mutandis", 75005, Paris, France, January 2015
"REALITY/FICTION # 1:BATTLE", 75018, Paris, France, July 2009
"The World Is Their Campus", Photography, Cornell University, New York, USA, April 2008
COMMISSIONS and AWARDS
Geely Design - Where East and West Meet in Art & Design – A Vision for Mobility in 2100. To mark the team’s arrival in Paris, Executive Vice President of Geely Design, Peter Horbury, along with two representatives from his Shanghai studio – senior interior expert, Justin Scully (from Wales), and exterior design director, Brandon Pan (from China) – hosted an evening entitled: The Geely car designers were joined by French artists Benoit Créac'h and Julia Gaudard, and Chinese-American artist, Yaya Chang.
Shakespeare & Company, Illustrator for Bi-annual Literary Festival, June 2009-2014
Google, Design, mural and decoration for Inauguration of European Headquarters in Paris, December 2011
Chanel, “La Sainte Catherine» hat design selected and created for runway show, November 2010
Cannes Film Festival (The Short Film Corner), Head of Animation for Mr. Moosh et Mlle. Poopay, May 2009
PUBLICATIONS
Cartier - Le Voyage Recommencé Carnet de Voyage - Florence - 2023
Profile on Solaire Journale, 2022. '“Des Pinceaux Pour La Routine”
New York Review of Books, 2020. Author and illustrator of Corona Maman. An essay of what it was like to deliver at a Paris clinic’s first positive COVID 19 mother. Available here: https://www.nybooks.com/daily/2020/04/02/corona-maman-a-paris-clinics-first-covid-19-delivery/
Shakespeare and Company Paris, 2016. Drawing of the piano room. Published in Shakespeare and Company, Paris: A History of the Rag & Bone Shop of the Heart. Available for purchase here