A wide shot of a ceramics studio, featuring students working with pottery wheels and other tools.
Headshot of Janice Yang, an adult Korean American person with a medium-fair skintone and dark hair.

Janice Yang

Visiting Lecturer

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Bio

Janice Yang earned an MFA in Painting and Drawing from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and a Master’s in Education from Portland State University in Oregon. She received her BFA in Illustration from the Pacific Northwest College of Art in Portland after studying at ArtCenter College of Design in Pasadena, California. Drawing from her experience as a Korean American immigrant, Yang’s practice explores themes of migration, identity, labor, memory, and displacement.

Awards

Awards and Residencies: AXA Art Prize, Oregon Arts Commission Career Opportunity Grant, Gallery MOMO Residency, Golden Artist Colors Educators Residency, and Lillstreet Art Center Residency

Courses

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