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Jade Yumang was named after his motherÕs beauty salon and from an earlier age has been obsessed with beautiful, yet slightly off things. His work primarily focuses on the concept of queer form through sculptural abstraction, installation, and performance.

 

He is also part of a collaborative performance trio, Tatlo, with Sara Jimenez and Michael Watson.

 

Education

 

2012               

MFA with Departmental Honors (Fine Arts), Cum Laude

Parsons The New School for Design, New York, NY.

thesis advisors: Mira Schor and Coco Fusco

2008               

BFA Honors (Visual Arts),

University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC.

top of the graduating class

 

Artist Residency

 

2013               

Lower Manhattan Cultural Council Swing Space Residency, New York, NY. [Forthcoming]

2012               

Fire Island Artist Residency, Cherry Grove, Suffolk County, NY.

Atlantic Center for the Arts, Master Artists-In-Residence Program with Pep—n Osorio, New Smyrna Beach, FL.

 

Solo Exhibition

 

2011               

Openwork, CAA MFA, Hunter College/Times Square Gallery, New York, NY.

2009               

Hard Candy, Malaspina Printmakers Gallery, Vancouver, BC.  

2008               

The Birds & the Boys, Plank Gallery, Vancouver, BC.

2006               

Squint, AMS Art Gallery, Vancouver, BC.

 

Two-Person Exhibition

 

2012               

Severed Ties (collaboration with Michael Watson), Governors Island Art Fair, New York, NY.

2011               

Private Interventions (with Gabriela JimŽnez), Janus Project, Brooklyn, NY.

curated by Margo Wolowiec

 

Selected Group Exhibition and Performances [P]

 

2013               

Department of Accumulated Thoughts: 14th Street Archive Division Overtime, Art in Odd Places: NUMBER, New York, NY. [P] [Forthcoming]

collaboration with Sara Jimenez and Michael Watson

curated by Radhika Subramaniam

Smile and Shut Up, SUPERNOVA Performance Art Festival: A Rosslyn Arts Project, Rosslyn, VA. [P] [Forthcoming]

curated by Eames Armstrong

Department of Accumulated Thoughts: Bowery Division, Ideas City Streetfest, The New Museum, Art in Odd Places: NUMBER, New York, NY. [P]

collaboration with Sara Jimenez and Michael Watson

curated by Radhika Subramaniam via AiOP

2012               

Keeping it in the Family, Glasshouse, Brooklyn, NY. [P]

collaboration with Sara Jimenez and Michael Watson

Unbuttoned, Button Factory (APT 16), Newark, NJ. 

curated by Brendan Mahoney

A Jaunt through the Forest with Two Spirits, Fire Island Artist Residency, Cherry Grove, NY. [P]

Respite, Fire Island Artist Residency, Cherry Grove, NY. [P]

The Attack of the Tweed Dandy and its Dandlings, Atlantic Center for the Arts, New Smyrna Beach, FL. [P]

(RE)PURPOSE, Parsons Graduate MFA Thesis Exhibition, The Kitchen, New York, NY.

curated by Jane Panetta and Veronica Roberts

Conosco, Reverse Art Space, Brookyln, NY. [P]

curated by Paula Rezende

Performing Restraint, Presentation Space 1, Parsons The New School for Design, New York, NY. [P]

collaboration with Sara Jimenez and Michael Watson

Cabaret of Failure, The New School, Wollman Hall, New York, NY. [P]

curated by Reena Katz

2011               

Epilogue: What the Future Holds, 25 East Gallery, New York, NY.

collaboration with John Furer and Cupid Ojala            

Finishing Smile Duo, Parsons The New School for Design, New York, NY. [P]

Design the Future, Spazio Luce, Milan, Italy.   

AMT Advisor Select Show, 25 East Gallery, New York, NY.

Chain Letter, Sams¿n Gallery, Boston, MA.

After AM: WFTM to GAM for The Parsons Festival, 25 East Gallery, New York, NY.

collaboration with Cupid Ojala

Swain for The New School Arts Festival Presents Noir, The New School, Sheila Johnson Design Center ÔCrit SpaceÕ, New York, NY.

Odd Couplings, 25 East Gallery, New York, NY.

CAA MFA Exhibition, Hunter College/Times Square Gallery, New York, NY.

curated by Carin Kuoni

Off-Site Mutiny, CAA MFA, Hunter College/Times Square Gallery, New York, NY.

collaboration with Dalal Ani, Alicia DeBrincat, Camilo Leyva, Kalena Patton, and Rebecca Volinsky

2010               

Wish You Were Here, 25 East Gallery, New York, NY.

collaboration with Cupid Ojala

The 2010 Great LGBTQ Photo Show, The Leslie-Lohman Museum of Gay and Lesbian Art, New York, NY.

Six Artists, Two Cities. Art from Vancouver and Havana, Centro de Desarrollo de las Artes Visuales, Havana, Cuba.

with Tonel, Phillip McCrum, Robyn Laba, Ana Olema, and Eduardo Ponjuan

Sights/Sites of Spectacle, 29th Annual AHVA Graduate Symposium and Exhibition, AHVA Gallery, Vancouver, BC.

2009               

Anonyme Zeichner N¡10, Kunstraum Kreuzberg/Bethanien, Berlin, Germany.

The Dead 2, SWARM 2009, Great Northern Way Studios, Vancouver, BC.

2008               

Hot Off the Press, Malaspina Printmakers Gallery, Vancouver, BC.

2007               

Yours Truly: UBC Undergraduate Exhibition, ÒSAMÓ Building, Vancouver, BC.

2006               

Processed, AMS Art Gallery, Vancouver, BC.

Mirror, Mirror: Self-Portraits, Richmond Art Gallery, Richmond, BC.

BIMPE IV, Tuktu Studio, Whitehorse, Yukon.

BIMPE IV, Dundarave Print Workshop Gallery, Vancouver, BC.

BIMPE IV, Federation Gallery, Vancouver, BC.

Pressing Issues, AMS Art Gallery, Vancouver, BC.

Sculpture, AMS Art Gallery, Vancouver, BC.

You Gotta Make Room for the New Ones: AMS Permanent Collection with Student Visual Artists, AMS Art Gallery, Vancouver, BC.

Fact or Fiction, AMS Art Gallery, Vancouver, BC.

2005               

I Adore You, AMS Art Gallery, Vancouver, BC.

with Erica Forssman, Anna Marie Repstock, & Trevor Smith

 

Curatorial Project

 

2013               

Morph, Fowler Arts Collective Gallery, Brooklyn, NY.                

co-curated with Alicia DeBrincat

2012               

Threaded Conversations, 25 East Gallery, New York, NY.

co-curated with Brenda Goldstein

 

Award/Funding

 

2012               

Semi-Finalist for Edward and Sally Van Lier Fellowship

The International Studio & Curatorial Program (ISCP)

Joan Mitchell Foundation Scholarship Fund

Atlantic Center for the Arts

Nominated for Outstanding Student Achievement in Contemporary Sculpture Award

International Sculpture Center

2011               

Graduate DeanÕs Scholarship

Parsons The New School for Design   

Nicole John Scholarship

Parsons The New School for Design

British Columbia Arts Council Scholarship Award (Senior Level)

2010               

Graduate DeanÕs Scholarship

Parsons The New School for Design

Joseph-Armand Bombardier Canada Graduate Scholarships - MasterÕs scholarship

Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada*

Professional Development Fund (Trip to Havana, Cuba)

University of British Columbia

2009               

British Columbia Arts Council Scholarship Award (Senior Level)*

2008               

University of BC Medal in Fine Arts

head of the graduating class in Fine Arts, BFA degree

Malaspina Printmakers Student Scholarship

2006               

Joseph Black Bursary

University of British Columbia

Roy Kiyooka Memorial Bursary in Fine Arts

University of British Columbia

Faculty WomenÕs Club Anne Ida Green Scholarship

University of British Columbia

 

Artist Talk

 

2012               

Focus & Motivation: Artists Presenting their Art, Lecture Series, Hunter College, New York, NY.

2010               

Sights/Sites of Spectacle, 29th Annual AHVA Graduate Symposium and Exhibition, AHVA Gallery, Vancouver, BC.

2009               

Hard Candy, Malaspina Printmakers Gallery, Vancouver, BC.

 

Bibliography

 

2013               

Steinhauer, Jillian. ÒArt Rx.Ó Hyperallergic (12 Feb. 2013).

2012

Neff, Esther. ÒIn Performance: Keeping it in the Family (24hr performance) at Glasshouse.Ó Contemporary Performance (13 Dec. 2012).

Fialho, Alex. ÒFire Island Artist Residency Comes Into Its Own, Pt 2.Ó ArtFagCity (28 Aug. 2012).        

ÒQueer Residency on Fire Island Features AA Bronson, Brendan Fernandes.Ó ARTINFO Canada (29 Aug. 2012).

Beltran, Francesca. ÒConosco.Ó NYLON Magazine Mexico (Jun. 2012): 116-117.

Saville, Chad. ÒLOOK: Reverse Art Space // Group Exhibition: Reverse Art Space in Williamsburg, Brooklyn Exhibits 13 Local & International Artists.Ó Beautiful Savage. (11 May 2012).

Mask 1, Anamesa: An Interdisciplinary Journal. New York University. Volume 10, Number 1 (Spring 2012).

2011               

Wolowiec, Margo. Private Interventions: Interview with Jade Yumang. Janus Project (2011).

Leibowitz, Kristy. ÒRed Redemption,Ó Tinsel Tokyo Magazine. Volume 5 (November 2011): 18.

2010               

Gomez, Enrico. ÒThe 2010 Great LGBTQ Photo Show.Ó The Archive: The Journal of the Leslie/Lohman Gay Art Foundation. Issue 35 (2010): 3-11.

Mateo, David. ÒSeis artistas, dos ciudades.Ó Interview with Tonel. Arte por Excelencias. Edici—n 76. Artes Pl‡sticas Contempor‡neas del Caribe y las AmŽricas (16 June 2010).

2009               

Hard Candy. Exhibition Catalogue. Malaspina Printmakers (May-June 2009).

2006               

The Fourth Biennial International Miniature Print Exhibition. Exhibition Catalogue. (September 2006): 46.

Flesh Tones, One Cool Word (Summer 2006): 12-13.

The Kiss II, Think Equity 2.2 (Winter/Spring 2006): 1.

 

Publication

 

2011               

Ò2084: A Vision of the Future,Ó our art criticism (27 June 2011).

ÒLoosen Up,Ó Marijke Nap: Lifeworks. Exhibition Catalogue. AHVA Library Gallery (May 11-28, 2011).

ÒIdentity Crisis in the Midst of Globalization: The Matters of Being International and Indian,Ó our art criticism. (20 January 2011).

2010               

"The Somatic Car and the Absence of the Gay Body: Resisting Heterosexist Spectacle through Indexical Representation," our art criticism. (3 November 2010).

2008               

ÒConversations: Jade Yumang and Carmen K. CheungÓ, Interviewed by Carmen K. Cheung. Chop 33.2 (Winter 2008): 18-23.

 

Professional Experience

 

2012 - Present

Director of Operations for Artist of the Month Club

INVISIBLE-EXPORTS

2011 - 2012

Admissions Counselor PT

Admissions Department (Bachelor and Associate Degrees), Parsons The New School for Design

Teaching Assistant

Fine Arts, Parsons The New School for Design, xStudio: Xperiments in Performance

Teaching Assistant

Fine Arts, Parsons The New School for Design, Core Studio 1: Sign & System

2010 - 2011

Research Assistant

Dr. Janet Kraynak, School of Art and Design History and Theory, Parsons The New School for Design

MFA Student Representative

Fine Arts, Parsons The New School for Design

2008 - 2010

AdministratorÕs Assistant

Department of Art History, Visual Art, and Theory, University of British Columbia

 

Miscellaneous

 

2013               

Work for auction at Grassroots, Sumei Art Center, Button Factory, Newark, NJ.

2012               

Work for auction at 101 Prints: A Fundraising Event for Malaspina Printmakers, Roundhouse Community Arts & Recreation Centre, Vancouver, BC.           

Work for auction at Groove is in the Art, Access Gallery, Vancouver, BC.

2011               

Work for auction at 101 Prints: A Fundraising Event for Malaspina Printmakers, Roundhouse Community Arts & Recreation Centre, Vancouver, BC.

2008               

Work for auction 2nd Annual Emerging Voices Art Show and Fundraiser, Heritage Hall, Vancouver, BC, May 2008.

2007               

Works featured at BC Binning and Dorothy Somerset Gala SoirŽe & Silent Auction, UBC - Point Grey Campus, Vancouver, BC, Sep. 2007.

2006               

Works featured at the 12th Annual UBC Alumni Achievement Awards, 2 Nov. 2006.

 

Bio

 

Jade Conrad Rivera Yumang

Born in Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines, 1981.

Grew up in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, 1988-1996.

Immigrated to Vancouver, BC, Canada, 1996.

Turned Canadian, 2000.

Lives and works in Brooklyn, NY, USA.

 


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