About Yong Chen
Yong is a studio arts professor in Boston, Massachusetts. He is also an accomplished author, illustrator and painter with paintings exhibited in multiple countries and found in private collections both here and abroad. Yong is the founder of EnjoyingArt, an artist community where he is teaching, coaching, and supporting members from across the US and around the world.
Yong earned his Master of Fine Arts in Illustration from the University of Hartford and has 30 years of teaching experience. He promotes relaxed art-making using a systematic, yet creative process. Yong is not only expert with watercolor, but also excellent with Chinese calligraphy, acrylic, gouache, oil, and digital art covering all subject matter. And Yong is a signature member of the National Watercolor Society.
Yong’s passion for painting, storytelling and teaching started in his early childhood. He hopes to continue to grow a community that is filled with care and support for like-minded artists.
Exhibitions:
2020 - National Watercolor Society - 100th International Open Competition Exhibition
2019 - National Watercolor Society - Annual Member Exhibition
2016-17 - - solo show - Manchester City Hall Gallery - Nature, Children and Us
2016 - Montserrat College of Art Gallery - Inspired Views
2016 - Children’s Museum of New Hampshire - Everything Under the Sun
2016 - The Gallery at 100 Market - Open
2015 - Children’s Museum of New Hampshire - Of Beauties and Beasts - Children’s Book Illustrators
2015 - The Gallery at 100 Market, Portsmouth, NH - Figure Out
2014 - The Gallery at 100 Market, Portsmouth, NH - Guise, Garment & Textile
2012 - solo show - Bannister Gallery, Rhode Island College, RI - Carrying the Dreams
2010 - solo show - Gallery of Lyndon State College, VT - Yong Chen’s Original Illustrations
2009 - solo show - Nashua Image Gallery, NH - Story Time: The Original Arts from Yong Chen’s Latest Picture Books A Gift and Finding Joy
2009 - Logan International Airport (invitational group show), MA. The International Artists Group – The World Around Us
2009 - Silpe Gallery, University of Hartford, CT - MFA Illustration Thesis Show
2008 - solo show - Nashua Image Gallery, NH - Through The Eyes Of Yong Chen
2005 - solo show - Nashua Image Gallery, NH - Yong’s Watercolor Art
1996 - solo show - Rivier Art Gallery, NH - East to West: Yong’s Recent Oil and Watercolor Paintings
1995 - solo show - Bunker Hill Art Gallery, MA - Search and Connect: Yong’s Watercolor Paintings and Children’s Book Illustrations
1993 - solo show - Bunker Hill Art Gallery, MA - > Yong’s Watercolor Paintings
1988 - Taishan People’s Fine Art Museum, China - Portrait Painting Show (Juried, 1st prize)
1987 - Taishan People’s Fine Art Museum, China - Portrait Painting Show (Juried, 2nd prize)
1986 - solo show - Foshan Gallery, China - From City to Country: Yong’s Watercolor and Oil Paintings
1986 - Taishan People’s Fine Art Museum, China - Watercolor Painting Show (Juried, 2nd prize)
1983 - Foshan Gallery, China - Foshan Area Colleges Invitational Show – Color of Summer
1982 - Foshan Gallery, China - Foshan Area Colleges Invitational Show – Drawing and Paintings of Our Lives
1970 - Taishan People’s Fine Art Museum, China - Holidays (Juried, 3nd prize in children artists category)
Publications:
Children's picture book "The Shofar Must Go On" Written by Lina Schwarz, published by PJ Library, 2016
Children's picture book "A Gift " Written and Illustrated by Yong Chen, published by Boyds Mills Press, 2009
Children's picture book "Finding Joy " Written by Marion Coste, published by Boyds Mills Press, 2006
Children's chapter book "Swimming with Sharks" Written by Twig C. George, published by HarperCollins Publishers, 1999
Children's chapter book “Starfish Summer" Written by Ona Gritz-Gilbert, published by HarperCollins Publishers, 1998
Children's picture book "Miz Fannie Mae's Fine New Easter Hat" Written by Melissa Milich, published by Little, Brown and Company, 1997
Children's picture book "Maria's Loose Tooth" Written by Louis J. McNeil, published by Special Gift International, 1995
Children's magazine "Spider" - Get Off My Lap, Cat Written by Trinka Enell, 1998
Children's magazine "Spider" - The Mat and the Meal Written by Virginia Kroll, 1999
Children's magazine "Cricket" - Leaves of Summer Written by Patrice Brazell, 2000
Children's magazine "AppleSeeds" - Why the Kikuyu Love Mount Kenya 2001
Children's magazine "AppleSeeds" - Mountain Zones 2001
