The Evergreen
501 Cold Spring Ln, Baltimore
Kenneth Yee
"Help is on the way"
November 7 - December 5, 2009
“In Washington, the first thing people tell you is what their job is. In Los Angeles you learn their star sign. In Houston you’re told how rich they are. And in New York they tell you what their rent is.” (Simon Hoggart)
As an artist who is new to Baltimore, Kenneth Yee is unsure what the city’s natives tell people. A transplant from Queens, New York, the painter/teaching artist is proud to display his inaugural exhibition of paintings in Baltimore at The Evergreen Café.
Yee presents, "Help is on the way", a new collection of paintings on view from November 7 through December 5, 2009. Loose lines and brush strokes are a result of his time spent teaching toddler-age art classes, while newer images of random objects and modes of transportation are inspired by the artist’s new surroundings. Use of words and partial phrases make their way into paintings influenced from the artist’s days in advertising and graphic design.
A graduate of the Fashion Institute of Technology in 1998, Yee has held various solo exhibitions around New York and has been included in shows at the Open Culture Gallery in Chelsea and participated in the Tribeca Open Artist Studio Tour. A number of paintings can be found in a variety of private collections in cities such as Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, Los Angeles, New Orleans, New Jersey, Baltimore and Berlin. Kenneth was interviewed on NBC's The Today Show for volunteer work as a Teaching Artist with Art for Progress and has participated in the Artists Talk series at the Asian American Art Centre in New York City.
