Andrew Yang (artist)

Andrew (Yuan-Du) Yang is an American artist, creative director and entrepreneur. He co-founded the film and production company SWOON NYC. Yang is presently living and working in Los Angeles, California.

For other people named Andrew Yang, see Andrew Yang (disambiguation).

Andrew Yang
Born
Andrew (Yuan-Du) Yang

Orem, Utah
Alma materFashion Institute of Technology
Websiteandrew-yang.com

Early life and education

Yang was born in Orem, Utah, and raised in Salt Lake City as the second oldest of seven children in a Mormon household. His father, Chun-hui Yang, is from Taipei. His mother, Frances Yang, the eldest granddaughter of film actress Mary Astor, was born and raised in Santa Monica, California. He attended New York's Fashion Institute of Technology where he completed a degree in womenswear design and interned for Proenza Schouler.

Work

In 2006, Yang joined the design team of Dennis Basso based in New York City.[1] For several years, he also worked as an art and fashion model, beginning collaboration with photographers Gigi Stoll and Jessica Yatrofsky.

In 2008, Yang created his first doll, and with it launched his first brand, The Kouklitas.[2] Following this collection, he was commissioned by stylist James Worthington Demolet to create several looks from Spring 2010 RTW collections for The Block Magazine.[3][4] Photographed by Dan Forbes, the editorial went viral. This led to a commission celebrating Joyce Boutique Hong Kong's 40th anniversary with windows in the flagship Hong Kong and Shanghai stores, as well as the publication together with Susan Locht of his first book "The Kouklitas".

Anna Wintour recommended Yang create 200 dolls for Fashion's Night Out with Barney's New York. The artist also created two dolls auctioned off for charity in the likeness of Wintour and editor Grace Coddington.[5] Following this Yang collaborated with Frankie Morello Milan, Showstudio London, and a charity collaboration with Chinese brand Mo & Co de Paris.

It was during this time that Yang co-founded film and production company SWOON NYC with director Ramon Goni, and co-created the award-winning short film "Swoon Éphémère" as well as several other streams of related content.[6]

In 2011 Yang was first American artist invited to design all of the puppets and creative direct the prestigious Galeries Lafayette Christmas windows in Paris France.[7] This was followed by a collaboration with Lancome Paris.[8][9] Music star Beyoncé featured one of his Barneys dolls in a 2011 concert video,[10] and Lady Gaga, Oprah, Danielle Steel, Ricardo Tisci, Thom Browne, and Azzedine Alaia all own his work.

Returning to New York Yang developed the iDollogy character franchise with Cristina Carlino, creating a revolutionary stop motion animation music video with Cuppa Coffee Studios.[11] Following this Yang joined forces with Daniel Randell.[12] Together they created and produced a spring campaign for Japan's department store, Hankyu Osaka, as well as holiday installation for the Hong Kong department store, Elements, Hong Kong.[13][14]

In 2015 Yang and Randell relocated to Hollywood, California where they began working on creating a collection of dolls with Sideshow Collectibles based on the likeness of classic Warner Brothers characters and other celebrities.

In 2018 Yang released a collection of dolls likeness of his Great-Grandmother, Mary Astor, with Tonner Doll Company.[15]

Selected exhibitions
  • 2009– "Blushing Muslin", Red Flower Gallery, 13 Prince Street New York City
  • 2010– "Valley of the Dolls", Envoy Enterprises, 87 Rivington Street, New York City
  • 2010– "Fashions Night Out" Barneys New York, 575 5th Ave, New York City
  • 2010 – "The Kouklitas" Ochi Gallery, 119, Lewis Street, Ketchum Idaho
  • 2010– "JOYCE X KOUKLITAS" Joyce Boutique, Pacific Place, 88 Queensway, Hong Kong
  • 2010– "Frankie Morello x ART", Frankie Morello Flagship Store, Corso Giacomo Matteotti 3, Milan, Italy
  • 2011– "ANDREW YANG" Barneys New York, 2 Chome-5-55 Tenjin, Chuo Ward, Fukuoka Japan
  • 2011– "Noel Rock N' Mode" Galeries Lafayette, 40 Boulevard Haussmann, Paris
  • 2011– "In Wolve's Clothing" ShowStudio Gallery, 22D Ebury St, Belgravia, London
  • 2012– "ASVOFF" Fashion Film Festival, European Tour
  • 2012– "For Personal Use" Impossible Project, 425 Broadway, New York City
  • 2014– "Hankyu Japan X Andrew Yang" Hankyu Umeda, Osaka, Japan
  • 2015– "Love in Time" Elements, 1 Austin Rd W, West Kowloon, Hong Kong

References
  1. Dhingra, Divrina (August 23, 2011). "All dolled up with Andrew Yang". Vogue India. Retrieved February 12, 2018.
  2. Esposto, Licia (September 29, 2011). "Bambole di pezza. Andrew Yang". ItalNews (in Italian). Retrieved February 12, 2018.
  3. Campbell, Jennifer (January 20, 2010). "We are ready to love these ready-to-wear dolls". Fashion Magazine. Retrieved February 12, 2018.
  4. "Fashion Dolls Wear Your Favorite Proenza, Lanvin, and Marc Jacobs Looks". Refinery29. Retrieved February 12, 2018.
  5. Ballentine, Sandra. "All Dolled Up". T: The New York Times Style Magazine. Retrieved February 12, 2018.
  6. "Maxim Knox & Kyle Parsons by Andrew Yang & Ramón J. Goñi in Swoon Éphémère". The Fashionisto. October 24, 2010. Retrieved February 12, 2018.
  7. Brack, Theadora (November 14, 2011). "Paris Review: Christmas windows at Galeries Lafayette and Printemps". EuroCheapo. Retrieved February 12, 2018.
  8. "2012蘭蔻Lancome流金巴黎聖誕彩妝 紐約藝術家Andrew Yang跨界打造限定版時尚娃娃Kouklitas". VOGUE (in Chinese). Retrieved February 12, 2018.
  9. "Beauty in Fashion: Lancome X Andrew Yang". Luxury Insider. December 24, 2012. Retrieved February 12, 2018.
  10. Politanoff, Evelyne (March 19, 2013). "Andrew Yang's Couture Dolls". Huffington Post. Retrieved February 12, 2018.
  11. "Archetype Me". Cuppa Coffee Studios. Retrieved February 12, 2018.
  12. Aerial, Mark. "Guys And Dolls". The Fight Magazine. Retrieved February 12, 2018.
  13. "Barbie, Move Over: Andrew Yang Made a Hot Young Hong Kong Lawyer Doll with Sparkling Swarovski". South China Morning Post. Retrieved February 12, 2018.
  14. "Circus to the extreme". The Standard. Retrieved February 12, 2018.
  15. "Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary: Tonner Doll Co. shines a spotlight on Mary Astor's "bad" behavior". DOLLS Magazine. April 6, 2017. Retrieved February 12, 2018.
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