:: CHUN-SHAN  (Sandie)  YI ::

http://cripcouture.org

cripscouture@gmail.com

BORN

Taichung, Taiwan 1981

Currently resides in Chicago, IL

EDUCATION

MFA - University of Berkeley, Department of Art Practice, 2011

MA - The School of The Art Institute of Chicago, Department of Art Therapy, 2005

BFA - The School of The Art Institute of Chicago, 2003

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2006 -- EXTRAART Gallery, Prague, Czech Republic

2006 -- Gallery 902, Open Studio Project, Evanston, IL

GROUP EXHIBITIONS 

2011 -- Berkeley Art Museum, MFA Exhibition, Berkeley, CA

2009 -- Swell Gallery, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA

2008 -- Gallery Project, Ann Arbor, MI

2006 -- International Festival of Inclusive Arts, Hong Kong, China

2006 -- Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago, IL

2006 -- Gene Siskel Film Center, Chicago, IL

2006 -- Jane Adams Hull House, Chicago, IL

2005 -- Fashion Show, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL

2005 -- ARC Gallery, Chicago, IL

2005 -- Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, IL

2005 -- Gallery 2, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL

2003 -- California College of Arts and Crafts, San Francisco, CA

2003 -- Gallery 2, BFA Exhibition, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL

PUBLIC COLLECTION

Access Living, Chicago, IL

AWARDS & RECOGNITIONS

2010 -- Eisner Award, UC Berkeley, Berkeley, CA

2009 -- DeBatz Fellowship Award, UC Berkeley, Berkeley, CA

2007 -- Wanderer Project Artist Grant Recipient, Cloud Gate Dance Theater of Taiwan, Taipei, Taiwan

2006 -- Disability Arts and Culture Honor, The Disability Pride Parade Planning Committee, Chicago, IL

2006 -- Sandra Rosenberg Memorial Fund Award, Open Studio Project, Evanston, IL

2005 -- Graduate Fellowship Award Recipient,  The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL

2003 -- Trustee Scholarship, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL

PUBLICATIONS

C. Yi. (2010). From Imperfect to I Am Perfect: Reclaiming the Disabled Body Through Making Body Adornments in Art Therapy. In C. H. Moon (Ed.). Materials and Media in Art Therapy: Critical Understanding of Diverse Artistic Vocabularies (pp. 103-117). New York, NY: Routledge.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Millet-Gallant, Ann. “Disarming Venus.” The Disabled Body in Contemporary Art. New York, NY: Palgrave Macmillan. 2010.

Truppi, Danielle. “Artist Spotlight—New Work on Campus.” CLAM XVI: The Cal Literature & Arts Magazine. Student Publications Center. Berkeley, CA. Spring 2010.

Mathews, Lauren. “Healing Hands.” PISTIL magazine, Issue 6, “Guts,” Fall 2005.