Shanlin Ye
EDUCATION
MFA, Tsinghua University Academy of Fine Arts. Beijing. 2001
BFA, Central Academy of Fine Arts and Design. Beijing. 1998
PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY
2021-present: Adjunct Faculty, Fontbonne University, Department of Fine Arts
2006-present: US and China-based artist
2001-2006: Lecturer, Beijing Institute of Fashion Design
Shanlin (pron: shan-lynn”) Ye is an artist based in St. Louis, MO. She serves as a lecturer in the Department of Fine Arts at Fontbonne University and previously received her BFA and MFA from Tsinghua University in Beijing. In Beijing, Shanlin served on the faculty of Beijing Institute of Fashion Technology. Her work has been exhibited nationally and internationally.
Working with oils and acrylics, Shanlin’s latest work responds to the myths prevalent on social media. In anonymous yet deeply intimate portraits, she interrogates the idealized personas we encounter there and explores the tender sentiments beneath these facades. Variously bold, troubled, erotic, and yearning, these vibrant subjects offer us a way to understand ourselves and the images that dominate our social media-obsessed environment