BFA (2005-2010) The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art
(2010 Summer Fellowship Resident) Ox-Bow School of Arts, Saugatuck, MI
MFA candidate (2020) Yale School of Art, New Haven, CT
Solo and Two-Person Exhibitions:
Maya and the Mycelial Network (2018)
The Range
Saguache, C.O.
Accumulations (2018)
Monica Cook & Ye Qin Zhu
New York, N.Y.
Chimeras (2018)
Cheryl Bentley & Ye Qin Zhu
Los Angeles, C.A.
The Cosmos of Seeds (2017)
Bushwick, Brooklyn, N.Y.
Ye Mandala (2016)
*Future Development Space
Greenpoint, Brooklyn, N.Y.
Curation:
Over the Rainbow (2017)
New York, NY
Live/Work Die Hard (2012)
Gowanus, Brooklyn N.Y.
Co-curated and produced with Piotr Styk.
Select Group Exhibitions:
Death by Audio Arcade (Indie Games and Art Showcase, 2017)
Cloud City
Williamsburg, Brooklyn, N.Y.
What Can the Object Do? (2017)
The Hand
Bushwick, Brooklyn, N.Y.
Now, Therefore (2016)
Valerina Gallerina
Ridgewood, Queens N.Y.
Office Space (2016)
LMCC Residency Space
New York, NY
Cosmicomics (2015)
frosch&portman
New York, NY
Magic Scents (2015)
Valerina Gallerina
Ridgewood, Queens N.Y.
Meownifesto (2014)
House of Tigre Gallery
Ridgewood, Queens N.Y.
BRUCCENIAL 2012
New York, NY
BRUCCENIAL 2010
New York, NY
Red Barn (2010)
OxBow Gallery
Grand Rapids, MI
Sculpture Storage (2010)
La Mama Gallery
New York, NY
Contenpt (2009)
Houghton Gallery
Cooper Union,
New York, NY
My Way (2009)
Performa '09 Hub
New York, NY
Projects:
2008 - 2012 and 2016 - 2017: Program Coordinator at Art Palestine International, a not-for-profit organization dedicated to exhibiting contemporary Palestinian art. Some of the exhibitions we have conducted are: The Thousand and One Nights at Postmasters Gallery, NY; How Green Was My Valley at Whitebox Art Center, NY; Over The Rainbow at Babycastles Gallery, NY.
Redwood Art Studio (2014 - 2016, co-founded with Qin Qin Zhu) With an emphasis on exploration and personal growth, Elisha Lopez, Qin, and I taught drawing and painting to the kids in the community we grew up in, Sunset Park (Brooklyn). Link here.
Socotra Studio (2012) Piotr Styk and I created Socotra Studio, an ongoing collaborative project exploring material property, ritual, craft, and function in the objects we make.
Educator:
Instructor at Beam Center. Brooklyn, NY (2017 - 2018)
Lead instructor at Redwood Art Studio. Sunset Park, Brooklyn (2014 -2016)
Guest Educator at Russel Wright Design Center for Summer Nature & Design Camp. Manitoga, NY (2015)
Portfolio prep and conceptual design course at Yunhua Fang Studio. Cupertino, CA (Summer 2007)
Painting instructor at The Cooper Union Saturday Program. New York, NY (2007)
Bibliography:
Over The Rainbow (2017) view/download online pdf here
Evergreen Review (2017) http://evergreenreview.com/read/the-memoirs-of-a-polar-bear/
NYC Creative Salon (2017) https://nyccreativesalon.squarespace.com/structure-1/
Internet-Yami-Ichi NYC, Zine and Web-zine (2016)
Hyperallergic (2015)
BKmag (2015)
E Flux (2011) qin zhu untitled/