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KELVIN MING YOUNG
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Kelvin Ming Young’s paintings are created through a process of “momentary detachment” and free-association with abstract patterns. Young’s subconsciously-envisioned mark-making reflects his personal internal world, visually expressing issues of social and cultural identity. Young draws inspiration from daily life, nature, science, food, childhood memories, Chinese culture and Buddhist art. His paintings emerge as conceptual webs of organic shapes, symbols and motifs. Kelvin Ming Young was born in Taiwan and immigrated to the United States at the age of 12. He received a BA from U.C. Berkeley and an MFA from the San Francisco Art Institute.