Gardiner Museum

Annie Yung

b.1982, Brittany, France
Black Birds Began to Swim, White Fishes Began to Sing | 2011
Ceramic, glass, mirror, cement, bicycle wheels, metal and nylon wires
Dimensions: 2’w x 5’h

ARTIST STATEMENT

The work tells the story of a thousand faces of joy, sadness and beauty floating in a never ending search for balance. It is a song of transformation, where dreaming is to discover life and death through new eyes.

Annie Yung was nominated by Léopold L. Foulem. Foulem is an influential ceramic artist and teacher in the CEGEP system in Montreal. He is best known for his humorous, often critical works that comment on the history of ceramics, fine

MEET THE ARTIST

Based in Montreal, Annie Yung comes from a mix of cultures that push her to open herself to the world and to everyone around her. Yung has pursued an interdisciplinary artistic course of development in visual arts, including photography, drawing, painting and sculpture. In 2010, she completed four years of study at the Bonsecours Ceramics Center in Montreal.

Artwork photography by Dave Stevenson