TEW Galleries presents

Liaung-Chung Yen

in a special

Trunk Show

December 2, 3 and 4.

Liaung-Chung Yen was born and raised in Taiwan and his jewelry and artistic aesthetic is influenced by both Chinese culture and art.  As is traditional in Chinese painting, Liaung sees his work as an expression of the mind.  His pieces suggest a moment of thought where stillness, beauty and illumination can peacefully coexist and can be seen as small expressions of art, desire, wit or sensuality. 

Just as his pieces of jewelry function as adornment, they can also be appreciated as small sculptures.  Liaung uses linear elements to build the form and structure, creating rhythm and motion in these elegant and original art works.

The jewelry of Liaung-Chung Yen documents both the time in which we live and the refined emotional quality of this exceptional artist jeweler.

     Flourishing Cuff

 Liaung received his Master of Fine Art at SCAD, Savannah College of Art and Design.  Prior to this he studied at the National Taiwan Academy of Art and the Taiwan Provincial Handicraft Research Institute.  He has shown in galleries, museums, jewelry shows and academic venues in New York, San Diego California, Seattle, Santa Fe, Chicago, Philadelphia, and Taiwan. 

He is the recipient of numerous awards including "‘NICHE Award Finalist', Recycle" in 2008 and in 2007 he was honored with "Second Place, Natural Color Diamond Distinction" in "Manufacturing Jewelers & Suppliers of America (MJSA) Vision Award Design Competition". 

He has taught at the School of American Crafts, RIT, Rochester, NY, SCAD, and the National Museum of Natural Science, Taiwan.  Liaung was also an artist in residence at the School of American Crafts, Rochester Institute of Technology.