Yek considers himself the "Barry White of post-conceptual painting". His work has been described as "the visual equivalent of mood music. Smooth, cool, and meant to seduce you." Other reviewers say Yek's paintings "absolutely do evoke an architecture of the sky."

Originally from Singapore, Yek studied in Australia before moving to the US. He received his BFA in Austin, Texas and his Masters in Fine Arts at the University of Nevada at Las Vegas. Over the last year he has had exhibitions in Los Angeles, Houston, New York, Columbus and Florida and is gaining the attention of collectors and critics all over. Dave Hickey named Yek in his Top Ten of the Nineties list in the December issue of ArtForum. This is the artist's first solo exhibition in Columbus and his second exhibition in the gallery.

Lives and works in Las Vegas, Nevada.

1968

Born in Singapore.

1997

Masters of Fine Arts, University of Nevada Las Vegas

1994

Bachelor of Arts, University of Texas at Austin

2005

•‘Recent Paintings,’Ameringer Yohe Fine Art, New York, New York
•Galerie Jean-Luc & Takako Richard, Paris, France

2004

•‘Cabriolet (from Vegas to Columbus),’ •Rebecca Ibel Gallery, Columbus, Ohio

•Western Projects, Los Angeles, California.

2003

•'Glare,' Galerie Jean-Luc & Takako Richard, Paris, France
•Mark Moore Gallery, Santa Monica, California
•Savage Gallery, Portland, Oregon

2002

•'Dip', Rebecca Ibel Gallery, Columbus, Ohio
•'Rough', Mark Moore Gallery, Santa Monica, California

•‘Brisk’, Heather Marx Gallery, San Francisco, California.

2001

•‘Loop’, Feigen Contemporary, New York, New York.

•‘Recent Paintings’, Kevin Bruk Gallery, Miami, Flordia.

2000

•Rebecca Ibel Gallery, Columbus, Ohio
• ‘Smooth’, Mark Moore Gallery, Santa Monica, California.
• ‘Crush’, Irvine Fine Arts, Irvine, California.

1999

‘Bossa Supernova’, Post Gallery, Los Angeles, California.

2005

‘Fabulous,’ Rebecca Ibel Gallery, Columbus, Ohio

2004

‘Representing Landscape,’Contemporary Art Center of Virgina, Virgina Beach, Virgina

2003

•'Airborne,' Donna Beam Fine Art Gallery, Las Vegas, Nevada
•'Ten Years in Columbus, Part 1,' Rebecca Ibel Gallery, Columbus, Ohio

2002

•'Summertime,' Rebecca Ibel Gallery, Columbus, Ohio
•'Representing Landscape,' University Art Gallery, University of San Diego, San Diego, California
•'Trade Show,' Guggenheim Gallery, Chapman University, Orange, California
•'Glow:Aspects of Light in Contemporary Art,' curated by Francis Colpitt, San Antonio Art Gallery, University of Texas, San Antonio, Texas
•'New in Town,' curated by Bruce Guenther, Portland Museum of Art, Portland, Oregon
•'Optical Optimism,' curated by Sandra Gering, Galerie Simone Stern, New Orleans, Louisiana

2001

•‘The Magic Hour’, ‘Die Konvergenz von Kunst Und Las Vegas’, Neue Galerie, Kunstlerhaus, Burgring; Graz, Austria.

•‘Las Vegans’, Curated by Dave Hickey, James Kelley Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico.
•‘Perfect 10: Ten Years in Soho’, Sandra Gering Gallery, New York, New York.
•‘The Inaugural Exhibition’, Heather Marx Gallery, San Francisco, California.

2000

•'Ultralounge: The Return of Social Space (With Cocktails),'University of South Florida Contemporary Art Museum, Tampa, Florida
•'Glee: Painting Now,' curated by Amy Cappellazzo (curator, Palm Beach Institute of Contemporary Art), Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, Ridgefield, Connecticut

1999

•Post-Hypnotic,' curated by Barry Blinderman, University Galleries, Illinois State University, Normal, Illinois and The Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati, Ohio
•'That Ole Devil,' Lisa Livingston Gallery, Las Vegas, Nevada
•‘Other Paintings’, Curated by Julie Joyce, Huntington Beach Art Center, Huntington Beach, California.

1998

•'Summertime,' Rebecca Ibel Gallery (Ibel Simeonov), Columbus, Ohio
•'Painting from another planet,' curated by David Pagel, Dietch Projects, New York, New York
•'Jack and Yek,'Angstrom Gallery, Dallas, Texas
•'Ultralounge: The Return of Social Space,' curated by Dave Hickey, Diverseworks, Houston, Texas

1997

•'Area 52,' CCSN Gallery, Las Vegas, Nevada
•'Muse,' curated by David Pagel, Muse, Los Angeles, California
•'New American Talent: 13,' curated by Robert Storr, University of North Texas Art Gallery, Denton, Texas
•'Five Easy Pieces,' Nevada Institute for Contemporary Art, Las Vegas, Nevada
•'Spot Making Sense,' curated by David Pagel and Sean Kelley, Grand Arts, Kansas City, Missouri
•'Meanwhile,' Donna Beam Fine Art Gallery, University of Nevada Las Vegas, Las Vegas, Nevada
•'Las Vegas in Los Angeles,' Bolsky Gallery, Otis College of Arts and Design, Los Angeles, California
•'Desire,' Contemporary Arts Collective, Las Vegas, Nevada

1996

•Jesse Metcalf Gallery, University of Nevada Las Vegas, Las Vegas, Nevada
•'Mona, Mona, Mona,'Contemporary Arts Collective, Las Vegas, Nevada
•'Sweden Show,' curated by Jeffery Valance, Sweden

1995

•'Medication,' Grant Hall Gallery, UNLV, Las Vegas, Nevada
•'Debbie Reynolds,' Debbie Reynolds Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada
•'Clown Show,' Ron Lee's World of Clowns, Henderson, Nevada
•'Liberace Show,' Liberace Museum, Las Vegas, Nevada

1994

Huntington Gallery, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas

1993

•Fort Worth Juried Show, Fort Worth, Texas

•Abilene Museum, Abilene, Texas

1992

•Austin Community College, Austin, Texas
•Huntington Gallery, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas

2004

ates, Christopher. The Columbus Dispatch, June 26.

Pagel, David. ‘Swoops, Wedges of Imaginative Travel’, Los Angeles Times, April 9.

2003

James, Elizabeth Ann. ‘Art Blossoms On The Wind: Celebrating Time and Talent-Past and Present’, The Short North Gazette, p.12.

Fryer-Kohles, Jeanne. ‘Sextet's Modern Pieces Sparkle’, The Columbus Dispatch, April 6, p. F4.

Starker, Melissa. ‘Optic Nerve’, Columbus Alive, Sptember 5, p.11

2002

Baker, Kenneth. ‘Viva Las Vegas’, San Francisco Chronicle, September 28, D10.

Berry, Colin. ‘The Inaugural Exhibition at Heather Marx Gallery’, Artweek, February, p. 25
Goddard, Dan R. ‘Curator Sees the Light of Our Times’, San Antonio Press, August 25, p.6h.
King, Sarah S. ‘Report from Santa Fe: Sin City Sampler’, Art in America, July, p.51-53.
Fryer-Kohles, Jeanne. ‘Yek Paints Visual Cotton Candy’, The Columbus Dispatch, July.
Pagel, David. ‘An Eloquence in Yek's Vibrant Paintings’, Los Angeles Times, Friday, January 4, p. F37.
Pagel, David. ‘Artist on a Daring Mission’, Los Angeles Times, Saturday, June 1.

Verwoert, Jan. ‘The Magic Hour’, Frieze, March, p.84.

2001

Smith, Roberta. ‘Tim Bavington and Yek’, The New York Times, Friday, September 28.

Wehr, Ann. ‘Yek and Tim Bavingto’, Time Out New York, October 11 - 18, #315, p.57.

2000

Colpitt, Frances. ‘Report from Houston: Space City Takes Off’, Art in America, October, p.67-75.
Knight, Chritopher. ‘Seeing the Top of the Op Artists’, Los Angeles Times, November 25.
Drohojowska-Rhilp, Hunter. ‘Sensuality in All Its Many Hues’, The Los Angeles Times, Sunday, July 16.
Kohles, Jeanne Fryer. ‘Painters exemplify playfulness at work’, The Columbus Dispatch, February 20, p. 8H.
Starker, Melissa. ‘Hopped up, What's New at Short North Galleries’, Columbus Alive, February 10, p. 15.

1999

Hickey, Dave. ‘Best of the 90's’, Artforum, December, p.112.
Joyce, Julie. ‘Yek at Post’, Art Issues, Summer, p.48.
Darling, Michael. ‘Fresh Paint’, www.LAWeekly.com, January 29 - February 4.
Frank, Peter. ‘Art: John Frame, Maura Bendett, Yek’, www.LAWeekly.com, January 29 - February 4, Picks of the Week.
Vallance, Jeffrey. ‘Jeffrey Valance’s Top Ten (#4 Hot Vegas Artists)’, Artforum, January, p. 30.

1998

Goya, Lynn. ‘Living Color’, Las Vegas Life Magazine, June, p. 45.
Mitchell, Charles Dee. ‘Jack and Yek at Angstrom’, The Dallas Morning News, May 30, p. 8c.

Marin, Rick and Van Boven, Sarah. 'The Buzz Machine', Newsweek, July 27, p. 23.

Cotter, Holland. ‘Painting from another Planet’, The New York Times, July 24, p. B38.’ Stimulation in L.A.’, Flash Art, Vol. 31, No. 201, Summer, pgs. 116 - 120.
Schjeldahl, Peter. ‘Ultralongerie’, The Village Voice, June 23.
Schwendener, ‘Planet Hollywood’, Time Out New York, July 9-16, Issue 146,p. 62.
Pagel, David, ‘Works Combining Beauty with Brains’, Los Angeles Times, August 14, p. F 29
Odom, Michael. ‘Ultralounge’, Artforum, November, p. 119.

1997

Hickey, Dave. ‘Top Ten Year in Review’, Artforum, December, p.89.
Tager, Alisa. ‘Report From Las Vegas’, Art in America, February.
Crosby, Gregory. ‘Radiant City’, Scope, February 22 - March 7.
O'Brien, Draza Fratto. ‘Desire at the Contemporary Arts Collective’, Art Week, April 1997.

Crosby, Gregory. ‘Radiant City’, Scope, May 3, 1997.

Selected Collections

Chelsea Art Museum, New York, New York.
University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas.
University of Nevada Las Vegas, Las Vegas, Nevada.David Reed, New York, New York.