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Marlene Tseng Yu was born in Taiwan in 1937 and came to the U.S. in 1963. From 1969 to 2007, she lived and worked in SoHo, New York City, and in 2008, opened a studio in Long Island City. She received her Bachelor in Fine Arts degree from the National Taiwan Normal University in Taipei in 1960, and her Master in Fine Arts degree from the University of Colorado at Boulder in 1967. She taught art at Denver University in Colorado in 1967 to 1968. Since 1994, she has been on the Advisory Committee of the Fine Arts Department of the University of Colorado at Boulder. Since 1995, she has curated exhibitions for the new art movement, “Forces of Nature." Marlene is Founder and Curator of the Rain Forest Art Foundation (2001 to present).
- As of August 2010, Marlene Tseng Yu will have had an
impressive total of 63 solo
exhibitions
in the
- Marlene’s art has been reviewed in 9 languages in more than 170 publications, by numerous art magazines, newspapers, TV, and radio shows, such as ARTFORUM, Art in America, Art News, World Journal, and Barbara Walters’ Today Show.
- Marlene’s
has received several awards for
achievement
in the arts. In 2005, she received the
first “Muse” Fine
Arts Award in the Muralist Paintings category at the inaugural ARTV
Awards in
- Marlene’s paintings are included in over 1000 public and private collections. Marlene is able to do commission work according to requirements of large-scale architectural projects.
As of August 2010 - MARLENE_resume_2010.pdf (English)
As of August 2010 - MARLENE_resume_2010_Chinese.pdf (Chinese)
The
beauty of the universe changes with time. As
the days
pass and the seasons change, the sky, earth, mountains and rivers
repeat
in patterns that are never really quite the same. In my search for the
variations of the many faces in nature, I have found that nature
provides
an infinite source of inspiration for artistic expression. I love the
many
elements in our environment, be they as broad as the horizon beyond or
small as cells under the microscope. In this vast setting, I hope to
capture
the spirit of the universe, its rhythm and movements, its quiet and
angry
moods, its colors and forms...
With the traditional Chinese and Western art training, together with my own experiments, I have sought to create techniques that can fully express my ideas and feelings. The techniques may vary greatly from painting to painting, as to embody the scope of my expression. The reference to nature is the focus of all my paintings. I have found that painting in water media - acrylic demands an absolute control of the medium to achieve the various effects, textures, and transparencies. The scale of the painting is a challenge, but not a limitation for me. To produce on canvas or paper what I have in my mind, my ideas and feelings on the universe, is a great challenge.
--Marlene Tseng Yu, September 16, 1968
Even after thirty years of work on the Abstraction in Nature Series, my art continues to focus on the beauty of nature, calling for appreciation and awareness of what needs to be done to preserve our environment. I hope my efforts in the Environmental Green Movement in art prove to be substantial and that my art is both timely and timeless.
--Marlene Tseng Yu, January 16, 1998
The Glacier Melting Series started in 1965. It has continued through 2008, for it is my favorite subject. Without my realizing it, the series reflects what has become one of the most important issues today, as human lifestyles and habits increase global warming and cause glaciers to melt rapidly. I hope through my art to convey the urgent message--earth is in danger, please let us protect it together.