I make sculptural paintings using wood cut-outs set at different angles on a wooden base; the relief becomes a canvas on which I paint. My work derives from a dynamic internal dialogue between opposing elements, focusing on contrasts and ambiguity.

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About Yanick - Resume

Born: Mont Saint Martin, France
American citizen since 1983

Education: School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA

Fifth Year Program 1990
School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
Diploma 1989

Solo Exhibitions:
2011 - Yanick Lapuh: Your Ladder is on Fire, Fuller Craft Museum, Brockton, MA
2010 - Sculptural Paintings, Newton Free Library, Newton, MA
2008 - Yanick Lapuh, Hynes Convention Center, Boston
2007 - Abstract Paintings, French Library & Cultural Center, Boston
2005 - New Work, Boston Center for the Arts
1996 - Illusions, Howard Yezerski Gallery, Boston
1992 - New Work, Alpha Gallery, Boston
1991 - Recent Work, Alpha Gallery, Boston

Selected Group Shows:
2014 - Catenary Art Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico
2012 - Regarding the 3rd Dimension, South Shore Art Center, Cohasset, MA
2011 - Massachusetts Cultural Council 2010 Award Recipients in Painting & Drawing,
           Tufts University Art Gallery, Somerville, MA
         - Massachusetts Artists, Brush Art Gallery, Lowell, MA
2010 - Eye Spy, Playing with Perception, Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, MA
         - South Asia Initiative at Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
         - Painted Visions: Artist Fellows of the Massachusetts Cultural Council,
           Cultural Center of Cape Cod, S. Yarmouth, MA
2009 - Northeast Prize Show, Cambridge Art Association, Cambridge, MA
         - Off the Wall, Danforth Museum, Framingham, MA
         - Edge, ArtSpace Gallery, Maynard, MA
2008 - Art of the North East, Silvermine Guild Arts Center, New Canaan, CT
         - Members' Juried Show, Brush Art Gallery, Lowell, MA
2007 - 14th Juried Show, Essex Art Center, Lawrence, MA
         - Massachusetts Artists, Brush Art Gallery, Lowell, MA
2006 - Summer Street Solstice, Boston Convention Center
2002 - Abstraction, Howard Yezerski Gallery, Boston
2000 - Expressions, Federal Reserve Bank, Boston
1999 - Sleeping Beauty, New England School of Art & Design, Boston
1994 - Howard Yezerski Gallery, Boston
1993 - Howard Yezerski Gallery, Boston
1992 - Alpha Gallery, Boston
         - Chicago International Art Exposition
         - The Art Show, New York City
         - Howard Yezerski Gallery, Boston
1991 - Alpha Gallery, Boston
         - Bank of Boston, Boston
1990 - New Talent Show, Alpha Gallery, Boston

Awards:
2010 - Painting Fellowship, Massachusetts Cultural Council
2008 - 2nd place, Members' Juried Show, Brush Art Gallery, Lowell, MA
2007 - 1st place, 14th Juried Show, Essex Art Center, Lawrence, MA