Bio
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Yameng Lee Thorp is an Oakland-based artist. Her work is born of a worldview influenced by her upbringing in China and South Africa. She holds a BFA from Michaelis School of Fine Art, Cape Town, and an MA in Design from Domus Academy in Milan, Italy. Her work has been exhibited in solo and group exhibitions at pt.2 Gallery, Good Mother, Bass & Reiner, Compound Gallery, Soft Times, among others. Lee Thorp’s work has been featured in Juxtapoz Magazine, 48 Hills, Create! and LUXE. Her paintings can be found in the permanent collections at Stanford.
EDUCATION
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2004 BFA, Michaelis School of Fine Art, University of Cape Town, South Africa
2011 MA in Design, Domus Academy, Milan, Italy
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
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2025 “Ground”, Pt.2 Gallery, Oakland, CA
2024 “Prologue: Freer than the wind”, Pt.2 Gallery, Oakland, CA
2024 “Aurora Dawn” at Cedar Street Gallery, Berkeley, CA
2023 “Tea In Karoo”, SOBU gallery, Oakland, CA
2022 “Invitation to Elsewhere” Compound Gallery, Oakland, CA
2021 “Desert Silhouette”, SOBU gallery, “Oakland, CA
2018 “Pickled Moon” at Blank Gallery, Google, Sunnyvale, CA
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
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2025 “Anniversary”, curated by Brock Brake at Pt.2 Gallery, Oakland, CA
2025 “The Shape of Home”, ARTogether, Oakland, CA
2024 “July”, curated by Brock Brake at Pt.2 Gallery, Oakland, CA
2024 “Shadowed Utopia” , 3 person show curated by Xiao He, Good Mother Studio, Oakland
2024 “Artists of Norton Factory”, curated by Kerri Hurtado, Art Source Consulting , San Francisco, CA
2023 “MOMENTS”, Curated by Brent Hayden, Soft Times Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2023 “Tiny”, Two Cats Gallery - Richmond, CA
2023 “Small Works , Soft Times Gallery -San Francisco, CA
2023. “Pyramid Scheme”, Bass & Reiner, San Francisco, CA
2019 Group exhibition with West Coast Craft in Fort Mason, San Francisco, CA
ART FAIRS
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2025 FOG Design + Art Fair, Pt.2 Gallery, San Francisco, CA, USA
2025. San Francisco Art Fair, Pt.2 Gallery, San Francisco
RESIDENCIES, AWARDS & GRANTS
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2024 KALA Art Institute, Artist Residency, Berkeley
2023. Center for Cultural Innovation Grant Program for individual artists, California, USA.
2010 MIND Scholarship for Masters in Design at Domus Academy, Milan, Italy
PRESS / PUBLICATIONS
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2025 Mid Brow - "Solid Ground", by Sarah Bass, June, 2025. Link
2025 48 Hills - "Dance on the edge of familiarity with Yameng Lee Thorp", by Mary Corbin, May, 2025. Link
2024 Juxtapoz Magazine - "Prologue: Freer than the wind": Yameng Lee Thorp @ pt.2 Gallery, Oakland”, November 08, 2024. Link
2023 Create! Magazine 7th Anniversary Issue - December, 2023. Link
2023 LUXE Magazine Jan 2023 Issue- “Come Check Out This Thriving Bay Area Oasis Of Creativity” by Deborah Bishop. Link
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TALKS & LECTURES
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2024. “Yameng Lee Thorp & Xiao He - Artist Panel Discussion”, Stanford University, hosted by Now Place x Women Overseas, Palo Alto, CA
2024 “Pick up the brush again”, Fine Arts Academy, Zhejiang Normal University, China.