Artist bio
HEATHER YEO is a painter living and working in Berkeley, CA. Craft cocktails that Yeo’s husband makes have become the main subject of her recent paintings. Like a bartender mixing ingredients to create drinks, she utilizes different art materials and various painting techniques for her concoction on a two-dimensional surface. Yeo’s painted cocktails reflect her memories and feelings through visual flavors. Yeo received MFA from the School of Visual Arts and a BFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. She recently completed an artist’s residency program and the annual exhibition at Stove Works in Chattanooga, TN. She was selected as one of the Alumni Scholarship Awardees in the School of Visual Arts (2015). She was also featured in the art magazine of New American Paintings and her painting was published on the back cover of Issue 123. Her paintings have been exhibited globally in Seoul, Singapore, Tel Aviv, Stockholm, and many major cities in the United States. |