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  • WEARING IT ON OUR SLEEVES

    Installation view at Gallery 825, Los Angeles, CA

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  • Interventions

    100 Colors, a special installation in conjunction with 100 Projects at Otis College of Art and Design

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  • Body Cocoons

    Installation view of Body Cocoons in Metamorphic Metaphors

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  • Industrial Domestics

    Installation view of Industrial Domestics in the Palm Springs Fine Art Fair

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  • Interventions

    Yarnbombed Car in Have Yarn Will Travel

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  • Vessels

    Vessels in The Art Of Fiber

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Darlyn Susan Yee

Visual Artist

Wearing It On Our Sleeves

These unprecedented times of pandemic, political, social, economic and environmental crises are testing my patience. While others have taken to peaceful protest and social action, I choose to make my voice heard and express my feelings, opinions and core values through art.

I have created the outsized sweaters to convey home, warmth and comfort. And I have chosen the very deliberate acts of knitting, crocheting and stitching to deliver the unsettled themes of our times and to underscore the timelessness of their sentiments. These slogans heard in recent years have now become a part of the fabric of my life.


Body Cocoons

Manipulating elements of texture and line to mimic and exaggerate the fluidity and movement of the human form, I create knitted sculptures that react with the viewer and their environment. Some reach out from the walls, while those suspended from the ceilings sway gently, responding to changes in air currents. These forms are both protective and open.

The Body Cocoons are often compared to the abstract sculptures of Ruth Asawa and Constantin Brâncuși. Flattered by the comparison and as homage, I seek to further the dialog by personalizing their traditions. I insert my own theme of concealing and revealing ourselves through our outward appearances.


Industrial Domestics

Creating a juxtaposition between industrial materials such as flagging tape used on construction sites with homespun techniques such as knitting and crocheting, the choice of materials and the selection of a garish color palette are all intended to question the assumptions society makes about gender.

The flagging tape unexpectedly provides the perfect gauge to create in the larger scale I envisioned for this series. At the same time, the use of industrial materials challenged me to create a new set of tools to suit the scale and to force compliance.


Interventions

I create public site-specific installations, and through the action of yarn bombing, I literally take my art making to the streets to the vast culturally diverse populations of Los Angeles. Armed with fiber as my palette and theurban landscape as my canvas I create a new type of grafitti performance using sculpture to evoke public view and discussion. Engaging a broader cross-section of the public than would attend a gallery or museum exhibition, I am bringing art to the people.

By invitation or guerilla-like takeover, recent project sites include the Craft And Folk Art Museum, 18th Street Art Center, Union Center for the Arts, Geffen Contemporary at MOCA, and the Trespass Parade, an official opening event for Pacific Standard Time: Art in L.A. 1945-1980. For the project CAFAM: Granny Squared, I collaborated with Yarn Bombing Los Angeles to cover the façade of the Craft And Folk Art Museum with crocheted granny squares, contrasting the perceptions of architecture as high art and craft as low art.

The collaborative nature of many of my projects brings people of disparate backgrounds and cultures together to work toward a common goal. Hosting workshops, stitch-ins and work parties, I facilitate cross-cultural dialogue about history, common traditions and placemaking.


Vessels

I have been perfecting my knotting artistry for over 45 years. Working with simple materials such as cotton string and rope, I sculpt each vessel carefully selecting and meticulously tying thousands upon thousands of knots. This labor-intensive technique, the process of making the work, becomes just as important as the resulting form.

There is also a certain intimacy in my knotted work that is borne of the process itself. Each knot is a moment of my time spent in studio, providing structure and bringing a sense of order to the chaotic lengths of string and rope.

The knots I use most in my work are a contemporary form of Macramé. I wrote the book Macramé Today: Contemporary Knotting Projects to teach others the techniques and processes which first inspired me as an artist.


Exhibitions

solo exhibitions

2023

  • Wearing It On Our Sleeves, Social Justice Center, El Camino College, Torrance, CA

2021

  • Wearing It On Our Sleeves, Los Angeles Art Association, Gallery 825, Los Angeles, CA
2019
  • Featured Artist, Stitchspace LA, Sherman Oaks, CA
2018
  • Industrial Domestics, Mar Vista ArtWalk Community Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2012
  • Re: Fashion, TAG Gallery at Bergamot Station, Santa Monica, CA
2011
  • Metamorphic Metaphors, TAG Gallery at Bergamot Station, Santa Monica, CA
2010
  • Contained!, TAG Gallery at Bergamot Station, Santa Monica, CA
2009
  • Threa-D-imensional, TAG Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
2008
  • Body Conscious, TAG Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
2008
  • Enclosed, Encased & Enrobed, Orange County Center for Contemporary Art, Santa Ana, CA
2007
  • The Edge of Form, TAG Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
2006
  • Digital Manipulations: New Fiber Work by Darlyn Susan Yee, Orange County Center for Contemporary Art, Santa Ana, CA
2005
  • Tactual, Infusion Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

 

group exhibitions

2024
  • Whereabouts, Los Angeles Art Association, Gallery 825, Los Angeles, CA (juried by Erica Wall, Director of the Lunder Institute for American Art, Colby College Museum of Art)
  • Reputed, Los Angeles Art Association, Gallery 825, Los Angeles, CA (online exhibition)
  • Small Time, Los Angeles Art Association, Gallery 825, Los Angeles, CA (online exhibition)
  • Indistinct Chatter, Los Angeles Art Association, Gallery 825, Los Angeles, CA (online exhibition)

2023

  • Aurora, Los Angeles Art Association, Gallery 825, Los Angeles, CA (online exhibition)
  • Simulcrum, Los Angeles Art Association, Gallery 825, Los Angeles, CA (juried by James Panozzo, Launch LA)
  • NOMAD II, Del Amo Crossing, Torrance, CA (invited by Sue-Na Gay, Assistant Curator Torrance Art Museum)
  • The LAST CA101, presented by Friends of Redondo Beach Arts, Redondo Beach Historic Library, Redondo Beach, CA (curated by Nina Zak Laddon)
  • Words On Printed Page, Los Angeles Art Association, Gallery 825, Los Angeles, CA (online exhibition)
  • Annual Summer Open Call, El Camino College Art Gallery, Torrance, CA
  • FULL BODIED, Los Angeles Art Association, Gallery 825, Los Angeles, CA (online exhibition)
  • Spectrum Gestalt 2023, BG Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
  • Text/Message, Shoebox Projects, A Division of Shoebox Arts, Los Angeles, CA (curated by Kristine Schomaker) (online exhibition)
  • Informationary, Los Angeles Art Association, Gallery 825, Los Angeles, CA (online exhibition)
  • non-sequitur, Los Angeles Art Association, Gallery 825, Los Angeles, CA (online exhibition)
  • Small Time, Los Angeles Art Association, Gallery 825, Los Angeles, CA (online exhibition)
  • /reləvant/, presented by Ethos Contemporary Art, Legend Nano. Gallery, Techne, & Gen Art, Santa Monica, CA (curated by Georgeana Ireland, Ethos Contemporary Art)
  • Coy, Los Angeles Art Association, Gallery 825, Los Angeles, CA (online exhibition)
  • Glossary, Los Angeles Art Association, Gallery 825, Los Angeles, CA (juried by Louis Stern, Louis Stern Fine Arts)
2022
  • Open Show 2022, Los Angeles Art Association, Gallery 825, Los Angeles, CA (juried by Rebecca Lowery, Associate Curator Museum of Contemporary Art)
  • The Non-Objective Moment, Los Angeles Art Association, Gallery 825, Los Angeles, CA (juried by Cheryl Perkey, Perkey Fine Art Advisor)
  • Undisclosed Location, Los Angeles Art Association, Gallery 825, Los Angeles, CA (online exhibition)
  • Festoon, Los Angeles Art Association, Gallery 825, Los Angeles, CA (online exhibition)
  • Make Plain, Los Angeles Art Association, Gallery 825, Los Angeles, CA (juried by Stephen Swan, John Moran Auctions)
  • RAINBOW SHIFT 2022, Art Share L.A. Los Angeles, CA
  • Small Time, Los Angeles Art Association, Gallery 825, Los Angeles, CA (online exhibition)
  • Made in California 2022, Brea Gallery, Brea, CA (juried by Heather Bowling, Curatorial Staff, and guest juror Juliana Rico) (catalogue)
  • “untitled” an open call, in celebration of World Art Day, International Association of Art USA, a partner of UNESCO, Los Angeles, CA (online exhibition)
  • Gleaming Apollo 2022, Los Angeles Art Association, Gallery 825, Los Angeles, CA (online exhibition)
  • Create Like A Woman, Los Angeles, CA (online exhibition co-curated by Los Angeles City Council President, Nury Martinez and the Department of Cultural Affairs)
  • Centered on the Center 2022, Huntington Beach Art Center, Huntington Beach, CA
2021
  • We Are Home/ Community Quilt Auction Benefit, SoLA Contemporary / 32auctions, Los Angeles, CA
  • Holiday Marketplace “BLM”, Mar Vista Music & Art Walk at Alana’s Coffee, Los Angeles, CA
  • Ceremonial, Los Angeles Art Association, Gallery 825, Los Angeles, CA (online exhibition)
  • Chestnut, Los Angeles Art Association, Gallery 825, Los Angeles, CA (online exhibition)
  • Ultra! / Future Tense with Yarn Bombing Los Angeles, Public Art Exhibition, Torrance Art Museum and Torrance High School, Torrance, CA (curated by Max Presneill, Sue-Na Gay, Hope Ezcurra, Jason Jenn)
  • User to User, Los Angeles Art Association, Gallery 825, Los Angeles, CA (online exhibition)
  • Geographics, Los Angeles Art Association, Gallery 825, Los Angeles, CA (gallery exhibition juried by Chris Davies)
  • OUT THERE, Los Angeles Art Association, Gallery 825, Los Angeles, CA (gallery and online exhibition juried by Bert Green)
  • A Lovely Day, SCWCA Exhibitions, Los Angeles, CA (online exhibition sponsored by Southern California Women’s Caucus for Art)
  • We Are Home, Lancaster Museum of Art and History, Lancaster, CA (community quilt project coordinated by Shelley Heffler) (catalogue)
  • Hard & Soft, Caroline S. Mark Gallery, Center for the Visual Arts, Wausau, WI (gallery exhibition juried by Gerit Grimm and Emily Schlemowitz)
  • FAT CITY, Los Angeles Art Association, Gallery 825, Los Angeles, CA (online exhibition)
  • READY GO!, Los Angeles Art Association, Gallery 825, Los Angeles, CA (online exhibition)
  • Think Globally!, Southern California Women's Caucus for Art in honor of International Women's Day, SCWCA Exhibitions, Los Angeles, CA (online exhibition)
  • GILD, Los Angeles Art Association, Gallery 825, Los Angeles, CA (online exhibition)
  • Remodeling in Process, Los Angeles Art Association, Gallery 825, Los Angeles, CA (gallery and online exhibition juried by Karen McLean)
2020
  • Los Angeles Art Association's 2020 Open Show, Los Angeles Art Association, Gallery 825, Los Angeles, CA (juried by Shana Nys Dambrot)
  • A Merry Vista Holiday Art Show, Mar Vista Music & Art Walk, Los Angeles, CA (online exhibition)
  • Festoon, Los Angeles Art Association, Gallery 825, Los Angeles, CA (online exhibition)
  • Make Plain, Los Angeles Art Association, Gallery 825, Los Angeles, CA (online exhibition)
  • Alone Together: A Socially Distant Public Art Project, Yarn Bombing Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA (online project)
  • We Are Home, SoLa Contemporary, Los Angeles, CA (community quilt project)
  • Words on Printed Page, Los Angeles Art Association's Gallery 825, Los Angeles, CA (online exhibition)
  • Non sequitur, Los Angeles Art Association's Gallery 825, Los Angeles, CA (online exhibition)
  • Exalted One, Los Angeles Art Association's Gallery 825, Los Angeles, CA (online exhibition)
  • California Sculpture SLAM, San Luis Obispo Museum of Art, San Luis Obispo, CA (online exhibition curated by Shana Nys Dambrot)
  • Pulse of LA in the Time of Protest, SCWCA Exhibitions, Los Angeles, CA (online exhibition sponsored by Southern California Women’s Caucus for Art)
  • Habitual, Los Angeles Art Association's Gallery 825, Los Angeles, CA (online exhibition)
  • Field of Vision, Los Angeles Art Association's Gallery 825, Los Angeles, CA (online exhibition)
  • indistinct chatter, Los Angeles Art Association's Gallery 825, Los Angeles, CA (online exhibition)
  • Pulse of LA in the Time of Quarantine, SCWCA Exhibitions, Los Angeles, CA (online exhibition sponsored by Southern California Women’s Caucus for Art)
  • OCCCA Today: Celebrating 40 Years, Orange County Center for Contemporary Art, Santa Ana, CA (invitational online exhibition)
  • Gleaming Apollo, Los Angeles Art Association's Gallery 825, Los Angeles, CA (online exhibition)
  • Petite Works Sale, Los Angeles Art Association's Gallery 825, Los Angeles, CA (online exhibition)
  • Calm, Centered, Calm, Torn, Stitched, Knotted, Chaffey Community Museum of Art, Ontario, CA (curated by Cindy Rinne)
  • Technology & Ethics, George A.V. Dunning Courtyard, Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, CA (facilitated by Yarn Bombing Los Angeles in response to the CSJ Center for Reconciliation and Justice 2020 Symposium, 21st Century Technology: Creative Possibilities and Ethical Conundrums)
2019
  • 2019 Open Show, Los Angeles Art Association, Gallery 825, Los Angeles, CA (juried by Ade Omotosho)
  • Winter Solstice, MarinMOCA, Novato, CA (juried by Andrea Schwartz)
  • Reused & Recycled, Site:Brooklyn Gallery, Brooklyn, NY (juried by Jean Shin)
  • Accept, Embrace, Resolve, site-specific installation with Yarn Bombing Los Angeles, Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, CA
  • Organic Synthetic, Embed Gallery, Chatsworth, CA (catalogue)
  • Mar Vista Artwalk - The GetAround, Grand View Fine Art Studios, Los Angeles, CA
  • L.A. Summer Residency Open Studios, Otis College of Art and Design, Los Angeles, CA
  • Unbound: Contemporary Rope Art, Highfield Hall and Gardens, Falmouth, MA (curated by Marcia Young)
  • Street Surreal, Art Share L.A., Los Angeles, CA (curated by Cheyanne Sauter) (catalogue)
  • One Hundred Vibrant Artists of Los Angeles, Neutra Institute Gallery and Museum, Los Angeles, CA
  • Forest, For the Trees, Tom Bradley International Terminal, Los Angeles World Airport, Los Angeles, CA (curated by Julie Kornblum)
  • Unfettered, sponsored by Southern California Women’s Caucus for Art, Avenue 50 Studio, Los Angeles, CA
  • Mar Vista ArtWalk, Grand View Fine Art Studios, Los Angeles, CA
  • Full Bodied - Los Angeles Art Association's Gallery 825, Los Angeles, CA (juried by Erica Wall)
  • The Neutra Contemporary 2019, Neutra Institute Gallery & Museum, Los Angeles, CA (curated by Dulce Stein)
2018
  • 100% Festival, Otis College of Art And Design, Los Angeles, CA
  • 100 Colors, a special installation in conjunction with 100 Projects, Otis College of Art and Design, Los Angeles, CA
  • One Hundred Vibrant Artists of Los Angeles, Neutra Institute Gallery and Museum, Los Angeles, CA
  • Mar Vista ArtWalk, Grand View Fine Art Studios, Los Angeles, CA
  • DULCEPOLLAZA, Neutra Institute Gallery and Museum, Los Angeles, CA (curated by Dulce Stein)
  • UnGallery, presented by The Radical FEW, Los Angeles, CA
  • Yarnbomb Redondo, Franklin Park, Redondo Beach, CA
  • Mar Vista ArtWalk - Vertical - Grand View Fine Art Studios, Los Angeles, CA
  • Celebrating Women, Location 1980, Costa Mesa, CA (juried by Jesse Fortune, Tracey Moloney, Kristina Rose Baker, Melody Owens) (catalogue)
  • Mar Vista Artwalk - Carnaval, Grand View Fine Art Studios, Los Angeles, CA
  • A PIECE OF ME in conjunction with New Threads: Perspectives In Contemporary Fiber Art, Laband Art Gallery, Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, CA (with Yarn Bombing Los Angeles, curated by Karen Rapp)
2017
  • Metamorphosis, Women's Caucus for Art Colorado Chapter, Core New Art Space, Denver, CO (sponsored by Women’s Caucus For Art Colorado, juried by Bobbi Walker) (catalogue)
  • Mar Vista Artwalk - Psychedelic, Grand View Fine Art Studios, Los Angeles, CA
  • Mar Vista Artwalk - Art of the Game, Grand View Fine Art Studios, Los Angeles, CA
  • Yarn Bomb for LA Yarn Crawl, The Knitting Tree and Branch Gallery, Inglewood, CA CA (in collaboration with Yarn Bombing Los Angeles)
  • Knit Art Gallery, Vogue Knitting Live Las Vegas, Las Vegas, NV
  • California Yarnscape, Autry Museum of the American West, Los Angeles, CA (curated by Julie Kornblum) (in collaboration with Yarn Bombing Los Angeles)
  • Mar Vista Artwalk - Voices, Grand View Fine Art Studios, Los Angeles, CA
2016
  • Steppin' Into the Art of Mar Vista, Grand View Fine Art Studios, Los Angeles, CA
  • Steppin' Into the Art of Mar Vista, Grand View Fine Art Studios, Los Angeles, CA
  • Spring 2016 Made In Mar Vista Open Studios & Art Sale, Grand View Fine Art Studios, Los Angeles, CA
  • Steppin' Into the Art of Mar Vista, Los Angeles, CA
  • Yarn Bombing Los Angeles at Descanso Gardens, Descanso Gardens, La Canada, CA
  • Steppin' Into the Art of Mar Vista, Los Angeles, CA
2015
  • Steppin' Into the Art of Mar Vista, Sweet Lucie's, Los Angeles, CA
  • Loops and Groups: Yarn Bombing Los Angeles, The First Five Years, Brand Library Art Center, Glendale, CA
  • 2015 Fall Made In Mar Vista Open Studios, Grand View Fine Art Studios, Los Angeles, CA
  • Re-Entry, Alex Theater, Glendale, CA (an Art From The Ashes production in collaboration with Yarn Bombing Los Angeles)
  • Dwell on Design Los Angeles, Los Angeles Convention Center, Los Angeles, CA (in residency with Yarn Bombing Los Angeles)
  • Folk Art Everywhere, Craft And Folk Art Museum Community Outreach Program, Mercado la Paloma, Los Angeles, CA
  • Award Yourself, Side Street Projects, Pasadena, CA (in residency with Yarn Bombing Los Angeles)
  • Black Lives Matter, Urban Letters Project, Craft And Folk Art Museum, Los Angeles, CA (in collaboration with Yarn Bombing Los Angeles)
  • Forest, For the Trees, Skirball Cultural Center, Los Angeles, CA (in collaboration with Yarn Bombing Los Angeles)
2014
  • Mar Vista Pop-Up Saturday, Grand View Fine Art Studios, Los Angeles, CA
  • Baskets Uncontained, Ontario International Airport, Ontario, CA (curated by Julie Kornblum)
  • Yarn-o-Polis, Grand Central Market, Los Angeles, CA (in collaboration with Yarn Bombing Los Angeles)
  • Made in Mar Vista Fall Open Studios, Grand View Fine Art Studios, Los Angeles, CA
  • Pop Up Broadway, Downtown Los Angeles, CA
  • Family Day: Make in L.A., Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, CA (with Yarn Bombing Los Angeles joining artists from Made in L.A. 2014)
  • Perform Chinatown, Chinatown, Los Angeles, CA (in collaboration with Yarn Bombing Los Angeles)
  • Reductions/Formations, The C Gallery, Los Alamos, CA (curated by Connie Rohde)
  • THIS IS A TAKEOVER!, The Good Luck Gallery, Chinatown, Los Angeles, CA (curated by Paige Wery)
  • Made in Mar Vista Spring Open Studios, Grand View Fine Art Studios, Los Angeles, CA
  • Surroundings, Manhattan Beach Creative Arts Center, Manhattan Beach, CA (with Yarn Bombing Los Angeles in collaboration with the Manhattan Beach community)
  • The New Deal: Art In Public, 11:11 A Creative Collective, Tarzana, CA (with Yarn Bombing Los Angeles)
  • Palm Springs Fine Art Fair, TAG Gallery, Booth 111, Palm Springs Convention Center, Palm Springs, CA
  • Group Show and Auction, TAG Gallery at Bergamot Station, Santa Monica, CA
2013
  • Community Threads, Downtown Women’s Center, Los Angeles, CA (in collaboration with Yarn Bombing Los Angeles)
  • Made in Mar Vista Fall Open Studios, Grand View Fine Art Studios, Los Angeles, CA
  • Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros Big Top, Los Angeles, CA (in collaboration with Yarn Bombing Los Angeles)
  • Forest, For The Trees, HATCh Showroom, Los Angeles, CA (in collaboration with Yarn Bombing Los Angeles)
  • Wedding Yarnbomb, Lana Gomez & Sebastian Maniscalco, Los Angeles, CA
  • 2013 Los Angeles Juried Exhibition, Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
  • Stitch-In, One Colorado Old Pasadena, CA (in collaboration with Yarn Bombing Los Angeles)
  • CAFAM: Granny Squared, Craft And Folk Art Museum, Los Angeles, CA (catalogue)
  • Made In Mar Vista Spring 2013, Grand View Fine Art Studios, Los Angeles, CA
  • Folk Art Everywhere, Craft And Folk Art Museum Community Outreach Program, New Directions, Los Angeles, CA
  • Knit Art Gallery, Vogue Knitting Live Seattle, Bellevue, WA
  • ReFresh: Furniture & Fiber, Zask Gallery, Rolling Hills Estates, CA
  • Running Legs, Nike Running, Santa Monica, CA
  • Forest For The Trees, Angels Gate Cultural Center, San Pedro, CA
  • Group Show, TAG Gallery at Bergamot Station, Santa Monica, CA
2012
  • Folk Art Everywhere, Craft And Folk Art Museum Community Outreach Program, Pilipino Workers Center, Los Angeles, CA
  • Mulholland Dérive, Mulholland Drive, Los Angeles, CA (organized by Stephen van Dyck presented by Los Angeles Road Concerts in collaboration with Yarn Bombing Los Angeles)
  • South Bay Focus 2012, Torrance Art Museum, Torrance, CA (in collaboration with Arzu Arda Kosar/Yarn Bombing Los Angeles)
  • Craft Affair, Craft and Folk Art Museum, Los Angeles, CA
  • Made In Mar Vista: Open Studios, Grand View Fine Art Studios, Mar Vista, CA
  • BAM Festival, 18th Street Arts Center, Santa Monica, CA (with Yarn Bombing Los Angeles)
  • Group Show, TAG Gallery at Bergamot Station, Santa Monica, CA
  • Connecting Threads, LAX Terminal One, Los Angeles International Airport, Los Angeles, CA (curated by Julie Kornblum)
  • Folk Art Everywhere, Craft And Folk Art Museum Community Outreach Program, La Casa del Mariachi, Los Angeles, CA
  • UBM Canon Corporate Artwork Program, UBM Canon, Santa Monica, CA
  • From Treehouse to Vault, HGA Convergence Tour, ARTSgarage, Los Angeles, CA
  • Forest, For The Trees at OC Fair, OC Fair Visual Arts, Costa Mesa, CA
  • A Handmade Summer, LACMA’s Muse Artwalk, Craft and Folk Art Museum, Los Angeles, CA
  • Open Studios, Grand View Fine Art Studios, Los Angeles, CA
  • Wish I Were Here, Eat. Drink. Art., Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery Biannual Benefit, Barnsdall Art Park, Los Angeles, CA
  • Folk Art Everywhere, Craft And Folk Art Museum Community Outreach Program, Plummer Park Community Center, West Hollywood, CA
  • Let’s Patch It!, Associazione Culturale Animammersa, L’Aquila, Italy
  • Wish I Were Here, Un-Space Ground at College Art Association Annual Conference in conjunction with Art in the Public Realm: Activism and Interventions sessions, Los Angeles Convention Center, Los Angeles, CA
  • Forest, For The Trees at CAFAM, Craft And Folk Art Museum, Los Angeles, CA
  • Art Soup Los Angeles, Ba Restaurant, Los Angeles, CA
  • Buy Local, Think International, TAG Gallery at Bergamot Station Arts Center, Santa Monica, CA
2011
  • Folk Art Everywhere, Craft And Folk Art Museum Community Outreach Program, Little Tokyo Branch Library, Los Angeles, CA
  • Yarn Bombing 30 Open Doors, Bergamot Station Arts Center, Santa Monica, CA
  • Dissilience II, Silver Lake, Los Angeles, CA
  • Art House, at the home of Jacquie Israel, Los Angeles, CA
  • Forest, For the Trees, The Annex at Avenue 50 Studio, Highland Park, CA
  • Community Yarn Bomb of the Grand Staircase in conjunction with Domestic Vandal, Pierce College Art Gallery, Woodland Hills, CA
  • Trespass Parade - Pacific Standard Time: Art in L.A. 1945-1980, West of Rome Public Art, Broadway Theater District, Downtown Los Angeles, CA
  • The Art of Fiber, Virginia Weston Besse Gallery, Featherstone Center for the Arts, Oak Bluffs, MA (curated by Julia Mitchell)
  • California SLAM Sculpture Show, San Luis Obispo Art Museum, San Luis Obispo, CA (juried by Charles Arnoldi)
  • Have Yarn, Will Travel, Geffen Contemporary at MOCA, Los Angeles, CA
  • Chain Letter, Shoshana Wayne Gallery, Santa Monica, CA (organized by Christian Cummings and Doug Harvey)
  • Summertime at TAG, TAG Gallery at Bergamot Station, Santa Monica, CA
  • OCCCA3D, Orange County Center for Contemporary Art, Santa Ana, CA
  • Yarn Bombing the 18th, 18th Street Art Center, Santa Monica, CA (catalogue)
  • Yarn Bombing CAFAM, Craft And Folk Art Museum, Los Angeles, CA
  • Heal Japan 2011, Fais Do-Do, Los Angeles, CA
  • TAG Fundraiser for U.S. Japan Council Earthquake Relief Fund, TAG Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
  • The Empathy Project, Public Art Collaboration, Union Center for the Arts, Los Angeles, CA
  • TAG Small Works, TAG Gallery at Bergamot Station, Santa Monica, CA
  • Hearts & Flowers XXIV, The Folk Tree, Pasadena, CA12/2010 - The Best Of TAG, TAG Gallery at Bergamot Station, Santa Monica, CA
2010
  • 30th Year Anniversary Alumni Show, Orange County Center for Contemporary Art, Santa Ana, CA (catalogue)
  • After Hours, Phase 3, Galéria Z, Bratislava, Slovakia (curated by Dalibor Polivka)
  • bODy pARTs, The Folk Tree, Pasadena, CA (curated by Gail Mishkin)
  • After Hours, Phase 1, Orange County Center for Contemporary Art, Santa Ana, CA (curated by Dalibor Polivka)
  • Best of TAG 2010, TAG Gallery at Bergamot Station, Santa Monica, CA
2009
  • Group Show, TAG Gallery at Bergamot Station, Santa Monica, CA
  • Fashionistas!, Orange County Center for Contemporary Art, Santa Ana, CA 
(juried by Claudia Grau) (catalogue)
  • Art : Raw Inaugural Exhibit, Art : Raw Gallery, New York, NY
  • The Art Of Imaging, Orange County Center for Contemporary Art, Santa Ana, CA
  • Works for Everyone, TAG Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
2008
  • Cutting Edge Fiber Art Exhibit, San Luis Obispo Art Center, San Luis Obispo, CA 
(juried by Connie Rohman)
  • Small Works, TAG Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
  • All Mixed Up, The Grind Gallery, Los Angeles, CA (curated by Leonard Croskey)
  • BIG!, Orange County Center for Contemporary Art, Santa Ana, CA
2007
  • 2007 Ontario Open Art Exhibition, Museum of History and Art, Ontario, Ontario, CA
2006
  • Best Of, TAG Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
  • The Peep Show, Orange County Center for Contemporary Art, Santa Ana, CA
  • Of the Earth: Glass, Wood, Fiber, Clay Metal & Stone, 2nd City Council, Long Beach, CA (curated by Carol Sauvion, Freehand Craft Gallery and Craft In America)
  • TarFest Art Show, Desmond's on the Miracle Mile, Los Angeles, CA
  • The Art of Business: A Tribute to Artists with Day Jobs, 2nd City Council, Long Beach, CA
  • Many Faces of OCCCA, Wells Fargo Bank, Laguna Beach Alliance for the Arts/Community Arts Project, Laguna Beach, CA
  • Conversations, Orange County Center for Contemporary Art, Santa Ana, CA
  • Pomona Valley Art Association’s 58th Anniversary Celebration, The Progress Space, Pomona, CA
2005
  • OCCCA's 25th Anniversary Reunion Exhibition, Part I, Orange County Center for Contemporary Art, Santa Ana, CA
  • Complementary Passions, Infusion Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
  • Bold Horizons, Infusion Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2004
  • Weave, Orange County Center for Contemporary Art, Santa Ana, CA
  • Global All-Media International Competition, Gallery International, Baltimore, MD
  • FAI 39th Annual Open National Exhibition, San Bernardino County Museum, Redlands, CA
  • Feed The Senses, Lankershim Art Gallery, North Hollywood, CA
  • It's As Easy As 1, 2, 3, Fe Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA
  • Exhibition of Art, San Diego County Fair, Del Mar, CA
  • Strands Of Fabrication: National Fiberarts Exhibition, Fe Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA
  • It’s A Small World…II, Lankershim Art Gallery, North Hollywood, CA
2003
  • Small Works 2003, Limner Gallery, New York, NY
  • Fall Salon 2003, Limner Gallery, New York, NY
  • Random Thoughts, Lankershim Art Gallery, North Hollywood, CA
  • Pomona Valley Art Association Honorary Members Invitational, The Progress Space, Pomona, CA
  • FAI 38th Annual Open National Exhibition, San Bernardino County Museum, Redlands, CA
  • Beefcake/Cheesecake II, Orange County Center for Contemporary Art, Santa Ana, CA
  • San Diego Art Show, San Diego County Fair, Solana Beach, CA
  • 2003 Ontario Open Art Exhibition, Museum of History and Art, Ontario, Ontario, CA
  • Spring Salon 2003, Limner Gallery, New York, NY
  • Mute, Cade Center For Fine Arts Gallery, Arnold, MD (juried by Richard Torchia)
  • Fine Arts Institute Members Exhibit, San Bernardino County Museum, Redlands, CA
2002
  • Salon Des Autres, Avatar Gallery, Pomona, CA
  • Recent Work Showcase 2002, Limner Gallery, New York, NY
  • 37th Annual Open National Exhibition, San Bernardino County Museum, Redlands, CA (juried by Donald Jolley)
  • Visual Arts, Orange County Fair, Costa Mesa, CA
  • San Diego Art Show, San Diego County Fair, Del Mar, CA
  • Pets I Have Loved, Gallery SoHo, Pomona, CA
  • Mixed Media IV, Period Gallery, Omaha, NE
  • Anaheim Art Association 38th Annual Juried Art Exhibition, Anaheim Plaza Community Room, Anaheim, CA
  • Fine Arts, San Bernardino County Fair, Victorville, CA
  • The Artist's Eye, Showcase Gallery, Santa Ana, CA (juried by Hal Lambert)
  • All Media IV, Period Gallery, Omaha, NE
2001
  • 2001 Annual Membership Show, Showcase Gallery, Santa Ana, CA (juried by Chris Sullivan)
  • Pomona Valley Art Association's 53rd Annual Open Juried Show, Claremont Graduate School Gallery, Pomona, CA (juried by Don O’Neill and Michael Hillman)
  • Invitational Show, Showcase Gallery, Santa Ana, CA
  • Visual Arts, Orange County Fair, Costa Mesa, CA
  • Members Only, Gallery Soho, Pomona, CA
  • Fine Arts, San Bernardino County Fair, Victorville, CA
  • The Artist’s Eye, Showcase Gallery, Santa Ana, CA (juried by Timothy J. Clark)
  • Fiber Directions 2001, Wichita Center For The Arts, Wichita, KS (juried by Jason Pollen)
  • Masks, Gallery Soho, Pomona, CA
  • Millennium 2000+1, Gallery SoHo, Pomona, CA
2000
  • Orange County Fine Arts Annual Membership Show, Showcase Gallery, Santa Ana, CA (juried by Marjorie Kinney)
  • Pomona Valley Art Association Open Juried Show, Claremont Graduate School Gallery, Pomona, CA

Press

publications

2011
  • Darlyn Susan Yee, Macramé Today: Contemporary Knotting Projects, Schiffer Books, July 2011, ISBN: 978-0-7643-3799-4

 

bibliography

2023
  • Lauren Sinner, Exposure, Surface Design Journal, Summer 2023
  • Aimee Mandala, 10th Annual Spectrum Gestalt Kicks Off Summer at bG Gallery,, Diversions LA, June 28, 2023
2022
  • Sara Cardine, H.B. exhibition ‘Centered on the Center’ a focal point for eclectic mix of art across media, The Daily Pilot, January 29, 2022
2020
  • Featured Artist Darlyn Susan Yee, Women's Caucus for Art, May 2020
2019
  • Mandy Moore and Leanne Prain, Yarn Bombing: The Art of Crochet and Knit Graffiti: Tenth Anniversary Edition, October 2019
  • Joanne Briana-Gartner, Contemporary Rope Art Exhibit Combines Aesthetics And Utility, The Enterprise, September 6, 2019
  • Kristine Schomaker, In the Artist’s Studio – A Photo Essay, Part 4, Art and Cake, January 20, 2019
2018
  • Dulce Stein, Artist of the Day with Darlyn Susan Yee, Dulce Stein Presents: Artist of the Day, September 15, 2018
  • Christine Campodonico, Art Outside The Box: The Radcial F.E.W’s ‘UnGallery’ Throws an Art Bash without Walls on the Grounds of Mar Vista’s Munster Manor, The Argonaut News, August 8, 2018, Page 38
  • Dulce Stein, Artist of the Day with Darlyn Susan Yee, Dulce Stein Presents: Artist of the Day, June 20, 2018
  • Lauren Sinner, Friday Fibers Roundup: Reimagined Protests, Surface Design Association Blog, May 25, 2018
  • Anne M. Bray, New Threads Exhibition at Laband Art Gallery, Pattern Recognition, Sunday, March 25, 2018
  • Carolina Miranda, “New Threads: Perspectives in Contemporary Fiber Art,” at the Laband Art Gallery, Los Angeles Times, Arts & Culture, Datebook, January 26, 2018
  • Jacob Cornblatt, Laband’s ‘New Threads’ exhibit opens, The Los Angeles Loyolan, Arts & Entertainment, Volume 96 Issue 18, Page 10
  • Emily Sullivan, ‘New Threads’ photo essay, LALoyolan.com, Arts & Entertainment, January 30, 2018
  • Jason Cornblatt, ‘New Threads’ opens at Laband Art Gallery, LALoyolan.com, Arts & Entertainment, January 30, 2018
  • “New Threads: Perspectives in Contemporary Fiber Art,” The Argonaut, Westside Calendar, Arts & Events, January 24, 2018
  • Yarn Bombing Los Angeles Activates the Dunning Courtyard, CFA News, Loyola Marymount University, January 24, 2018
  • LMU’s Laband Art Gallery Explores Textile and Fiber Based Art with ‘New Threads’, TextileWeb.com News, January 22, 2018
  • LMU’s Laband Art Gallery Explores Textile and Fiber Based Art with ‘New Threads’, LMU Newsroom, January 22, 2018
2017
  • Cathi Milligan, Knitting The Mountains, Crocheting The Trees, LA Art News, April 2017
  • Staff, A feast of knit work in California, California Yarnscape, KnitAnd, March 30, 2017
  • Blake Apgar, Las Vegas Show Pieces Together Knitting, Crocheting Enthusiasts, Las Vegas Review Journal, Arts & Culture, March 26, 2017
  • Arts & Entertainment, Yarn bombing California at the Autry Museum’s new exhibit, San Gabriel Valley Tribune, March 16, 2017
  • Mary Beth Breckenridge, Macramé is back in softer, more refined form, Akron Beacon Journal/Ohio.com, February 17, 2017
2016
  • John David O’Brian, Craft Revolution: Bringing Folk Art Back to the People, Artillery Magazine, June 28, 2016
2015
  • Caroline Baumann, John H. Folk, Holly Jerger, Nina Simon, Sree Sreenivasan, Cindi Strauss, Scott Stulen, Namita Gupta Wiggers, Museums re-imagined, American Craft June/July 2015 page 84
  • Fabrik, Dwell on Design Los Angeles, Artists in Residence: Yarn Bombers, Fabrik Media, May 18, 2015
  • Brandi Andres, Yarn Bombing Los Angeles Creates a “Temporary Residence” at Dwell on Design, Dwell on Design, Friday May 15, 2015
  • Brandi Andres, Yarn Bombing Uses Knitting as a Public Art Form, Dwell, May 15, 2015
  • Sarah Reingewirth, Photos: ArtNight Pasadena, Pasadena Star-News, March 14, 2015
  • Alyssa Gray Painter, Free Quirky Good: ArtNight Pasadena, NBC Southern California, March 11, 2015
  • Staff Reports, Award Yourself: Yarn Bombing Los Angeles at Side Street Projects, Pasadena Now, February 10, 2015
  • Dauphin, Gary, Word on the Street: Yarn Bombing Los Angeles and Black Lives Matter, KCET Artbound, February 20, 2015
  • Staff Report, Community Notes: Playhouse sets giving campaign, more… Airport features contemporary baskets, Press Enterprise, January 23, 2015
  • Jason Porter, Yarn Bombing the Skirball, Skirblog, January 15, 2015
  • Luis Rivas, Yarn Bombing sends a message at CAFAM, Beverly Press, January 15, 2015
  • Staff, The Week in Craft, American Craft Council, January 14, 2015
  • Sarah Mirk, Artists Yarn-Bomb LA Museum with Words "Black Lives Matter", Bitch Magazine, January 12, 2015
  • Tre'vell Anderson, Yarn Bombing L.A. to post 'Black Lives Matter' outside craft museum, Culture Monster, Los Angeles Times, January 8, 2015
  • LA/Ontario International Airport Exhibition Features a New Twist on Contemporary Basketmaking, DiscoverIE, January 5, 2015
2014
  • Grace Wong, Contemporary basket-making exhibit featured at Ontario Airport, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin, December 31, 2014
  • Louise Smithers, Yarn Bombing Los Angeles, Patchwork & Stitching, Vol 16, No. 1 Page 32, November 2014
  • A Good Yarn at Grand Central Market, Los Angeles Downtown News, November 16, 2014
  • 8 Moments from “And The Old Bike Yarn”, CBS, 2 Broke Girls Photos, November 14, 2014
  • Scarlett Zhiqi Chen, It’s Sweater Weather for Grand Central Market, Los Angeles Magazine, November 14, 2014
  • Matthew Kang, Grand Central Market’s Huge Columns Get Blasted With Colorful Yarn, Eater LA, November 13, 2014
  • Alyssa Gray Painter, Grand Central Market: Now a Yarn-O-Polis, NBC Los Angeles, November 12, 2014
  • Christine N.Ziemba, 23 Of Our Favorite Events In Los Angeles This Week, LAist, November 10, 2014
  • Star, Melody, ‘2 Broke Girls’ Nov 17 Episode 4.04: And The Old Bike Yarn, Star Watch Byline, October 28, 2014
  • Michael Aushenker, Mar Vista has it ‘Made’ Homegrown art this weekend at Grand View Fine Art Studios, The Argonaut, October 29, 2014
  • Eric Brightwell, Pop-Up Broadway: Exploring L.A.’s Original Great Street, KCET Departures, October 10, 2014
  • Pop-Up Broadway Makes Broadway Debut September 28 & 29, Historic Core Downtown LA Business Improvement District, September 26, 2014
  • Alyssa Gray Painter, Grand Central Market, Draped in Yarn, NBC Los Angeles, September 2, 2014
  • ArtWalkNews, Yarn Bombing LA, Art Walk News, August 22, 2014
  • Kyle Fitzpatrick, Yarnbombing Going To Grand Central Market, Los Angeles I’m Yours, July 28, 2014
  • Abstract Art FRIDAY JULY 4, Santa Maria Times, July 4, 2014
  • Abstracted Landscapes and Fiber Art showing at The C Gallery Summer Show, Santa Ynez Valley News, July 3, 2014
  • James G. Daichendt, Yarn Bombing Los Angeles, ArtScene, May 2014
  • Deborah Vankin, Yarn Bombing L.A. challenges ideas of street art, Los Angeles Times, March 19, 2014
2013
  • Graffiti, street art of 2013, Trending Now, Los Angeles Times, December 25, 2013
  • Christopher Knight, Yarn Bombing L.A. at Craft & Folk Art Museum, Los Angeles Times, June 6, 2013
2012
  • Kate Anderson, Questioning Convention, Artist Profile, Fiber Art Now, Fall 2012
  • Amanda Keller Konya, Hot Mamma Ties Oversized Apron Knot, CHUNK and CRUMB, Monday, September 24, 2012
  • Christine N. Ziemba, Pencil This In: New Art at TAG Gallery, Cat Power Signing, Book Explores Bunker Hill's Mean Streets, LAist, September 4, 2012
  • Dawn and Tony Standera, Meet Darlyn Susan Yee, Macramé Collective, News Blog, May 14, 2012
  • Marcia Young, This Just In: Reader Showcase, Fiber Art Now, Spring 2012
  • Laura Tull, “Forest for the Trees” and a Yarn Bombing, Los Angeles Performing Arts, The Examiner, January 31, 2012
  • Kim Axwlrod Ohanneson, Yarn Bombers Eye Art Soup Prize, The View from Jack Smith’s Street, Highland Park Patch, January 19, 2012
  • Folk Art Everywhere in Highland Park, Boulevard Sentinel Daily, January 3, 2012
2011
  • Camay Villanueva, Darlyn Susan Yee Exhibit at Dissilience II, Reflekt Magazine, December 10, 2011
  • Poetry, Yarn Bombing, Luna Moods & More, Daily Concepts, November 19, 2011
  • Naza Zaman-Zade, Forest for the Trees, Highland Park-Mount Washington Patch, November 12, 2011
  • C.J. Lin, Art Movement Has A Common Thread, Daily News, November 6, 2011
  • Colburn Palmer, 'Yarn bombing' shrouds Pierce College's Brahma Bull in warm, fuzzy stitching, The Roundup, November 5, 2011
  • CK Wolfson, The Art of Fiber opens at Featherstone, The Martha’s Vineyard Times, September 14, 2011
  • Nicole Pajer and Dustin Downing, Yarn Bombing 18th Street, China Shop, July 15, 2011
  • Yarn Bombing: Knit Graffiti Takes to the Streets, ArtweekLA, June 21, 2011
  • Jenna Milly, Yarn Bombing Isn't Just About Knit and Run Anymore, Huffungton Post, originally published in Turnstyle News, June 21, 2011
  • Women Artists Featured at Bergamot’s TAG Gallery, Palisadian-Post, February 17, 2011
  • Staff Reports, Love is in the air at the Folk Tree, Pasadena Now, Thursday, January 20, 2011
2010
  • Michelle J. Mills, Body Parts' Show explores humanity, San Gabriel Valley News, Tuesday, September 7, 2010
  • Brandelyn Dillaway, Binding The Past To The Present: The Macramé Work of Darlyn Susan Yee, Saatchi Online TV & Magazine, June 21, 2010
2009
  • Tina Skinner, 100 Artists of the West Coast II, Schiffer Books, August 2009
  • Suvan Geer, Previews of Exhibitions: Anne M. Bray, Stephanie Visser, Darlyn Susan Yee, Artscene, July/August 2009
2008
  • Iris Yokoi, The Arts Blog, ‘Enclosed, Encased & Enrobed’ = Enthralling, OC Register, June 24, 2008
  • Chris Hoff, Saturday In Santa Ana, The OC Art Blog, January 06, 2008
2006
  • Julian Bermudez, 2nd City Council Puts On Worthy Exhibit, Grunion Gazette, December 14, 2006
2005
  • Center for Cultural Innovation, Cover Image, CCI Artist's Directory, June 2005
  • Lifescapes Magazine, Darlyn Susan Yee “Tactual”, Pulse, Lifescapes Magazine, April/May 2005
2003
  • Direct Art, Knothead, Direct Art, Volume 8, Spring/Summer 2003
2002
  • South Coast Plaza, For The Perfect Couple, South Coast Plaza Gift Guide, May 2002
2001
  • Noelle Backer, The Very Fiber of Public Participation In The Arts, The Crafts Report, November 2001
  • Pat O’Brien, Coming Attractions: Group Project, Claremont Courier, October 27, 2001
  • Pat Yarborough, Group Project: Gallery SoHo presents “Fiber Interaction”, Claremont Courier, September 29, 2001

 

interviews

2020
  • Charlotte Medina, Interview with @darlynsusanyee on Instagram Live, Mar Vista Art Walk, December 5, 2020
  • Amy Bauer and Barb Noren, Amy's Art Cabaret - guest Darlyn Susan Yee, Lovestream on Amy Bauer Designs YouTube, November 14, 2020
2014
  • Angela Valente Romeo, Colliding Worlds Brings: TAG Your It! Darlyn Sue Yee & LInda Sue Price, Palm Springs, CA, October 15, 2014
2013
  • Kerstin Zilm, Glanz, Glamour, Guerilla - Häkeln mit sozialer Botschaft, Deutschlandradio Kultur, Berlin, Germany, July 7, 2013
  • Anne M. Bray, TAG Interviews Darlyn Susan Yee, TAG Blog, Sunday, June 9, 2013
  • Margaret Carrero, KNX 10.70 News Radio, May 24, 2013
  • Cynthia Fox, Cynthia Interviews Sasha Ali, Carol Zou, and Darlyn Susan Yee of Yarn Bombing LA & YBLA, 95.5 KLOS Spotlight On The Community, April 28, 2013
2012
  • Katherine Kean, Darlyn Susan Yee Interview, TAG Gallery Blog, Monday, August 27, 2012
  • John Walton and Steve Johnson, Yarn Bombing, Darlyn Susan Yee for Yarn Bombing Los Angeles, Walton & Johnson, 93.7 FM Houston TX, Wednesday August 22, 2012 7:00 am Central
2011
  • Katherine Kean, Darlyn Susan Yee Interview, TAG Gallery Blog, Monday, January 17, 2011
2010
  • Brittany Conroy, Darlyn Susan Yee Is This Week's Featured Artist for Member Mondays, Surface Design Association, June 28, 2010
  • Katherine Kean, An Interview with Darlyn Susan Yee, TAG Gallery Blog, Monday, June 7, 2010

 

lectures, panel discussions

2023
  • Social Justice Center, El Camino College, Torrance, CA, "Wearing It On Our Sleeves"
2021
  • Los Angeles Art Association's Gallery 825, Los Angeles, CA, "Wearing It On Our Sleeves"
2019
  • Otis College of Art and Design, Los Angeles, CA, "Darlyn Susan Yee at L.A. Summer Residency Artist Night"
  • Avenue 50 Studios, Los Angeles, CA sponsored by Southern California Women's Caucus for Art, "Unfettered"
  • Los Angeles Art Association's Gallery 825, Los Angeles, CA, "Full Bodied"
2018
  • Neutra Institute Gallery and Museum, "Darlyn Susan Yee at One Hundred Vibrant Artists of Los Angeles"
2016
  • Brand Library and Art Center, Glendale, CA, “NOT Your Mother's KNITTING!”
2015
  • California Museum of Art Thousand Oaks, Thousand Oaks, CA,“NOT Your Mother's KNITTING!”
2012
  • TAG Gallery at Bergamot Station, Santa Monica, CA, “Re: Fashion”
2011
  • TAG Gallery at Bergamot Station, Santa Monica, CA, “Summertime at TAG”
  • TAG Gallery at Bergamot Station, Santa Monica, CA, “Metamorphic Metaphors”
2010
  • TAG Gallery at Bergamot Station, Santa Monica, CA, “Contained!”
2009
  • TAG Gallery, Santa Monica, CA , “Threa-D-imensional”
2008
  • TAG Gallery, Santa Monica, CA, “Body Conscious”
2004
  • Orange County Center for Contemporary Art, Santa Ana, CA, “Weave”

 

film and video

2022
  • Southern California Women's Caucus for Art, Darlyn Susan Yee Talks with SCWCA, art, voice and image, February 18, 2022
  • Los Angeles Art Association / L.A. Art Documents, Darlyn Susan Yee 3Min LAAA Studio Visit, art, voice and image, February 12, 2022
  • L.A. Art Documents, Darlyn Susan Yee / Studio Visit / Los Angeles, art, voice and image, January 10, 2022
2021
  • L.A. Art Documents, Darlyn Susan Yee / Wearing It On Our Sleeves / Gallery 825, art, voice and image, December 17, 2021
2020
  • Green Communications Initiative, Mar Vista Music and Art Walk Artist’s Manifesto, art, voice and image, September 3, 2020
2017
  • Uwowi Films, UnGallery, artist (uncredited), August 17, 2017
2016
  • Sole Technology, Drop Yarn, Not Bombs, etnies x Plan B (feat. Trevor McClung), knit artist (uncredited), October 24, 2016
2014
  • Warner Bros. Television/CBS, 2 Broke Girls: And the Old Bike Yarn, knit/crochet artist with Yarn Bombing Los Angeles (uncredited), airdate November 17, 2014
2012
  • Yarn Bombing Los Angeles, About Yarn Bombing Los Angeles, knit/crochet artist, voice (uncredited), November 6, 2012
  • Wondros Sound and Design, Knit Health, knit artist (uncredited) for American Heart Association Teaching Gardens and the California Endowment, October 23, 2012
2011
  • Heinrich Schmidt, Vernissage TV, Trespass Art Parade Downtown Los Angeles, knit artist, parade participant (uncredited), October 3, 2011
  • AllSpunOut, Yarn Bombing Los Angeles- MOCA Event, August 7, 2011

About

Darlyn Susan Yee, photo by Martha Benedict

Biography

Darlyn Susan Yee is a Los Angeles-based artist whose practice weaves together traditional and unexpected materials into complex designs that engage a dialogue between art, design and craft. Her meticulous, labor-intensive processes result in fiber-based sculptures and installations. She engages a dialogue that crosses cultural understandings of identity, gender and place. Complex, but with a sense of whimsy, Darlyn's explorations of presence and containment encompass large installations to small handheld vessels.

To contrast the perceptions of architecture as high art and craft as low art, Darlyn collaborated with Yarn Bombing Los Angeles on CAFAM: Granny Squared. The project to cover the façade of the Craft And Folk Art Museum with crocheted granny squares brought together over 500 contributors from 27 countries and 50 states. On the closing weekend of Art In The Streets at Geffen Contemporary at MOCA, Darlyn and other artists yarnbombed their cars in Have Yarn Will Travel to showcase another form of graffiti intervention.

Darlyn's artwork has been shown internationally in museums and galleries, and has garnered numerous awards. She was included in 100 Artists of the West Coast II by Schiffer Books, the publisher of her book Macramé Today: Contemporary Knotting Projects. Her work is featured in numerous private and public collections.


Statement

I create fiber-based socially engaging figurative sculptures and installations to invite the viewer to explore the relationship between materials and form. I recontextualize the more feminized traditions and practices of fiber art inverted through the use of industrial materials to explore issues of gender identity, sense of place and purpose, and cultural identity and commonality. My recent focus is on repurposing and up-cycling materials using traditional fiber techniques to create installations of exaggerated clothing, and temporary public art displays.

I manipulate texture and form through style combinations including hand knotting, knitting and manually altered machine knitting techniques with crochet. The more compliant fiber materials I use include cotton, wool, mohair, linen, lurex, acrylic, nylon yarns and cotton string and rope. Mastering traditional techniques with more cumbersome materials such as flagging and barricade tapes challenged me to create a new set of tools. I choose to work with all of these materials because of their tactility.

Contact

Darlyn Susan Yee in her new private studio, photo by Martha Benedict

My new private studio in Gardena, CA

I am excited to share with you a first look into my new private studio space, photographed by Martha Benedict. This is where I create the work you see throughout Greater Los Angeles in galleries, museums and public art displays.

Please reach out if you are interested in purchasing existing artwork. I am also available to discuss commissioned and site-specific artwork, workshops lectures, community engagement and exhibition opportunities.

Mailing Address:

Darlyn Susan Yee
1455 W Redondo Beach Blvd
Ste 2510
Gardena, CA 90247

Phone/Text:

310-254-7175