Multi-disciplinary artist, mentor, and curator Jason Yi is a cornerstone of the Milwaukee art scene whose monumental installations challenge our perceptions of the built and natural environment. A multidisciplinary artist whose work in photography, video, sculpture, drawing, and site-specific installation explores the geopolitics of place and cultural memory. Yi exhibits nationally and internationally and received a Joan Mitchell Foundation Fellowship, a Mary L. Nohl Fellowship, and the Milwaukee Artist of the Year award. His work is in the collections of the Milwaukee Art Museum, the Museum of Wisconsin Art, and others. Committed to strengthening Wisconsin’s cultural landscape, he co-founded the Plum Blossom Initiative and has directed the Bridge Work professional development program since 2014, mentoring emerging artists from Milwaukee and beyond. As a professor at the Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design and Director of Hawthorn Contemporary, Yi advances creative inquiry, public dialogue, and cross-disciplinary collaboration.
