Summer 2026 spotlight artist:

Yong An

Each season, the public votes to select our East Bay Open Studios Spotlight Artists. The artwork of these featured artists represents the spirit of East Bay Open Studios and is showcased in our event promotions as a symbol of the creativity and talent within our community.

Winning Artwork:

Lost in Paradise, 2025

Oil sticks on canvas

24x18

Learn more about Yong An at her website or Instagram.

Based in Oakland, California, Yong An creates abstract work that explores the intersections of identity, memory, and the unseen. She draws from personal and ancestral narratives rooted in her Korean and Japanese heritage. Growing up in Korea, Germany and the US, Yong’s work mirror her journey as she illuminates the grace, beauty, and resilience that stem from fragmented realities.

Yong’s process is intuitive and layered, using graphite, acrylic, watercolor or oil. Cultural memory and emotional resonance guide the emergence of organic forms and shifting colors as she paints inner landscapes that translate emotion, nature, and dreams into visual form.