Yiren Gallagher

Background

About Yiren Gallagher

A native of Taiwan, I am a visual artist who creates small scale and large installation art. After earning my BA from the National Taiwan Normal University and fulfilling my term of service in teaching, I relocated to the United States to attend graduate school. I subsequently received an MFA degree from Pratt Institute in 1987, before returning to Taiwan for five years. During those years I taught art at universities, but I was also a lecturer, art critic and author of several books in Chinese. I returned to the United States in 1994 and have been a public high school art teacher since I am a recipient of Fund For Teachers, Vermont Studio Center Fellowship, the Skidmore College High School Art Teacher Fellowship, and Oklahoma Visual Arts Coalition Creative and Professional Projects Grant. In 2011, I obtained a sponsorship from the US Department of State with the Visual Arts Initiative Program to travel to Taiwan to participate in the 2011 Kaohsiung International Container Arts Festival working alongside with artists from all over the world. I am an artist who teaches, an advocate for Native American Culture, and a strong believer in a great American tradition based on educational empowerment, industry, and equality.