Sunny Apinchapong-Yang was born in Bangkok, Thailand, where his Chinese parents settled after World War II. He arrived in the United States in 1970 where he received his first formal art instruction. He attended Art Center College of Design, and California State University, Los Angeles, earning both B.A and M.A degrees in Fine Arts.In 1977, he began studying painting on scholarship at the Sergei Bongart School of Art in Los Angeles, and later worked as Mr. Bongart's assistant at the Los Angeles school and at the Summer workshops in Idaho. From 1987 to 1989 Sunny lived in Dublin, Ireland and participated in anexhibition sponsored by the Royal Academy of Arts. Sunny also had a one-man show at the Polo-one Gallery in Dublin. He has won numerous awards for his paintings in regional competitions and has held many private workshops around the country. In addition, he has taught at Brandes Art Institute in Los Angeles, California, the Businessmen's Art Institute in Los Angeles and the Fechin Institute in Taos, New Mexico.
He has held solo exhibitions in 1992, 1996 and most recently 2003 at the Moresberg Gallery in Los Angeles and in 1984, a one-man exhibition as well as, 1991 a duo exhibition at the Frye Art Museum in Seattle, Washington, and also participated with many group exhibitions, including theannual Gold Medal show with California Art Club at the Pasadena Historical Museum.Galleries that have exhibited Sunny's paintings are: The Saks Galleries, Denver; The Taos Art Gallery, Taos, NM: The Amparro Gallery, Scottsdale: Esther Wells Collections, Laguna Beach.
Sunny has been working for Walt Disney Studios since 1992, as a Background Artist in the Feature Animation Department. Most recently he has been working as an Art Director at the Disney TV Animation division. He is a resident of Glendale, California where he lives with his wife Pennee and their two children Tess and Jason.
Sunny Apinchapong-Yang is a Signature Member of the California Art Club and a member of its Advisory Board. He is also amember of theOil Painters of America.
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