About
Leafy Yun Ye (b.1993) is a Los Angeles-based photographer, born and raised in Guangzhou, China. Her work explores the poetic connections between cultures, communities, personal experiences, and landscapes.
Education
State University of New York, Purchase College, New York, NY 16’
Bachelor of Arts in New Media
2024 EAW XXXVII
2024 New York Times Portfolio Review
2023 Hamburg Portfolio Review
Awards & Recognitions
2024 Shortlist, Athens Photo Festival, Athens, Greece
2023 Finalist, Aperture Portfolio Prize, New York, NY
2023 Finalist, AIS Open Women Behind the Lens, London, United Kingdom
2022 Shortlist, Palm* Photo Prize, London, United Kingdom
2020 Adobe Creative Residency Community Grant
2019 Innovate Artist Grant
2018 Finalist, Independent Photographer, People Awards
Selected Exhibitions
2024 Via Paradise Exhibition, Tokyo Photographic Research, Tokyo, Japan
2023 A New Wave, Korea International Photo Festival, Hangaram Art Museum, Seoul, Korea
2020 Feature Shoot Group Exhibition, Chapter One Gallery, Sydney, Australia
2019 Curves and Dots, ENVSN Festival, Brooklyn, NY
2019 The Print Swap, Photoville NYC, Brooklyn, NY
2019 Shadows, Loosen Art Gallery, Rome, Italy
2018 100% LA, Save Art Space, Los Angeles, CA
SELECTED PRESS & INTERVIEWS
2024 Lenscratch, Interview with Daniel George on Now and Then, November 2024
2024 Dazed, “Leafy Yun Ye’s fascination with the dreamy, uncanny beauty of Tokyo”, March 2024
2024 PhotoVogue Editorial, “Tokyo Odyssey”, February 2024
2023 CityHowWhy Magazine, “Rolling Forward in the Torrent of Cultural Conflict”, July Issue
2022 Port Magazine, “Stay in Between” Interview with Ayla Angelos, July 2022
2021 Collater.al Magazine, Interview with Artist Feature
2020 Adobe Max Keynote Community Artist Feature
2019 Photoville NYC Artist Feature
2019 Feature Shoot Artist Feature
2019 Innovate Artist Grant Winner Interview
2019 The Photographic Journal “Love is Present”
2019 Eyeso Artist Interview
Artist Residencies
2024 Paradise AIR, Matsudo, Japan, January - February
2021 NES Artist Residency, Skagaströnd, Iceland, September - October
November 2024, Los Angeles.