Hello, I’m Yen.
hello@yenazzaro.com
I’ve been an interdisciplinary artist for over 20 years, working with non profits, creative agencies, and educational organizations to communicate potent stories and illustrate narrative campaigns.
I was the 2022 artist-in-residence at Graduate Hotels Sweet Dreams Society, I am currently the illustrator-in-residence for Culture Source, and I co-host Cadence: A Podcast for Creatives with the brilliant Hafsah Mijinyawa. I have garnered over $100,000 in creative grants to produce art happenings and uplift my own art practice.
I started as a Fashion Design hopeful at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and received my BFA from University of Michigan Stamps School of Art + Design.
My company is a licensed and insured MBE and WBE.
Press
MLive: Forbes Prize Possible for Ypsilanti Graphic Recording Artist
Concentrate: After Ann Arbor residency, Ypsi artist to show work memorializing Asian hate crime victims in NYC
MLive: Interactive mural planned for new Superior Township library
WDIV: ReVIVE All Zones brings ‘tactical urbanism’ to Ann Arbor
MLive: Yen and Nick Azzaro Propose Interactive, Experimental Art Museum with Youth in Ypsilanti
Culture Source: Essential Illustration with Yen Azzaro
Concentrate: Washtenaw County women leaders of Asian heritage speak out on hate, violence, and healing