Yin Jun
China
Biography
Born in the Chinese province of Sichuan, Yin Jun’s initial art education came from his family. During his search for his own art, he received a brief training from his brother and a few other Chinese artists before embarking on his own career as an artist. Yin Jun has overcome every kind of difficulty in his struggle to express the world he has known. After just four years of painting, Yin began showing his work internationally. His work often depicts family units or siblings. Characterized by simple symbols such as a round head, a big mouth, nasal mucus and teardrops all over the sky, along with exaggerated adornments, Yin's work create a strong visual effect in expressing the human emotions by crying - common to children but not adults. His work has been exhibited internationally and acutioned by Sothbey's and Christie's, Yin Jun is a Chinese Asian Modern & Contemporary painter who was born in 1974 in the Chinese province of Sichuan, Yin Jun’s initial art education came from his family. During his search for his own art, he received a brief training from his brother and a few other Chinese artists before embarking on his own career as an artist. Yin Jun has overcome every kind of difficulty in his struggle to express the world he has known. After just four years of painting, Yin began showing his work internationally. His work often depicts family units or siblings. Characterized by simple symbols such as a round head, a big mouth, nasal mucus and teardrops all over the sky, along with exaggerated adornments, Yin's work create a strong visual effect in expressing the human emotions by crying - common to children but not adults. Yin Jun's work has been offered at auction multiple times, with realized prices ranging from $62 USD to $73,750 USD, depending on the size and medium of the artwork. Since 2006 the record price for this artist at auction is $73,750 USD for Family Series, sold at Kingsley Art Auction, Taipei in 2008. Yin Jun has been featured in articles for BBC News, ArtDaily and e-flux. The most recent article is When art collecting can mean big money written for BBC News in August 2011.