Leafy Yun Ye (葉韻, b. 1993, based between Los Angeles and Tengchong) explores memory and home through image-based practices, centering how ways of living, traditions, and spaces transmit personal and collective stories.

Education
State University of New York, Purchase College, New York, NY 16’
Bachelor of Arts in New Media

Awards & Recognitions
2025 Photolucida Critical Mass Top 50
2025 Winner, Belfast Photo Festival, Belfast, United Kingdom
2024 Shortlist, Athens Photo Festival, Athens, Greece
2023       Finalist, Aperture Portfolio Prize
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
2025 Looking Forward to Yesterday, Group Exhibition, Ysasi Gallery, Los Angeles
2025 Critical Mass Top 50 Exhibition, Duncan Miller Gallery, Los Angeles
2025 Now and Then, Belfast Photo Festival, Belfast, United Kingdom
2024 Via Paradise Exhibition, Tokyo Photographic Research, Tokyo, Japan
2023 A New Wave, Korea International Photo Festival, Hangaram Art Museum, Seoul, Korea
2021 Open Studio, NES Artist Residency, Skagaströnd, Iceland

Artist Residencies
2024 Paradise AIR, Matsudo, Japan, January - February
2021 NES Artist Residency, Skagaströnd, Iceland, September - October

*Full CV upon request via email.

Available for commissions.
yunye@leafyyeh.com
+1.917.446.8295