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“James Yang always comes to mind when I need an illustration for a particularly complex idea. He distills abstraction into clarity with minimal line, bold color and unique images. James says so much with so little. James is amazing.”
~ Orlie Kraus, Art Director, The Wall Street Journal
James Yang grew up in Ponca City, but was always destined to go wherever his art took him. Although he’s certainly well-traveled, home for James and his wife, Abby Chancandanz, a choreographer and modern dancer, is a three-bedroom apartment in Brooklyn with neighbors who are mostly creatives of one type or another. One of the rooms in his apartment serves as his studio, providing him both space and freedom to create when he feels moved (or the need due to deadlines) to do so.
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