Chao-Chen Yang

Degrees in foreign relations and art education from the University of Shanghai (Hsing Hwa Academy)

Came to the U.S. in early 1930s to work at the Chinese Consulate in Chicago

Took night courses at the Art Institute of Chicago in painting, sculpture and photography from 1935 to 1939

Transferred to Seattle as Deputy Consul in 1939, increasingly pursuing photography here

Founded Seattle Photographic Society in 1941

Director of the Northwest Institute of Photography, also taught courses

Specifically interested in color printing processes and pioneering methods

Went to Hollywood to study color motion picture production after WWII

Show at Seattle Public Library (1941) The International Exhibition of Photography at the Seattle Art Museum in 1943. Also in "They Painted from Their Hearts: Pioneer Asian American Artists" at the Wing Luke Museum, Seattle in 1994