Frank Yung-Fong Tang / 譚永鋒

Contemporary Representational Painting • Human & Feline Portraiture • Asian Representation in Museums

Artist Biography

Frank Yung-Fong Tang (譚永鋒) was born in Taipei, Taiwan, and lives and works in Sunnyvale, California. He is a contemporary painter focusing on human self-portraiture, portraits of close friends, and an expansive ongoing body of feline character portraiture. Investigating the intimate "private image" of living beings, Frank explores Acrylic, Oil, Watercolor, Chalk Pastel, Charcoal, Collage, and Photography.

Frank’s artwork has been featured in group exhibitions across Northern California, including multiple juried selections at the Euphrat Museum of Art, Foothill College Library, and Peninsula Bible Church in Cupertino. His self-portraiture won the Best Drawing Award at the 2024 De Anza Student Art Show, and his paintings İzmir and Redemption won First Place in the 2026 Red Wheelbarrow Awards. He was also awarded the Annette Pearlstein Scholarship Award and the Foothill College Art Division Award.

In addition to his studio practice, Frank holds multiple academic degrees: an A.A. in Art from Foothill College (June 2026); A.A.-T. in Studio Arts, A.A.-T. in Art History, A.A. in Art History, and A.A. in Liberal Arts from De Anza College; a Master of Information and Data Science (MIDS) from UC Berkeley (2022); a Master of Science in Computer Science (MSCS) from Northeastern University, Boston (1993); and an Electronic Engineering Diploma from Ming-Hsin Junior Engineering College (1987). He currently works as a senior software engineer at Google focusing on internationalization and Unicode standards.

Artist Statement

"In April 2018, I painted two portraits as final gifts to my late stepfather on his deathbed. He received them happily before his passing, inspiring me to dedicate my art to expressing affection for loved ones, family, friends, and colleagues. In self-portraiture and feline character studies, I explore subjects who possess an unfiltered, intimate presence—rendering vulnerability away from formal public imagery."

Three foundational influences deeply inform my practice:

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