Stuart Yankell

Stuart Yankell’s work celebrates life and the common fabric of humanity. Combining abstraction with a kinetic approach rooted in classical lighting and form, he embraces historical convention while seeking to expand the language of art. For more than four decades, Yankell has painted a multitude of musical and dance forms, as well as figurative themes based on a broad range of universal settings.Yankell was trained in Philadelphia at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, the University of Pennsylvania and the Frudakis Sculpture Academy. He also studied in Italy at Temple University, and has taught painting and art history at the university level over the course of his career. Yankell is also known for his portraiture, and has been commissioned to paint a variety of business, political and academic figures for public and corporate collections, as well as children and families.

Recent collectors in the entertainment industry include Dave Matthews, Carlos Santana, Ravi Coltrane, Natalie Merchant and both Wynton and Branford Marsalis. Stuart Yankell’s work has earned place in the vanguard of contemporary figurative painting and has been displayed in museums and galleries throughout the world.nd ultimately his first gallery effort in 2000 ~ SteeleLife. And more recently, ArtRevolution in Chicago and Nashville.When asked about style, “I don’t have a style.” He is driven to create with pure autonomy regardless of social consequence, fear of reprisal, judgement or lack of retail sales. “I have to say what I need to say. The way I choose to say it.” An avid researcher of national policies and social constructs that support systems of injustice, his works are grand in scale using mixed media to provoke the viewer to look inwardly at their own bondage to and/or participation in systemic racism and economic inequality. View Yankell's Work