Bayan Yunis
Education
2023 BFA, Photography Concentration, Purdue University
Employment
2023 Education Department Summer Intern, Fort Wayne Museum of Art, Fort Wayne, IN
Exhibitions
2025 College Invitational, Indianapolis Art Center, Indianapolis, IN
2025 Art and Design Juried Undergraduate Exhibition, Robert L. Ringel Gallery, West Lafayette, IN
2024 Click Exhibition, The Patti and Rusty Rueff Galleries, West Lafayette, IN
2023 National Scholastic Art & Writing Awards Exhibition, Affirmation Arts, NYC, NY
2023 National YoungArts Week Exhibition, YoungArts Gallery, Miami, FL
2023 45th Members' Showcase, Artlink, Fort Wayne, IN
2023 The Scholastic Art & Writing Awards Exhibition, Fort Wayne Museum of Art, Fort Wayne, IN
2022 National Scholastic Art & Writing Awards Exhibition, Bronx Documentary Center Annex, NYC, NY
2022 Annual High School Juried Art Exhibition, PFW Visual Arts Gallery, Fort Wayne, IN
2022 The Scholastic Art & Writing Awards Exhibition, Fort Wayne Museum of Art, Fort Wayne, IN
2022 Huntington University 17th Annual Art Exhibition, Huntington, IN
2021 The Scholastic Art & Writing Awards Exhibition, Fort Wayne Museum of Art, Fort Wayne, IN
2021 Garrett Art Show, Garrett, IN
2021 James May Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
2021 Purdue University National High School Art Competition Exhibition, The Patti and Rusty Rueff Galleries, West Lafayette, IN
Awards
2025 Outstanding Sophomore Award in Studio Arts, Purdue University’s Department of Art and Design
2023 Presidential Scholar in the Arts, U.S. Department of Education
2023 Photography Finalist, YoungArts
2023 Harry and Betty Quadracci Art Portfolio Award, National Gold Portfolio Recipient, Scholastic Art and Writing Awards
2023 National Gold Medal (2), Scholastic Art and Writing Awards
2023 National Silver Medal (1), Scholastic Art and Writing Awards
2023 Regional Gold Portfolio Award, Scholastic Art and Writing Awards
2023 Regional Gold Key (10), Scholastic Art and Writing Awards
2023 Best of Show, Purdue University Fort Wayne High School Art Exhibition
2022 First Place Overall, Purdue University National High School Art Competition
2022 National Silver Medal (1), Scholastic Art and Writing Awards
2022 Regional Gold Key (1), Scholastic Art and Writing Awards
2021 National Gold Medal (1), Scholastic Art and Writing Awards
2021 Regional Gold Key (2), Scholastic Art and Writing Awards
Artist Talks, Interviews, Media
2024 What Past Winners Want You to Know About National YoungArts Week, YoungArts
2023 Wood Artist Norman Ziolkowski & Photographer Bayan Yunis, PBS: arts IN focus
2023 Young creative puts her artcentricity in perspective, 89.1 WBOI
2023 Carroll High School student chosen as one of three Presidential Scholars in Indiana, 89.1 WBOI
2023 Work displayed on the set of The Today Show, 21ALIVE
2023 The U.S. Presidential Scholars For 2023 Are Named, Forbes
2023 Cultured Magazine
2023 National Gold Portfolio Recipient Artist Talk, Virtual, Scholastic Art and Writing Awards
2023 Regional Gold Portfolio Recipient Artist Talk, Fort Wayne Museum of Art, Fort Wayne, IN
2023 Playing Favorites: Bayan Yunis & Joel Daniel Phillips, Fort Wayne Museum of Art, Fort Wayne, IN
2023 Kids Who Care: Carroll photographer is a National YoungArts Competition Finalist, FOX 55, Fort Wayne, IN
2023 Carroll High School senior finds niche in photography, talents attract prestigious honor, The Journal Gazette
2023 Tis the Season…for the 2024 Scholastic Art & Writing Awards!, Fort Wayne Museum of Art, Fort Wayne, IN