Meet The Twins
18-year-old twins, Max Boyang and Louis Boyang are award-winning artists in national and international adult competitions and exhibitions. Their artwork has been exhibited in fine art galleries across the country and displayed on billboards. In addition to newspapers and magazines, their story has been featured on many media outlets, including Yahoo News, national and international TV.
Max and Louis are freshmen at Brown University.
How The Twins Were Discovered
Max and Louis always had a fascination with drawing, often spending their afternoons sketching in their notebooks or reveling in the face of a blank page. Yet, in a family full of engineers and scientists, they never fully had the opportunity to embrace that interest until March of 2015 when they met their soon to be mentor, Vivian Dwyer. As Mrs. Dwyer said, she got chills when she saw the boys drawing and had never seen any 9-year-old draw like them. 2015 would merely be the beginning to a journey that continues to this day—one spurred by a love of painting and drawing insects and flowers.
Their Completely Different Art Styles
Even at age 9, unlike most kids at their age, Max and Louis were not interested in copying other's work. Always seeking their own distinct styles, Max and Louis have found an interest in totally separate styles and subject material—most notably insects and flowers.
Max has a fantastic imagination. His love of nature and abstract art style inspires him to create abstract insect artwork using crow quill pen and ink, watercolor, and metal leaves. All of his artwork are based on his imagination. In his artistic process, Max begins first by observing the insects in nature or online, drawing the real life shapes of them on paper, and finally moving on to using his imagination to finish up the rest. Though not visible online, his use of metal leaves and interference watercolor alters the appearance of his work when viewed at different angles.
On the other hand, Louis uses art to explore and uncover the complexities of flowers—a pursuit born in his childhood experiences in nature camps and his love for flora. Using graphite, watercolor, colored pencil, and pen and ink as his media of choice, Louis additionally uses the flower as a starting point to expand his creativity between artistic mediums. Similar to any inquisitive inquiry, art is where Louis seeks to further understanding of the natural world around him—an understanding he will always be exploring.
Awards, Solo Exhibitions, Group Exhibitions
Awards
Max and Louis are both award winning artists in national and international adult competitions and exhibitions.
In October, 2016, Louis's "Mother's Day" won a Jurors Award in the "94th Annual All-Media", hosted by the Ann Arbor Art Center in Ann Arbor, MI. It was a national adult competition and exhibition. Louis was the only artist under the age of 18 among all the exhibiting artists. The juror, an internationally known artist, Paul Kotula said, " There is something very special about Louis's work. It's beautiful.".
In March, 2017, Max's "Now You See Me III" won a Juror Award in "Flight", a national adult competition and exhibition hosted by the Tubac Center of the Arts in Tubac, AZ. Max was the only artist under the age of 18 among all the exhibiting artists. The juror, another nationally known artist, J.Rodney stated that "It doesn't matter how old he is. His work is amazing,"
Over the years, Max and Louis have won eleven awards in adult exhibitions/competitions, and have completely redefined what’s possible for an artist to achieve as an youth in the process.
Solo Exhibitions
For every year since 2016 before the pandemic, Max and Louis have held a solo art exhibition and sale that today, number to six total. Their forthcoming show—screening in 2023, is an immersive animation art show of their artwork at the Abrams Planetarium Sky Theater. Through their exhibitions, Max and Louis have donated the majority of their proceeds to the Joey’s Wings Childhood Cancer Foundation and the Boys and Girls Club of Lansing
Group Exhibitions
Max and Louis have exhibited their artwork in fine art galleries across the country in addition to two roadside billboards for each of them—often the only artist under the age of 18 in these shows.
Max and Louis always had a fascination with drawing, often spending their afternoons sketching in their notebooks or reveling in the face of a blank page. Yet, in a family full of engineers and scientists, they never fully had the opportunity to embrace that interest until March of 2015 when they met their soon to be mentor, Vivian Dwyer. As Mrs. Dwyer said, she got chills when she saw the boys drawing and had never seen any 9-year-old draw like them. 2015 would merely be the beginning to a journey that continues to this day—one spurred by a love of painting and drawing insects and flowers.
Their Completely Different Art Styles
Even at age 9, unlike most kids at their age, Max and Louis were not interested in copying other's work. Always seeking their own distinct styles, Max and Louis have found an interest in totally separate styles and subject material—most notably insects and flowers.
Max has a fantastic imagination. His love of nature and abstract art style inspires him to create abstract insect artwork using crow quill pen and ink, watercolor, and metal leaves. All of his artwork are based on his imagination. In his artistic process, Max begins first by observing the insects in nature or online, drawing the real life shapes of them on paper, and finally moving on to using his imagination to finish up the rest. Though not visible online, his use of metal leaves and interference watercolor alters the appearance of his work when viewed at different angles.
On the other hand, Louis uses art to explore and uncover the complexities of flowers—a pursuit born in his childhood experiences in nature camps and his love for flora. Using graphite, watercolor, colored pencil, and pen and ink as his media of choice, Louis additionally uses the flower as a starting point to expand his creativity between artistic mediums. Similar to any inquisitive inquiry, art is where Louis seeks to further understanding of the natural world around him—an understanding he will always be exploring.
Awards, Solo Exhibitions, Group Exhibitions
Awards
Max and Louis are both award winning artists in national and international adult competitions and exhibitions.
In October, 2016, Louis's "Mother's Day" won a Jurors Award in the "94th Annual All-Media", hosted by the Ann Arbor Art Center in Ann Arbor, MI. It was a national adult competition and exhibition. Louis was the only artist under the age of 18 among all the exhibiting artists. The juror, an internationally known artist, Paul Kotula said, " There is something very special about Louis's work. It's beautiful.".
In March, 2017, Max's "Now You See Me III" won a Juror Award in "Flight", a national adult competition and exhibition hosted by the Tubac Center of the Arts in Tubac, AZ. Max was the only artist under the age of 18 among all the exhibiting artists. The juror, another nationally known artist, J.Rodney stated that "It doesn't matter how old he is. His work is amazing,"
Over the years, Max and Louis have won eleven awards in adult exhibitions/competitions, and have completely redefined what’s possible for an artist to achieve as an youth in the process.
Solo Exhibitions
For every year since 2016 before the pandemic, Max and Louis have held a solo art exhibition and sale that today, number to six total. Their forthcoming show—screening in 2023, is an immersive animation art show of their artwork at the Abrams Planetarium Sky Theater. Through their exhibitions, Max and Louis have donated the majority of their proceeds to the Joey’s Wings Childhood Cancer Foundation and the Boys and Girls Club of Lansing
Group Exhibitions
Max and Louis have exhibited their artwork in fine art galleries across the country in addition to two roadside billboards for each of them—often the only artist under the age of 18 in these shows.