Xuan Chen

Joined Artfinder: Jan. 2019

Artworks for sale: 15

United States

About Xuan Chen

 
 
  • Biography

    Xuan Chen is an abstract visual artist. She makes non representational paintings and wall-sculptures. Her influences include Light and Space Movement, as well as Color Field abstraction.  As an experimental artist, each body of her work focuses on a different concept. In the past few years, she has been working on concepts such as Light Space Intimacy, Beyond Color Field and Op Pop. Within these concepts,  her abstract paintings, sculptures and installations are approached from the possibilities between the 2D digital image-making and the 3D complexity in our visual world, where digital images and devices play such a huge role in our daily lives.  Although her works embrace western aesthetics in contemporary abstract art, she constantly applies techniques, processes and inspirations from traditional Chinese art to her art practice. No matter what forms of her artwork entail, subjects such as color theory, constructivism and geometric abstraction frequently appear in her processes. She has exhibited extensively through group and solo exhibitions nationally and internationally, including the Two Minutes Film Festival in Carnegie Museum of Art, University of New Mexico Art Museum, Harvestworks Digital Media Arts Center,  LaGrange Art Museum, PULSE Miami, George Adams Gallery in NYC, Mirus Gallery in San Francisco, and Richard Levy Gallery in Albuquerque.  She is a recipient of the 2017 Artist in Residence from the Visible Futures Lab at the School of Visual Arts, 2015 National Young Painters Award at Miami University, and 2009 New Visions Grant from the State of New Mexico.  Her works were published in New American Paintings , Thinking Through Digital Media by Palgrave Press, reviewed by Hyperallergicin NYC and Artmaze Magazine in London, and appeared in TV5Monde  in Canada. Her paintings are included in many public and private collections nationally. 

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    2017

    Waterfront South Artist Residency (Awarded), Camden Shipyard and Maritime Museum, Camden, NJ

    2017 Waterfront South Artist Residency (Awarded), Camden Shipyard and Maritime Museum, Camden, NJ

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    2017

    Waterfront South Artist Residency (Awarded), Camden Shipyard and Maritime Museum, Camden, NJ

    2017 Waterfront South Artist Residency (Awarded), Camden Shipyard and Maritime Museum, Camden, NJ

    2014

    2014 (National) “William and Dorothy Yeck Award”, 2014 Miami University Young Painters Competition

    2014 (National) “William and Dorothy Yeck Award”, 2014 Miami University Young Painters Competition

    2013

    2013 (International) Working Artist Grant/Award Recipient, August, 2013

    2013 (International) Working Artist Grant/Award Recipient, August, 2013


    2012

    1st Prize Juried by Dave Hickey, CAS Contemporary Art Society of New Mexico

    2012 1st Prize Juried by Dave Hickey, CAS Contemporary Art Society of New Mexico

    2011

    (International) 1st Prize, “Trafficked Identity”, FLEFF in conjunction with GAATW in Thailand

    2011 (International) 1st Prize, “Trafficked Identity”, FLEFF in conjunction with GAATW in Thailand

    2011

    (International) Honorable Mention, The 26th Tallahassee International Exhibition, FSU Museum of Fine Arts, Tallahassee, FL

    2011 (International) Honorable Mention, The 26th Tallahassee International Exhibition, FSU Museum of Fine Arts, Tallahassee, FL

    2009

    Friends of Art Prize (1st Prize) Juried by Lucy Lippard, University of New Mexico Art Museum

    2009 Friends of Art Prize (1st Prize) Juried by Lucy Lippard, University of New Mexico Art Museum

    2009

    New Visions/New Mexico Filmmaker Contract Award by Governor Bill Richardson

    New Visions/New Mexico Filmmaker Contract Award by Governor Bill Richardson

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Awards

2017

Halcyon Arts Lab Fellowship (Finalist), Halcyon Arts Lab, Washington DC

2017 Halcyon Arts Lab Fellowship (Finalist), Halcyon Arts Lab, Washington DC

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2017

Waterfront South Artist Residency (Awarded), Camden Shipyard and Maritime Museum, Camden, NJ

2017 Waterfront South Artist Residency (Awarded), Camden Shipyard and Maritime Museum, Camden, NJ

2014

2014 (National) “William and Dorothy Yeck Award”, 2014 Miami University Young Painters Competition

2014 (National) “William and Dorothy Yeck Award”, 2014 Miami University Young Painters Competition

2013

2013 (International) Working Artist Grant/Award Recipient, August, 2013

2013 (International) Working Artist Grant/Award Recipient, August, 2013


2012

1st Prize Juried by Dave Hickey, CAS Contemporary Art Society of New Mexico

2012 1st Prize Juried by Dave Hickey, CAS Contemporary Art Society of New Mexico

2011

(International) 1st Prize, “Trafficked Identity”, FLEFF in conjunction with GAATW in Thailand

2011 (International) 1st Prize, “Trafficked Identity”, FLEFF in conjunction with GAATW in Thailand

2011

(International) Honorable Mention, The 26th Tallahassee International Exhibition, FSU Museum of Fine Arts, Tallahassee, FL

2011 (International) Honorable Mention, The 26th Tallahassee International Exhibition, FSU Museum of Fine Arts, Tallahassee, FL

2009

Friends of Art Prize (1st Prize) Juried by Lucy Lippard, University of New Mexico Art Museum

2009 Friends of Art Prize (1st Prize) Juried by Lucy Lippard, University of New Mexico Art Museum

2009

New Visions/New Mexico Filmmaker Contract Award by Governor Bill Richardson

New Visions/New Mexico Filmmaker Contract Award by Governor Bill Richardson


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Biography

Xuan Chen is an abstract visual artist. She makes non representational paintings and wall-sculptures. Her influences include Light and Space Movement, as well as Color Field abstraction.  As an experimental artist, each body of her work focuses on a different concept. In the past few years, she has been working on concepts such as Light Space Intimacy, Beyond Color Field and Op Pop. Within these concepts,  her abstract paintings, sculptures and installations are approached from the possibilities between the 2D digital image-making and the 3D complexity in our visual world, where digital images and devices play such a huge role in our daily lives.  Although her works embrace western aesthetics in contemporary abstract art, she constantly applies techniques, processes and inspirations from traditional Chinese art to her art practice. No matter what forms of her artwork entail, subjects such as color theory, constructivism and geometric abstraction frequently appear in her processes. She has exhibited extensively through group and solo exhibitions nationally and internationally, including the Two Minutes Film Festival in Carnegie Museum of Art, University of New Mexico Art Museum, Harvestworks Digital Media Arts Center,  LaGrange Art Museum, PULSE Miami, George Adams Gallery in NYC, Mirus Gallery in San Francisco, and Richard Levy Gallery in Albuquerque.  She is a recipient of the 2017 Artist in Residence from the Visible Futures Lab at the School of Visual Arts, 2015 National Young Painters Award at Miami University, and 2009 New Visions Grant from the State of New Mexico.  Her works were published in New American Paintings , Thinking Through Digital Media by Palgrave Press, reviewed by Hyperallergicin NYC and Artmaze Magazine in London, and appeared in TV5Monde  in Canada. Her paintings are included in many public and private collections nationally.