Fred Chuang

Residence: Los Angeles, CA
At the end of the last Century, in the midst of my fourth decade, I discovered a means of accessing my purely creative well. Until that time, I had solely engaged my interpretive, design side, having had virtually no formal artistic training on my way to my MFA in Theatre Design, Scenery and Costumes. I discovered my painting technique in an exploration of the visual properties of art glass with the objective of engaging the flexibility and spontaneity of painting. The bonus was that my new process, working on the back side of a thin, clear panel, forced me to relinquish a generous amount of control. This twist allowed me to rely on my intuitive resources, injecting surprise into the process of creation. This delight in the process, along with the continuing discovery of the possibilities of my technique, drives me down many different creative avenues. Many of these subjects and styles have been barely exploredtime is limited, but I am thoroughly enjoying the exploration. My paintings are created using acrylic spray enamel on the obverse side of clear co-polyester panels--PETG. They are obverse paintings, rather than reverse paintings, in that they are not the product of a backward, formulaic proc...

EDUCATION1978 MFA CARNEGIE-MELLON UNIVERSITY, Pittsburgh, PATheatre Design: Scenery and Costume1975 BA DARTMOUTH COLLEGE, Hanover, NHDrama; Senior FellowshipPlaywritingMagna Cum LaudeSELECTED EXHIBITIONS Nov. 2006Figure It Out, group show, J Ferrari Gallery, Los Angeles, CASept. 2006ArtCrawl 9, group show, The Echo, Los Angeles, CAFeb. 2006 White Space I, solo show, W Hotel, San Diego, CAJan. 2006 Open House, group show, Metro Gallery, Los Angeles, CAMay 2005 More Patterns, group show, Bamboo Revisited Gallery, Los Angeles, CAApril 2005Concentric, solo show, Fallbrook, CAApril 2005Create:Fixate, group show, Los Angeles, CAJuly 2004Emergence, group show, Canoga Park, CAJuly 2004LA Mart Art, group show, Los Angeles, CAJuly 2004S.L.A.C. Summer Salon, group show, Los Angeles, CAJuly 2004Carnival, group show, revisited Gallery, Los Angeles, CAMay 2004Montrose-Verdugo Juried Art Exhibition, Glendale, CA., Honorable Mention April 2004S.L.A.C. Group Show, Los Angeles, CAJan. 2004 Greater Midwest International XIX, Warrensburg, MONov. 2003Fred Chuang, solo show, Coffee Table Gallery: Los Angeles, CAOct. 2003Fred Chuang, solo show, Martini Gallery, West Hollywood, CAOct. 2003Rosenthal International 2003-A Juried Competi...