Mimi Chen Ting

Mimi Chen Ting (b. 1946) is a painter, printmaker, and performance artist who lives and works in Taos, New Mexico and Sausalito California. She is best known for her elegant, abstract and semi-abstract images of figures and landscapes and for the sense of dynamism and wonder that they evoke.

Born in Shanghai, China, Mimi spent her childhood and teenage years in Hong Kong. In 1965 Mimi moved to San Francisco, California to pursue dual degrees in Sociology and English Literature at the San Francisco College of Women (now part of the University of San Francisco). After her third year at college—and a year of social field work—Mimi changed her major to art and transferred to California State University in San Jose where she earned her BA in Art in 1969.

One San Jose faculty member in particular—watercolorist Eric Oback— made a powerful impression on Mimi by urging her to listen to her colors and find her own way of painting, and most important of all, to “let the how follow the what”.

He also introduced me to the Lucien Labaudt Gallery where I had my first show in 1970 of paintings mainly done in his class and some working in the corner of my bedroom lined with newspaper, while my infant daughter slept and played among pillo...

BA in Art 1969 California State University in San Jose
MA in Art 1976 California state University in San Jose

Selected Solo Exhibitions

2014 Strands, Art Beatus, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
2013 On the Move, Hulse/Warman Gallery, Taos, New Mexico
2013 In the Groove, Encore Gallery, Taos Center for the Arts, Taos, New Mexico
2013 Off the Wall, The Historical Taos Inn, Taos, New Mexico
2012 Between Space n’ Time, Harwood Museum of Art, Curator’s Wall, Taos, New Mexico
2011 Twists and Turns, Art Beatus, Hong Kong, China
2008 Tangles and Ties, Art Beatus, Hong Kong, China
2008 Confetti, Loka Art Space, Taos, New Mexico
2007 D’Adamo/Woltz Gallery, Seattle, Washington
2005 Three Paintings, The Harwood Museum of Art, Taos, New Mexico
2005 Time Tracks, Thomson Hall Gallery, Sausalito, California
2005 Belvedere-Tiburon Public Library, Tiburon, California
1999 Quantum Corporation Galleries, Milpitas, California
1997 Maude Kerne Art Center, Eugene, Oregon
1995 Art for the Wall, Los Gatos Fine Arts Commission, Los Gatos, California
1994 New Works, d.p. Fong Galleries, San Jose, California
1993 New Works, Taos Fine Art Gallery, Taos, New Mexico
1992 New Works, Twin Cranes Gallery, Seattle, Washington
1992 Paintings and Prints, Oakland Museum Collect...