Sunny Chapman

BIO
Sunny Chapman retired from a 25 year career as a jewelry designer, performer and activist to focus solely on art making
Chapman’s practice is based in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, and the Catskills. Her studio work has been shown in galleries largely in the Northeast, most recently at Equity Gallery, NY, NY. Metaphor Gallery, Brooklyn, NY and New Bedford Art Museum, New Bedford, MA.

Artist Statement
My artwork is deeply influenced by mystical practices like Sufism and Alchemy. The themes that emerge from these practices include doorways as portals to other universes, mysterious languages, and circles that symbolize the whirling of the dervish and the universe. Birds hold a special significance as they represent the link between heaven and earth, bridging the past and the present.


Throughout my life, I've been obsessed with shape and color, and this passion is particularly evident in my current body of work, titled Shapeshifters. These works are crafted from plywood, typically cut into biomorphic shapes and then collaged and painted in bright colors. The painting style is influenced by the 1970s pattern and decoration movement, and often incorporates repeated motifs. 


Additionally, I'm working on a series of larger shaped wood ...

2006
Adam's Rib, Eve's Air in her Hair, Soho20 Chelsea Gallery, NYC
The Edge of Excess, Foundry Art Centre, St Charles, MO
Drawn and Quartered, Like The Spice Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Unfiltered 2, Octane Photographic, Ferndale, MI
2008 9th Annual Williamsburg Salon, WAH, Brooklyn NY
2012 Mic: Check (The Human Mic), Sideshow Gallery Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY
2016 Down The Rabbit Hole, Sideshow Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2017-18 Et Tu, Art Brut?, Andrew Edlin Gallery, NY
2018 Sideshow Nation V, Sideshow Gallery Brooklyn, NY
Art On Paper, L.B. Foundation For the Arts, NJ
Who’s Naughty/Who’s Nice, Viridian Artists, NY,NY
2019 Environ, Paradice Palase, Brooklyn
Solstice, Rotunda Gallery, Jersey City, NJ
Bring Something Pink, Marseilles France
Priority Mail, Ground Floor Gallery, Brooklyn
2020 Prayers For The Pandemic, Drawing Rooms, J.C., NJ
Afloat, Rotunda Gallery, Jersey City, NJ
8x8, Flatfile.com, NY,NY (both Summer 2020 show and Winter 20-21 show)
Art In Place, Standard Space, Sharon, CT
Primordial Soup, Paradice Palase, Brooklyn, NY
Art in Sixes,DVAA, Narrowsburg, NY
2021 8x8, FlatfileGallery.com, NY,NY
Prayers For The Pandemic, D...