Pammy Chen

As a young girl, growing up in DC, my sisters and I would frequent the Smithsonian museums where we would spend time relishing and lingering in front of noteworthy and inspiring works in the Freer and Sackler, National Gallery of Art and Portrait Gallery. I was exposed to famous works of art at a young age. Some resonating pieces include works by James McNeill Whistler’s "Peacock Room” and Nam June Paik’s “Electronic Superhighway”.

For the first 17 years of my life, I experienced the world with only near sighted vision. I became accustomed to using the digital camera resourcefully, often as a magnifying glass to see. I took my camera everywhere with me and it quickly became my lifeline. It is my preference to see directly through the lens and I adopted this shooting method very early on. I like to use the camera as a tool to explore details and show segmented parts of a larger picture. I also like to view each photo I take as a singular work, however also as apart of larger collections, representing larger ideas. Some themes that I continuously discover and rediscover include the immortality of florals, motion at night, animals in flight, dreams, nostalgia and romance. I also like to experiment with the crossing of stylistic an...

BA, Fine Arts, Rutgers University 2014

As a photographer, I consider myself to be self taught, although I have completed college level course work in digital photography, visual fundamentals and color theory. In order to maintain purity in my creations, I continue to be self taught today - by constantly experimenting, researching, practicing and combining new and old techniques alike. I tend to draw inspiration for visual projects from other mediums like literature, poetry and music. I am also influenced by the elements of classic paintings, film and cinematography. As a formal student of English Literature, I studied classic authors like Edith Wharton, Henry James, Kate Chopin and Isabel Allende. Particular themes from these timeless classics have stuck with me along the way, becoming truly embedded into my heart and soul. From these works are the motifs and themes that can be seen visually interpreted, repeated and represented throughout my entire body of work.

Digital photography is of second nature to me, so of course without hesitation it's my primary medium of choice. Most recently, I’ve begun to develop my very own art style by combining different mediums to create mixed media pieces. I like to add elements of pleasa...

Now showing select works in a private gallery in Philadelphia, PA