Gigi Chen

Gigi Chen’s work creates an aesthetic that combines her training as a traditional animator and painter, along with her love of the techniques of Old Masters. Entrenched in the art of storytelling, the work pulls together her love of contemporary idioms of cartooning, photorealism, texture and design to produce works that coalesce into Love, Craft and Fun.
Born in Guang Dong, China and raised in New York, Gigi’s exhibition credits include Deitch Projects, the Queens Museum of Art, Superfine! Art Fair and Deep Space Gallery.

School of Visual Arts
(BFA) Bachelors of Fine Art, graduated 2004, Major in Traditional Animation
Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music and Art and the Performing Arts
Graduated 2000, Art Major

Solo Exhibitions:
2018- CHASHAMA: All That You Need, New York. NY
2017- Cats Gallery: Looking For Magic, New York, NY
2016- RABBITHOLESTUDIOS: Gather Around, two person show with John Breiner, Brooklyn, NY
2014- Mongo DB: Gigi Chen: Paintings, New York, NY
2013- Something in Mind Boutique: Pretty-Cute, New York, NY
2012- Phantom Audio: Pretty-Cute: New Drawing by Gigi Chen, New York, NY
2008- Knapp Gallery: Wide Awake, Philadelphia, PA

Selected Group Exhibitions:
2018- Deep Space Gallery: The Gigantic Miniature Show, Jersey City, NJ
2018- Giant Robot: The Post-It Show, Los Angeles, CA
2018- Deep Space Gallery: The Mother Ship, Jersey City, NJ
2018- The Alley Gallery: My First He(Art): NYC, Rutland, VT
2018- Clutter Magazine Gallery: Chris RWK presents: Cluttered!, Beacon, NY
2018- Sugarmynt Gallery: Visual Dessert, Pasadena, CA
2018- La Bodega Gallery: Venus, San Diego, CA
2018: Cactus Gallery: Cactus Group Show, Celebrating 13th year of Art & Community,
Los Angeles, CA
2018: Cactus Gallery: Patterns Group Show, Los Angeles, CA
2017: Clinton Street Studio: Burgeonings, Poughkeepsie, NY
2017: Cactus Gallery: Tiny Treasures, Los Angeles, CA
2017: Lightni...