Sherry Xiaohong Chen
San Diego, CA, United States
About Sherry Xiaohong Chen
My recent minimalistic paintings are inspired by everyday objects, architectural forms, and nature. They are in between abstraction and representation. Using geometric shapes to reflect the basics and importance of our existence and searching for meaning in the everyday life situation. In these paintings, I am trying to exam the ratio and relationships between shape, color, texture, and their effect on the mood or composition. By eliminating the desire to have more in a painting, I can focus on reaching a deeper place beneath the surface. Nature is always uncomplicated and direct, but yet mysterious and full of possibilities.
I am trying to find meanings in the ordinary, depth in the simplicity, and grandeur in the minimal.
*********************************************************************On this website, it also include some of my older works. Since some of them are not posted chronologically, the year are added after the title. Thank you!
Education:
M.A Fine Art- University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina
B. F. A. - Central Academy of Art and Design, Beijing, China (now the Academy of Arts & Design, Tsinghua University)
(boarding high-school) of Sichauan Fine Art Institute, ChongQing, China.
Exhibitions:
Edge of the Ocean
A Group Show - Feb 19 - May 21, 2017
Sparks Gallery
San Diego, CA
2016 Southern California/Baja Biennia
San Diego Art Institute Dec. 10, 2016 - Jan. 29, 2017
Saatchi Screen
Two paintings in the group screen project at
Saatchi Gallery
London, England
Nov. - Dec. 2015
30 years, Looking Back
Academy of Arts & Design, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
Sep. 1995
Mexicali Art Museum, Mexicali, MEXICO
Apr. 1993
Tijuana Cultural Center, Tijuana, MEXICO
San Diego , Yokohama Culture Exchange
Sep. 1992
Yokohama Citizen Gallery, Yokohama City, JAPAN
Solo Exhibition:
Self, Nature, and Choices
May 5 - July 7 2013
San Diego Chinese Historical Museum, San Diego, CA
