Sherry Xiaohong Chen

My recent works are inspired by nature, architecture forms, and everyday objects. They are between representational and abstraction. The act of painting is like a salvation that I need to reach to my soul. Through painting, I reflect, experiment and search for my own identity in this world. I also wish to present to the viewer a space with less noise and bring people more in touch with their inner world. Recently, I am contemplating about the technology and its influence on our lives and it is changing the ways we are thinking and interacting with the world around us... Technically, I am always fascinated by the effect what shapes and colors will do to our emotions. The rectangular shapes that I most preferred are represent perfection. By resisting the desire to have more in a painting, I try to focus on the meaning behind the immediate image. An empty room leaves the viewer with imagined inhabitant. I am trying to find meaning in the ordinary, depth in the simplicity, and grandeur in the minimal.
*********************************************************************On this website, it also include some of my older works. Thank you!

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.

NCSFA Poway Center For Performing Arts Annual Juried Art Shows - First Place
2019

Gallery Selection
August 3 - October 27, 2019
Sparks Gallery
San Diego, CA

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