ANGEL CHEN
Education
1999 MFA, Calarts, Valencia, CA
1994 BFA, UCLA, Westwood, CA
Awards and Fellowships
2008 Annenberg Foundation Commission
2007 Howard and Caroline Kaufman Purchase
2004 David and Julia White Artist Colony, Costa Rica
2004 LA’s BEST Artist Residency, Office of the Mayor, Los Angeles
1999 Ahmanson Grant
1998 Calarts Grant
1997 Atlantic Center for the Arts, Residency, New Smyrna Beach, FL
1994 Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Residency, Skowhegan, ME
1994 Speroni Grant
1994 Creator and Editor/Writer Art Column, Daily Bruin Newspaper, UCLA
1994 Teague-Melville Grant
1993 UCLA Grant
1989 Artist Residency, Dante Alighieri, Florence, Italy
Solo Exhibitions
2009 Liberace’s Penthouse, Los Angeles
2008 Chasing the Dragon, Fringe Gallery, Hong Kong
2008 Salon Jean-Claude Bondi, Paris, France
2007 Everything is a Love Song, JAIL Gallery Project Space, Los Angeles
2007 The Sublime, Pink Industry, Palm Springs
2007 Meridian, The Red Arrow Gallery, Joshua Tree
2005 Water and Air (Feng Shui), The Sanctuary, Thailand
2004 Surf Jungle, Seven Muses Gallery, Costa Rica
1999 Believe, Graduate Thesis Show, Calarts
1999 The Perimeter, Calarts
1998 The Love Seat, Calarts
1993 Wet, Solo Exhibition, UCLA
Selected Group Exhibitions
2010 39NOW, Pacific Design Center, West Hollywood 2010 Life is Art Foundation, Sonoma 2008 The Cat Street Gallery, Hong Kong 2008 l'Art renouvelle, Passage de l’Art, Marseilles, France 2008 Projection, Salon Oblique, Venice, CA 2007 Stain Heirs and Gesture Friends, Thomas Lavin Showroom, Pacific Design Center 2006 Work Space, Foundation Art Resources 2005 Big + Holy, Cartelle Gallery, Marina del Rey 2004 Paper, Patricia Faure Gallery, Santa Monica 2004 Nine Muses Gallery, San Jose, Costa Rica 2003 Something Else, Latch Gallery, Los Angeles 2003 Rat Powered Film Festival, Grand Central Art Center 2002 A Well Rounded Appetite, Latch Gallery, Los Angeles 2002 Garden Variety, 01 Gallery, West Hollywood 2002 The Drawing Room, 01 Gallery, West Hollywood 2002 Land… “Landscapes”, 01 Gallery 2002 Fresh, Gallery 207 2001 Eclipse of the Sun: Action #6 of 12, performance by Eden City State, Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, Goldenvoice, Indio, CA 2000 The Legend of Suzy Wong, Gallery 207, West Hollywood 1999 Night of Performance, Gallery 207, West Hollywood 1999 Untitled, Calarts Graduate Show, Bradbury Building 1999 Divine Intervention, ActionSpace, curated by Karen Finley, Los Angeles 1999 One Night Stand, Farmer’s Daughter Motel, organized by Leonardo Bravo 1997 Atlantic Center for the Arts, Outreach Lecture and Exhibition, Florida 1994 Skowhegan Artists Outreach Lecture and Exhibition, Skowhegan, Maine 1994 UCLA Wight Gallery, Westwood 1993 Mondo Lot, Robert Berman Gallery, Santa Monica
Benefits
2009 Best Buddies Benefit, Peninsula Hotel
2008 Friendly House Silent Auction, Beverly Hilton
2008 Saban Free Clinic Benefit Silent Auction
2007 Claire Foundation Art Auction
2005 Hurricane Katrina Rescue, Los Angeles
2004 Democratic Victory, Pacific Design Center
Workshops
2006 Light, Space, and Color, The Center for Energetic Healing 2005 The Zen of Drawing and Painting, The Sanctuary, Koh Phangan, Thailand 2005 Nano, LACMAlab, Los Angeles 2004 Minimalism, Art as Object, MOCA, Los Angeles
Bibliography
2008 THE Los Angeles Art Magazine, “Angel Chen” Featured Artist 2008 La Marseillaiase “La femme dans tous ses etats” 2008 La Provence “La femme en eternal avenir d l’art” 2006 “A Desert Blossom with Downtown Roots”, George Stiehl, The Arts District Citizen 2004 Featured Artist, Pacific Journal