AMY CHAN
Selected Work
JULY 2023
AMY CHAN
Artist Statement
My paintings are fragments of nature multiplied into bizarre abstraction. With an interest in historic pattern, protozoa, coral reefs and outer space, I build a vocabulary of shapes that relate to the natural world but are never clearly real. I research historic color palettes and find satisfaction in garish combinations that refer to the familiar culture of cheap plastic goods and pop nostalgia. I often work on multiple pieces at once, combining energetic layers of gouache, acrylic, airbrush and screen print. The paintings draw from design history to invent their own stylized language of forms from nature. This in conversation with exaggerated shapes and a joyously artificial color palette help to stage a darkly humorous view of the natural world.
Whammy 05, 2022
Gouache on paper
15 x 11 inches
$950, framed
Whammy 06, 2022
Gouache on paper
15 x 11 inches
$950, framed
Inversion 1 Inversion 3 Inversion 5 Inversion 6 Inversion 7 Inversion 8 Inversion 9 Inversion 10 Inversion 16
Inversion Series, 2022
Gouache on paper
10 x 13 inches, each
$700, unframed each
Inversion Series (cont.), 2022 Gouache on paper
Inversion 2 Inversion 4 Inversion 11
10 x 13 inches $700 unframed, each
Inversion Series (cont.), 2022 Gouache on paper
Inversion 12 Inversion 13 Inversion 14
10 x 13 inches $700 unframed, each
Strata, 2015
Gouache and acrylic on panel
22 x 22 inches
$1,075
Ghost Face 2, 2022
Gouache on paper
9 x 12 inches
$600 unframed
Ghost Face 3, 2022
Gouache on paper
9 x 12 inches
$600 unframed
Paramecium 1, 2015
Gouache and screenprint on paper
22 x 30 inches
$950
Paramecium 2, 2015
Gouache and screenprint on paper
22 x 30 inches
$950
22 x 30 inches
$950
Paramecium 5, 2015 Gouache and screenprint on paper
Desmids 4, 2017
Gouache on paper
9 x 12 inches
$600 unframed
Desmids 5, 2017
Gouache on paper
9 x 12 inches
$600 unframed
Amy Chan
Abbreviated CV
EDUCATION
2008 Virginia Commonwealth University, MFA Painting
2000 Rhode Island School of Design, BFA Painting
SELECT EXHIBITIONS
2023 POLLINATE, Page Bond Gallery, Richmond, VA
2021 Alma’s, Amy Chan and Debbie Quick, Richmond, VA
Page Bond Gallery, Summer Selects, Richmond, VA
2019 1708 Gallery, 13 South, Richmond, VA
SELECT COLLECTIONS
Rhode Island School of Design Museum, Providence, RI
University of Virginia Hospital, Charlottesville, VA
Children’s Hospital of Richmond at VCU, Richmond, VA
The Johns Hopkins Children’s Hospital, Baltimore, MD
Spencer Museum of Art, Lawrence, KS
The Center for Book Arts, New York, NY
Hallmark Inc., Kansas City, MO
Fidelity Investments, Boston, MA
Monroe County Court System, Key West, FL
Prudential Financial, Boston, MA
Capital One, Richmond, VA
City of Scottsdale, AZ
Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA
