"My work is an ongoing exploration of cultural heritage, documentation, and experimentation. Papercut, a traditional folk-art technique that has been practiced in my family for multiple generations, is the unifying element I employ throughout my canvas, sculpture, and public art works.
I employ papercut to create compositions that emulate and deviate from traditional Chinese painting, and that tells the story of my immigrant journey, and of those with shared experiences. I incorporate materials of personal significance as media, including immigration documents, immigrant-owned restaurant menus, and magazines advertisements that encapsulate the American Dream. These materials transform through the application of papercut into buildings, vehicles, rocks, trees, and they layer on top of each other to create mountains and natural formations across expansive landscapes. “Cross the water and climb the mountains” is a phrase from the ancient Chinese classic text, the Book of Ode. Historically the phrase is meant to express a long and challenging journey, which reflects parts of my experience as a first-generation immigrant, and to which I am supplementing by making inferences towards audacity and aspiration. The base materials I employ imply motifs and narratives, without shuttering or narrowing the focus of the viewer solely to this area and their contents. They allow underlying issues and ideas to have context that is both explicit and part of a larger content.
My sculpture and public art practice is about fostering community engagement and civic involvement. Through direct collaboration with the public, we collectively explore, rediscover, and examine local culture and heritage.
Coming from a family of traditional Chinese artists and cultural historians, and having studied and now residing in the United States, I make references to traditional Chinese landscape painting, as well as acknowledging the influence Western art has on my work. My work explores Here and There, the two poles of culture and influence that have shaped me as an artist. For a first-generation immigrant, this is the experience of place and culture, where both bleed into each other and color our journey."
Sijia Chen is a multi-disciplinary visual artist concentrating in public art, large-scale painting, and installation. Her commissioned public works include “Bloom” in North Kansas City, Missouri, “Voyage Beyond” in Shantou, China, “Arbor” in Claremont, California, and “SWA” and “Tea and Tree” in Jieyang Chaoshan International Airport in Jieyang, China. She has shown her work in solo exhibitions at Art and Sustainability, Net Impact Los Angeles, Culver City, California; Art Museum of Shantou University, Shantou, China; Fei Gallery, Guangzhou, China; South Bay Contemporary, San Pedro, California; Zhou B Art Center, Chicago, Illinois; Temple Contemporary, Philadelphia, Philadelphia; and group exhibitions in Switzerland, Germany, Austria, Italy, Mexico, Japan, Taiwan, US, and China. Various institutions, including the Goldbach Center, Zurich, Switzerland; the Inside Out Museum, Beijing, China; Guangdong Art Museum, Guangzhou, China; Shantou University, Shantou, China; and Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts, Guangzhou, China, have included Chen’s work in their permanent collections. She received her MFA from Tyler School of Art in 2011 and her BFA from Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts in 2009. She resides and operates her principal studio in Los Angeles, California.
新锐旅美艺术家陈斯嘉，美国杰出人才项目获得者。陈斯嘉多年来在美国，中国等国家成功舉辦過多次個展，參加过包括美國，瑞士，奧地利，墨西哥，義大利，日本，德国，冰岛，芬兰，中國等多個國家的美術館，雙年展等重要展覽;她的作品被包括瑞士银行，北京中間美術館，廣東美術館，美国泰勒藝術學院，成都当代美术馆，广州美术学院，汕头大学等眾多公共機構收藏。陈斯嘉的公共艺术作品作为地标性建筑坐落于克莱蒙特市政厅广场及潮汕国际机场；
陈斯嘉致力于推进于中美文化交流，她策划及参与了包括美國托倫斯美術館與廣州美術學院大學城美術館雙向藝術展览，洛杉矶中国国家展等中美文化及艺术交流活动。陈斯嘉曾在美國泰勒藝術學院與廣州美術學院油畫系授課，在美國艺术大学，加州州立大學，密蘇裏大學，洛杉磯國際攝影家協會，廣州美術學院，廣州大學及汕頭大學等院校及機構舉行过工作坊及講座。
美国Voyage LA, Studio Visit Magazine, Fresh Paint Magazine, Art Slant, Examiner.com,《艺术家》杂志，雅昌艺术网，金羊网，广州日报，汕头电视台等媒体都曾专访或报道过陈斯嘉及她的艺术。
EDUCATION
2011 Master of Fine Arts, Painting, Drawing and Sculpture, Tyler School of Art, Temple University,Philadelphia, PA
2010 Printmaking Apprentice Training Program,The Fabric Workshop and Museum, Philadelphia, PA
2009 Bachelor of Fine Arts, Painting, Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts, Guangzhou, China
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2016 Art and Sustainability, Net Impact Los Angeles, Culver City, CA
2014 Sijia Chen, South Bay Contemporary, San Pedro, CA
2014 Playground, Fei Gallery, Guangzhou , China
2013 Home-New Work by Sijia Chen, Art Museum of Shantou University, Guangzhou, China
2011 Wander- Land, Temple University Gallery, Tyler School of Art, TempleUniversity, Philadelphia, PA
2011 Wet Paint Two: Sijia Chen, Zhou B. Art Center, Chicago, IL
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2022 Terra Firma, New Museum Los Gatos, Los Gatos, CA (upcoming)
2022 Tieze, Durden and Ray, Los Angeles, CA
2022 Quaranta, bG Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2021 Qualitative Variables, Jupiter Museum of Art, Shenzhen, China
2021 Stop AAPI Hate, 33 Contemporary, Chicago, IL
2021 NoMad, Torrance Art Museum, Los Angeles, CA
2019 Escapism from Los Angeles, SOIL Gallery, Seattle, WA
2019 From Out of the Western Sky, Ekkisens Gallery, Reykjavík, Iceland
2018 Conversation, Red Gallery, Helsinki, Finland
2018 Asian Wind and Finnish Woods, Gallery Kookos, Helsinki, Finland
2018 Dragnet, Durden and Ray, Los Angeles, CA
2018 KÀN: The Art of Looking, Durden and Ray, Los Angeles, CA
2018 Odd Convergences, Korean Culture Center, Los Angeles, CA
2018 Inverted Realities, Oxnard College, Los Angeles, CA
2017 Entangled Loci, HilbertRaum Gallery, Berlin, Germany
2017 The Collectives, Brand Library, Glendale, CA
2017 Formats, Shugu Museum, Shenzhen, China
2017 Formats, Shengshi Gallery, Shunde, China
2017 Round Two, Durden and Ray, Los Angeles, CA
2016 The Newbies,Durden and Ray, Los Angeles, CA
2016 Start, the Abstract Art of China, Art Xiamen, Xiamen, China
2016 Mas Attack X, Fine Art Complex, Tempe, AZ
2015 Chang Jiang International Photography and Video Biennale, Chongqing, China
2015 Stay Under Sea, N+ Space, Shantou, China
2015 Art Bamboo 146, Tokyo, Japan
2016 Beyond the Ocean,Torrance Art Museum, Torrance, CA
2014 Transforming Feminism, South Bay Contemporary, San Pedro, CA
2014 TBD, University of Wisconsin, White Water, WI
2013 Red Point, Art Basel Miami, FL
2013 Homing Pigeon, Gallery Lara Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
2013 Chengdu Biennial, Chengdu, China
2013 Art Nova 100,Beijing, China
2013 Symbiosis Cultural Part Two,33 Contemporary Gallery, Chicago, IL
2013 Symbiosis Cultural, Tijuana, Mexico
2013 Top of Fashion-the Invited Female Artist Exhibition, Enjoy Museum, Beijing, China
2012 Synergy, Art Space 191, Vienna, Austria
2012 Art-Energy-Future,Regional Museum of Natural Science, Turin, Italy
2011 Baling Hou, Red Point Gallery, Zurich, Switzerland
2011 Baling Hou Continues: Next Generation of Asian Art 2011, Goldbach Center, Zurich, Switzerland
2011 Woot! Crane Arts, Philadelphia, PA
2011 National Wet Paint Exhibition 2011, Zhou B Art Center, Chicago, IL
2011 Juried Gallery Show, F&N Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2010 I Heart Art, Wassaic Project, New York, NY
2010 PDA/PDS: Graduate Student Exhibition, Presser Hall, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA
2009 Chengdu Biennial, Chengdu, China
2009 Today National Art Student Annual Awards, Today Art Museum, Beijing, China
2008 Left and Right China International Art Festival, Left Right Art Zone,Beijing, China
2007 Second Art Exhibition by New Generation of Artists in Guangzhou, Guangdong Museum of Art, Guangzhou, China
2007 Pingyao International Photography Festival, Pingyao, China
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2016 Speaker,Art and Sustainability, Net Impact Los Angeles, Culver City, CA
2015 Speaker, Tyler School of Art, Philadelphia, PA
2015 Speaker, University of Arts, Philadelphia, PA
2014 Curator,Exchange Exhibitions, Torrance Art Museum, Los Angeles and Guangzhou Academy of Fine
Arts, Guangzhou, China
2011-14 Curator, 33 Contemporary Gallery, Chicago, IL
2013-14 Guest Curator, Ucity Art Museum, Guangzhou, Chin
2013 Adjunct Professor,Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts, China
2013 Artist in Residence, Inside Out Museum, Beijing, China
2013 Lecturer,Cheung Kong School of Art and Design, Shantou University, China
2012 Speaker,International Photographers Association of Los Angeles
2011 Speaker, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO
2009 Exhibition Assistant and English/Chinese Interpreter, “CaiGuoqiang-Fallen Blossom,” Philadelphia Museum of Art and the Fabric Workshop and Museum, Philadelphia, PA
SELECTED PUBLIC COLLECTIONS AND PUBLICATIONS
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Richards Park, North Kansas City, MO
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Voyage Beyond, Time Square Park, Shantou, China
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City Hall, Claremont, CA
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Jieyang Chaoshan International Airport, Jieyang, China
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Museum of Contemporary Art, Chengdu, China
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Inside Out Museum, Beijing, China
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Goldbach Center, Zurich, Switzerland
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Guangdong Museum of Art, Guangzhou, China
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Art Museum of Shantou University, Shantou, China
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University City Art Museum of Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts, Guangzhou, China
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Voyage LA, US
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Art and Cake, US
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Studio Visit, US
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Fresh Paint, US
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Artist, Taiwan
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Artron, China
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GDTV, China
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STTV, China,
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Guangzhou Daily, China
教育经历
2011 毕业于美国泰勒艺术学院绘画与雕塑系,获硕士学位
2010 版画工作室进修项目,美国费城纺织工房美术馆
2009 毕业于广州美术学院油画系,获学士学位
2005 毕业于广州美术学院附中
个展
2016 陈斯嘉-艺术与可持续发展，Net Impact, 洛杉矶，美国
2014 中途，南湾当代艺术中心，洛杉矶，美国
2014 游乐园，扉艺廊，广州，中国
2013 家，汕头大学美术馆，汕头，中国
2011 漫步之境-陈斯嘉个展,天普画廊,费城；美国
2011 双个展：陈斯嘉+凯瑟琳 伯里曼, ZHOU.B艺术中心,芝加哥,美国
部分群展
2022 大地，拉斯格妥斯新美术馆，美国
2022 Tieze, Durden and Ray，洛杉矶，美国
2022 Quaranta, bG 画廊，洛杉矶，美国
2021 新潮动力，木星美术馆，深圳，中国
2021 反亚裔及环太平洋裔歧视, 33当代，芝加哥, 美国
2021 Nomad， 托伦斯美术馆，洛杉矶，美国
2019 图像政权, Durden and Ray, 洛杉矶, 美国
2019 逃离洛杉矶，SOIL Gallery，西雅图，美国
2019 从西方天空中挣脱，Ekkisens Gallery，雷克雅未克，冰岛
2018 对话，红画廊，赫尔辛基，芬兰
2018 亚洲风与芬兰木，Galleria KOOKOS，赫尔辛基，芬兰
2018 Collectivity，Durden and Ray, 洛杉矶，美国
2018 Dragnet：832，Durden and Ray, 洛杉矶，美国
2018 看：观看的艺术，Durden and Ray, 洛杉矶，美国
2018 奇异集合，韩国文化中心，洛杉矶，美国
2017 缠绕地点，西博朗画廊，柏林，德国
2017 Round Too, Durden and Ray, 洛杉矶，美国
2017 合作 布兰特图书馆，洛杉矶，美国2016新一代，Durden and Ray, l洛杉矶
2016 开绘-中国抽象艺术邀请展，艺术厦门，厦门
2016 MASATACK 洛杉矶与凤凰城艺术家联展，艺术101，凤凰城
2015 世界的最好一面，竹艺术146，东京，日本
2015 中国长江国际影像双年展 重庆 中国
2014 译本女性，南岸当代艺术中心，洛杉矶，美国
2014 TBD，威斯康辛大学，白水，美国
2014 大洋彼岸-来自中国的当代艺术，托伦斯美术馆，洛杉矶，美国
2013 Art Spot, 迈阿密巴塞尔艺术节，迈阿密，美国
2013 当代女性艺术家邀请展，悦美术馆，北京，中国
2013 成都双年展，成都，中国
2013 青年艺术一百邀请展，巡回展，中国
2013 共生文化2, 33当代画廊，芝加哥，美国
2012 共生文化,Derecha画廊,蒂华纳,墨西哥
2012 协同,191艺术空间,维也纳,奥地利
2012 艺术-能源-未来,图灵博物馆,图灵,意大利
2011 八零后-中国当代青年艺术家作品展, 红点画廊, 苏黎世,瑞士
2011 注灌,33当代画廊,芝加哥,美国
2011 新一代亚洲艺术大展,哥德巴赫艺术中心, 孔司纳赫特, 瑞士
2011 美国研究生年度艺术大展,芝加哥, 美国
2011 Woot!---美国青年艺术家作品群展,起重机艺术中心, 费城, 美国
2011 F&N画廊费城艺术家作品群展；费城；美国
2010 I Heart Art，Wassaic艺术项目, 纽约, 美国
2010 PDA/PDS,费城青年艺术家联展,费城, 美国
2009 成都双年展,成都,中国
2009 当代艺术院校大学生年度提名展,今日美术馆,北京,美国
2009 今年二八——广美今日大家评提名艺术家群展,汇豪社,广州,中国
2008 中国•左右国际艺术节 宋庄, 北京,中国
2008 光与盐艺术大展 原子空间画廊,广州,中国
2008 岭南新势力首届广州美术学院学生作品展,广州大学城美术馆,中国
2007 第二届新青年艺术大展,广东美术馆,中国
2007 平遥国际摄影大展,山西,中国
部分其他艺术经历
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美国托伦斯美术馆与广州美术学院大学城美术馆双向艺术交流展策展人
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芝加哥33当代画廊策展人
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广州美术学院美术学院大学城美术馆客座策展人
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美国泰勒美术学院绘画与雕塑系讲师
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广州美术学院油画系客座讲师
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北京中间美术馆国际艺术家驻场项目驻场艺术家
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“PDS/PDA”；费城青年艺术家群展联合策展人
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蔡国强费城美术馆个展“花开花落” 展览助手兼展览翻译
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讲座: 泰勒艺术学院优秀校友讲座，洛杉矶艺术与可持续发展论坛，美国艺术大学，美国加州州立大学长滩分校，美国密苏里大 学艺术学院，洛杉矶国际摄影家协会，广州美术学院，广州大学美术与设计学院，汕头大学长江艺术与设计学院等
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雕塑作品Arbor作为地标性建筑坐落于美国加州克莱蒙特市政厅前
部分公共机构收藏
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