Amy Chan, POLLINATE Spotlight

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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

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