NEWS
2024
Brooklyn Museum
On view from 10.04.2024 | american wing
Toward Joy: New Frameworks for American Art
Exhibition Info: https://www.brooklynmuseum.org/exhibitions/american_art
Chinatown Block Watch, 2022
Now On View at Brooklyn Museum’s 200th Anniversary Exhibition
A Promised Gift by Carla Shen & Chris Schott
American Art Galleries, 5th Floor
Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY
Installation view, Toward Joy: New Frameworks for American Art, October 4, 2024 - . Brooklyn Museum. (Photo: Paula Abreu Pita)
Los Angeles County Museum of Art
new acquisition
With special thanks to Burt Aaron for this generous donation to the museum.
This drawing of Angelica Molina captures her as a rally-goer for Andrew Yang’s 2020 presidential campaign. Created in the artist’s studio while working on the painting Yang Gang (2020), the sketch reflects the activism and youth engagement central to Yang’s platform, which advocated for universal basic income. The artist met Angelica during a canvassing event amid the 2020 election primaries. Angelica is wearing a “MATH” hat, Yang’s campaign acronym for “Make America Think Harder,” a play on Donald Trump’s slogan, “Make America Great Again.” Angelica represents a younger generation’s commitment to political change. This piece serves as both a personal portrait and a commentary on the importance of active participation in a polarized political climate.
Angelica, 2020, Ink on paper, 14” x 11”
plan b
03.08.2024 - 04.20.2024 | SOLO SHOW
Exhibition Info: https://racheluffnergallery.com/exhibitions/144-susan-chen-plan-b/
Online Viewing Room: LINK
Prints Fundraiser for Planned Parenthood NYC: LINK
For Collecting Inquiries: rebekah@racheluffnergallery.com
For Press Inquiries: hanna@hannagisel.com
For General Inquiries: info@racheluffnergallery.com
Karen Wong & Susan Chen In Conversation
Saturday, April 13th from 2-3 PM at Rachel Uffner Gallery
170 Suffolk Street, New York, NY 10002
This event is free & open to the public | RSVP is not required.
More Info: https://shorturl.at/bvwIR
Eventbrite RSVP Link: https://shorturl.at/xDMW0
Opening Reception: Friday, March 8th from 6-8 PM
Invitation | Free & Open to the Public, No RSVP required.
With immense gratitude to Rachel Uffner Gallery for making the following possible: A small percentage of proceeds from this show will be donated to Planned Parenthood, Silver Art Projects, as well as archival pigment prints gifted to all the sitters who participated in this show.
opening reception
exhibition talk
end credits
An Assembly of Aftercare Kits
Isha Dave, Kate Gannon, Chelsea Penafort, Jara Montez, Xixi Wang
Plan B: A Discussion
Monashiir Haughton, Carola Bonanomi, Sita Sunil, Caroline A., Melissa Cordova, Alexandra Avelino, Noor Bseiso,
Christina DeAngelis, Alexandra Kavege, Rhea Aggarwal, Maliha Latif, Kiara Loraine Quitayen
Silver Art Projects
Cory Silverstein, Candice Kwan, Dominika Ksel, Zurich Deleon, Bubi Canal, Joshua Pullman, Azita Moradkhani, Ernesto Renda, Vicente Ortiz Cortez, Luca Lee, Lilly Robicsek, Helina Metaferi, Shannon Finnegan
The Paintings Are Not Going to Paint Themselves
Helia Chitsazan, Augustina Wang, Rochelle Voyles, Xixi Wang, Casey Curry
The Perils of Modern Dating
Kelsey Gilmore, Riya Goel, Jaylen Taylor, Shaina VallEspi
Rachel Uffner Gallery
Rachel Uffner
Rebekah Chozick
Lucy Liu
Taylor Ndiaye
Sarah Tortorich
Elena Laborde
Kathryn Brennan
Hanna Gisel, Hanna Gisel Communications
Stan Narten, JSP Art Photography
Gordon Curtis, Jan Dickey, William, Fred Worden Trucking
Mark Sengbusch
Hideki Takahashi
Supporters
Karen Wong
Rachel Jennings, Night Gallery
Lilly Robicsek, Silver Art Projects
Drew Hartman, Golden Artist Colors
Megan Noh
Carla Shen
Pamela Hornik
James Palten
& The Chen Family
Production Team
Kyle Phillips, Soho Art Materials
Sean Hart, Hart NYC - Design/Build
Bill Jacobs, Widgets & Gizmos
Victoria Shaheen, Greenwich House Pottery
Bradley Parsons, Greenwich House Pottery
Johnathan Huang, DOCLAY NYC
Beth Schiffer, Beth Schiffer Fine Art Prints
Kelly Lilly, Laumont Photographics
Sarah Zuckerman, Laumont Photographics
Augustina Wang
Helia Chitsazan
Rochelle Voyles
Xixi Wang
Kiera Stuart
Polwin Morton
Taiss Ghuliani
Casey Curry
Presley Ackeret
Kris Graves
Vincent Tullo
Winnie Au, Winnie Wow Photography
Helen Ho
Dave Perez, Dave’s Delivery
Nils Philipon, Slin World
Freddie L Rankin, FLRS Global
press
2023
Purell night & day
07.13.2021 - 08.18.2023 | SOLO SHOW
Exhibition Info: https://www.racheluffnergallery.com/exhibitions/detail/susan-chen-purell-night-andamp-day/installation-stills
Opening: Thursday, July 13 from 6-8 PM
Location: 170 Suffolk St, New York, NY 10002
Exhibition Dates: Thursday, July 13th - Friday, August 18th, 2023
Summer Hours: Monday thru Friday, 10 AM - 6 PM
Inquiries: info@racheluffnergallery.com
With immense gratitude to my colleagues who helped me bring this exhibition to life:
Augustina Wang, Rochelle Voyles, Helia Chitsazan, Xixi Wang, Casey Curry, Presley Ackeret, Kyle Andrew Phillips, Soho Art Materials, Eleanor McGuirk, Laumont Framing, Myeongsoo Kim, Top Top Frames, Maria Vogel, Stan Narten, Sam Cockrell, Felix Ku, Mark Sengbusch, Rebekah Chozick, Sarah Tortorich, Alex Camacho, Lucy Liu, and Rachel Uffner.
& For the kind support from Night Gallery, Rachel Jennings, Silver Art Projects, Lilly Robicseck.
press
briefly gorgeous by PhillipsX at frieze seoul
09.01.2023 - 09.09.2023 | GROUP SHOW
Curated by Joan Tucker & Avery Semjen
Location: Songwon Art Center, Seoul, South Korea
Exhibition Dates: Friday, September 1 - Saturday, September 9, 2023
Exhibition: https://www.phillips.com/press/release/phillips-presents-briefly-gorgeous-in-seoul
HighSnobiety
These Are the 5 NYC Artists to Know Right Now
https://www.highsnobiety.com/p/5-nyc-artists-to-know/
2023 asme best cover awards: Finalist
The American Society of Magazine Editors is the principal organization for the editorial leaders of magazines and websites published in the United States.
New York Magazine, Finalist in the Best Illustrated Cover category of the ASME Best Cover Contest, for “At Home in Asian America,” September 26–October 9, 2022.
CUNY TV & PBS
Premieres Friday, April 21st through Sunday, April 23rd at 7 PM on Arts In The City television show. Airs Monday, May 2nd through Thursday, May 5th at 6:30 PM on May episode of Asian American Life.
TV stations for viewing: Spectrum/Optimum 75, Antenna 25.3, RCN 77, Verizon FiOS 30
https://tv.cuny.edu/show/artsinthecity/PR2011732
NYCLU
Artists Join NYCLU To Expose The Real Costs Of Excessive Policing In New Museum Of Broken Windows
https://www.nyclu.org/en/press-releases/artists-join-nyclu-expose-real-costs-excessive-policing-new-museum-broken-windows
Donations in collaboration
The artist would like to specially thank the following galleries for generously contributing a percentage of the proceeds from recent artwork sales back to the communities and organizations that made collaborating on these painting projects possible.
Night Gallery
For making donations possible to Apex for Youth, Silver Art Projects, and The Aldrich Museum, and towards the gifting of museum exhibition catalogs for the teens and sitters of Apex for Youth.
Jeffrey Deitch Gallery
For the production and gifting of archival pigment prints for the sitters of Chinatown Block Watch.
Art For Change
For donations to Chinatown Block Watch and Silver Art Projects as part of a print collaboration.
Phillips
For donations to Foster Pride as part of the 2023 Foster Pride Benefit x Phillips New Now Auction.
2022
the artsy vanguard 2022
Artsy Vanguard 2022 Artists: www.artsy.net/article/artsy-editorial-artsy-vanguard-2022
Profile: www.artsy.net/article/artsy-editorial-artsy-vanguard-2022-susan-chen
Artsy Vanguard digital billboard in New York City: on the corner of West 48th Street and Broadway, Times Square, New York, NY 10036. On view November 28, 2022 thru December 4, 2022.
on the cover of New York Magazine
The New Asian America
09.26.2022 issue #20 | MAGAZINE COVER & ONLINE
By Liana Blum and Priyanka Mantha
With Special thanks to Madeline Leung Coleman and Ann Binlot.
Article Links
https://nymag.com/press/2022/09/on-the-cover-of-new-york-magazine-the-new-asian-america.html
FORBES UNDER 30 North America 2022
30 Under 30: Art & Style
Juried by Tyra Banks, Kim Shui, Amy Sherald.
Nominated by Carla Shen, Rafael Flores, Davida Nemeroff, Night Gallery.
Profile: https://www.forbes.com/30-under-30/2022/art-style?profile=susan-chen
Art World: Whitehot Magazine with Noah Becker
Chella man x susan chen
04.02.2022 | PODCAST
By Noah Becker and Silver Art Projects
https://open.spotify.com/show/2ii93n8psL1vnmEQmPacSf
collaborating with Chinatown communities
Chinatown block watch
With immense gratitude to the members of Chinatown Block Watch for sharing their stories and collaborating with me in the studio at Silver Art Projects: Jennifer Yip, Gloria Moy, Ben Wolf, Mike Seid, Margaret Moy, Rozina Leong, Wah Lee, Adrian Carr, Daniella Day, Karlin Chan, and Vivian Wei.
Apex for youth
With special thanks to the mentees and mentors at Apex for Youth for sharing their joys and collaborating with me in the studio at Silver Art Projects: Jacqueline Liang, Sarah Huynh, Lilly Rada, Anjana Persaud, Vicky Yang, Tiffany Yuen, Michelle Tran, and Meloney Cheng. And to my colleagues at Apex for Youth who made this project administratively possible: Amy Zhao, Yaya Yuan, and Karen Wong.
painting at world trade center
silver art projects
With immense respect for my colleagues at Silver Art Projects who taught me so much, and for being open to collaborating on a painting project together during our time at Silver Art Projects: Cory Silverstein, Candice Kwan, Dominika Ksel, Zurich Deleon, Bubi Canal, Joshua Pullman, Azita Moradkhani, Ernesto Renda, Vicente Ortiz Cortez, Luca Lee, Lilly Robicsek, Helina Metaferia, and Shannon Finnegan.
2021
i am not a virus
09.18.2021 - 10.23.2021 | SOLO SHOW
Exhibition Info: www.nightgallery.ca/exhibitions/susan-chen
Online Viewing Room: Link Here
Opening: Saturday, August, 18th
Location: 2276 E 16th St, Los Angeles, CA 90021
Exhibition Dates: Saturday, August 18th - Saturday, October 23rd
Inquiries: info@nightgallery.ca
This exhibition would not be possible without the kindness and generosity of my sitters:
Barron Leung, Dorcas Tang, Ting Zhou, Bridget Lin, Devon Matsumoto, Xixi Wang, Brian Do, Shijun Sun, Ashley Pan, Kenny Lin, Carmen Fong, Christian Franz, Claudia Liu, Titus Alexander, Susan Chen, Thomas Joy, Heeseung Kim, Anita Fu, Daryl Phin, Malyssa Chanthasoto, Richard Sweedler, LeAnn Rees, Anisha Raman, Shirley C., LaQueshia Ramsey, and Anthony Diaz.
With immense gratitude to my colleagues who helped me bring this exhibition to life:
Davida Nemeroff, Brian Faucette, William Hathaway, Nicoletta Pollara, Michael Svendsen, Ali Gilbert, Jayne Pugh, Ricky Lee, Jack Levinson, Meredith Rosen, Meredith Rosen Gallery, John Yau, Susanna Coffey, Amy Sadao, Jessica Fleischmann, Still Room, Typecraft, David Allen, John Groo, Marten Elder, Gregory Amenoff, Tomas Vu, Columbia University School of the Arts, Dani Yan, Harley Wong, Xixi Wang, Yin Ming Wong, Ysa Candido, Alani Ramas, Madeline Jacobsen, Alana Peterson, Joselyna Delgado, Pansum Cheng, Studio White Pigeon, Marisa Desimoni, Simon Liu Inc, Alan & Ben Anderson, DoubWorks, Nick Shifrin, Level Fine Art Services LLC, Meraki Photo Inc., U.S.Art Company, Inc.
press
local community chinese press
October 2021 | Exhibition CAtalogue
Design: Jessica Fleischmann, Still Room, Los Angeles, CA
Print: Typecraft, Pasadena, CA
Artwork Photography: John Groo
Install Photography: Marten Elder
for MOCA IN HONOR OF SUSANNA COFFEY
The artist would like to thank Susanna Coffey for kindly donating $500 to the Museum of Chinese in America on Aug 2, 2021, on behalf of Susan Chen’s forthcoming Night Gallery exhibition catalogue.
Talk Art
09.30.2021 | PODCAST
By Russell Tovey & Robert Diament
https://open.spotify.com/episode/2yuxpVINmAh3k4qx1xAqPQ?si=q6v-ZtUVQYa1lf4Nw14MDw&dl_branch=1
silver art projects
SOCIAL JUSTICE & ACTIVISM ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCe
Juried by Hall W. Rockefeller, Isolde Brielmaier, Chella Man, Hank Willis Thomas, Tourmaline, and Kimberley Drew.
Profile: https://silverart.octopusspace.com/#/channel/7bec5142-e61c-11eb-96a2-e33692458e8a
ARTSY
16 Rising Artists of the Asian Diaspora in the United States
05.19.2021 | ARTICLE
By Harley Wong
https://www.artsy.net/article/artsy-editorial-16-rising-artists-asian-diaspora
We Stand Together to Stop AAPI Hate
03.26.2021 - 04.23.2021 | GROUP SHOW FUNDRAISER
Location: Make Room LA, Online
Exhibition Dates: Friday, March 26 - Friday, April 23, 2021
Exhibition: www.makeroom.la/viewing-room/15-we-stand-together-to-stop-aapi-hate-a-fundraising-exhibition-against-aapi-hate-prejudice-and/
We Stand Together to Stop AAPI Hate is a special exhibition brings together dozens of works committed by over 40 of the foremost diverse artists across generations, from both within and outside of the gallery’s program. Participating artists includes Judy Chicago, Kat Lyons, Pixy Liao, Dominique Fung, Susan Chen and Eddie Martinez, among many others. The works will be sold to benefit the AAPI Community Fund and Stop AAPI Hate Organization to enable tracking and efficient response to the surge in racism and xenophobia.
THE HOPPER PRIZE
FALL 2020 GRANT WINNER
Juried by Christine Koppes and Jade Powers.
Profile: https://hopperprize.org/susan-chen/
Interview: https://hopperprize.org/susan-chen-interview/
https://hopperprize.org/fall-2020-grant-winners-finalists/#winners
Where the Heart Is: Contemporary Art by Immigrant Artists
02.02.2021 - 04.03.2021 | GROUP SHOW
Location: The Palo Alto Art Center
Exhibition Dates: Tuesday, February 2nd - Saturday, April 3rd
Exhibition: www.cityofpaloalto.org/gov/depts/csd/artcenter/exhibitions/upcoming.asp
New American Paintings, Issue No. 147
01.2021 | PUBLICATION
Publication Date: January 2021.
Juried by Beth Rudin DeWoody: Noteworthy Artist
https://www.newamericanpaintings.com/issues/147
2020
ON LONGING
08.15.2020 - 09.26.2020 | SOLO SHOW
This exhibition would not be possible without the kindness and generosity of my sitters:
Charyssa Morgan, Angelica Molina, Pranab Karki, Zhi Zhao, Keliem Clement, Joy Lo, Janine Liu, Jennie Yu, Narizza Saladino, Aditi Misra, Tadashi Mitsui, Lyly Louanghaksaphone, Christopher Shum, Claudia Ng, Tenzin Lama, Christina Ho.
Opening: Saturday, August, 15th
Location: 11 East 80th Street, New York, NY 10075
Exhibition Dates: Saturday, August 15th - Saturday, September 26th
Gallery Hours during COVID: Thursday - Saturday, 12-5 PM & by appointment
Email: info@meredithrosengallery.com
www.meredithrosengallery.com
Press Release
PRESS & REVIEWS
Exhibition Introduction Podcast WITH Carla Shen
Painting Conversation with Yasi Alipour, Gina Beavers, Susan CHen, Hiba schahbaz
drawings FUndraiser with city harvest
press
DRAWINGS FUNDRAISER FOR CITY HARVEST
The artist would like to generously thank Meredith Rosen Gallery for co-fundraising $2500, donated to City Harvest on Nov 20, 2020.
New YORK TIMES
05.19.2020 | ARTICLE
By Hilarie M. Sheets
Newly Minted Artists, Facing a Precarious Future, Take Action
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/19/arts/design/art-schools-covid.html
DIASPORA / ASIA
05.18.2020 | ONLINE ZOOM
Featuring Andrew Kung, Divya Gadangi, and Susan MB Chen
Hosted by Yng Ru Chen, Praise Shadows Art Partners
Online Roundtable Discussion: Sunday, May 17th at 2 PM
Tune in at: https://praiseshadows.com/diaspora/
Video Archived here: https://youtu.be/P0ls3qOtjj8
alone together
05.10.2020 - 06.06.2019 | GROUP SHOW
Featuring Columbia University MFA Class of 2020
Opening Online: Sunday, May, 10th
Location: Online
Exhibition Dates: Sunday, May 10th - Saturday, June 6th
Gallery Hours: 24/7 online
Exhibition: http://steveturner.la/exhibition/alone-together
WKCR 89.9fm NY radio
05.03.2020 | radio
Featuring Ivana Carman & Susan M B Chen
Hosted by Stipan Tadic
On Air: Sunday, May 3rd at 9 PM
Tune in at: 89.9 FM NY - Columbia University
www.cc-seas.columbia.edu/wkcr/
https://www.mixcloud.com/stipanwkcrpodcast/
COLUMBIA MFA THESIS EXHIBITION
04.26.2020 - 05.24.2019 | GROUP SHOW
Curated by Amy Sadao
Opening Reception: Postponed due to COVID-19.
Location: Lenfest Center for the Arts, 615 W. 129 St., New York, NY 10027 The Miriam & Ira D. Wallach Art Gallery (Eighth Floor)
Exhibition Dates: Postponed due to COVID-19.
Gallery Hours: Tuesday thru Saturday, 12 PM - 6 PM
2019
New American Paintings, Issue No. 141
11.2019 | PUBLICATION
Publication Date: November 2019.
Juried by Amber Esseiva of Institute of Contemporary Art at Virginia Commonwealth University.
https://www.newamericanpaintings.com/issues/141
AXA Art prize 2019
09.06.2019 - 11.22.2019 | GROUP SHOW
Locations: San Francisco Art Institute, Richard Gray Gallery, New York Academy of Art
Juried/Curated by Ian Alteveer of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Jennie Goldstein of the Whitney Museum, Cara Manes of MoMA, and Massimiliano Gioni of the New Museum.
https://www.axaartprize.com/chen | Press Release
COLLECTIVE 131
08.01.2019 | interview LINK
Interview: Susan M B Chen by Cassandra Fiorenza, Founder of Collective 131.
I am currently in the midst of painting a series of Asian American portraits. I’m a first-generation Asian American, and being alone here in the States while my family lives abroad, has made this project particularly meaningful to me as I attempt to readjust my perspectives looking from both the lens of an ethnic majority in one part of the world to that of a minority in another…
WHAMS OF SUMMER
08.03.2019 - 08.24.2019 | GROUP SHOW
Opening Reception: Saturday, August 3rd, 6-10 PM
Location: Ki Smith Gallery, 712 W 125th St, New York, NY 10027
Exhibition Dates: Saturday, August 3rd - Saturday, August 24th
Gallery Hours: Tuesday thru Saturday, 11 AM - 7 PM
Poster by Meredith Pence Wilson
Photo Credit: Roman Dean
Aesthetically functional only
07.24.2019 - 08.11.2019 | GROUP SHOW
Columbia MFA Summer Show
Curated by Edsel Williams
Opening Reception: Wednesday, July 24th, 6-9 PM
Location: 1675 Broadway, New York, NY 10019
Exhibition Dates: Thursday, July 25th - Saturday, August 10th
Gallery Hours: Tuesday thru Saturday, 12 PM - 6 PM
Press Release | Facebook Event
Press by Galerie Magazine, Paul Laster
Poster by Meredith Pence Wilson
Photo Credit: Roni Aviv
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY FIRST-YEAR MFA SHOW
03.29.2019 - 04.12.2019 | GROUP SHOW
Opening Reception: Friday, March 29th, 6-8 PM
Exhibition Dates: Friday, March 29th - Sunday, April, 14th
Hours: Wed-Fri, 12-8 PM, Sat & Sun, 12-6 PM
Location: Columbia University Lenfest Center for the Arts, 615 W 129th St, New York, NY 10027
Photo Credit: Roni Aviv.
SPRING/BREAK ART SHOW
03.05.2019 - 03.11.2019 | GROUP SHOW
Location: 866 United Nations Plaza, New York, NY 10017
Hours: 11 AM - 7 PM
Booth: E3, Collective 131 / Cassandra Fiorenza
https://springbreakartshow.eventbrite.com/
http://www.springbreakartshow.com/
Jerry Saltz SPRING/BREAK Art Show Instagram Post @susanmbchen
JOURNAL OF ART CRITICISM
02.26.2019 | interview LINK
Interview: Susan M B Chen by Cornelia Smith, Columbia University.
The word “millennial” tends to carry with it some negative connotations; it’s often used by older generations as a way to dismiss certain concerns, especially in regards to the role social media plays in shaping our relationship to the world around us. Susan confronts these contemporary anxieties head-on. Predominantly a painter, Susan explores the liminal spaces between tangible reality and technology, often utilizing images of a portal to warp the worlds contained within her canvases. Her work is colorful and sinuous, a serene abstraction of life through an almost honey-coated lens. Though many of her paintings are large in scale, they are non-confrontational, and instead invite the viewer into a world at once familiar and curious—a realm replete with dreams, oddities, and honest self-reflection.