American, Hong Kong, Chinese, Taiwanese, b. 1992 Hong Kong SAR.
Lives and works in New York City.
Education
2020 M.F.A. Visual Arts | Columbia University
2018 Post-Baccalaureate Painting & Drawing | School of the Art Institute of Chicago
2015 B.A. Honors Visual Arts & B.A. International Relations | Brown University
SOLO Exhibitions
2024 Plan B | Rachel Uffner Gallery, New York, NY
2023 Purell Night & Day | Rachel Uffner Gallery, New York, NY
2021 I Am Not A Virus | Night Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2020 On Longing | Meredith Rosen Gallery, New York, NY
GROUP Exhibitions
2026 Alternative Medicine: Healing Remedies for Harmful Times, Curated by Lia Newman | Davidson College [Forthcoming]
2025 Elsewhere, Curated by John Yau & Richard Hull | Ivory Gate Gallery, Shanghai
Dog Show, Pamela and David Hornik Collection | Anchorage Museum, Anchorage, AK [Forthcoming: May}
2024 Art Basel Miami Beach, Night Gallery | Miami Beach Convention Center, Miami Beach, FL
American Art | Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY [On View: October 4, 2024 onwards]
Wrongs & RIGHTS, The Beth Rudin DeWoody Collection | Brandeis University Kniznick Gallery, Waltham, MA
Night Market, Curated by Civil Art x Christie's | Rockefeller Center, New York, NY
Modern Muses, Curated by Rachel Cole Art Advisory | Park Hyatt New York, New York, NY
It Will Go On, Curated by Victoria McCraven | MoCA Westport, Westport, CT
2023 Without Apology: Asian American Memories, Selves, Futures | Bowdoin College Museum of Art, Brunswick, ME
Deeply Rooted, Curated by Caron Tabb | Brandeis University Kniznick Gallery, Waltham, MA
Interreality, Curated by Mieke Marple, Bitforms Gallery & Aubrie Wienholt | Desmond Tower, Los Angeles, CA
Briefly Gorgeous, Curated by PhillipsX | Songwon Art Center, Seoul, South Korea
Chinatown Chronicles, Curated by Julia Wintner | The Art Gallery at Eastern Connecticut State University, Willimantic, CT
Foster Pride Benefit x Phillips New Now, Curated by Avery Semjen | Phillips, New York NY
2022 52 Artists: A Feminist Milestone, Curated by Amy Smith-Stewart | The Aldrich Museum, Ridgefield, CT
The Artsy Vanguard 2022 | Artsy Times Square Billboard, New York, NY
Frieze London, Night Gallery | London, UK
MaterPolis, Curated by Brian Holcombe | Moss Arts Center, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA
Wonder Women II, Curated by Kathy Huang | Jeffrey Deitch Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Wonder Women, Curated by Kathy Huang | Jeffrey Deitch Gallery, New York, NY
2021 Home Cooking, Curated by John Yau | LaiSun Keane, Boston, MA
Breakfast Under The Tree, Curated by Russell Tovey | Carl Freedman Gallery, Margate, Kent, UK
Columbia MFA Thesis Exhibition, Curated by Amy Sadao | Lenfest Center for the Arts, New York, NY
Where the Heart Is: Contemporary Art by Immigrant Artists | Palo Alto Art Center, Palo Alto, CA
2020 Escapism | Meredith Rosen Gallery, New York, NY
Platform 2020 | Winston Wächter Fine Art, New York, NY
Alone Together, Columbia MFA Class of 2020 Exhibition | Steve Turner, Los Angeles, CA
Artists and Archive: Benefit for Museum of Chinese in America | Praise Shadows Fine Art, New York, NY
2019 2019 AXA Art Prize, Traveling Exhibit: San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, SF | Richard Gray Gallery, Chicago, IL |
New York Academy of Art, New York, NY
Art Toronto, 10 Years Ago Gallery | Toronto, Canada
ISCP's 25th Anniversary Benefit Auction | Nancy Hoffman Gallery, New York, NY
Whams of Summer | Ki Smith Gallery, New York, NY
Aesthetically Functional Only, Columbia MFA Summer Show, Curated by Edsel Williams | 1675 Broadway, New York, NY
First-Year MFA Exhibition, Curated by Natalie Bell | Lenfest Center for the Arts, New York, NY
FACT AND FICTION: on her own, Curated by Cassandra Fiorenza | SPRING/BREAK Art Show, New York, NY
special projects
2025 Print collaboration: Two limited edition hand-embellished prints released for the 2025 Brooklyn Museum Artists Ball
(sponsored by Dior) | ART FOR CHANGE x Brooklyn Museum, New York, NY
Awards & Residencies
2025 Creative Capital Award | Creative Capital Foundation
2023 Best Illustrated Cover: Finalist, NY Magazine, ASME Best Cover Contest | The American Society of Magazine Editors
2022 The Artsy Vanguard | Artsy
Forbes 30 Under 30, North America 2022 | Forbes Magazine
2021 Silver Art Projects, Social Justice & Activism Artist-in-Residence | silverart.com
2020 The Hopper Prize, Winner: Fall 2020 Grant | Juried by Christine Koppes & Jade Powers | hopperprize.org
2019 AXA Art Prize, Finalist | Juried 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 | AXA XL, New York, NY
2019-21 MFA Annual #141, MFA Annual #147: Noteworthy Artist, Northeast #152 | New American Paintings
2018 Visual Arts Teaching Assistant Fellowship | Columbia University School of the Arts, New York, NY
Dean's Merit Scholarship | School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Loretta Grellner Merit Scholarship & Work Scholarship | Ox-Bow School of Art & Artists' Residency, Saugatuck, MI
2017 Presidential Scholarship | Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Aspen, CO
SVA's 35th Annual Summer Residency in Painting & Mixed-Media | School of Visual Arts, New York, NY
2015 Roberta Joslin Award for Excellence in Art | Brown University
Julie Sloane '93 Memorial Award | Brown University
Minnie Helen Hicks Prize In Art, Brown University 35th Annual Juried Student Exhibition | Brown University & RISD
Creative Arts Council Student Grant | Brown University
2014 SAO Student Leadership Award for Exceptional New Student Organization: Brown Motion Pictures | Brown University
2013 Thriller Chiller Film Festival, Official Selection: "Hotel Fortuna", short film | Grand Rapids, MI
2012 Celtx Seeds Award, Winner: "Kodak 135", short film, shot with RED | celtx.com
2011 1st Prize, Friends of the Earth National Art Competition | United Kingdom Parliament, London, UK
2005-11 Academic & Art Scholarship | Downe House School, England, United Kingdom
PUBLICATIONS
2025 Kathy Huang. Wonder Women, Book, Jeffrey Deitch Gallery. Published by Rizzoli (May 2025) [Forthcoming]
John Yau. Elsewhere, Book, Ivory Gate Gallery. Published by Ivory Gate Gallery (June 2025) [Forthcoming}
2022 Amy Smith-Stewart. 52 Artists: A Feminist Milestone, Exhibition Catalogue, The Aldrich Museum (October 2022)
Liana Blum. New York Magazine, Issue #20: September 26 - October 9, 2022 (September 2022)
2021 John Yau, Susanna Coffey, Amy Sadao. I Am Not A Virus, Exhibition Catalogue, Night Gallery. (October 2021)
2019 Naomi Falk. Whams of Summer, Exhibition Catalogue, Ki Smith Gallery Publications. (August 2019)
PRESS
2025 Kang, Emily. Susan Chen | Civil Art Publishing (May 2025)
Armstrong, Kristen. Meet Susan Chen | Canvas Rebel (March 2025)
News Desk. Creative Capital Announces 2025 Awards | Artforum (January 2025)
Rabb, Maxwell. Creative Capital names 55 artists for its 2025 awards | Artsy (January 2025)
Nayyar, Rhea. Creative Capital Awards $2.45M to 55 Artists | Hyperallergic (January 2025)
2024 Bochicchio, Sarah. Susan Chen, When Plan B is Plan A | Whitewall Magazine (April 2024)
White, Katie. Artist Susan Chen’s Witty, Expressive Portraits Confront Our Turbulent Reality | Artnet (March 2024)
Lee, Sophie. Don’t Miss These 8 Shows by Women Artists to Watch This Month | Cultured Magazine (March 2024)
Pricco, Evan. Susan Chen: Plan B @ Rachel Uffner Gallery, NYC | Juxtapoz Art & Culture Magazine (March 2024)
Telea Borteș, Mădălina. Susan Chen '20 in Solo Show at Rachel Uffner Gallery | Columbia MFA News (Feb. 2024)
Litwin, Melanie. Taking Back the Narrative(s) | Boston Art Review (January 2024)
2023 McQuaid, Cate. The Ticket: Things to do around Boston this weekend and beyond | Boston Globe (December 2023)
Shi, Evelyn. An Interview with Susan Chen | Form (September 2023)
Wang, Chloe. American Chinese Artist Susan Chen Uses Her Paintbrush to Combat Anti-Asian Hatred | Yazhou
Zhoukan 亞洲週刊, The International Chinese Newsweekly (September 2023)
Noh, Megan. Public Art as Political Bargaining Chip | The Brooklyn Rail (August 2023)
Currey, Mason. The Mantra Issue | Subtle Maneuvers (August 2023)
Ackeret, Presley. Return to the old normal: after-thought on Susan Chen's Purell Night & Day | Eazel (August 2023)
O’Brien, Sky. In Conversation: Susan Chen | Dispatches Magazine (August 2023)
Keenan, Annabel. OUTSIDE LA: Susan Chen | Artillery Mag (August 2023)
Marple, Mieke. Susan Chen Purell Night and Day | Whitehot Magazine (August 2023)
Yau, John. The Many Lives of a Purell Bottle | Hyperallergic (August 2023)
Bishara, Hakim. 15 Art Shows to See in New York This July | Hyperallergic (July 2023)
Jhun, Susan. Celebrating Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month | Asian American Life, CUNY TV & PBS (2023)
Jhun, Susan. April 2023 | Arts in the City, CUNY TV & PBS (April 2023)
Binlot, Ann. These Are the 5 NYC Artists to Know Right Now, High Snobiety (April 2023)
Fishman, Arianna. Artists Join NYCLU to Expose the Real Costs of Excessive Policing, NYCLU (April 2023)
2022 Wong, Mimi. The Artsy Vanguard 2022: Susan Chen, Artsy (November 2022)
McCoole, Veena. What Sold at Frieze London and Frieze Masters 2022, Artsy (October 2022)
Zhou, Georgina. 今秋，关注这些未来当代艺术史的参与者丨上篇, Artnet China (October 2022)
Mantha, Priyanka. On the Cover of New York Magazine: The New Asian America, NY Magazine (September 2022)
Choo, Diane. Artist Profile: NYC Painter Susan Chen, Asians Out Loud (September 2022)
Duncan, Michelle. Prime Space, Visibility, and Community, Metropolis (August 2022)
Ghassemitari, Shawn. Susan Chen Releases Print in Conjunction With ART FOR CHANGE, HYPEBEAST (July 2022)
Art For Change. Exploring Identities with Susan Chen, Art For Change Blog (July 2022)
Brandon, Elissaveta M. ‘You’re on top of the world’: Inside 4 artists’ studios… , Fast Company (June 2022)
Liu, Jasmine. Asian Women and Nonbinary Artists Paint Their Major Feelings, Hyperallergic (June 2022)
Binlot, Ann. At the Aldrich, Revisiting a Groundbreaking Show for Feminist Art, The Cut / NY Magazine (June 2022)
Keena, Annabel. A Watershed Feminist Exhibition Is Reimagined at The Aldrich, Cultured Magazine (June 2022)
Binlot, Ann. Tired of being 'fetishized and invisible,' Asian artists are changing the narrative, CNN Style (May 2022)
Sheets, Hilarie M. Revisiting a Groundbreaking Show of Feminist Art, The New York Times (April 2022)
Wolpoff, Sarah. Portraits of Asian America amid an era of spiking hate crimes, Westmore News. (February 2022)
2021 Harrelson, Sarah. CAA's Joel Lubin's Hollywood Home Is an Emerging Artworks Jewel Box, Cultured. (December 2021)
Howard, Heidi. Interview: Susan Chen, Curator. (October 2021)
Kand, Zara. Peering Beyond the Snapshot, Art Now LA. (October 2021)
Cascone, Sarah. The Aldrich Museum Is Updating Its Landmark Feminist Art Show From 1971 With a
New Generation of Women Artists, Artnet News. (October 2021)
Vogt Campbell, Kelly. "Home Cooking" Group Exhibition Curated by John Yau, ArtfixDaily Artwire (October 2021)
Wong, Harley. 16 Rising Artists of the Asian Diaspora in the United States, Artsy. (May 2021)
The Hopper Prize. Susan Chen Interview, The Hopper Prize. (May 2021)
Artsy Editorial. Inside My Collection: Carla Shen, Artsy. (March 2021)
2020 Leung, Ricko. What Fascinates the Four ‘Underdog’ Collectors, Larry's List. (December 2020)
Artnet News. 12 Artists on the Challenges After Donald Trump’s Presidency, Artnet. (November 2020).
Art Girls Jungle. 10 Emerging Female Artists To Beat November Depression, TheArtGorgeous. (November 2020).
Hansen, Rachel. Rachel Hansen in Conversation with Susan Chen, MADE IN BED. (November 2020)
Wong, Harley. Susan Chen’s Portraits of Asian Americans Reckon with a History of Exclusion, Artsy. (September 2020)
Laster, Paul. Reality Rendered Raw: 6 New York Solo Shows, Art & Object. (September 2020)
Laster, Paul. Collect Like an Expert: How to Find Great Emerging Artists, Art & Object. (September 2020)
McNairy, Lizzie Cheatham. Susan Chen Interview, Matrons & Mistresses. (September 2020)
Hernandez, Jasmin. Art Convo with Susan Chen, Gallery Gurls. (September 2020)
Goodman, Jonathan. Susan Chen: On Longing, Tussle Magazine. (September 2020)
Yau, John. A Powerful Debut, Hyperallergic. (August 2020)
Goldstein, Caroline. Susan Chen’s Richly Layered Portraits of Asian Americans Make Their New York Gallery Debut,
Artnet. (August 2020)
Currey, Mason. Susan Chen on painting in a pandemic, Subtle Maneuvers. (August 2020)
Ong, Jyni. What does it mean to be an Asian American today? Susan Chen explores the multi-dimensional identity,
It’s Nice That. (August 2020)
Yerebakan, Osman Can. How 2020 Changed the Art of Three Emerging MFA Grads, Observer. (August 2020)
Vargi, Yesemin, Susan Chen Questions & Answers, artspeak. (August 2020)
Deng, Audrey. Recent Alumna Susan MB Chen '20 in First Solo Exhibition at Meredith Rosen Gallery, Columbia MFA
News. (August 2020)
MFA Thesis Exhibition, Art & Education. (July 2020)
MFA Spotlight: Columbia University School of the Arts, Page 10, Artforum. (July 2020)
Sheets, Hilary M. Newly Minted Artists, Facing a Precarious Future, Take Action, New York Times. (May 2020)
Yan, Dani. APAHM: Asian American Artists, Duke University FORM Magazine. (May 2020)
2019 Deng, Audrey. Six Columbia Students in Group Exhibit at Collective 131, Columbia MFA News. (December 2019)
Deng, Audrey. Conversations with Artists in Art Getting Art: Susan M B Chen, Columbia MFA News. (November 2019)
Deng, Audrey. Susan M B Chen '20 Finalist for AXA Art Prize, Columbia MFA News. (October 2019)
Kearl, Zoe Contros. Columbia MFA Painting Show 'Whams of Summer' Showing Now, Columbia MFA News. (August 2019)
Laster, Paul. Tomorrow’s Art Stars: 4 Must-See MFA Shows in New York, Galerie Magazine. (August 2019)
Fiorenza, Cassandra. Her Work: Susan M B Chen, Collective 131 Blog. (August 2019)
Saltz, Jerry. SPRING/BREAK Art Show Instagram Post @susanmbchen. (March 2019)
Chen, Rubin. 2019 New York Armory Week Direct Report: New York Art Watch, SinoVision. (March 2019)
Smith, Cornelia. Interview: Susan M B Chen, Columbia University Journal of Art Criticism. (February 2019)
PUBLIC Collections
Brooklyn Museum, Gift: Carla Shen Collection | Brooklyn, NY
Columbus Museum of Art | Columbus, OH
Los Angeles County Museum of Art | Los Angeles, CA
Museum of Chinese in America | New York, NY
Beth Rudin DeWoody Collection | Palm Beach, FL
Perry and Marty Granoff Center for the Creative Arts | Providence, RI
Brown University Investment Office | Providence, RI
Yuz Museum Shanghai | Shanghai, China
TALKS
2025 Between Action and Reflection: Artistic Practices of Thoughtful Transformation: Susan Chen, Avram Finkelstein,
Jared Owens, Laura Bardier & Christine Kuan | James Howell Foundation & Creative Capital, New York, NY
[Forthcoming]
2024 Karen Wong & Susan Chen in Conversation | Rachel Uffner Gallery, New York, NY
2022 Chella Man x Susan Chen | Art World: Whitehot Magazine with Noah Becker, Podcast
2021 Talk Art Episode by Russell Tovey & Robert Diament | Talk Art, Podcast
2020 Yasi Alipour, Gina Beavers, Susan Chen, Hiba Schahbaz In Conversation | Meredith Rosen Gallery, Online
On Longing Exhibition Introduction Podcast with Carla Shen | Meredith Rosen Gallery, Online
DIASPORA/ASIA: Artists Andrew Kung, Divya Gadangi, and Susan Chen | Praise Shadows Art Partners, Online
Painting Reality: What Is Going On Now? w/ Misato Pang and Jacqueline Kwok | ICFAC, Online
89.9 FM NY Radio featuring Ivana Carman & Susan Chen, hosted by Stipan Tadic | WKCR.org Radio
Praise You: IG Live Chats | Praise Shadows Art Partners, Online
Confronting Yesterday’s Traditions in Today’s Cultural Diaspora w/ Jeffrey Morabito | SFA Projects, New York, NY
TEACHING
2025 Guest Critic: 1st & 2nd Year MFA Students | Columbia University, New York, NY
2024 Guest Critic: 1st & 2nd Year MFA Students | Columbia University, New York, NY
2024 Guest Speaker: Visiting Artist Lecture Series | Sonoma State University, Online
2023 Juror: Delaware Division of the Arts Individual Artist Fellowships | Mid Atlantic Arts, Online
Guest Speaker: Painting, Portraiture, & Community | Montclair State University, Montclair, New Jersey
2022 Aldrich Teen Fellows Artist Collaborator | The Aldrich Museum, Ridgefield, CT
2021 Guest Critic: Painting I & II w/ Leigh Tarentino | Brown University, Online
2020 Guest Speaker: Narrative Painting w/ Lien Truong | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Online
Guest Critic: Art Career Intensive | NYC Crit Club, Online
Co-Moderator: Demystifying the Art World, Q&A w/ Gallerist Steve Turner | Columbia University, Online
2019 Guest Speaker: MFA Prep Q&A Workshop | NYC Crit Club, New York, NY
Teaching Assistant: Drawing II w/ Diana Cooper | Columbia University, New York, NY
2018 Teaching Assistant: Figure Painting w/ José Delgado Zúñiga | Columbia University, New York, NY
Related Experiences
2025 Museum of Modern Art, Young Patrons Council, Host Committee Member, invited by Natalie Sereda | New York, NY
2019 Guggenheim, Young Collectors Council, Acquisitions Committee Member, membership sponsored | New York, NY
2019 ISCP Benefit Committee Member, invited by Yng Ru Chen | International Studio & Curatorial Program, NY, NY
2016 Studio Assistant at Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts + Shara Hughes Studio | New York, NY
2015 Cultural Committee Co-Chair at Brown University Club in New York | New York, NY
2012-15 Managing Director & Film Producer at Brown Motion Pictures | Providence, RI