ANGEL CHEN BIOGRAPHIE
EDUCATION
MFA, Calarts, Valencia, CA, 1999
BFA, UCLA, Westwood, CA, 1994
AWARDS & FELLOWSHIPS
David and Julia White Artist Colony, Costa Rica, 2004
LA's BEST Artist Residency, Office of the Mayor, Los Angeles, 2004
Ahmanson Award, Home Savings Bank / Calarts, 1999
Calarts Grant, 1998
Atlantic Center for the Arts, Fellowship, New Smyrna Beach, FL, 1997
Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Fellowship, Skowhegan, ME, 1994
Charles and Carmela Speroni / Skowhegan Matching Grant, 1994
Teague-Melville Award / UCLA, 1994
UCLA Grant, 1994
Dante Alighieri, Florence, Italy, 1989
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
Stain Heirs and Gesture Friends, Thomas Lavin Showroom, Pacific Design Center, 2007
Everything is a Love Song, JAIL Gallery, Downtown Los Angeles, 2007
The Sublime, Pink Industry, Palm Springs, 2007
Meridian, the red arrow gallery, Joshua Tree, 2007
Water and Air (Feng Shui), The Sanctuary, Thailand, 2005
Surf Jungle, Seven Muses Gallery, Costa Rica, 2004
Believe, Thesis Show, Calarts, 1999
The Perimeter, Calarts, 1999
Love Seat, Calarts, 1998
Wet, UCLA, 1993
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
Work Space, Foundation Art Resources, 2006
Big + Holy, Cartelle Gallery, Marina del Rey, 2005
Paper, Patricia Faure Gallery, Santa Monica, CA 2004
Artists Coming Together to support America, Pacific Design Center, 2004
California Painting, Nine Muses Gallery, Costa Rica, 2004
Something Else, Latch Gallery, 2003
Rat Powered Film Festival, Grand Central Art Center, 2003
A Well Rounded Appetite, Latch Gallery, 2002
The Last Show on Earth, 01 Gallery, 2002
Garden Variety, 01 Gallery, 2002
The Drawing Room, 01 Gallery, 2002
Land… “Landscapes”, 01 Gallery, 2002
Fresh, Gallery 207, 2001
Eclipse of the Sun: Action #6 of 12, performance by Eden City State, Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival,
Goldenvoice, Indio, CA, 2001
The Legend of Suzy Wong, Gallery 207, 2000
Performance, Gallery 207,1999
Untitled, Calarts Graduate Show, Bradbury Building,1999
Divine Intervention, ActionSpace, curated by Karen Finley,1999
Skowhegan Artists Outreach Lecure and Exhibition, 1994
Mondo Lot, Robert Berman Gallery, 1992
BENEFITS
Hurricane Katrina, Los Angeles, 2005
Democratic Victory, Pacific Design Center, 2004
WORKSHOPS
Light, Space, and Color, The Center for Energetic Healing, 2006
The Zen of Drawing and Painting, The Sanctuary, Koh Phangan, Thailand, 2005
Minimalism, Art as Object, MOCA, Los Angeles, CA 2004
BIBLIOGRAPHY
"A Desert Blossom with Downtown Roots", George Stiehl, The Arts District Citizen, 2006
Pacific Journal, 2004