Chia-An Chin

Artist Statement:

An Chin (Chia An Chin)

An Chin was born in Taiwan and raised in different parts of Asia.  She works with imagination as an perceptive organ.  She works in series much similar to a collector. An Chin values the idea of DIY, crafts and skills to a high extent. Her art practice comprises of various mediums including fashion, animation, performance, sculpture and painting. Her work revolves around the unconscious versus the conscious relationship between pataphysics and metaphysics. The results is a play with creation of sensory based conversation, ideals, objects, things and anything. Most of her paintings is a reflection of her views of our technological society as a religion in itself. Her sculptures, animations, performance and fashion garments usually deal with different fanatical ways of projecting themselves to the audience through different ideas, functions, and didactics given to it.  A large amount of literal pun is given visually to the audience as metaphors or symbolisms to literature or the mundane and philosophical. She prefers to maintain at a neutral state in most of her work. (Neutral State: There is no right or wrong; it is perceived as real as much as it is unreal or surreal.) She explores micro and macrocosmic universes within all her work. An Chin is a bird-lover, trainer, and loves to eat. 

 

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Chia-An Chin

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Education:

-MFA in School of the Arts Institute of Chicago (Masters) 2018

-Major: Painting/ Arts and Technology/Administration

-BFA in School of the Arts Institute of Chicago 2015

 -Painting/ Fashion Design

-Study Abroad At Burren College of the Arts (2014)

 

Skills:

-Language Skills: fluent in Chinese and English; Read and Write in Spanish

-Technology Skills Proficient in: Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Adobe Suite:Photoshop, Adobe InDesign, Premiere, Dragon Frame, Dream Weaver, Text Wrangler

-Certified for Mental Health First Aid Peer Counseling

-Certified as International Makeup Artist

-Certified Basset

 

Jobs, Internships:

- Interned at Wolong National Nature Panda Reserve in SiChuan. (2009 Fall)

-Arts Charity Extravaganza Event Coordinator/Organizer (2011 Jan.)

-Translator and Coordinator for ARAARTE Conference) International Art Teacher Conference/Workshop) (2011-2012)

-Interned at Taipei’s National Palace Museum (2011)

-Benjamin Barker’s Launch of Woman’s Wear Organizer Intern (2012)

-Interned as Pattern Maker at ‘Leaf’ in Taipei (2012)

-Tribodar (Green Environment) Toilet Builder/Assembler and Wall Painter in Nisa, Portugal (2014)

-Lynne .C Company Ambassador/Model Agency (Promotional Ambassador)                        (2013-2015)

-Café 385 Shanghai’s Server and Part Time Barista (2015-2016 February)

- Hill Top Studio’s Print and Entrepreneur Event Promoter- Sage Summit (2016 April-May)

-Anna Sui Romantica Erotica Commercial Main Animator (2016 Fall) Under Jeannie Sui

-HairPin Gallery Curator (Defining Contemporary Art) (2017 Spring)

-Teacher Assistant at School of the Arts Institute of Chicago (2016-17) 

-Roving Substitute at School of the Arts Institute of Chicago- (2018)

-Vocal Gymnasium Animator-(2018 Summer: Current Freelance)

 

Publications:

Ink As Experience Zhu Qi Zhan Art Museum Shanghai  2014

Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal USA 2014

Burren College of Art in Ireland 2014

The School of Art Institute of Chicago  BFA Show 2015

Cubical the Musical South Dearborn Gallery Chicago IL 2015

No Nation Gallery, Chicago IL, 2016

MFA Sullivan Gallery Show 2018

(Volume Gallery) 2018(Up Coming) (Rain)

 

Scholarships /Grants:

School of Arts Institute of Chicago Honors Scholarship 2012-18

School of Arts Institute of Chicago Merit Scholarship 2012-18

Ann K McCosh Trust Scholarship 2013-2014

Odyssey Grant 2017-2018

Vermont Studio Center Grant: 2017 

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Residency:

Vermont Studio Center 2017 May