Lili Chin 'Istoria 12'
Drawer 1- Istoria 12, Speedball printmaking ink, gouache, crepe paper, paper, pva, 11x14”, 2020
Artist Statement
The act of impressing, through printmaking is always highly intuitive and direct. It brings us right back to the cave painters who used their hands as a stencil to create motifs along the walls, or petroglyphs with incised carving found in the Ancient Near East. These intuitive processes create a delight and wonder that I still find meaningful and that I revel in. I relate to the physical and tactile experience of immersing, pressing, pushing, rolling, etching, laying down, and collecting. All these activities involve actions that I use in my sculptural and film work. I appreciate creating a relief of an object and making an image transfer. These methods remind me of film developing – they enable me to take a surface and see what will happen with both positive and negative space. I am attracted to primal forms and creative evolution, incorporating plants and ephemeral objects into my work.
Artist Bio
Lili Chin is a visual artist based in New York City. Her interdisciplinary art practice incorporates natural materials, film, video, ceramics, weaving and mixed media to mine historical and personal narratives. She has exhibited at the Abrazo Interno Gallery in NYC as well as several other art organizations in the US, Scotland, Latin America, Europe and China. She has created commissioned installations for the He Xiangning Museum in Shenzhen and the Ely Center of Contemporary Art, CT. Her films have screened at numerous venues, including Microscope Gallery (NY). She has participated in several residencies, including the MacDowell Colony, Mass MoCA, Swatch Art Peace Hotel and the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture.
Drawer 1- Istoria 12, Speedball printmaking ink, gouache, crepe paper, paper, pva, 11x14”, 2020
Artist Statement
The act of impressing, through printmaking is always highly intuitive and direct. It brings us right back to the cave painters who used their hands as a stencil to create motifs along the walls, or petroglyphs with incised carving found in the Ancient Near East. These intuitive processes create a delight and wonder that I still find meaningful and that I revel in. I relate to the physical and tactile experience of immersing, pressing, pushing, rolling, etching, laying down, and collecting. All these activities involve actions that I use in my sculptural and film work. I appreciate creating a relief of an object and making an image transfer. These methods remind me of film developing – they enable me to take a surface and see what will happen with both positive and negative space. I am attracted to primal forms and creative evolution, incorporating plants and ephemeral objects into my work.
Artist Bio
Lili Chin is a visual artist based in New York City. Her interdisciplinary art practice incorporates natural materials, film, video, ceramics, weaving and mixed media to mine historical and personal narratives. She has exhibited at the Abrazo Interno Gallery in NYC as well as several other art organizations in the US, Scotland, Latin America, Europe and China. She has created commissioned installations for the He Xiangning Museum in Shenzhen and the Ely Center of Contemporary Art, CT. Her films have screened at numerous venues, including Microscope Gallery (NY). She has participated in several residencies, including the MacDowell Colony, Mass MoCA, Swatch Art Peace Hotel and the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture.
Drawer 1- Istoria 12, Speedball printmaking ink, gouache, crepe paper, paper, pva, 11x14”, 2020
Artist Statement
The act of impressing, through printmaking is always highly intuitive and direct. It brings us right back to the cave painters who used their hands as a stencil to create motifs along the walls, or petroglyphs with incised carving found in the Ancient Near East. These intuitive processes create a delight and wonder that I still find meaningful and that I revel in. I relate to the physical and tactile experience of immersing, pressing, pushing, rolling, etching, laying down, and collecting. All these activities involve actions that I use in my sculptural and film work. I appreciate creating a relief of an object and making an image transfer. These methods remind me of film developing – they enable me to take a surface and see what will happen with both positive and negative space. I am attracted to primal forms and creative evolution, incorporating plants and ephemeral objects into my work.
Artist Bio
Lili Chin is a visual artist based in New York City. Her interdisciplinary art practice incorporates natural materials, film, video, ceramics, weaving and mixed media to mine historical and personal narratives. She has exhibited at the Abrazo Interno Gallery in NYC as well as several other art organizations in the US, Scotland, Latin America, Europe and China. She has created commissioned installations for the He Xiangning Museum in Shenzhen and the Ely Center of Contemporary Art, CT. Her films have screened at numerous venues, including Microscope Gallery (NY). She has participated in several residencies, including the MacDowell Colony, Mass MoCA, Swatch Art Peace Hotel and the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture.