C. C. Ann Chen, June - July 2026
C. C. Ann Chen is an artist and educator based in Chicago, IL. Her work stems from architecture and landscape, exploring perceptual translations and misinterpretations of place and time. Projects range from direct observation to site-specific work, engaging each landscape with an open, experiment-based approach. Recent work reflects journeys by sea, to remote places in the North Atlantic and Arctic. She uses drawing and collage to examine new ways of looking at and understanding landscapes.
Chen has exhibited in Chicago and beyond, including Tiger Strikes Asteroid Chicago, the Chinese American Museum of Chicago, slow gallery, Heaven Gallery, Glass Curtain Gallery at Columbia College, Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit, Research House for Asian Art, Emerge Art Fair in Washington, D.C., Zhou B. Art Center, Hyde Park Art Center, and The Franklin. Chen has been a recipient of the 3Arts Make a Wave Award, and the Midwest Voices and Visions Award. Her work has also been published in New American Paintings. Chen is also a member of artist collective Tiger Strikes Asteroid, Chicago. She earned a BA in Architectural History from the University of Maryland, and MFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. She is currently Associate Professor, Adjunct, at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.
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This residency opportunity was made possible through the generous support of 3Arts and Artist Communities Alliance.
About 3Arts
Founded in 1912, with a history centered on women artists, 3Arts is a nonprofit organization that supports artists working in the performing, teaching, and visual arts in the Chicago metropolitan area, including women artists, artists of color, and Deaf and disabled artists. By providing unrestricted awards, project funding, residencies, professional development, and promotion, 3Arts helps artists take risks, experiment, and build momentum in their careers over time.
Since 2013, 3Arts has partnered with Artist Communities Alliance (ACA) to offer residencies for past 3Arts artists to travel to restorative and stimulating artist communities outside of Chicago to focus on their craft, connect with peers, and contribute to creative environments of exchange and collaboration.
About ACA
Artist Communities Alliance (ACA) is the international service organization for artist residency programs and artist-centered organizations. For 35 years, ACA has centered artists and artist residencies, providing them with tools, knowledge-sharing, resources, and frameworks to create and sustain inclusive, accessible, just, and joyful environments. We work to unite people and inspire the field.
C. C. Ann Chen: Whereabouts
Gallery view of solo exhibition at Tiger Strikes Asteroid, May 24-July 5, 2025
Photograph courtesy of artist