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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C. C. Ann Chen: Whereabouts

Gallery view of solo exhibition at Tiger Strikes Asteroid, May 24-July 5, 2025

Photograph courtesy of artist