EASTON PRIBBLE LECTURE SERIES

Chen Wang 

Thursday, Oct. 22, 11 a.m.
Museum of Art   |   Sinnott Family – Bank of Utica Auditorium

Artist Bio

Chen Wang (b. 1991, Hohhot, China) works across digital video, performance, sculpture, drawing, costume fabrication, and sound. They construct moving images from handmade and performed elements that are layered and rebuilt in digital space. Drawing on natural organisms, Chinese folk belief, and queer morphologies, Wang constructs alternative worlds to investigate how bodies, spaces, and points of view can be temporarily inhabited, entangled, and passed through. Their work has been shown in solo exhibitions at Fotografiska and Arario Gallery. Wang has received fellowships from MacDowell and the New York Foundation for the Arts and the Roswell Artist-in- Residence Program in New Mexico.

Chen's Website

Seasoned artists are invited to Utica to give presentations as part of the Easton Pribble Lecture Series at the Museum of Art. Named for a beloved late professor of painting and drawing, the mission of the series is to invite guest artists who represent a variety of creative disciplines and bring a diversity of perspectives to inspire, motivate, and challenge students. A faculty-led committee invites artists to Utica each year who amplify voices and illuminate career pathways historically and presently marginalized within the art and design worlds.