Sichen Grace Chen or “SG” (she/they) is a painter and illustrator who currently resides as a settler on the unceded, traditional, and ancestral territories of the Matsqui, Kwantlen, Katzie, and Semiahmoo First Nations, also known as Langley Township.
Symbolized by the pairing of her Chinese name, Sī Chén (思辰), and her English name, Grace, Chen explores the complex relationships between seemingly disparate ideas, objects, and identities. Growing up in Chengdu, China, for the first few years of her life and often moving between cities in British Columbia has led her to garner an appreciation for the sentimentality and physicality of natural and synthetic landscapes and entities. Chen consolidates her memories of nature growing up with the reality of the climate crisis through the act of painting. Many of her works are inspired by moments in her waking life and their intuitive transformations into surreal compositions interlaced with metaphor and makeshift.
She holds a BFA from Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) and is currently pursuing her MFA at Emily Carr University of Art + Design (ECU).
For commissions or resume, please contact sichengraceart@gmail.com
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Symbolized by the pairing of her Chinese name, Sī Chén (思辰), and her English name, Grace, Chen explores the complex relationships between seemingly disparate ideas, objects, and identities. Growing up in Chengdu, China, for the first few years of her life and often moving between cities in British Columbia has led her to garner an appreciation for the sentimentality and physicality of natural and synthetic landscapes and entities. Chen consolidates her memories of nature growing up with the reality of the climate crisis through the act of painting. Many of her works are inspired by moments in her waking life and their intuitive transformations into surreal compositions interlaced with metaphor and makeshift.
She holds a BFA from Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) and is currently pursuing her MFA at Emily Carr University of Art + Design (ECU).
For commissions or resume, please contact sichengraceart@gmail.com
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