Ziui Chen: Asian Girls Are Everywhere! 

Opening Reception: September 26, 5:00-7:00 PM at CFEVA (237 South 18th Street, Suite 3a, Philadelphia 19103)

Meet the Artist Fridays 3–6pm at CFEVA (237 S 18th St., #3a)

Visit during Philadelphia Open Studio Tours, West of Broad: October 19 and 20, 12:00-6:00 PM.

Visit CFEVA.org/gallery for more info.

The expression of femininity in painting is inherently expanding through the introduction of new media technologies. As an artist working across painted and new media productions, this exhibition explores virtuality as a means of enhancing environments, creating new space for painting through augmented encounters. From the complexity in the slightest of touches, to the threshold bordering the lines of perception as immersive involvement, the inspiration for these artworks is a capturing of causal interactions. Making accessible the subtleties in communication across the many circles of Asian Women, and the implications of these in the discussion of affections in a broader society. 

Bio:  

Ziui Chen Vance is a multidisciplinary artist and educator based in Philadelphia. She holds an MFA From Stamps School of Art & Design, University of Michigan, and a BFA in Design from Tsinghua University in Beijing. After years of researching inclusive design, her works in art and design speak to the human body as its language, possessing infinite communication.  

Ziui Chen is a 2022 recipient of the Adolph and Esther Gottlieb Foundation Individual Grant, a 2022 Fellow with The Center for Emerging Visual Artist Philadelphia, and a 2023 Sustainable Arts Foundation Award Winner, 2024 Macdowell and Independence fellowships.