Anne Chu
Anne Chu
Workspace Program Resident 1994
Primarily working as a sculptor in wood, ceramic and paper mache, Anne Chu derives her inspiration from historic sculptures spanning east and west. She creates a dichotomy between the ancient and the modern by infusing her work with a contemporary aesthetic. Though inspired, her works never imitate. History is sprinkled with elements of fairy tale to create fantastical scenes. Using dreamy representational tones of greys, pinks, and yellows Chu creates a dynamic fusion spanning time and the globe. During her time at Dieu Donné, Chu produced work that was both sculptural and two-dimension flat sheets. Her sculptural forms played put the dichotomy between ancient and present while her two-dimension works continued to explore the fantastical world of her creation.
About the Artist
Anne Chu (American, b. 1959-2016) was born in New York City. Her parents came from China, and her father was a mathematics professor at Columbia University. When she was in middle school, her family moved to Westchester County, north of the city. She graduated with a BFA from the Philadelphia College of Art (now the University of the Arts) in 1982 and received an MFA from Columbia University in 1985.
She has had more than thirty solo exhibitions at a number of institutions and galleries throughout the United States and abroad, such as Victoria Miro in London; Monica De Cardenas in Milan and Zuoz; Donald Young Gallery in Chicago; Galerie Karlheinz Meyer in Karlsruhe; 303 Gallery in New York; the Dallas Museum of Art; the Weatherspoon Art Museum in Greensboro; Marc Foxx in Los Angeles; and the Indianapolis Museum of Art. Chu has also been the recipient of many prestigious grants and awards. Among them are a John and Simon Memorial Guggenheim Fellowship in 2010, a Joan Mitchell Foundation Grant in 1999, and the Alpert/Ucross Residency Prize in 2009. (Source: Artforum)