Artist's Statement
- Artist's Statement
I am interested in using rich cultural and historical forms to create new and inventive imagery. My work references objects from art history, science, and the world around us. It seeks to evoke questions about the relationship of forms across history and continents, as well as to transport and arrest the viewer into different psychological and internal worlds. [End Page 246]
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Emily Cheng
StupaAxis, 2016
flashe on canvas, 84 x 78 in.
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Emily Cheng
Anhui, 2015
acrylic on canvas, 72 x 60 in.
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Emily Cheng
FeelingAtHome, 2016
flashe on canvas, 84 x 78 in.
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Emily Cheng
Hagi, 2015
acrylic on canvas, 72 x 60 in.
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Emily Cheng
QinghaiPlains, 2015–16
acrylic on canvas, 72 x 60 in.
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Emily Cheng
Untitled, 2016
flashe on canvas, 84 x 78 in.
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Emily Cheng
AboveBelowBagua, 2013
flashe on canvas, 84 x 78 in.
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Emily Cheng
Vortex, 2013
oil on canvas, 82 x 78 in.
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Emily Cheng is a painter based in New York City. Cheng's work often sources from both the East and West, reflecting her Chinese ancestry and Western upbringing. She received a BFA from the Rhode Island School of Design and attended the New York Studio School. Her work has been shown in cities throughout the world, including New York, Taipei, Hong Kong, and Manila. She has also been the recipient of numerous awards, including a Pollock-Krasner grant and fellowships from the New York Foundation of the Arts, the National Endowment for the Arts, and Yaddo. Emily Cheng: Chasing Clouds is a compendium of studies made over ten years, with essays by Johnson Chang and Kevin Powers.
