Chu, Anne

Anne Chu

American, (1959-2016)

About the Artist

"Born in New York City of Chinese émigré parents in 1959, Chu graduated from the Philadelphia College of Art in 1982 and received her MFA from Columbia University in 1985. Her work straddles past and present, representation and abstraction, East and West, painting and sculpture. It consists largely of bold mixed-media sculptures in wood, metal, resin, fabric, leather, or porcelain, as well as delicate watercolours and ink-based works on paper. She often combined figures and animals with elements drawn from folklore; just as often, however, her work could be nearly unrecognizable from one piece to the next. In deliberately remaking herself this way, Chu developed a unique visual language, celebrated in more than 30 solo exhibitions over a 25-year period."-National Gallery of Canada

Chu's large bear sculpture in the West Collection "stood guard" at the front door of the publicly traded investment firm SEI for many years. Visitors to the facility would ask the meaning and often conversations were started in front of the bear. 

Works

Exhibitions

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