Anne Chu

Anne Chu
Anne Chu in 2007
Born 1959 (1959)
New York, New York[1]
Died July 25, 2016(2016-07-25) (aged 56–57)
New York, New York
Nationality American
Education Philadelphia College of Art, Columbia University
Known for Sculpture

Anne Chu (1959, New York - July 25, 2016, New York[2]) graduated from Philadelphia College of Art in 1982 and received her MFA from Columbia University in 1985.[3] Anne Chu created watercolor paintings, and sculptures made from a variety of materials, most notably: chainsaw-carved wood, embroidered textiles, and large ceramics. She was the recipient of the John Simon Guggenheim Fellowship, The Penny McCall Award, Anonymous Was A Woman Award,[4] Joan Mitchell Foundation Grant, and winner of the Louis Comfort Tiffany Biennial Competition.

Exhibitions

Chu's work was shown internationally in many exhibitions including solo museum shows at Museum Haus Lange, Krefeld, Germany,[5] Museum of Contemporary Art, North Miami,[6] Weatherspoon Art Museum,[7] Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive.[8] Other museum exhibitions include Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia [9] in 2010, The Brooklyn Museum of Art[10] in 2011 and participation in the 54th Carnegie International[11] at the Carnegie Museum of Art in Pittsburgh. She was represented by 303 Gallery, NYC, Victoria Miro, London, and Donald Young, Chicago.

Works and publications

  • Kunstmuseen Krefeld. Anne Chu: Animula Vagula Blandula. Cologne, Germany: Kunstmuseen Krefeld, Museum Haus Lange, 2013.
  • Köln, herausgegeben von Martin Hentschel ; Kunstmuseen Krefeld, Museum Haus Lange ; Übersetzungen: Malcolm Green, Berlin, Stefan Barmann, (2013). Anne Chu : animula vagula blandula. Bielefeld: Kerber. ISBN 3866788096.
  • Clearwater, Bonnie (2005). Anne Chu. North Miami, FL: Museum of Contemporary Art. ISBN 9781888708219.

Awards

References

  1. "Contemporary Conversations: Who is the late Anne Chu?". U.S. Embassy and Consulates in Canada. Retrieved 8 August 2017.
  2. "Anne Chu (1959–2016)". Retrieved 2016-07-26.
  3. "Marlborough Gallery — Anne Chu Graphics Artwork". marlboroughgallery.com.
  4. "Anonymous Was A Woman Award 2015". Supporting Women Artists Over 40. Retrieved 2016-03-05.
  5. "Kunstmuseen Krefeld: Anne Chu: Animula Vagula Blandula, September 30, 2012-April 7, 2013". kunstmuseenkrefeld.de.
  6. "Museum of Contemporary Art North Miami: Anne Chu, April 14-July 3, 2005". mocanomi.org.
  7. "Anne Chu: Falk Visiting Artist". uncg.edu.
  8. "BAM/PFA - Art Exhibitions - Anne Chu / MATRIX 184". berkeley.edu. Archived from the original on 2013-01-07.
  9. "Institute of Contemporary Art, University of Pennsylvania: Mineral Spirits: Anne Chu and Matthew Monahan, September 15-December 5, 2010". icaphila.org.
  10. "Brooklyn Museum: Playing House". brooklynmuseum.org.
  11. "Carnegie Museum of Art". cmoa.org. Archived from the original on 2012-03-06.
  12. Joan Mitchell Foundation. "Joan Mitchell Foundation". joanmitchellfoundation.org.
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