Short Bio
Aiwen Chen was awarded a partial scholarship from the Imagine America Foundation in 2011 and earned her BFA from the Academy of Art University in drawing and painting in 2017. She lives in the golden state California. Since 2015, she taught children arts & crafts, Mandarin in private schools in Milpitas, Campbell, and Redwood City CA. Her artworks has been collected by many art collectors nationally. In 2022, her work “Happy Waterfalls” was selected for the California Art Club Biennale: Celebrating California. Currently, she is members of Califo rnia Art Club, Oil Painters of America, and working as a professional artist. Website: www.aiwenchen.com Email: aiwen.c.art@gmail.com Instagram: @aiwenchen_art
Statement
I love to do plein air painting. I also likes to paint portraits and still-life paintings, but landscape is my favorite subject to paint. I inspired by the beauty of nature and attracted to places where water flows. My artworks combines techniques that I learned from my mentor Director Craig Nelson, Zhao Ming Wu, Calvin Liang,and Adam Forfang, etc., and I often likes to use a palette knife and varied brushstrokes to create textures to form depth to mimic the original objects and places. I wants my art to reflect everyday human life and celebrate the beauty of nature.
Biography
Aiwen Chen was born and raised in Guangzhou, China. In 1996, Chen immigrated with her family to the United States.
Chen was awarded a partial scholarship from the Imagine America Foundation in 2011 and earned her BFA from the Academy of Art University in drawing and painting in 2017. Her artwork has been selected for the AAU spring shows for consecutive three years, as well as receiving an award for the 3rd place in the category of Landscape/Urbanscape in 2016.
Aiwen Chen love to do plein air painting. She also likes to paint portraits and still-life paintings, but landscape is her favorite subject to paint. She is inspired by the beauty of nature and attracted to places where water flows. Her art combines techniques that she learned from her mentor Director Craig Nelson, Zhao Ming Wu, Calvin Liang, and Adam Forfang, etc., and she often likes to use a palette knife and varied brushstrokes to create textures to form depth to mimic the original objects and places. She wants her art to reflect everyday human life and celebrate the beauty of nature.
She lives in the golden state California. Since 2015, she taught children arts & crafts, Mandarin in private schools in Milpitas, Campbell, and Redwood City CA. In the meantime, she worked both with AAU teachers and students painting a mural for a San Francisco Fire House. In 2019, she invited by the Golden Hill Art Association to do the acrylic painting demonstration. Her artworks has been collected by many art collectors nationally. In 2022, her work “Happy Waterfalls” was selected for the California Art Club Biennale: Celebrating California. Currently, she is members of California Art Club, Oil Painters of America, and working as a professional artist.
Website: www.aiwenchen.com
Email: aiwen.c.art@gmail.com
Instagram: @aiwenchen_art
Resume / CV
Education
2017 BFA Drawing and Painting Academy of Art University
2010 AA Drawing and Painting Lake Region Community College
Awards
2016 Academy of Art University Spring Show, Landscape painting 3rd Place
2011 Imagine America Foundation, 2011 Imagine America ASEP Award
2009 Lake Region Community College, Creative Arts Festival 3rd Place
2008 Lake Region Community College, President’s Award for Excellence
Solo Exhibitions
2018 Window To Nature, 688 Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2018 Window To Nature, The Cannery Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Group Exhibitions
2022 The Sun Still Shining, Phantom Art Gallery, Milpitas, CA
2022 Capitola Plein Air Competition, Jade Park Community Center, Capitola CA
2022 California Art Club - Celebrating California, Blue Line Art Gallery, Roseville CA
2022 Triton Museum Annual Gala Auction, Triton Museum, Santa Clara, CA
2019 Opening Show, Reflections Elegante Fine Art Gallery, San Jose, CA
2019 Academy of Art University Fine Art Faculty/Alumni Auction, San Francisco, CA
2018 The Fall Members' Juried Show, The Los Gatos Art Association, Los Gatos, CA
2018 Academy of Art University Fine Art Faculty/Alumni Auction, San Francisco, CA
2017 Spring Show, Academy of Art University, San Francisco, CA
2016. Spring Show, Academy of Art University, San Francisco, CA
2015 Spring Show, Academy of Art University, San Francisco, CA
2009 Creative Arts Festival, Lake Region Community College, Laconia, NH
Bibliography
Prescott Hill Authors Society(P.H.A.S. tracks) year book, Lake Region Community College,
2009, #41, #43
Prescott Hill Authors Society(P.H.A.S. tracks) year book, Lake Region Community College,
2008, Front Cover, #46, #47, #54, #55
Professional Experience
2020 - Current Professional Artist
2019 Acrylic Demonstration for Golden Hill Art Association
2018 - current Art Teacher, RB Fine Art Studio, Campbell, CA
2015 - 2017 Art Teacher, Artistic Art Studio, Milpitas, CA
