{"title":"Luo-Han Chen","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDegree:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eFine Art MFA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eUniversity:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eNewcastle University\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGraduation Year:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2 class=\"h4\"\u003eNew Blood Art Commentary\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"statement\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"mcePastedContent\" data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\"\u003eYou know those phrases like - can’t see the wood for the trees..? About how proximity distorts perception? With Luo-Han Chen.. the concept almost feels inverted. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"mcePastedContent\"\u003eFrom a distance Luo-Han’s paintings read as suspended atmosphere. Muted indigo, ash, bruised violet - it’s a kind of cosmic weather. Her work grows from a state of inner contradiction - the body minuscule, yet perception boundless.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"mcePastedContent\"\u003eFractals, Fibonacci, sacred geometry - up close we find constellations and patterns stitched with almost-invisible linear tracings. Points of structural light, mapping connection points and creating near invisible underlying systems.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt’s an amazing achievement to collapse distance in paint and hold the scale shift like this  - at one register we find the astronomical - nebulae, dark matter, star charts and at another the cellular - spores, pollen, mineral bloom, microscopic life. The macro and micro occupy the same plane - where the universe behaves like lichen and lichen behaves like the universe.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"mcePastedContent\"\u003eI haven’t seen work like it. Luo-Han graduated in 2023, she held her first solo show last year. This is a remarkable emerging artist with a truly unique vision. Works are currently available from three figures - a compelling entry point for collectors engaging early with a distinctive emerging voice.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"statement2\"\u003e\n\u003ch2 class=\"h4\"\u003eArtist Statement\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eI work across paper, silk, cloth, and earthen surfaces. My practice centres on the relationships between light, matter, and perception. Through attention and negotiation with pigments, fibre, clay, and the particular nature of each material, I allow the painting to emerge through the process.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn the Night Atlas series, moths, orchids, faint light, and other unnameable forms surface and recede. Points of light are scattered across the picture plane; I connect them by intuition. It is an old impulse: to find order in darkness, to weave myth from scattered light. Constellations are not forms given by nature, but relationships waiting to be perceived. In my paintings, I both discover and compose constellations of my own. Meaning emerges where perception meets material, and where discovery and making intertwine.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eForms appear, dissolve, and return, shifting vision from recognition towards sensation. Shaped by close, sustained attention to small lives, tidal rhythms, breath, and the subtle mutations of matter, my imagery resists clarity and asks for stillness, for the viewer's time and continued presence.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThese floating forms are what I leave behind, for myself and for the viewer: places where perception lingers, and where meaning slowly surfaces.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"artist_exhibitions\"\u003e\n\u003ch2 class=\"h4\"\u003eSolo Exhibitions\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e(2025) Quiet Fragments, Xa-art, Taipei, Taiwan\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2 class=\"h4\"\u003eGroup Exhibitions\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e(2023) Surface Matters, Audain Gallery, Canada\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e(2023) Counterpart, Newcastle University, UK\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e(2020) MFA Interim Show, Star and Shadow, UK\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e(2020) Flotation Devices, Audain Gallery, Canada\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e(2018) Now, New Taipei City Art Centre, Taiwan\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e(2016) Schrödinger’s Cat Tin, Dechun Gallery, Taiwan\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"tree-in-the-clouds","title":"Tree in the Clouds","description":"Original painting in mixed media on paper on panel. 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