Jimmy Chen Overview

Jimmy Chen romanticizes the prosaic aspects of modern life, lending a sensibility which elevates and makes it-for him-bearable. Through this, his images become marked with an ephemeral presence and uncanny grace. Primarily interested in cityscapes because of the imposition of urban... [more]

Jimmy Chen romanticizes the prosaic aspects of modern life, lending a sensibility which elevates and makes it-for him-bearable. Through this, his images become marked with an ephemeral presence and uncanny grace. Primarily interested in cityscapes because of the imposition of urban growth, Jimmy Chen uses acquired images which he relentlessly searches for, dramatically altering and cropping them for composition. He is enthralled by such pictorial malleability, and the material aspects with which it is rendered. The notion of empirical encounter and sensory ownership of a place is not his concern, but rather, a collective geography through the embodiment of our mutual surroundings. Jimmy Chen was born in Toronto, Canada. He graduated with honors from University of California Santa Cruz in 1998, earning a bachelor's degree in art. His work is represented in San Francisco and New York, and held in private collections internationally. [show less]