February group show at Spoke Art Gallery (San Francisco)

Between Heaven and Earth oil and gold leaf on board. 8″x10″. 2014.

Hi everyone, hope everyone’s been doing well! It’s been a long time since an update. I’ve been very busy working on some major health issues for about a year now, but I have a new painting “Between Heaven and Earth” available at Spoke Art Gallery (San Francisco, CA)! It’ll be there from Feb 7- Feb 28 for Prisma Collective’s 3rd annual group show.  At the same time our Prisma Collective Group, will be releasing and selling a book through Spoke Art. Very exciting stuff : )!  (Prisma Collective is an international group of artists put together by Kaspian Shore.)

Website: http://www.spoke-art.com/
Reception: Feb7, 7-10pm.
Address: 816 Sutter St. San Francisco, CA 94109
If you’re interested in purchasing, please contact: spokeartgallery@gmail.com purchase through their website, or call 1(415) 796-3774.

October Show at Last Rites Gallery

Hi Everybody! Here’s a couple progress shots and then the final!

“Tears of the Saints” oil and gold leaf on board, 8″x10″

will be available at Last Rites Gallery (New York, NY) for their annual group show, “The 13th Hour”!

Duration: Oct 11- Nov 15

Reception: Oct 11, 7-11pm.

Address: 325 W 38th St. #1 NYC

Contact: info@lastritesgallery.tv or call 1(212)560-0666

Updates

Here are some things I’ve been working on.  Sorry for my absence, as I’ve been updating on Tumblr more these days since it’s connected to my Instagram account. It just makes things much easier to upload. Feel free to check them out and/or follow me there : ).

http://chrystalchan.tumblr.com/

http://instagram.com/chrystal_chan

 Underdrawing of a painting.

Painting progress.

Jumping projects temporarily to work on this coaster show. Here’s the under drawing.

More progress, almost done.

Gold leaf finish : )! One more coaster to go.

 

Copro Show Coverage and an Interview

http://arrestedmotion.com/2014/06/previews-chrystal-chan-coprogallery/

http://exhibition-ism.com/post/88397224147

http://platinumcheese.com/2014/06/13/chrystal-chan-copro-gallery/

Interview by Daniel Barron on Yay! LA mag:  http://www.yaylamag.com/chrystal-chan/

And a photo of me at Copro Gallery on opening night : )! Thanks for those who came out to say hello!

June Mini Solo Show at Copro Gallery

‘The Shepherdess’ 20″x16″ oil and gold metal leaf on board; hand gilded gold metal leaf addition on frame. 2014.

‘The Protector’ 20″x28″ oil on board. 2014.

‘The Destined Path’ 5″x7″ oil on board. 2014.

‘Refined Purity’ 11″x14″ oil on board. 2014.

‘Contemplating Destined Coordinates’ 20″x16″ oil on board. 2012.

‘The Unknown’ 8″x8″ oil and gold metal leaf on board. 2014.

‘Sanctification’ 16″x20″ oil on board. 2011.

‘The Sacrifice’ 4″x4″ acrylic, graphite, and gold metal leaf on arches hot press watercolor paper. 2014.

‘Angel’s Eyes’ 6″x6″ oil, watercolor, graphite, matte medium and gold metal leaf on arches hot press watercolor paper. 2014.

‘The Earth That Eats Me’ 8.5″x10.5″ graphite on moleskine paper. 2013.

(Click on images to view larger.  All work is framed.)

Hope everyone has been doing well.  I’m part of a small group show at Copro Gallery(Santa Monica, CA) June 14th- July 5th.  Reception is June 14; 8-11:30pm.  It’ll consist of 4 mini solo shows and 2 guest artists.  I’m one of the mini solos : ).  I’ll have 7 new works and 3 oldies but goodies.

If you’re interested in acquiring any of the works, please call 1(310)829-2156 or email: copronason@msn.com The gallery hours are: Wed-Sat 1-6pm.

Website:  www.coprogallery.com
Reception:  This Saturday! June 14; 8:00 – 11:30 pm
Show Duration:  June 14 – July 5
Address:  Copro Gallery – Bergamot Station Arts Complex
2525 Michigan Ave , Unit T5, Santa Monica , CA 90404I’ll be attending the reception, so I hope to see you there : )!

Enjoy!

Some Previews for June 14th (This Saturday)!

 Matted and ready for framing : ).

Sneaking glances.  A cropped preview.

Part of an older piece (2ish yrs?), “Contemplating Destined Coordinates” that I’ll also be putting in the June Copro show.

Sorry, I’ve been neglecting my WordPress account and using my Tumblr blog http://chrystalchan.tumblr.com/ more often due to convenience.  (My instagram account hooks up straight to it!)  But, I will still keep this up to date…just a bit slower.  I’ll be posting one more blog post right after this, for information of the upcoming show this Saturday!  Stay tuned!

 

Preview, Oldie, and Some News

A very angled photo of work in progress for the show at Copro Gallery in June. Can you guess that poster on the wall? One of my favorite cartoons haha.

Old unfinished drawing from quite a while ago…

This Joan of Arc piece I did a little while ago is going to be part of Spectrum 21 (a curated book on contemporary fantasy art)! Congrats to those who got in!

February Show at WWA Gallery & More Previews

“Death is at Work in Us, but Life is at Work in You” 11″x14″ oil on board.

Sorry for this image repost, but it has a show to go to now : D!  Here’s the info:

This painting will be at WWA Gallery (Culver City, CA) for the “Prisma Collective 2nd Annual Group Show”.  If you’re interested in acquiring, please call 1(310)836-4992.  Their store hours are: Tues-Sat 11-5pm.  

 

Website: http://www.wwagallery.com/

 

Reception: This Saturday! Feb 15th; 7-10pm. 

 

Show Duration: Feb 15- March 15

 

Address: 9517 Culver Blvd, Culver City, CA 90232.  

Click on image to expand and see full list of artists.  (I’m part of this amazing roster of artists called Prisma Collective.  It’ll definitely be worth checking out if you’re around the area : )!)

Close up of a piece I just finished.  It’s for my featured spot at Copro Gallery in June.  I’ll show the full image closer to the date.

Close up of current work in progress that’s also for Copro in June.  I’m doing some new experiments with this one : ).

All right, have a good week everyone!

 

Sneak Peaks and Business Card

Hope everyone’s doing well and had a great New Years + holidays : ).  Above is my current work in progress; I started this new year.

These two are sneak peaks of paintings that are part of my featured spot at Copro gallery in June : D!  I can’t wait to show you the full images~ and more color corrected : P!

I finally made my first business cards about a month ago.

Current gallery schedule (2014):

Flower Pepper Gallery (group show): January

WWA Gallery (group show): February

Copro Gallery (featured spot): June

Ayden Gallery (group show): August

Last Rites Gallery (group show): October

Atomica Gallery (group show): November

 

“Lacrima Aquarium” at Acquario Romano Museum (Rome, Italy)

“Of Land and Sea“ 20″x16″ oil on board (click image to view larger)

 

This painting is part of a show called “Lacrima Aquarium” at Acquario Romano Museum (Rome, Italy), held by Dorothy Circus Gallery.  This is the first time I have shown in Rome!  Check it out if you’re around the area, since it is a rather rare occurrence ; ).  The line up for this show is spectacular too, so I can guarantee amazing art!!  If interested in acquiring, please contact:  a.mazzanti@dorothycircusgallery.com or call +39 338 94 99 432 (Rome,Italy). 

Website:  http://www.dorothycircusgallery.com/

Address: Casa Dell’ Architettura, Piazza Manfredo Fanti 47- 00185 Roma  (The beautiful building shown in in the flyer below!)

Show Duration:  December 6th – December 30th