Los Angeles
Steve Turner is pleased to present Xenogenesis, the debut solo exhibition for New York-based Vincent Cy Chen, which features otherworldly luminescent wall sculptures that imagine the intersection of the primordial world with a speculative future world. The exhibition title alludes to the concept of offspring being of a different species from their parents and suggests notions of metamorphosis, transformation, and hybridity. The sculptures are made from various materials and processes, including fiberglass and resin casting, metalsmithing, woodworking, resin-clay sculpting, and foam carving. Each work is self-illuminated with neon lighting and is meticulously airbrushed and ornamented with steel piercings and bird feathers. They resemble elements from exotic plants, deep sea creatures, reproductive organs, and electrical nodes. According to Chen, they are also inspired by the Buddhist temples and iconography he encountered during his youth in Taiwan. He envisions the exhibition space as a nexus between ancient and contemporary, familiar and unknown.
Vincent Cy Chen (born 1993, Taiwan) earned an MFA at New York University (2019) and a BFA at the School of Visual Arts, New York (2015). He has exhibited work at Untitled, Miami Beach (with Steve Turner); Shin Gallery, New York; Field Projects, New York; Harpers, Los Angeles and Kate Werble, New York.
Born 1993, Taiwan
Lives and works in Brooklyn
Education
2019
MFA, New York University, New York
2015
BFA, School of Visual Arts, New York
Solo & Two Person Exhibitions
2023
Harper’s, New York (upcoming)
RUSCHMAN, Chicago (upcoming)
Xenogenesis, Steve Turner, Los Angeles
2022
Honey in the Hive, Shin Gallery, New York
2021
Fill Me With Your Larvae, Daddy, Field Projects, New York
2019
Dove City Motel, Satellite Art Show, Brooklyn
Recreational Use Only, 80WSE Gallery Project Space, New York
Group Exhibitions
2023
RIPE, Harper’s, Los Angeles
2022
UNTITLED, Miami (with Steve Turner)
Loose Tooth, Kate Weble Gallery, New York
At The Table, Christie’s, New York
Merde!, Alyssa Davis Gallery, Brooklyn
The Entelechians, RUSCHMAN, Chicago
2021
Standing Out, The Outstandings, Latitude Gallery, New York
Spring/Break Art Show, New York (with Marisa Newman Projects)
PRIDE, Culture Lab LIC (Plxall Gallery), Queens
ISIT.exhibition, Spazio In Situ, Rome
2020
SWORM: Balla Balaclava and the Shithead Baroque, Super Dutchess, New York
2019
NYU MFA Thesis Exhibition, 80WSE Gallery, New York
Pond, Commons Gallery, New York
2018
Ethereal: A Snapshot of Asian-American Artists, 9 West 8th St., New York
Show #51: Our Souls To Keep, Field Projects, New York
NYU MFA First Year Show, 80WSE Gallery, New York
Bibliography
2021
“Next Big Things,” Galerie Magazine, Winter Issue
McClure, Diana. “The New Wave,” Visual Art Journal, Fall/Winter
2020
“Sworm: Balla Balaclava and the Shithead Baroque at Super Dutchess,” Art Viewer, July 15
2019
Create! Magazine, Issue 17
Guzman, Alissa. “An Anti-Mainstream Art Fair Feels More Like an Immersive Bazaar,” Hyperallergic, October 4
Vartanian Collier, Lizzy. “Vincent Cy Chen: To SATELLITE And Beyond,” The Honey Pump, September 18
