The College of Southern Nevada, School of Arts & Letters, and Department of Fine Arts will host an exhibition of acrylic abstract paintings that draw inspiration from traditional Chinese calligraphy by Shanghai, China born and Southern California based artist, John Chang. John Chang: Word Beyond Interpretation will open on Friday, September 20, 2024, and run through Saturday, November 23, 2024, in the Artspace Gallery on the North Las Vegas Campus of the College of Southern Nevada.
John Chang earned his Master of Fine Arts Degree in Visual Art from the College of Art and Design at Lesley University. He earned his Bachelor of Arts Degree from the Shanghai Institute of Technology, School of Art and Design in Shanghai, China. Chang also studied with the well-known artists Xu Bing and Judith Barry.
Born and raised in Shanghai, China, John Chang is an artist based in Southern California. Chang’s works have been widely exhibited, including at the Alexander Brest Museum at Jacksonville University, Jacksonville, FL, the Fresh Paint Art Gallery, Culver City, CA. Palm Springs Art Museum, CA, and at the COOS Art Museum, CA. Massillon Museum, OH. Chang’s work has been featured in diverse publications such as Pasadena Star-News, KTLA and Art in America, Art Ltd. Chang’s work can be found in the collections of the San Diego International Airport, San Diego Civic Art Collection, The Star Hotel, Sydney, Australia, Caesar Palace, Las Vegas, the Regis Hotel, New York, New, York, and the National Taiwan Museum of Fine Art, Taiwan.
John Chang dreams in many worlds and brings back remnants. In his new works, people come and go; yet no one is seen. The migrators leave their shadows in the air and their marks on the sidewalks. Their words and echoes float through storms of sharp, black fragments flying in all directions. Chang’s East/West identity enriches his memory and brings flashbacks from lives lived in many places.
The CSN Artspace Gallery is free, family friendly, and open to the public. Gallery hours are from 8 a.m. to 10:30 p.m. Monday through Friday and 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday. The Artspace Gallery is upstairs above the main entrance lobby on the North Las Vegas campus located at 3200 E. Cheyenne Avenue, one-mile East of I-15 North.
For more information, please call (702) 651-4146
http://www.csn.edu/artgallery
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