HCMC – Artist Talk by Chou Chien Pang

Sat 26 Jul 2014, 5 pm
San Art Lab STUDIO

From the organizer:

“I used to draw while commuting when I was still a salary man. I am very comfortable with the fact that I could do some graffiti whenever and wherever I am. With the purpose of sharing the joy of creating and to enjoy the fun and peaceful atmosphere, I established a drawing group on Facebook and started to teach young children drawing, to paint on the walls of my rooms, to give people the artworks that I made for them freely as a gift. I am a newbie in the realm of art. Nonetheless I truly love creating and sharing, not to mention art itself. I have been questioning for my own way of making art by means of applying for art residence, getting myself involved in artist’s project, wandering galleries and making gallery maps. Sometimes, I empty all my emotions and just draw the totems carved upon my heart.”

– Chou Chien Pang, May 2014 –

San Art Laboratory welcomes Chou Chien-Pang, exchange residency artist from Bamboo Curtain Studio, Taipei, Taiwan. Master of laws and now artist by practice, Chou Chien Pang brings to Vietnam his “Project Connection”, a visual dialogue, an interactive documentation realized by means of drawing, lettering, interview, photographs and digital communication with the local community he visits. Nicknamed ‘A Pang’, he will be with us for one month – Come share your stories, and perhaps become part of the narrative!

Chou Chien Pang was born in 1979, currently lives and works in Taiwan. He got his Law degree from National Chengchi University, took a nine-to-five job, immersed in politics years before turning his joy of sharing, his drawings, his wandering around galleries into strenuous art practice. The now-MA artist has participated in the 2013 Young Art Taipei at Taipei Sheraton Hotel in May 2013, the 12th Artist Fair at Shihlin Paper factory and Tainan Cultural and Creative Industry Park, Taipei and Tainan in October 2013, and most recently has a solo show at Lei Gallery, Taichung, Taiwan early July 2014.