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| DIEM CHAU , SEATTLE ( WASHINGTON , U.S.A. ) |
SOURCES –
DIEM CHAU’S WEBSITE - http://diemchau.com/ ,http://diemchau.com/about.html
DIEM CHAU’S BLOG - http://tinyhaus.blogspot.in/
A Vietnam native, Diem Chau ( born in 1979 at Saigon ) and her family left for America as refugees in 1986. Chau is a BFA graduate from Cornish College of the Arts (Seattle , WA) and has received an Artist Trust GAP Grant and a PONCHO Artist-in-Residence Award. Her work has been exhibited in New York, Miami, Seattle and Los Angeles.
THE ARTIST’S STATEMENT –
"I started my carving in 2005 when I was doing research into folk art and Hobo Art. Hoboes were regarded as traveling laborers with a variety of skills; they often made whimsical carvings with whatever they had at hand. The artwork was simple and heartfelt. I fell in love with its genuine nature; the work is unassuming and approachable, but too often underappreciated. Much like the hoboes of the past, I come from a humble background, our resources were few but our stories are great. I really embrace the idea that art is for all and to reflect this philosophy the mediums I've chosen to use are objects from everyday life.
This series of pencil carvings focuses on the disappearance and extinction of life on earth. Some might see that as a fiction, but it just as well be an eventuality. In my lifetime I will see more lifeforms go extinct than the hundreds of generations previous. They might be as small as microbes or as big as whales and elephants, but I will be the last to see them. It's a melancholy thought. I wanted to capture this feeling and the fragile balance that exists in nature.”
CONTACT - diem@diemchau.com
DIEM CHAU'S PENCILS
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DIEM CHAU'S CRAYONS
THE ZODIAC COLLECTION
THE ALPHABET COLLECTION
MISCELLANEOUS
THE TOOTHPICKS
