John Hee Taek Chae

Richmond, Virginia
chae.john@gmail.com


About

John Hee Taek Chae (b. 1988, Boulder, Colorado) is an artist whose work investigates the hybridization and mutation that occurs as the result of immigration. He received his MFA in Painting and Printmaking at Virginia Commonwealth University in 2020. He was a 2021 MacDowell Fellow and a Yaddo Fellow in 2022. His recent exhibitions include a solo exhibition at D.D.D.D. Gallery and at March Gallery in NYC, Tap Gallery in Montreal, and a forthcoming solo exhibition at Institute 193 in Lexington, KY. He lives and works in Richmond Virginia, and is an instructor at Old Dominion University.


Education

Maryland Institute College of Art

Bachelor of Fine Arts / Painting Major and Art History Minor

Fall 2010

Virginia Commonwealth University

Master of Fine Arts / Painting and Printmaking

Spring 2020


CV

Exhibitions

2023 Energetic Maps, TAP Gallery, Montreal, Canada (two-person)

2023 Shed Your Eyes, MARCH Gallery, New York, NY (solo)

2022 Western Paintings, D.D.D.D., New York, NY (solo)

2022 Conscious, Subconscious, (Collective) Unconscious, The Anderson Gallery, Richmond, VA (Group)

2022 Thank Goodness it’s Face to Face, Gordon Galleries , Norfolk, VA (Group)

2021 Cardinal Club, The Anderson Gallery, Richmond, VA (Group)

2021 The Language of the Birds, Tuesday Gallery, Richmond, VA (Group)

2021 good faith, The Anderson Gallery, Richmond, VA (Solo)

2020 Now more than ever, Summer Exhibition, Wassaic Project, Wassaic, NY 2020 (Group)

2019 Fata Morgana, Candidacy Exhibition Richmond, VA (Group)

2018 Parallel Play, FAB Gallery, Richmond, VA (Group)

2014 Make. Believe., MOCA Jacksonville, Jacksonville, FL (Solo)

2013 Fermentation, CoRK Arts District, Jacksonville, FL (Solo)

Awards

MacDowell Fellow (2021)
Pamela Joy Johnson Bequest Fellowship (2021)
Graduate Teaching Fellow (VCU) - Full funding 2018-2020
Esther Elizabeth Motz Memorial Scholarship
Clarence B. and Nell G. Williams Scholarship
VCU Graduate Research Grant
VCU Graduate Travel Grant
VCU Anderson Publishing Grant
Wurtzel Residency
Barbara Ritzman Devereux Visiting Artist Grant


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