Born in Taiwan, Rachel Chou embraced her artistic ability from a young age. A fan of the outdoors, she enjoyed painting landscapes and murals. After her childhood, Rachel moved to Vancouver, where she studied animation at the Centre for Digital Imaging and Sound. She has freelanced as an illustrator and graphic designer.
Earlier this year, she explored Australia for six months. Since then, she has moved back to Taiwan and is immersing herself in art and music. Rachel thrives on the creativity that life drawing extracts from her. The unpolished figures she captures reflect a raw energy that photography cannot replicate. She also wants to use different media to express her views on society and the environment.
Rachel Chou rachelhchou@yahoo.ca
15 April 2018, Open Studio + Artists Workshop
3pm – 5pm 紅坊開放工作室 Open Studio
5pm -7pm 名字底下 What’s in a Name：藝術家工作坊 Artists Workshop
Facilitated by Sandy Chen and Sean Irving
What’s in a Name?
Sunday April 15, 2018 from 5pm – 7pm.
Limited to 12 people. RSVP here.
Purpose of Workshop:
To come to tentative conclusion on whether an artist should name a piece of work or leave it untitled, and whether titling it Untitled is in itself a form of title.
Reason for this:
How what we think affects what we see, and how seeing translates into thought which affects the seeing, creating a cycle of influence.
Can we see without reaching a conclusion? Without naming? Without generating ideas? Just see and let it wash over you, without condemnation or judgment?
Do the titles of works of art, or the names of cars, or the labels on shoes, force us into a way of thinking that we might not go into had their not been a title to label that thing?
Speaking of paintings specifically, how does the title given to that painting affect the viewer’s way of thinking about it, talking about it?
Facilitated by Sandy Chen and Sean Irving
Sandy and Sean’s exhibition Explorations/探索 is showing at the Red Room from April 5 to May 5, 2018.
