ARTIST STATEMENT
Takming Chuang
My studio practice is informed by emotions that arise daily between accepting and rejecting change. From the ways that I think to the ways that I feel and look, my memory-based identity is constantly shifting within this aging body. There is a desire to anchor myself, if only momentarily, to the things that I make. I incorporate some of my photographs and prints into sculptures and installations inspired by a wide range of preventative, preservation, and recovery practices. References include skincare, fitness, physical therapy, food preservation, craft traditions, archives, object conservation, funerary customs, historic restoration, and museology. I am interested in the material outcome of actions that attempt to defy the nature of impermanence.
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Takming Chuang
Takming Chuang creates prints, photographs, and sculptures inspired by various preservation practices. References include skincare, fitness, food preservation, craft traditions, object conservation, funerary customs, historic restoration, and museology. He is interested in the bodily impact of actions that attempt to define, organize, and control the nature of impermanence. Chuang’s work has been featured in exhibitions and residencies at SculptureCenter NY, White Columns NY, Hessel Museum of Art NY, Camden Arts Centre UK, Headlands Center for the Arts CA, the Berkeley Art Museum CA, among others. He received an MFA from UC Berkeley (2017) and a BA in Economics (2000) from SUNY Binghamton. Born in New York City (1978), Chuang lives in San Francisco and works in Oakland.
Website: takmingchuang.com
Instagram: @takming_chuang
