Bio
Aiwen Chen was born and raised in Guangzhou China. In 1996, Chen immigrated with her family to the United States. She worked part-time as a bookkeeper in New Hampshire for over ten years. After her daughter turned eleven, Aiwen was able to go back to school to study art at Lake Region Community College, where she earned her associate of arts degree. She received the President’s Award for Excellence and was included into Phi Theta Kappa International Honor Society in 2008. She has also had numerous pieces of her work published in the Lake Region Community College yearbook – Prescott Hill Author Society.
Chen was awarded a partial scholarship from the Imagine America Foundation in 2011 and earned her BFA from the Academy of Art University in drawing and painting in 2017. Her artwork has been selected for the AAU spring shows for consecutive three years, as well as receiving an award for the 3rd place in the category of Landscape/Urbanscape in 2016.
Aiwen Chen love to do plein air painting. She also likes to paint portraits and still-life paintings, but landscape is her favorite subject to paint. She is inspired by the beauty of nature and attracted to places where water flows. Her art combines techniques that she learned from her mentor Director Craig Nelson, Zhao Ming Wu, Calvin Liang,and Adam Forfang, and she often likes to use a palette knife and varied brushstrokes to create textures to form depth to mimic the original objects and places. She wants her art to reflect everyday human life and celebrate the beauty of nature.
She lives in the golden state California. Since 2015, she taught children arts & crafts, Mandarin in private schools in Milpitas, Campbell, and Redwood City CA. In the meantime, she worked both with AAU teachers and students painting a mural for a San Francisco Fire House. In 2019, she invited by the Golden Hill Art Association to do the acrylic painting demonstration. Her artworks has been collected by many art collectors nationally. In 2022, her work “Happy Waterfalls” was selected for the California Art Club Biennale: Celebrating California. Currently, she is members of California Art Club, Oil Painters of America, and working as a professional artist.
Education
2017 BFA Drawing and Painting Academy of Art University
2010 AA Drawing and Painting Lake Region Community College
Awards
2019 Reflections Elegante Fine Art Gallery, Award of Excellence
2018 Los Goto Art Association, Monthly Show, 2nd Place
2016 Academy of Art University Spring Show, Landscape painting 3rd Place
2011 Imagine America Foundation, Imagine America ASEP Award
2009 Lake Region Community College, Creative Arts Festival 3rd Place
2008 Lake Region Community College, President’s Award for Excellence
Solo Exhibitions
2018 Window To Nature, 688 Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2018 Window To Nature, The Cannery Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Group Exhibitions
2024 The Moment In Time, Coastal Arts League Gallery, Half Moon Bay, CA
2023 Member Show 2023-2024, Coastal Arts League Gallery, Half Moon Bay, CA
2023 The De Young Opening 2023, De Young Museum, San Francisco, CA
2023 Seasons of Beauty, Coastal Arts League Gallery, Half Moon Bay, CA
2022 The Sun Still Shining, Phantom Art Gallery, Milpitas, CA
2022 Capitola Plein Air Competition, Jade Park Community Center, Capitola CA
2022 California Art Club - Celebrating California, Blue Line Art Gallery, Roseville CA
2022 Triton Museum Annual Gala Auction, Triton Museum, Santa Clara, CA
2019 Opening Show, Reflections Elegante Fine Art Gallery, San Jose, CA
2019 Academy of Art University Fine Art Faculty/Alumni Auction, San Francisco, CA
2018 The Fall Members' Juried Show, The Los Gatos Art Association, Los Gatos, CA
2018 Academy of Art University Fine Art Faculty/Alumni Auction, San Francisco, CA
2017 Spring Show, Academy of Art University, San Francisco, CA
2016 Spring Show, Academy of Art University, San Francisco, CA
2015 Spring Show, Academy of Art University, San Francisco, CA
2009 Creative Arts Festival, Lake Region Community College, Laconia, NH
Bibliography
Prescott Hill Authors Society(P.H.A.S. tracks) year book, Lake Region Community College,
2009, #41, #43
Prescott Hill Authors Society(P.H.A.S. tracks) year book, Lake Region Community College,
2008, Front Cover, #46, #47, #54, #55
Professional Experience
2022 - Current Professional Artist and part-time art teacher in many schools
2018 - 2022 Art Teacher, Right Brains Fine Art Studio, Campbell, CA
2019 - 2020 Mandarin & Art Teacher, PlayThrive, Redwood City, CA
2019 Acrylic Demonstration for Golden Hill Art Association
2015 - 2017 Art Teacher, Artistic Art Studio, Milpitas, CA
Aiwen Chen was born and raised in Guangzhou China. In 1996, Chen immigrated with her family to the United States. She worked part-time as a bookkeeper in New Hampshire for over ten years. After her daughter turned eleven, Aiwen was able to go back to school to study art at Lake Region Community College, where she earned her associate of arts degree. She received the President’s Award for Excellence and was included into Phi Theta Kappa International Honor Society in 2008. She has also had numerous pieces of her work published in the Lake Region Community College yearbook – Prescott Hill Author Society.
Chen was awarded a partial scholarship from the Imagine America Foundation in 2011 and earned her BFA from the Academy of Art University in drawing and painting in 2017. Her artwork has been selected for the AAU spring shows for consecutive three years, as well as receiving an award for the 3rd place in the category of Landscape/Urbanscape in 2016.
Aiwen Chen love to do plein air painting. She also likes to paint portraits and still-life paintings, but landscape is her favorite subject to paint. She is inspired by the beauty of nature and attracted to places where water flows. Her art combines techniques that she learned from her mentor Director Craig Nelson, Zhao Ming Wu, Calvin Liang,and Adam Forfang, and she often likes to use a palette knife and varied brushstrokes to create textures to form depth to mimic the original objects and places. She wants her art to reflect everyday human life and celebrate the beauty of nature.
She lives in the golden state California. Since 2015, she taught children arts & crafts, Mandarin in private schools in Milpitas, Campbell, and Redwood City CA. In the meantime, she worked both with AAU teachers and students painting a mural for a San Francisco Fire House. In 2019, she invited by the Golden Hill Art Association to do the acrylic painting demonstration. Her artworks has been collected by many art collectors nationally. In 2022, her work “Happy Waterfalls” was selected for the California Art Club Biennale: Celebrating California. Currently, she is members of California Art Club, Oil Painters of America, and working as a professional artist.
Education
2017 BFA Drawing and Painting Academy of Art University
2010 AA Drawing and Painting Lake Region Community College
Awards
2019 Reflections Elegante Fine Art Gallery, Award of Excellence
2018 Los Goto Art Association, Monthly Show, 2nd Place
2016 Academy of Art University Spring Show, Landscape painting 3rd Place
2011 Imagine America Foundation, Imagine America ASEP Award
2009 Lake Region Community College, Creative Arts Festival 3rd Place
2008 Lake Region Community College, President’s Award for Excellence
Solo Exhibitions
2018 Window To Nature, 688 Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2018 Window To Nature, The Cannery Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Group Exhibitions
2024 The Moment In Time, Coastal Arts League Gallery, Half Moon Bay, CA
2023 Member Show 2023-2024, Coastal Arts League Gallery, Half Moon Bay, CA
2023 The De Young Opening 2023, De Young Museum, San Francisco, CA
2023 Seasons of Beauty, Coastal Arts League Gallery, Half Moon Bay, CA
2022 The Sun Still Shining, Phantom Art Gallery, Milpitas, CA
2022 Capitola Plein Air Competition, Jade Park Community Center, Capitola CA
2022 California Art Club - Celebrating California, Blue Line Art Gallery, Roseville CA
2022 Triton Museum Annual Gala Auction, Triton Museum, Santa Clara, CA
2019 Opening Show, Reflections Elegante Fine Art Gallery, San Jose, CA
2019 Academy of Art University Fine Art Faculty/Alumni Auction, San Francisco, CA
2018 The Fall Members' Juried Show, The Los Gatos Art Association, Los Gatos, CA
2018 Academy of Art University Fine Art Faculty/Alumni Auction, San Francisco, CA
2017 Spring Show, Academy of Art University, San Francisco, CA
2016 Spring Show, Academy of Art University, San Francisco, CA
2015 Spring Show, Academy of Art University, San Francisco, CA
2009 Creative Arts Festival, Lake Region Community College, Laconia, NH
Bibliography
Prescott Hill Authors Society(P.H.A.S. tracks) year book, Lake Region Community College,
2009, #41, #43
Prescott Hill Authors Society(P.H.A.S. tracks) year book, Lake Region Community College,
2008, Front Cover, #46, #47, #54, #55
Professional Experience
2022 - Current Professional Artist and part-time art teacher in many schools
2018 - 2022 Art Teacher, Right Brains Fine Art Studio, Campbell, CA
2019 - 2020 Mandarin & Art Teacher, PlayThrive, Redwood City, CA
2019 Acrylic Demonstration for Golden Hill Art Association
2015 - 2017 Art Teacher, Artistic Art Studio, Milpitas, CA
My Favorite Quotes:
大其心，容天下之物。虚其心， 爱天下之善。
Happiness is a perfume you cannot pour on others without getting a few drops on yourself.
~E. Joseph Cossman
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