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Andrea Chung (born 1978) is an American artist born in Newark, NJ and currently works in San Diego, CA. Her work focuses primarily on island nations in the Indian Ocean and the Caribbean Sea; specifically on how outsiders perceive a fantastic reality in spaces deemed as “paradise”.
andrea chung. statement cyanotype you broke the ocean in half to be here… the weight of memory sugar bain de mer sink & swim ...
Oct 20, 2021 · Mixed-media artist Andrea Chung is known for her subversive use of materials produced by European colonialism. She experiments with many different creative methods to address the pervasive legacy of imperialism and critique its violent structure.
Andrea Chung was born in New Jersey to Caribbean parents. In her research-based art practice, Chung investigates labour and materials connected to postcolonial countries. She uses perishable and precious materials steeped in her own personal history.
Andrea Chung lives and works in San Diego, California. She received a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Parsons School of Design, New York, and a Master of Fine Arts from Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore.
Andrea Chung, 2022. Photo courtesy of the artist. Andrea Chung earned a BFA from Parsons School of Design and an MFA from Maryland Institute College of Art.
In this series of prints, Andrea Chung unpacks the notions of history and time in tourism advertisements for Jamaican resorts. Chung recontextualizes this language by combining phrases in Jamaican Patois and found photographic imagery.
