DANIEL CHEN:PROCESS
Valise, Checkmate, Frequency
Radian Gallery is pleased to present “PROCESS,” the crystalline and pixelated landscape paintings of California artist Daniel Chen. The show opened on Wednesday June 24th is available for viewing through Saturday, August 31st. There was an opening reception on August 1 2024 from 5:00pm - 7:30pm PT at the gallery.
PROCESS, 2024, installation view © Courtesy Radian Gallery
PROCESS is Radian Gallery’s first solo show of Chen’s oil paintings. In PROCESS, Daniel Chen asks the viewer to consider both the artist’s technical and conceptual approach (his process), as well as the way they regard, internalize, and contextualize their own experience with his work (their process).
About Daniel Chen
Daniel Chen is a painter based in San Francisco, California, who spent his formative years between the SF Bay Area and Taiwan. Instead of pursuing a legal career after college, he chose to follow his true passion. Daniel holds degrees from the Academy of Art University and the California College of the Arts. Daniel's artistic practice revolves around the exploration of space, color, and memory. Using oil on canvas, he employs linear planes, pixels, and striking color shifts to create enigmatic landscapes and memories. His work draws significant inspiration from Impressionists and currently encompasses two series: 'Pixels' and 'Interiors and Exteriors.' Influenced by artists like Claude Monet, Francis Bacon, and David Choe, Daniel's work represents a unique fusion of diverse artistic elements. His first lessons in painting came from his maternal grandfather, a traditional calligraphy painter and art teacher. In addition, his mother, based in Kaohsiung, Taiwan, is also an oil painter.
About Radian Gallery
Radian is dedicated to showing California contemporary art. Located in San Francisco’s SoMa District, the gallery, under Founding Director Tony Wessling, a University of Michigan School of Art graduate and successful creative agency entrepreneur, has been steadily building a folio of highly talented rising artists whose work engages viewers with the combination of technical skill and conceptual exploration that is the hallmark of the Golden State’s ethos. “Radian” is the mathematical term for the angle that underpins an arc, and Radian, the gallery, aims to provide California artists with an angle of approach to the broader contemporary art conversation that underpins an upward arc of their career.
Please visit our website here or our Instagram here. For more information about Daniel’s artwork please visit his site here, and you can also find him on Instagram here. His interview with the magazine can be found here also.
