You-Ni Chae

June 30 - July 6, 2024

You-Ni Chae, born in Daegu, South Korea. She lives and works in Queens, New York. She earned her BFA(2006), MFA(2008) from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 2008. Her intimate abstract paintings are highly aware of basic pictorial structure, movement and color through improvisation, repetition and spontaneity. They are drawn from both Eastern and Western artistic traditions. In her works, brush work and process are held in close tension with image and perception. She grapples with history and identity to create works that simultaneously hold seemingly competing thoughts, places and intentions. Recent solo/ two persons exhibitions include: Fata Morgana at Laurel Gitlen, New York, NY, You Ni Chae and Brad Mildrexler at Adams and Ollman, Portland, OR, On the Umber Rim, Guertin’s Graphics, Red Hook, NY, Plants, Window, Cloud, Tails, Adds Donna Gallery, Chicago, IL, and Motif Painting, 65Grand Gallery, Chicago, IL, Groundless Beef, Julius Caesar, Chicago, IL

You Ni Chae, Untitled, oil on linen, 19 x 16 in.; 4. Eric J Garcia, Alien Abduction, 2021, prickly pear ink on paper, h: 8 x w: 5 in.