Fran Chang builds landscapes through painting in which the atmospheric expanse of the horizon contrasts with the dimensions of the canvas. The artist’s works are inspired by inhospitable places, devoid of human figures and vegetation, and depict ethereal and lunar scenarios where steam, water and ice predominate.
The choice of silk as a surface for pictorial creation—a medium that dialogues with her Taiwanese ancestry—reinforces the diaphanous character of her works and reveals the underlying structure, thus establishing a dialog with the tradition of painting.
Chang’s work speaks about the contemporary experience of a relationship with nature mediated by digital images, the intangibility of the natural world, and the ambiguous potential of silence and solitude by depicting scenes of a dissipating world.
Fran Chang has a Bachelor’s degree in Visual Arts. She also has an academic extension in Astrophysics and Astronautics from the Federal University of Santa Catarina. Her work is part of the collections of the Saint Louis Art Museum, in St. Louis, USA, and the Museu de Arte do Rio, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. In 2020, she was a recipient of Itaú Cultural’s Arte como Respiro public award.
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