7445 N. Campbell Chicago, IL 60645                773.458.3150                [email protected]

Diem Chau

           

                 

                 

           

           

           

                 

                 

                 

           

           

     


Chau combines common mediums and common means to create delicate vignettes of fleeting memory, gesture and form, resulting in works that combine egalitarian sensibility and minimalist restraint. Her work touches on the value of storytelling and myth and its ability to connect us to each other through cultural and humanistic similarities. Chau's current work drifts into new territory by exploring the periphery of the narrative, moments forgotten and faded, or too brief to retain.

A Vietnam native, Diem Chau and her family came to America as refugees in 1986. Chau is a BFA graduate from Cornish College of the Arts and has received an Artist Trust GAP Grant and a PONCHO Artist-in-Residence Award. Her work has been exhibited in New York, Chicago, Miami, Seattle and Los Angeles. Her most recent public success is a U.S. Cellular commercial featuring her carved crayons melting backwards.