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Mel Chin

 
Mel Chin

American 20th-21st century sculptor, printmaker, painter, installation artist
(Houston, Texas, 1951 - )

Lives and works in Western North Carolina and NYC. Chin, a conceptual artist, was named a MacArthur Fellow in September 2019. Educated at Peabody College, Nashville, TN (B.A. 1975)

7 objects

Revival Ramp

1996
hard & soft ground etching, engraving, photo-etching and lithograph on paper
Anonymous Gift and Museum Purchase, Lloyd O. and Marjorie Strong Coulter Fund
1997.7
 

Self-Portrait (Bison and Hare)

1996
hard ground etching and aquatint on paper
Anonymous Gift and Museum Purchase, Lloyd O. and Marjorie Strong Coulter Fund
1997.8
 

The Flag of the Agricultural Revolution

1996
woodcut on paper
Anonymous Gift and Museum Purchase, Lloyd O. and Marjorie Strong Coulter Fund
1997.9
 

The Language of Birds

1996
soft ground etching, aquatint and lithograph on blue wove paper mounted on cardboard
Anonymous Gift and Museum Purchase, Lloyd O. and Marjorie Strong Coulter Fund
1997.10
 

Imperfect Pearls in the Ether of Infinite Labor

1996
woodcut and lithograph on silk scroll
Anonymous Gift and Museum Purchase, Lloyd O. and Marjorie Strong Coulter Fund
1998.13
 

Caged Corn

1992-2014
mixed media with hybrid cadmium accumulated dwarf corn (harvest sample 1991) on Redwood, galvanized steel
Archival Collection of Marion Boulton Stroud and Acadia Summer Arts Program, Mt. Desert Island, Maine. Gift from the Marion Boulton "Kippy" Stroud Foundation
2018.10.70.a-.b
 

Re-Match, Poster for Mel Chin Retrospective Exhibition

2014
paper
Archival Collection of Marion Boulton Stroud and Acadia Summer Arts Program, Mt. Desert Island, Maine. Gift from the Marion Boulton "Kippy" Stroud Foundation
2018.10.71