Memories, Trips, and Mappings / Anthony Huang and Chloe Wack

The opening will take place on 28 May, at 1.30pm, at CONCRETE Gallery.

This exhibition will present works completed both at the University of Tennessee - Knoxville in preparation for this exhibition and made during this four-week residency by Anthony Huang and Chloe Wack. This two-person exhibition will showcase each of the artist's individual processes of mark-making, abstraction, and distinctive color palette through a shared conceptual exploration of travel and mapping as methods for finding peace and reflection. 

Huang's practice is influenced by the daoist philosophy "Wu Wei" and the idea of "travel and observation" which is a reflection of his need to find mental balance as a city dweller. Wack's process of tracing and stitching as methods for knowing and recording will be explored primarily through embroidered cyanotype prints. While both artists use different printmaking processes and methods of abstracting images, their shared interest in observation and recording through the experience of this residency will show their attention to placemaking and the process of making art as a way to better know different places and cultures. 

Anthony Huang and Chloe Wack are in Wrocław on a two-month study visit resulting from a bilateral agreement between the E. Geppert Academy of Art and Design in Wrocław and the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. 

Anthony Huang 
Anthony Huang is a Taiwanese-American artist. He was born in Taipei and raised in Shanghai, China. He received his BA in Journalism at the East China University of Political Science and Law in 2014. After spending time working as a professional ballroom-dancer and theater producer in Shanghai, he moved to the United States where he lived first in Los Angeles, California and then received his first MFA in Illustration at the Savannah College of Art and Design. He recently completed his second graduate degree at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville where he earned an MFA in Studio Art with a concentration in Printmaking.

Chloe Wack 
Chloe Wack (b. 1995) is an multidisciplinary artist based in Knoxville, TN. Her practice spans printmaking, painting, textile, and time-based processes. She received her AFA from Montgomery College at the Takoma Park/Silver Spring campus with a concentration in Graphic Design, she then transferred to Towson University where she received her BFA with a focus in Illustration and Printmaking.  Post undergrad, she worked in the commercial printing industry as the Head Embroidery Tech & Shop Assistant at Graphix Haus, small independent print shop outside of Baltimore, MD. Chloe has recently completed her graduate studies at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville where she earned an MFA in Studio Art with a concentration in Printmaking.