KELSEY CHEN is an interdisciplinary artist and theorist.

 

CURRENTLY:

PhD Candidate, Modern Thought & Literature. studying silkpunk (Taoist technoscientific imaginary), speculative & science fiction, and global traditions of science.

 

Five Branches University, DAcHM/MAcHM program (in traditional Chinese medicine).

 

seal carving, painting, translating, reading, playing guzheng.

 

really interested in integrating traditional & modern medicine.

 

PRACTICES:

Weaving, tattooing, ceramics, immersive installation & performance, design & commissioned work. Inquiries welcome.

 

 

 

KELSEY CHEN is an interdisciplinary artist and theorist.

 

CURRENTLY:

PhD Candidate, Modern Thought & Literature. studying silkpunk (Taoist technoscientific imaginary), speculative & science fiction, and global traditions of science.

 

Five Branches University, DAcHM/MAcHM program (in traditional Chinese medicine).

 

seal carving, painting, translating, reading, playing guzheng.

 

really interested in integrating traditional & modern medicine.

 

PRACTICES:

Weaving, tattooing, ceramics, immersive installation & performance, design & commissioned work. Inquiries welcome.

 

 

 

KELSEY CHEN is an interdisciplinary artist and theorist.

 

CURRENTLY:

PhD Candidate, Modern Thought & Literature. studying silkpunk (Taoist technoscientific imaginary), speculative & science fiction, and global traditions of science.

 

Five Branches University, DAcHM/MAcHM program (in traditional Chinese medicine).

 

seal carving, painting, translating, reading, playing guzheng.

 

really interested in integrating traditional & modern medicine.

 

PRACTICES:

Weaving, tattooing, ceramics, immersive installation & performance, design & commissioned work. Inquiries welcome.

 

 

 

09.20.2023

seal carving

Illustration of seashells

11.??,2024

乙巳 year seal for the wood snake

Image of a blue butterfly

05.14.2025

LOST THEN BOUND: Reclaiming Memorywork through Bookbinding Workshop, Land to Sea, BK, NY

Painting of a fish in a pond

a month in 2025

daily prayers

Illustration of small caterpillar amongst branches

08.??.2024

basketweaving with mom

Image of a biome-like texture

11.03.2023

soil-to-soil modular textiles for showcase at fibershed Borrowed from the Soil exhibition

Illustration of a tree stump and other abstract shapes

2023-2024

experiments with silk, algae & other natural fibers

Illustration of a tree stump and other abstract shapes

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

11.9.2024

painting exercise studying Taoist fu. seals carved by me, except one by my grandfather. also active here is study of I Ching and Taoist astrology.

Painting of a fish in a pond

2022

ceramics. love a little bowl.

Image of a blue butterfly

2024

home

Illustration of small caterpillar amongst branches

05.??.2024

airloom hosted with lauren marshall, sumeet banerji, annie chen, alaisha sharma

Image of a biome-like texture

12.15.2024

cold moon ritual w/ lauren marshall, anna rulloda, yifan shao, chris giang (exteeng) @ unorthodox space

Illustration of a tree stump and other abstract shapes

2024

painting & talisman with a prayer w/palestine for peace & liberation

Illustration of a tree stump and other abstract shapes

01.12.2024

made a small catalog featuring images from resurgent earth show

Illustration of seashells

??.??.2022

tarot seal, #22

Image of a blue butterfly

12.20.2024

silverworking--talismans & charms for family & friends

Painting of a fish in a pond

2025

weaving film photos into textile piece on table loom

Illustration of small caterpillar amongst branches

??.??.2023

stretching silk from cocoons

Image of a biome-like texture

??.??.2025

cutting chacoy off finished indigo (jaspe) woven tapestry on traditional Mayan backstrap loom

Illustration of a tree stump and other abstract shapes

2023

grandma in xi’an

Illustration of a tree stump and other abstract shapes