Fang Ling-An Artist's Statement My perception of the relationship between time and space is critical to my understanding of western and eastern cultures and contemporary art. It is vitally important that I pursue my creative work in as uninterrupted and concentrated a manner as possible so as to realize my identity as a Chinese sculptor within a very exciting contemporary context. I am devoted to the activity of making sculptures and installations My work comes from a strong inner energy and necessity. It has its own momentum, imagination, reflection and intuition, physical impulse, sensitivity to the flow of spaces, the compulsive activity of the hand. These are all-important to and integrated in my sculpture activity. My work is process-oriented, meaning that its outcome is realized through the ritual and the physical energy of making: the measurement of spaces, the sanding of the painted surface, the sketching of construction, the conversation between west and east. Going to my studio every day to work is a discipline and ritual for me, an opportunity for growth. It is an essential part of the journey. I see my activity as a kind of search, one that involves a perpetual repetition, a diary to be entered daily. I am interested in creating environments that provoke a sense of spatial displacement. Walking into one of my site-specific installations, one will notice a respect for the presence of empty space, a value that I absorbed through my exploration of Chinese art. Images of work Brief CV EDUCATION 2005 MFA Studio Arts University of Illinois at Chicago (Magna Cum Laude) 2003 BFA Sculpture Temple University- Tyler School of Art (Magna Cum Laude) 2000 Sculpture, University of Georgia 1999 Sculpture Jacksonville University HONORS AND AWARDS 2006 GovernorÍs International Arts Exchange Grant to France, The Illinois Arts Council, Chicago, IL 2006 Community Arts Assistance Program Grant, The Chicago Department of Cultural Affair, Chicago, IL 2006 Foundation Tnot Award, International Artist Residency Program, CAMAC centre dÍart, France 2003,04,05 Navona Fellowship Award University of Illinois at Chicago, IL 2004 Nominee for Dedalus Foundation Master of Fine Arts Fellowship, University of Illinois at Chicago 2003 Edith Weil Hecht Memorial Award-Tyler School of Art, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA 2003 BFA, Magna Cum Laude-Tyler School of Art, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA 2001,02,03 Temple Grants Scholarship based on GPA, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA 2001 Nominee for 2001 International Sculpture Center Outstanding SOLO INSTALLATIONS 2007 ñWalls btw Usî, Polov Gallery, Chicago, IL 2006 ñSettleî CAMAC centre DÍart, France ñMemories Do Not Remember Memories, the Sky or Earth was a Circle or a Square?î, Project Room artSPACE, New Haven, CT 2003 ñSlow Down Art in Progressingî, PE 107 Gallery, Elkins Park, PA ñ52 Beatsî, PE 107 Gallery, Elkins Park, PA 2002 ñNetting Shadowsî, Tyler School of Art, Elkins Park, PA GROUP EXHIBITIONS 2006 ñDistanceî City of Nanjing Art Center for Painting and Sculptures, Nanjing, China 2006 ñFigures and Wiresî, California Of Contemporary Museum, Chicago, IL 2005 ñWalls btw Usî Media Art Festival, Armenian Center for Contemporary Experimental Art, Yerevan, Armenia ñChicago Filmmakers for UICî, Chicago Filmmaker, Chicago, IL ñWater as an Instrument of Viewing Timeî, Gallery 400, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL ñForm Fitî, Great Space, University of Illinois at Chicago, IL 2004 ñOrioles, I Want to Know the Way Homeî, Miami International Short Film Festival, Miami, FL ñEndure-Counting Breathsî, B.K. Smith Gallery at Lake Erie College, Painesville, OH ñForm Fitî, Great Space, University of Illinois at Chicago, IL 2003 ñShow Nothingî, Tyler Gallery, Tyler School of Art, Elkins Park, PA ñSaints and Sinnersî, Logan Square artist collective, Chicago, IL ñOutstanding Student Showî, Tyler Gallery, Tyler School of Art, Elkins Park, PA ñPenrose Video Installationî, Penrose Gallery, Tyler School of Art, Elkins Park, PA 2002 ñPlug Showî, Tyler Hall, Tyler School of Art, Elkins Park, PA ñSenior Sculpture Group Showî, PE 107 Gallery, Tyler School of Art, Elkins Park, PA ñWalls, Floor to Ceilingî, Tyler Conference Room, Tyler School of Art, Elkins Park, PA ñExquisite Corpseî, PE 107 Gallery, Tyler School of Art, Elkins Park, PA ñOutstanding Student Showî, Tyler School of Art, Elkins Park, PA,br> ñFigure Sculpture Group Showî, Tyler School of Art, Elkins Park, PA Contact Email: suhela116@yahoo.com Website: www.spacespaces.com,br> All content © the artists and EASTonline