曲家瑞 個展｜誠品畫廊｜Kristycharay Solo Exhibition｜ESLITE GALLERY

曲家瑞個展
■ 展期：2022年05月04日-05月28日
■ 地點：誠品畫廊∣台灣110台北市信義區菸廠路88號B1（誠品生活松菸店）
■ 開放時間：週二～週六11:00-19:00（日、一休館）
■ 線上展廳：bit.ly/KRISTYCHARAY
曲家瑞5月4日於誠品畫廊舉辦個展，從小品靜物到巨幅人物，曲家瑞用壓克力顏料及碳筆，畫出自己對身邊人與物的觀察。曲家瑞在紐約讀高中時奠定繪畫的基礎，即使日後身兼數職，畫畫仍令她感到療癒。這幾年專注在肖像畫，她認為：「東方藝術家畫東方人物的肖像不多，我想，總要有人記錄這時代的人吧！」
曲家瑞1965生於台北市，現任實踐大學媒體傳達設計學系所副教授，1981年到紐約讀高中，描繪「吸塵器」的畫作獲得紐約州高中素描組冠軍，老師認為她有天分，隔年又以彩色的抽象畫作破例獲得高中AP美術素描組最高成績。之後，曲家瑞取得美國古柏聯盟學院（Cooper Union）藝術系學士（1988）、哥倫比亞大學藝術研究所碩士（1990），1997年返台，迄今身兼大學老師、作家、藝術家、策展人等多重角色。
2019年，曲家瑞在「誠品生活蘇州」舉辦「曲家瑞，你哪位？」個展，展出30年來逾百幅畫作、利用3000個玩偶縫製的巨型玩具毯等，獲得廣泛迴響。這次在誠品畫廊的畫展，她將目光轉移到真實人物身上：以當時3歲半的姪子為主角的《翰翰》是這系列的第一幅畫作，天真的臉龐透露出早熟的氣息；接著，她又以甫動完手術的80歲母親為主角畫下《母親蘭》，母親身上的花襯衫是父親送的禮物，上頭爭豔般盛開的花草圖案對照母親的病容，形成強烈對比；《元元》則是畫下妹妹窩在蜷曲棉被堆裡看手機或自拍的模樣，「她已經50歲了，活的還像個高中生，看不出經歷過許多心酸起伏，我希望能像她這樣自在豁達。」
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Kristycharay Solo Exhibition
■ Date: 04 May - 28 May, 2022
■ Address: ESLITE GALLERY ∣ B1, No. 88, Yanchang Rd., Xinyi Dist., Taipei City 110055, Taiwan (eslite spectrum Songyan Store)
■ Opening Hours: 11am-7pm, Tuesday - Saturday (closed on Sunday and Monday)
■ OVR: bit.ly/en_KRISTYCHARAY
A solo exhibition by Kristycharay opens on May 4 at ESLITE GALLERY, from small sketches of still lifes to large paintings of portraits, Kristycharay wields acrylic paints and charcoal pen to depict her observations of the people and objects around her. Kristycharay laid the foundation for her painting skills during her high school years in New York. Even though she is now a woman of many hats, she still finds painting therapeutic. In more recent years, she has been focusing more on portraiture, noting that “There aren’t many oriental artists painting portraits of oriental figures, so I thought someone should do it as a record of people in my time!”
Born in Taipei in 1965, Kristycharay is currently an associate professor at Shih Chien University’s Department of Communications Design. In 1981, she went to high school in New York. Her sketch depicting a “vacuum cleaner” won the sketch champion in New York State’s High School Division. Her teacher believed she was talented, and she proved that by receiving the highest grade in the sketch group of the AP Drawing exam with an exceptional colorful abstract painting. Later, Kristycharay received her Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from Cooper Union (1988) and a Master of Arts degree from Columbia University (1990). After returning to Taiwan in 1997, she has since been a university professor, a writer, an artist and a curator.
In 2019, Kristycharay held a solo exhibition Nice to Meet You at eslite spectrum Suzhou. Presenting more than 100 paintings created over the past 30 years, plus a gigantic toy blanket sewn with 3,000 dolls and plushies, the exhibition received widespread attention. For this current exhibition at ESLITE GALLERY, she is turning her attention to real people. Maxx, featuring her then 3.5-year-old nephew, is the first painting in this series, where a hint of precociousness seeps out underneath the innocent toddler face. Then, she painted Mother, in which her 80-year-old mother who just came out of surgery is the main character wearing a shirt, a gift from Kristycharay’s father, with blooming flowers in stark contrast to her feeble figure. In Lisa, she painted her sister cozily nested in a pile of blankets looking at her cell phone or taking selfies. “She is already 50 yet she lives like a high school girl. You can’t tell she’s been through quite some ups and downs. I wish I could be as at ease and optimistic as she is.”
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[@maliequizhu6614]

很有創意，畫風和席勒不同，但是讓我想到席勒❤❤❤

[@user-lz2nv5gc3s]

聽了曲老師講解，對這張畫更 認識

[@Luxury_vagabond]

有內涵的畫風！

[@tonylau9363]

一直最爱曲老师，遗憾苏州那次没有能去看您。

[@anna_man]

母親那張畫很美很美

[@wendywan5539]

可惜不能到現場欣賞！

[@yuzhao5883]

技法娴熟 写实功底 很扎实 但是整体视觉力量还是稍弱了点 像插画作品 有一定的商业价值

[@user-kn1ep2dg1l]

在我死前，可以畫我嗎？