Tuning in to the inaccessible and inaudible
This week we welcome Deborah Chi, a Brooklyn-based artist born and raised on the West Coast who spent part of her childhood in Taiwan. Her abstract drawings and paintings intuit the underlying structures and patterns of the natural world, like sacred geometries connecting matter and spirit. Chi’s multidisciplinary background includes a bachelor’s in fine arts degree in drawing and painting from California State University at Long Beach, a master’s degree in philosophy, theology and ethics from Boston University, and a master’s in public administration from California State University, Los Angeles.
Her art practice is informed by this interdisciplinary background. Chi extends her passion for the creative process into community building through the arts. She is the founder and director of Creative Bond, an organization providing local artists with space and funding to host workshops, exhibits, performances and more in the storefront space of St. Lydia’s Church, a progressive, LGBTQ-affirming congregation in the Gowanus neighborhood of Brooklyn. Deborah also sits on the community advisory council of nearby Powerhouse Arts.
In Deborah’s words, “I am inspired by fractals, the self-repeating patterns that are found in nature, and my work reflects my love for them. Matter is composed of the microscopic — for all that is visible, there is far more than our senses conceive. My work is to cultivate a creative process to consider the beauty around us, to access and reflect what’s already there. I believe what gives meaning to what is seen, felt and heard is the light that illuminates from within us. When we attune to the invisible and inaudible, we can appreciate beyond the obvious, allowing us to see, determine and find meaning all around us.
“Having studied philosophical aesthetics along with mystical theology, I am inspired by how philosophers and mystics deconstruct patterns of life, the mundane and how they evaluate and reframe them. Art connects us to one another and to parts of ourselves that might otherwise be difficult to access.” See more of Deborah’s work on her Instagram.
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