https://anniechanzy.com Annie Chen Ziyao Sat, 31 Jan 2026 02:11:58 +0000 https://anniechanzy.com en https://anniechanzy.com/Homepage-left Sat, 31 Jan 2026 02:11:56 +0000 Annie Chen Ziyao https://anniechanzy.com/Homepage-left Annie Chen Ziyao Curator/Artist &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;Curatorial Projects Annie Chen Ziyao is a New York–based curator / artist whose practice focuses on the social and emotional lives of objects. Her research examines how functional and designed objects move between art, design, and everyday life, and how they shape human behavior, memory, and modes of living. Drawing from a background in visual culture and new media, she approaches objects as active agents within social systems, curating exhibitions that blur the boundaries between art and use, and reframe art as something to be lived with rather than merely observed. <img width="2048" height="1366" width_o="2048" height_o="1366" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/9d901a09fc5b62859fcd117b799e7e5fb058937e4208b0c2f1b4666105ddca4b/IMG_0704.jpg" data-mid="244229831" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/9d901a09fc5b62859fcd117b799e7e5fb058937e4208b0c2f1b4666105ddca4b/IMG_0704.jpg" /> 2025 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; New York City Vacation 68 Jay Street Bar -&gt; <img width="2048" height="1365" width_o="2048" height_o="1365" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/5104df76776439c3d5746542f3fa96b2846e45717e8156921ae8cd34ad44cb18/IMG_0202.jpg" data-mid="244230388" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/5104df76776439c3d5746542f3fa96b2846e45717e8156921ae8cd34ad44cb18/IMG_0202.jpg" /> 2025 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;New York Cin Cin! A Toast to Living Flowing Space Gallery -&gt; <img width="1170" height="780" width_o="1170" height_o="780" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/8028aef1ca90fc9852362fc9c782035dd1d2f4fb97e9ee42fedf5c66a48c837f/IMG_7451.jpg" data-mid="244280088" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/8028aef1ca90fc9852362fc9c782035dd1d2f4fb97e9ee42fedf5c66a48c837f/IMG_7451.jpg" /> 2025 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; New York The Cup Speaks Flowing Space Gallery-&gt; <img width="1145" height="763" width_o="1145" height_o="763" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/36ab7025695c7e872f0930bff824bf69a683da0ef2ce58166ef5397b681d9770/IMG_7449.jpg" data-mid="244279934" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/36ab7025695c7e872f0930bff824bf69a683da0ef2ce58166ef5397b681d9770/IMG_7449.jpg" /> 2025 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;New YorkPause·Sip·Breathe Flowing Space Gallery -&gt; <img width="2191" height="1461" width_o="2191" height_o="1461" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/1f4de767d4da77ea50073b08d017435e95bda94e4e8882c7811ee3020cb9aee5/IMG_6426-2.jpg" data-mid="244286010" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/1f4de767d4da77ea50073b08d017435e95bda94e4e8882c7811ee3020cb9aee5/IMG_6426-2.jpg" /> 2024 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; New York The Living Room Rhapsody Allen Street Gallery /Leroy Street Studio -&gt; <img width="4176" height="2784" width_o="4176" height_o="2784" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e5f1d47f9ec055b62507208343ba64b47635408925e88a731b3d712721ccf28d/IMG_4597.jpg" data-mid="244228481" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/e5f1d47f9ec055b62507208343ba64b47635408925e88a731b3d712721ccf28d/IMG_4597.jpg" /> 2024 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; New YorkObjects Without (Home) 3nter.org x :iidrr Gallery &nbsp; -&gt; <img width="1982" height="1488" width_o="1982" height_o="1488" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/86581a98ad2972fe68d57691504ebcc02c6e701bca74c770bc209c489fd60062/Screenshot-2026-02-01-at-6.04.49PM.png" data-mid="244286045" border="0" data-scale="100" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/86581a98ad2972fe68d57691504ebcc02c6e701bca74c770bc209c489fd60062/Screenshot-2026-02-01-at-6.04.49PM.png" /> 2024 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; New York Threads of Connection New York Textile Month / MFA Textile program at Parsons School of Design -&gt; <img width="2400" height="1600" width_o="2400" height_o="1600" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/0d9de1a730958f07512ec6b5032c49098acab8e2733815702bbdda52de1a2b61/IMG_3860.jpg" data-mid="244280703" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/0d9de1a730958f07512ec6b5032c49098acab8e2733815702bbdda52de1a2b61/IMG_3860.jpg" /> 2024 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; New York Phantasmal Beings &nbsp; &nbsp; :iidrr Gallery -&gt; <img width="1994" height="1328" width_o="1994" height_o="1328" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/95f136ec4cb7ecc5645ba50f26e9dc61d636c4efe0aece7809c833e34792add0/Screenshot-2026-02-01-at-6.00.21PM.png" data-mid="244286015" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/95f136ec4cb7ecc5645ba50f26e9dc61d636c4efe0aece7809c833e34792add0/Screenshot-2026-02-01-at-6.00.21PM.png" /> 2023 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; New York Bamboo Whispers :iidrr Gallery -&gt; https://anniechanzy.com/City-Vacation-1 Sat, 31 Jan 2026 02:11:57 +0000 Annie Chen Ziyao https://anniechanzy.com/City-Vacation-1 City Vacation Dec 16 - 28, 202568 Jay Street, Brooklyn Em Flaire, Marshall Wang, Seungjin Lee, Yunaian(Q) Lin, Gigi An,&nbsp; Annie Chen Ziyao What if your next vacation is just one thought away? Let’s take a City Vacation It isn’t a journey far from home, but a subtle slip of consciousness that happens in the city’s most mundane, noisy, and unromantic corners. This exhibition traces that moment: the fleeting yet unmistakable shift when reality loosens and the mind quietly takes a vacation of its own. Through the visual languages of six artists, the exhibition unfolds as a psychological journey: moving from the external world to the internal one, from the literal reality to the dreamlike city, from surface perception to emotional depth. Stop 1 — The Untamed Everyday The journey begins where imagination leaks into routine. Everyday scenes are stretched, bent, and interrupted by floating geometry, looping thoughts, and unexpected visual detours. Life feels familiar but slightly tilted. It’s that moment when you step outside and everything looks the same, but somehow different. A small shift in perception marks the first sign of vacation. <img width="3394" height="4961" width_o="3394" height_o="4961" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c5295d8cfc72f4d9bc473627da21d9e036492929c589f587db60cf8dc27cee1b/IMG_6664.JPG" data-mid="244228550" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/c5295d8cfc72f4d9bc473627da21d9e036492929c589f587db60cf8dc27cee1b/IMG_6664.JPG" /> <img width="1366" height="2048" width_o="1366" height_o="2048" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d9b7a08ddfa982282efe8a7803e8b6d9cff5d17ce5f6bd075058af65a5383ef5/IMG_0617.PNG" data-mid="244228548" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/d9b7a08ddfa982282efe8a7803e8b6d9cff5d17ce5f6bd075058af65a5383ef5/IMG_0617.PNG" /> <img width="3850" height="5250" width_o="3850" height_o="5250" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a8f3301b3d4bce26bb4c24db6a76ac38c3c7f0552e75f270486caf16444bf730/IMG_6665.JPG" data-mid="244228551" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/a8f3301b3d4bce26bb4c24db6a76ac38c3c7f0552e75f270486caf16444bf730/IMG_6665.JPG" /> Gigi An Drinking Problem, 2025&nbsp;Self Portrait, 2025 Stop 2 — The Grocery Store Getaway A woman in a swimsuit stands inside a convenience store, then a crowded street market. These are not destinations, but the city’s most ordinary, overworked spaces. The swimsuit feels out of place, almost absurd. Meant for rest and escape, it becomes a quiet gesture of resistance inside a system built for consumption and efficiency. Surrounded by shelves, goods, and movement, the body is both visible and contained. Here, vacation isn’t about leaving. It’s something you stage for yourself—briefly, awkwardly—right in the middle of daily life. A small pause carved out from the noise, where staying becomes its own form of escape. <img width="2048" height="1366" width_o="2048" height_o="1366" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/9d901a09fc5b62859fcd117b799e7e5fb058937e4208b0c2f1b4666105ddca4b/IMG_0704.jpg" data-mid="244228585" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/9d901a09fc5b62859fcd117b799e7e5fb058937e4208b0c2f1b4666105ddca4b/IMG_0704.jpg" /> <img width="2048" height="1366" width_o="2048" height_o="1366" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/0aec33bc58f8322548f313032d8a7037ac64bdf500c71eeea34e844ac4171b1f/IMG_0693.jpg" data-mid="244228584" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/0aec33bc58f8322548f313032d8a7037ac64bdf500c71eeea34e844ac4171b1f/IMG_0693.jpg" /> <img width="2500" height="1667" width_o="2500" height_o="1667" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/77fd0707a1abd9636fe1c0efa2651af32f5a150e813d97fb18e42d081a315ca1/Chen_Annie_City-Vacation-Stop-3---Local-Market_2019_Archival-Print_10.616.jpg" data-mid="244228591" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/77fd0707a1abd9636fe1c0efa2651af32f5a150e813d97fb18e42d081a315ca1/Chen_Annie_City-Vacation-Stop-3---Local-Market_2019_Archival-Print_10.616.jpg" /> <img width="2500" height="1667" width_o="2500" height_o="1667" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/87ef8e3665ee277c2ddd7e038c46cf6aecf23b80cf9fffa1e102ff6ceac79a52/Chen_Annie_City-Vacation-Stop-2---Grocery-Store_2019_Archival-Print_10.616.jpg" data-mid="244228592" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/87ef8e3665ee277c2ddd7e038c46cf6aecf23b80cf9fffa1e102ff6ceac79a52/Chen_Annie_City-Vacation-Stop-2---Grocery-Store_2019_Archival-Print_10.616.jpg" /> Annie Chen Ziyao City-Vacation Stop 3: Local-Market, 2019 City Vacation Stop 2: Grocery Store, 2019 Stop 3 — The Electronic Garden A woven world emerges, part garden, part circuit board. Digital flora and glowing forms coexist in a landscape that feels alive yet engineered. This stop mirrors the calm that comes from zoning out—scrolling, drifting, letting the mind wander without intention. A soft, algorithmic holiday unfolds, where nature and technology blur into a shared rhythm. <img width="1237" height="1855" width_o="1237" height_o="1855" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/630bbfdfd9b61c0569cd4ca6d0fbd2b5536170ca3a48d92b2723ead60b8d3f41/IMG_0677.jpg" data-mid="244228607" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/630bbfdfd9b61c0569cd4ca6d0fbd2b5536170ca3a48d92b2723ead60b8d3f41/IMG_0677.jpg" /> Marshall WangTaxonomy of Prayer, 2024 Stop 4 — Entropy Pause Here, the city loosens its grip. Natural forms, especially water, take center stage, captured through photography that documents not control, but transformation. Images are deconstructed and rebuilt, shaped by time, chance, and elemental force. This stop feels like standing still long enough to notice things changing without you. A pause within the journey, where vacation becomes less about movement and more about surrender. <img width="2048" height="1365" width_o="2048" height_o="1365" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/cef613e62066d0035c3bf186202de386c86bfb0f46eb4a0b99a535057ff225c4/IMG_0647.jpg" data-mid="244229775" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/cef613e62066d0035c3bf186202de386c86bfb0f46eb4a0b99a535057ff225c4/IMG_0647.jpg" /> <img width="1094" height="908" width_o="1094" height_o="908" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/73e81d25c2553e6da0b0f22c995674b244bdc9b53f32a20fb417b4b183f2b40d/Screenshot-2026-01-30-at-10.33.08PM.png" data-mid="244229530" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/73e81d25c2553e6da0b0f22c995674b244bdc9b53f32a20fb417b4b183f2b40d/Screenshot-2026-01-30-at-10.33.08PM.png" /> Stop 5 — Pixelated Daydreams The city breaks into fragments. Scenes dissolve into pixels—almost real, almost remembered. It’s the familiar experience of staring at a screen too long, when the world turns grainy and soft around the edges. A micro-escape. A brief mental buffer. The mind takes a shortcut out. <img width="1319" height="1978" width_o="1319" height_o="1978" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/47f9eb72252515db2078520dea762a6435a30cbda9cd05243766eacaf37989da/IMG_0622.jpg" data-mid="244402330" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/47f9eb72252515db2078520dea762a6435a30cbda9cd05243766eacaf37989da/IMG_0622.jpg" /> <img width="1366" height="2048" width_o="1366" height_o="2048" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/98bf75eee53cb71edc9a2b95b0d1c1e5cd124fe2a5650c4b688c5956fb2846c0/IMG_0627.JPG" data-mid="244402331" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/98bf75eee53cb71edc9a2b95b0d1c1e5cd124fe2a5650c4b688c5956fb2846c0/IMG_0627.JPG" /> Stop 6 — The Color-Tangled Crossroads The journey ends where it began: inside motion. Human figures tangle with vibrant lines and restless city backdrops. Streets loop. Directions blur. Everything moves at once. The chaos is not overwhelming—it’s recognizable. Sometimes vacation doesn’t mean leaving the city at all. It begins the moment you realize you’ve been standing at the same intersection—just seeing it differently now. <img width="5145" height="6432" width_o="5145" height_o="6432" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b10f4687c8aacd71bebf4b6ea30f952e556e48a35fc6c55e501492dbf8518293/IMG_0631.jpg" data-mid="244402335" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/b10f4687c8aacd71bebf4b6ea30f952e556e48a35fc6c55e501492dbf8518293/IMG_0631.jpg" /> <img width="1366" height="2048" width_o="1366" height_o="2048" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/39b9b0e9d36d2997384b84e5b107d92bd1420015f2636578e128ec45cdb474bb/IMG_0628.jpg" data-mid="244402336" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/39b9b0e9d36d2997384b84e5b107d92bd1420015f2636578e128ec45cdb474bb/IMG_0628.jpg" /> https://anniechanzy.com/Cin-Cin-A-Toast-to-Living Sat, 31 Jan 2026 02:11:58 +0000 Annie Chen Ziyao https://anniechanzy.com/Cin-Cin-A-Toast-to-Living Cin Cin! A Toast to Living November 13 – 23, 2025Flowing Space Gallery Maryangela Sanchez Rocca, Soobin Jeon, Belle Zhao, Chang Liu, Nina Yankovic, Iz Nettere, Lilly Nguyen, Moyan Wang (Iris) Flowing Space is pleased to announce, Cin Cin! A Toast to Living, a group exhibition as part of the Flowing Art Prize &amp; Fair program supporting emerging artists working at the intersection of art, design, and daily living. Showcasing tablewares, drinkwares, and home-living artworks, the exhibition explores the role of objects within contemporary life. The artists engage with ideas of objects and environments through functional design, use of materials, and object-based practice. The works reflect how objects participate in lived experience, shaping routines, mediating gatherings, and contributing to the architecture of home. Cin Cin! A Toast to Living highlights the significance of these interactions and considers how the objects can influence the ways we inhabit space, connect with one another, and construct the rituals of daily life. <img width="2784" height="4176" width_o="2784" height_o="4176" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/be16495645aa1dbdda5034c2c94c46aa82553881eece62b5a777e67b7fa54969/IMG_0243.JPEG" data-mid="244514306" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/be16495645aa1dbdda5034c2c94c46aa82553881eece62b5a777e67b7fa54969/IMG_0243.JPEG" /> <img width="2784" height="4176" width_o="2784" height_o="4176" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/53bfa5a79241c8fad8636b2e6739013ef0f21baf5e17b3d511b82734c9aef0fe/IMG_0215.jpg" data-mid="244514319" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/53bfa5a79241c8fad8636b2e6739013ef0f21baf5e17b3d511b82734c9aef0fe/IMG_0215.jpg" /> <img width="1931" height="2896" width_o="1931" height_o="2896" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a4fa6f7c674c6ed8fcb90d4d85797a490529950bbd391d4e4ed3f1885eb33c1d/IMG_0202-1.jpg" data-mid="244514318" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/a4fa6f7c674c6ed8fcb90d4d85797a490529950bbd391d4e4ed3f1885eb33c1d/IMG_0202-1.jpg" /> <img width="2283" height="3424" width_o="2283" height_o="3424" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/129bfb83a0e98db7f6357dd56486fe5be1e7730670bd6ca491a80a0dd2920fb8/IMG_0149-2.JPEG" data-mid="244514316" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/129bfb83a0e98db7f6357dd56486fe5be1e7730670bd6ca491a80a0dd2920fb8/IMG_0149-2.JPEG" /> <img width="2784" height="4176" width_o="2784" height_o="4176" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/cbe4c0bb7e8ef56ca4ecd58a3b78eac6a8675212bb85fa2ca42bd29ee41fe475/IMG_0189.jpg" data-mid="244514317" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/cbe4c0bb7e8ef56ca4ecd58a3b78eac6a8675212bb85fa2ca42bd29ee41fe475/IMG_0189.jpg" /> <img width="2784" height="4176" width_o="2784" height_o="4176" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/82680364fcfc720c08ae5ab2fe8ca458fc791b3d76253f567f2b6ed9bb1dcbc4/IMG_0253.jpg" data-mid="244514639" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/82680364fcfc720c08ae5ab2fe8ca458fc791b3d76253f567f2b6ed9bb1dcbc4/IMG_0253.jpg" /> <img width="2387" height="3580" width_o="2387" height_o="3580" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d062d6cba54f82135826682bc179e9c8e1c726e22389488acdb15cb2d5f73b33/IMG_0216.JPEG" data-mid="244514304" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/d062d6cba54f82135826682bc179e9c8e1c726e22389488acdb15cb2d5f73b33/IMG_0216.JPEG" /> <img width="2283" height="3424" width_o="2283" height_o="3424" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ff6554f891a0f7c15d7e501f65fbc7c2764d9127326afb99144dbc514e692205/IMG_0149-2.JPEG" data-mid="244514305" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/ff6554f891a0f7c15d7e501f65fbc7c2764d9127326afb99144dbc514e692205/IMG_0149-2.JPEG" /> Notes for an Evening at Home 1. Place a glass on the table. Observe how it holds light, absence, and everything between. 2. Let the things around you perform their function. Let the function blur until it becomes a feeling. 3. Consider the distance between two objects. [Two feet] It is also the distance between two people. 4. Introduce a gesture: a hand passing water, a hand receiving it. This is the first form of architecture. 5. Let the room breathe. Let the objects speak in the grammar of surfaces. Cin Cin! A toast to living! a study in proximity, a practice of staying, a ritual of living with things until the living changes shape.