From November 9th to 12th, 2023, Irene Chang Solo Exhibition took place at venue B110 during the 10th Westbund Art & Design Fair. It was coordinated by ARTRUE. This exhibition's main exhibits included the O/X Series, which Irene Chang started in 2022, as well as the Bamboo Series from several years ago. The works, filled with childlike innocence and ethereality, demonstrate the artist’s ability to create vivid illustrations of objects according to their different shapes and forms. Irene Chang’s art resonates with the literati paintings from Imperial China, which present characteristics that reflect the inner soul and unique personal aesthetics.

Irene Chang Solo Exhibition focused on Practitioner, Philosopher, and Creator. It was a gentle yet passionate experience for the senses with rich tinges of life.

Irene Chang Solo Exhibition at the Westbund Art & Design Fair was a brand new beginning for Irene. She was willing to share her honest art and truer views about life. This series of paintings shows the artist’s determination and tenacity despite the challenges of aesthetic inertia. Irene said that her enthusiasm about art is completely self-motivated; she very much enjoys the joy brought by challenges and hopes to comfort viewers spiritually with her new paintings and share with them her subtle realizations. “My paint brush roams across the woods; it combines the abstract and concrete as well as the beauty of both the East and West. I try my best to make art. Even though the future is unknown, I have no regrets with my being in this universe.”.

I have been contemplating for years the meaning of life, our roles in the world, and how the relationship between the human race and our world had become the way it is today. The natural disasters, wars, diseases, and viruses that’s happening in the world are all related in one way or another. The more I dig in, the more I would like to share my thoughts and findings with everyone.

My exhibition will be delivered in 4 parts: the current situation we are in; the attempt to look into our past and explore our beginnings; exploring the light and the darkness in our world; and finally, the revelation. I hope these works could somehow help ease off the pain we all experienced and share the light and hope I found.