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Shih Chieh Huang's deft installations and sculptures transform mass produced objects into glowing and dynamic creatures that refer both to the common source of their origin (as humble as a garbage bag) as well as to the extraordinary marine environment so much of his work evokes.
Huang is a magician at taking everyday products and recycling them into mesmerizing, enchanting and slightly unnerving artworks. Huang will be creating a unique environment for Glow: a Neptunian lair along and above the pedestrian and bicycle path beneath the Santa Monica Pier. Huang's appreciation and integration of global commerce and culture are particularly appropriate for a project in Santa Monica, on the eastern edge of the Pacific Ocean. Born in Taiwan, Huang spent much of his childhood in California, earning a BA from the University of California, San Diego and an MFA from the School of Visual Arts in New York City, where he currently resides. In 2007 Huang was one of four artists in the ATOPIA exhibition at the Venice Biennale, organized by the Taipei Fine Arts Museum of Taiwan. His art has been exhibited extensively in the United States and abroad, including the following institutions:
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