Catherine Ko Chen is a painter from San Francisco, California, based in London, UK.

Her work is centered around the invisible labour of sense-making – the ways we assign meaning and categorise experience, and the hidden structures that make this possible. The paintings are artefacts of examining what is remembered, what it becomes, and how it is represented after some distance.

Works available:
Gertrude, London, England, UK
Two Story, Amsterdam, NL
Etesian Gallery, Ciutadella, Menorca, ES
Chandler Gallery, Mill Valley, California, US

Inquiries:
catherinekochen@gmail.com

Education:

2025 – Apollo Painting School. Manchester, UK and Latina, IT.

2015 – Cornell University. Ithaca, New York, US.

Selected Exhibitions:
Solo and two-person:

2025 – Vestige (two-person). Chandler Gallery, Mill Valley, California, US.

2024 – Intangible landscapes (two-person). Etesian Gallery, Menorca, ES.

2023 – Implied beginning (solo). Etesian Gallery, Menorca, ES.

2023 – Irradiance point cloud (two-person). North Coast Asylum, Cornwall, UK. 

2021 – Six paintings (solo). Problem Library, San Francisco, California, US.

2018 – Working (solo). Problem Library, San Francisco, California, US.

2018 – Arrival – Departure (solo). Problem Library, San Francisco, California, US.

Group:

2025 (forthcoming) – Apollo Painting School. Heaven11, Manchester, UK.

2025 – In Residence, In Transit: Chapter II. Museo Cambellotti, Latina, IT.

2025 – Housewarming. Two Story, Amsterdam, NL.

2022 – Benefit Art Show. Problem Library, San Francisco, California, US.

2022 – Innocent pleasures suit me. Warbling Collective, London, UK. 

Residencies:

2022 – Casa Balandra, Mallorca, ES.