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Mel Chin

Burnsville, North Carolina

Artworks shown are selected from works submitted by the artist in their grant or residency application. All works are copyright of the artist or artist’s estate.

About Mel Chin

Program Participation

Creating a Living Legacy, 2015

Painters & Sculptors Grant, 1997

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Mel Chin

I Don't Want To

Cluster: US Civil War (Entry/Exit body accessory)

Safe

The Ecology of Gala

Self-Portrait (Bison and Hare)

The Eye of the Beholder (1 dollar denomination)

Spirit

Impotent Victory

The Elementary Object

Revival Field

Ghost

Forgetting Tiananmen, Kent State, Tlatelolco