China (1996) Painting by Mimi Chen Ting

Born in Shanghai China, Mimi Chen Ting came to the United States to study Sociology and English Literature, quickly changed her focus to the visual arts. Since her first solo exhibition at the Lucien Labaudt Gallery in San Francisco in 1970, Ting's works have shown at museums, educational institutions, and galleries internationally, and are included in numerous corporate and private collections.

Figure, landscape, and biomorphic abstractions are the foundations of her art. She cites the influence of the 15th century Italian artist Piero della Francesca, whose paintings were characterized by a scientific perspective and systematic simplifications of natural forms. Ting says, "Some of my earliest awareness of aesthetics was through Buddhist temple scultures, Beijing opera style of music and performance, a culture that defines its fates through stark scripts and rituals as well as opulent decorations and ceremonies. These lessons were often hard to reconcile with my concept of expression. Somehow when I first saw Piero's works, I felt I understood that there was a way to absorb and filter it all. I learned to combine figuration and abstraction in the literal sense, how to describe time through the use of space."

Ting lives and works most of the year in the high deserts of the North American Southwest, and also maintains a studio beside the waters of the San Francisco Bay.

• Nationality: UNITED STATES
• Date of birth : unknown date
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• Groups: Contemporary American Artists