Angela Chen

Angela Chen is an Assistant Professor and Taiwanese-American photo-based artist, writer, and educator specializing in practices that intertwine personal narrative, alternative photographic methods, and ecological engagement. Her work explores the intersection of place, materiality, and environmental discourse.

• MFA in Photography from Yale School of Art
• BFA in Film and Media Studies from California State University, Los Angeles

Her research focuses on thinking and making with the ground, using photo walks and site-specific materials to highlight ecological entanglements in industrialized landscapes. Key themes include patchiness, climate crisis, and capitalism's impact on livability.

Her 2024 work Patchy Anthropocene (Buffalo Bayou) examines the Houston Ship Channel's transformation through a lens of patchy anthropocene, analyzing uneven conditions of more-than-human livability. This aligns with her broader interest in sustainable material practices and environmental storytelling.

• Alice Kimball Traveling Fellow
• Art and Social Justice Grantee

Angela enacts pedagogical and artistic practices that bridge ecological awareness with community engagement, though specific advising roles or grants are not detailed in the provided text. Her methodology integrates found materials and spatial immersion to critique industrial ecologies.