Mimi Chen Ting: announcing new website

Since the late 1960s, Ting has harnessed the inspiration of “sky,” “land,” and the balance of ever changing physical and spiritual “unfixed” horizons in her work spanning six decades. A prominent figure in the artist communities of Taos, New Mexico, and Sausalito, California, she has exhibited extensively including recent solo presentations at Vedder Price, San Francisco (’18) and historic group exhibitions including Work by Women: Postwar Dialogues at the Harwood Museum of Art, Taos (’18).

Born in Shanghai, China, at the end of the Second Sino-Japanese War, Mimi Chen Ting spent her childhood and teenage years in Hong Kong. In 1965, she moved to San Francisco, California, to pursue dual degrees in Sociology and English Literature at the San Francisco College of Women (now part of the University of San Francisco). After her third year at college—and a year of social field work—Mimi realigned her life in the pursuit of art and performance. She graduated from California State University, San Jose, with a BA in Art in 1969 and later received her MA in painting in 1976 from the same institution. In 2003 she received an NEA Grant for the performance How to Make a Book and Eat It Too at the Millicent Rogers Museum, Taos, NM. Recent awards and honors include the 2012 Agnes Martin Award for Abstract Painting and Drawing from the Peter And Madeline Martin Foundation for The Creative Arts.

This new website features an artist-curated selection of images of signature works from the now five-decade career of Mimi Chen Ting, including extensive biographical information, exhibition and performance history, and bibliography.

"Ting melds art and life like no other artist I know. Though working strictly within an abstract vein, I see a keen and perceptive understanding of beauty and its translation through a very personal and emotional language. There is so much more to see and learn through her art and performances."

— Jason Andrew
Founding Partner at Artist Estate Studio, LLC

Confetto 3, 2008

Acrylic on canvas, 25 X 25 in (63.5 x 63.5 cm)
Collection of the Harwood Museum, Taos, NM

Exhibition News

Chimayo Trading Del Norte presents:

Eleven:
featuring the work of Nicki Marx, Gretchen Ewert, Annell Livingston, Margaret Nes, Mimi Chen Ting, Sandra Lerner, Ann Huston, TJ Mabrey, Ginger Mongiello, Paula Verona, and Christine Taylor Patten

Chimayo Trading Del Norte
#1 St. Francis Church Plaza
Ranchos de Taos, NM