'In Congruence’ Gallery   |  New ‘Unity’ Series Gallery Born and raised in Taiwan, Chunhong started training as an artist at age 12 and became an award-winning art student in Taipei. After receiving her bachelors degree in art from Hsinchu Teachers College, she taught art in a public school and privately for four years. During this time she traveled throughout Asia, gaining an appreciation of the cultures and art she discovered. Longing to further develop her talents as a painter, she came to the United States to study and practice at California State University in Chico, where she gained her masters degree in 1998. Her work portrays classical and folk art traditions, from European still lifes to Tang and Sung dynasty landscapes. In her ‘In Congruence’ series, she presents the timeless quality of classical traditions, forming a dialogue and interaction between Eastern and Western imagery and creating harmony and balance without encountering epistemological dilemmas of this post-modern era. Each work is a juxtaposition of a Western still life on canvas set within a painted wooden panel depicting an Eastern scene. While acknowledging the importance of maintaining individual and cultural character and perspectives, her work invokes an appreciation of different cultures co-existing. Chunghong’s new ‘Unity’ series is an exploration of how universal energy is in all of us and in everything around us, from the cosmos to all living things. The work is a reflection of the tremendous beauty and complexity that is present in the simplest things in nature. Her creations reflect influences of art and philosophy of the East and West. She merges different approaches, styles and cultural influences to evoke a sense of unity.