Unfolding: Dualities

John Chang dreams in many worlds and brings back remnants. In his new works, people come and go yet no one is seen. The migrators leave their shadows in the air and their marks on the sidewalks. Their words and echoes float through storms of sharp, black fragments flying in all directions.

Chang’s East/West identity enriches his memory and brings flashbacks from lives lived in many places. Born and raised in Shanghai, China. John Chang is an artist based in Southern California. John’s works have been widely exhibited, including, Alexander Brest Museum at Jacksonville University, Jacksonville, FL. 621 Gallery Tallahassee, FL., Fresh Paint Art Gallery, Culver City, CA. Rosemary Duffy Larson Gallery Broward College, Davie, Florida. Ormond Art Museum, Ormond Beach, FL. Chang’s work has been featured in diverse publications such as Pasadena Star News, KTLA, and Art In America, Art Ltd. John Chang’s work also collected DAE Advertising, Inc. San Francisco, San Diego International Airport, The Star Hotel, Sydney, Au. St. Regis Hotel (NY). National Taiwan Museum of Fine Art, Taiwan ROC and many private art collectors around world.

John Chang has an MFA in Visual Art from College of Art and Design at Lesley University. He also gained a B.A., School of Art and Design, Shanghai Institute of Technology Shanghai, China. He also studied with the well know artists Xu Bing and Judith Barry.

Jeff Repko creates assemblages that explore potential and possibilities through interactions of color and forms. Born in Pittsburgh, PA after deindustrialization, his work explores notions of industry and the stories he heard growing up. Never truly having experienced the industrial era in the Pittsburgh, he feels both a distance and closeness to it. His work is a personal attempt to experience and create the physical objects, optimism, and a sense of community. His practice evokes a sense of serious play as the sculptures and paintings use color to reinvigorate and turn these analog tools and machinery into playful toy-like assemblages. Artist and educator Jeff Repko earned his MFA in sculpture from the University of Wisconsin – Madison and BFA from Penn State. His work has been shown nationally in both gallery and public art environments.