Michelle Chen
Michelle Shiyu Chen is a muralist and calligrapher based in Washington, DC.
Her early training in Chinese calligraphy informs her handling of brush and spray can to evoke the expressive economy of that tradition. In creating her work, she investigates stories, new and inherited, that we weave to build realities of self, community, and culture. Her art often highlights women in arts and activism whose voices and visions for society are underrepresented.
Since 2013, when she entered the Murals DC program and first began studying mural art at Words Beats & Life, Michelle has assisted on 25 works of public art, most notably with muralist Cita Sadeli aka MISS CHELOVE. As an independent artist, she has created murals in the DC area, Belgium, and Taiwan. Michelle received a B.S. from Georgetown University, where she studied Culture and Politics.
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