Margaret Chen

Margaret Chen was born in St. Catherine, Jamaica. She received a Diploma distinction in Sculpture at the Jamaica School of Art ( now the Edna Manley College of the Visual & Performing Arts) in Kingston and BFA and MFA from York University in Toronto. Canada. The persistent themes in her large, intricate mixed media constructions explore the body's subterrene and reflect an inner journey. Organic and man-made materials are transformed into metaphors for impermanence and temporality.

Her solo exhibitions in Jamaica include X-radiation , currently on (2024), Substrata in 2019 and Ovoid (2003) in Kingston and in Toronto Subterrene (2000) . Group exhibitions include everything slackens in a wreck in NYC (2022), Cultural Encounters / No oceans between us (2021), Circles and Circuits in Los Angeles, California (2017), the National Biennial at the National Gallery of Jamaica (2017) and About Change (2011) at the IDB Gallery, Washington DC. Her participation in several artist residencies include the Bemis Centre for Contemporary Art in Nebraska. Chen currently lives in Jamaica and Toronto.