Gordon Chin
b. 1962 ∙ CE artist from 2005 - 2016
Gordon Chin is most known for his simple representation of pop culture images, often accompanied with a terse, playful caption. He most often works in Sharpie, finishing with a wash of watercolor that lends a timelessness to his references. Chin has a fascination with the question mark, often scrawling that piece of punctuation large and colorfully above a word or phrase that provokes thought.
Chin’s greeting cards are well known, and his iconic donut images have been used by CB2 drawings of donuts on a set of dessert plates.
Select Exhibitions & Projects
2014
Ink, Creativity Explored, San Francisco, CA
A Curious Menagerie, Creativity Explored, San Francisco, CA
Bookworks: Text and Art from the CE Archives, SF Public Library Main Branch, San Francisco, CA
2013
SIDESHOW, Creativity Explored, San Francisco, CA
2012
Fabulous, Creativity Explored, San Francisco, CA
Are We There Yet?, Creativity Explored, San Francisco, CA
Art in Embassies, Embassy of the US, Yerevan, Armenia
2011
SMALL, Creativity Explored, San Francisco, CA
The Masters, Creativity Explored, San Francisco, CA
Black and White and Read All Over, Creativity Explored, San Francisco, CA
2010
Where Are We?, Creativity Explored, San Francisco, CA
Tiger Leaping Gold Mountain, Creativity Explored, San Francisco, CA
2009
"Science" Fiction, Creativity Explored, San Francisco, CA
TV and Me, Creativity Explored, San Francisco, CA
Legend: Myth and Memory, Creativity Explored, San Francisco, CA
2008
Tasty, Creativity Explored, San Francisco, CA
2007
Shadowshine, Creativity Explored, San Francisco, CA
Seeing Memory, Creativity Explored, San Francisco, CA
2006
Nature Rules, Creativity Explored, San Francisco, CA
Sacred Places, Creativity Explored, San Francisco, CA
And Then..., Creativity Explored, San Francisco, CA
2005
The Pink Show, Creativity Explored, San Francisco, CA
Revenge of Monster, Creativity Explored, San Francisco, CA
