Ada Chen, a recent graduate of Pratt Institute’s Jewelry program, is an artist and jeweler who takes inspiration from memes on the internet and household objects. For now, she is learning the basics of the jewelry industry as a bench jeweler in NYC. She is working towards further developing her voice as a Chinese American woman through jewelry and other media. She creates jewelry that engages more than people’s money by incorporating in her craft the much needed discussion of the Chinese and Asian American identities.

FOTOCOPY, curated by Kellie Riggs, proudly hosts the work of Ada Chen at the Lower East Gallery E.Varie.  

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FOTOCOPY, curated by Kellie Riggs, aims to create an anti-show of sorts, in which all pretensions and tropes utilized in ‘classic’ exhibition formats in contemporary jewelry are removed, and cultural contexts are placed back alongside the jewelry that they are offering to the public. In addition to her work as a curator, Kellie Riggs is a freelance writer, editor, and jeweler, and author of Greater Than Or Equal To, a contemporary jewelry blog.