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Yen Yen Chou Embraces Change in a Whimsical Realm Brimming with Water Droplets

“Leaves of Becoming” (2025), watercolor and gouache on paper, 16 x12 inches. All images courtesy of Kishka Gallery, shared with permission

Yen Yen Chou Embraces Change in a Whimsical Realm Brimming with Water Droplets

With a penchant for kaleidoscopic colors and whimsy, Yen Yen Chou renders a dainty, dreamlike environment in which pastel hues and subtle gradients rule. The artist, who lives between Taipei and Brooklyn, is drawn to dualities, particularly the relationships that emerge from “the ephemeral and the physical, the micro and the macro,” she says. At Kishka Gallery & Library, Yen Yen’s presentation of two modes of working—watercolors on paper and epoxy clay reliefs—conjures the magic of polarities.

An Ever Changing View, as its name suggests, takes transformation as its root. Water droplets recur throughout the works, descending from a long, thin line into a swirling pool in “Rippling,” for example, and appearing as anthropomorphic, dozing characters in “Leaves of Becoming.” While suspended on panel or paper, these forms connote movement, as they’ll eventually evaporate or combine with a larger body.

“Rippling” (2025), acrylic and epoxy clay on wooden panel, 37 ½ x 25 inches

For now, though, Yen Yen depicts a whimsical world on the verge of possibility. “This new body of work continues my exploration of transformation and interconnectedness in everyday life. I’ve been thinking about dualities…and how these relationships shape the way we experience life, through our thoughts, perceptions, and emotions,” she writes.

An Ever Changing View is open through November 22 in White River Junction, Vermont. Find more from Yen Yen on her website and Instagram.

“Lady Rainbow” (2023), acrylic on epoxy and foam, 15 x 5 ½ inches
“To Gaze Upon a Passing Sky” (2025), watercolor and gouache on paper, 12 x 16 inches
“Swinging in the rain” (2024), acrylic and epoxy clay on wooden panel, 27 x 22 inches
“Daydreamer” (2025), watercolor and gouache on paper, 12 x 16 inches
“Iridian Path” (2023), acrylic and epoxy clay on wooden panel, 26 x 21 inches

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