Tangles and Ties are all about the many dances in life. American-Chinese
artist Mimi Chen Ting laid down on canvases the pictorial road maps of the
tangles and ties of her past experiences, dreams and imaginations.

She said the ideas of this series began when she witnessed the progress of a
friend’s heartbreak, her subsequent struggles and unyielding passion for
life. The interactions of the cords and strings in her paintings have become
metaphors to express many of her inner resonances. “I am not seeking for a
resolution, only to embrace and honour the bonds that make us one.”

Born in Shanghai, Chen Ting moved to the United States in 1965. She has a
Master’s Degree in Art from the California State University and has taught
art at the San Jose City College and the University of California in
Berkeley.

“I am like an irrepressible child, capable of boundless possibilities, when
I enter my studio. I thrill at the process of making marks and I relish the
meandering that my medium proffers, “ she stated.

Her works has been in numerous solo and group exhibitions in museum and
galleries in the United States and abroad. Her paintings are in the
collections of many public institutes and corporations such as Harwood
Museum, International Miniature Museum of Contemporary Art, University of
Phoenix, Stanford University Hospital, AT &T, Advance Micro Device, and
Xerox Corporation.

Tangles and Ties will open at Art Beatus Exhibition Space on October 2 and
last until October 25.