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Artist Talk | Alan Chin and Sophia Quach McCabe, Ph.D. Saturday, May 23, 1–2:30 PM AMPHI Gallery, 49 W. Del Mar Blvd., Pasadena, CA 91105 RSVP via the link in bio. For this special conversation, join artist Alan Chin @alanchinart and curator Sophia Quach McCabe, Ph.D. @sqm_arthistorian as they discuss the new body of work presented in “Alan Chin: Palimpsests”. Together, they will explore the multidimensional nature of Chin’s interdisciplinary practice across painting, ceramics, and sculptural form, as well as the exhibition’s curatorial development and final presentation at AMPHI Gallery. Alan Chin (b. 1987, Berkeley, CA) is an interdisciplinary artist who uses material process to explore how meaning is shaped through everyday forms and actions. Working across sculpture, painting, installation, performance, and film, Chin examines systems, repetition, and transformation as ways to consider labor, perception, and social experience. Chin received his BFA in Ceramics and Painting from California College of the Arts in 2011, with additional study at Academie Minerva in the Netherlands. He has exhibited internationally, including at the Berkeley Art Museum, The Kaneko, Resché Ateliér in Paris, the Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, and represented the United States at the 2017 International Sculpture Biennale in Wuhan, China. Chin lives and works in Los Angeles. Dr. Sophia Quach McCabe is a curator, art historian, and consultant. Her work bridges cultures, time, and geography, with expertise in Renaissance and contemporary art. She received her Ph.D. from the University of California, Santa Barbara, and has held positions in museums and academia, including The Huntington, Getty Research Institute, Art, Design & Architecture Museum at UC Santa Barbara, and California State University, Long Beach. A former Fulbright Fellow, McCabe continues developing and promoting cultural exchanges in her exhibitions, writings, and collaborations with artists, galleries, and museums. Image: Alan Chin (left) and Sophia Quach McCabe, Ph.D. (right) at “Alan Chin: Palimpsests”, AMPHI Gallery, 2026.

Now on view | Alan Chin: Palimpsests May 9 – June 20, 2026. curated by Sophia Quach McCabe, Ph.D. @sqm_arthistorian ”Alan Chin: Palimpsests“ presents a new series of paintings and ceramic sculptures by Los Angeles-based artist Alan Chin @alanchinart , along with his diverse, interdisciplinary practice and multi-layered approach to artmaking over the last 20 years. palimpsest: — writing material (such as a parchment or tablet) used one or more times after earlier writing has been erased; something having usually diverse layers or aspects apparent beneath the surface. AMPHI Gallery 49 W. Del Mar Blvd., Pasadena, CA 91105 Hours: Wed – Sat, 12–5 pm Image 1–2: Installation views of “Alan Chin: Palimpsests”, AMPHI Gallery, Los Angeles, 2026. Photo by Carlotta Guerra @cgcarlotta .

Grateful to share this sneak peek made by @colemanweimer of my upcoming exhibition, “Alan Chin: Palimpsests,” at @amphi____ This exhibition presents new paintings and ceramic sculptures alongside works from my interdisciplinary practice over the last 20 years. Curated by @sqm_arthistorian Sophia Quach McCabe, PhD. Join us for the opening reception this Saturday! May 9 – June 20, 2026 Opening Reception: May 9, 5–8 PM Artist Conversation: May 23, 1–2:30 PM Film by: @colemanweimer Music by: @dirtbagvisions

Alan Chin’s @alanchinart practice is deeply rooted in his respect and care for the natural world, especially bonsai. “Alan Chin: Palimpsests” marks the debut of Chin’s monumental ceramic bonsai and “Palimpsests of Nature” series, a wonderland of imagined nature in greens, pinks, blues, and blacks. Chin’s interest in nature includes how its patterns serve as records of time, exemplified in the circular growth rings of trees—transformed by Chin’s hands into spiral pinch pot ceramics such as “Blue Ridge” (2023)—and how their kinetic structures adapt to different environments and speak to an ongoing story of survival, as offered by the artist’s tenmoku-glazed reimagined bonsai sculpture “Ahu” (2025). Alan Chin: Palimpsests May 9 – June 20, 2026 Curated by Sophia Quach McCabe, Ph.D. @sqm_arthistorian AMPHI Gallery 49 W. Del Mar Blvd., Pasadena, CA 91105 Hours: Wed – Sat, 12–5 pm

Coming soon: “Alan Chin: Palimpsests” at AMPHI Gallery. AMPHI Gallery is pleased to announce “Alan Chin: Palimpsests” by Los Angeles-based interdisciplinary artist Alan Chin @alanchinart . Curated by Sophia Quach McCabe, Ph.D. @sqm_arthistorian May 9 – June 20, 2026 Opening reception May 9, 5–8 pm Artist conversation May 23, 1–2:30 pm “Alan Chin: Palimpsests” presents a new series of paintings and ceramic sculptures by Los Angeles-based artist Alan Chin, along with his diverse, interdisciplinary practice and multi-layered approach to artmaking over the last 20 years. Chin’s mantra, “We are on the shoulders of giants,” acknowledges his familial and artistic lineages and legacies, including those who supported his artistic formation. These lineages and diverse layers appear like a palimpsest in Chin’s works, welcoming us into his artistic formation and continuing journey. Alan Chin (b. 1987, Berkeley, CA) is an interdisciplinary artist who uses material process to explore how meaning is shaped through everyday forms and actions. Working across sculpture, painting, installation, performance, and film, Chin examines systems, repetition, and transformation as ways to consider labor, perception, and social experience. Chin received his BFA in Ceramics and Painting from California College of the Arts in 2011, with additional study at Academie Minerva in the Netherlands. He has exhibited internationally, including at the Berkeley Art Museum, The Kaneko, Resché Ateliér in Paris, the Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, and represented the United States at the 2017 International Sculpture Biennale in Wuhan, China. Chin lives and works in Los Angeles. Image 1: Portrait of Alan Chin. © Alan Chin. Photo by Dean Chin. Image 2: Detail of “May God Bless You,” 2026. Oil on canvas, 144 × 144 in. Link in bio for more.

Finally, we meet.👀 At the rear of AMPHI Gallery @amphi____ , AMPHI OBJECTS @amphi_object Art editions and functional objects: ceramics, prints, furniture, accessories. Featuring works by @scottmeskill in this video. Music by @jimbrown52 #amphigallery #lagallery

AMPHI CONVERSATION | Join us for a conversation with artist Paulin Paris @paulinparisstudio on March 14, presented in conjunction with his current solo exhibition ”The First Garden“. The discussion will be moderated by Sabine Paris @sabinepitbull and Stefan Mattessich @stefanmattessich , and will explore themes central to the artist’s practice, including the presence of nature and the notion of consciousness. The event will also mark the launch of ”The First Garden“ zine, which includes an original text by French writer Thierry Grillet. @thierrygilbertgrillet Let’s talk about ”The First Garden“ Paulin Paris in conversation with Sabine Paris and Stefan Mattessich Saturday, March 14, 1–2:30 PM 📍AMPHI Gallery, 49 W. Del Mar Blvd., Pasadena, CA 91105 🗓️RSVP for the event via the link in bio. 🔗Download ”The First Garden“ zine (PDF) in bio #amphigallery #paulinparis #thefirstgarden #artislife

AMPHI Gallery is currently presenting “The First Garden”, a solo exhibition by Paulin Paris @paulinparisstudio , on view through April 4, 2026. In this video, AMPHI visits Paulin Paris in his Los Angeles studio. The studio serves not only as the site of his daily practice, but also as a space for gathering and reflection. Each object within the space carries its own story, forming an intimate extension of the artist’s lived experience. Paulin Paris brings together the spiritual dimension of artistic creation and his way of life, fully embodying his guiding philosophy, Art is Life. About the artist Paulin Paris was born and raised in Paris, France, where he studied philosophy and art at the Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Beaux Arts. Based in California since 2000, he has local, national, and international collectors and clients. Over the years, he continues to create many world class art projects both within the United States and abroad.#amphigallery #pasadenagallery #paulinparis #lagallery #contemporaryart

AMPHI Gallery is pleased to present “The First Garden”, a solo exhibition of new works by Paulin Paris @paulinparisstudio . Born in Paris and based in California since 2000, Paulin Paris’s practice is deeply informed by philosophy, travel, and sustained encounters with nature. Grounded in Paris’s guiding philosophy, “Art is Life,” the exhibition brings together painting, pattern, and surface to create a world that is meant not only to be viewed, but inhabited. Central to the exhibition is Paris’s ongoing “Tapis de feuilles” series—large-scale works inspired by the forest floor, where scattered leaves form rhythmic, meditative fields of color. At first glance, these paintings read as lush abstractions or decorative carpets; with time, small faces emerge from the foliage, subtly returning the viewer’s gaze. As Paris notes, “Looking at the leaves, you realize they are looking back at you.” The works invite reflection on consciousness, presence, and our reciprocal relationship with the natural world, while blurring boundaries between fine art and interior surface. The exhibition is curated by Sabine Paris @sabinepitbull , the artist’s daughter, who holds a degree in Art History from Bard College and has grown up with a deep, firsthand understanding of Paulin Paris’s work and evolving practice. Through its exploration of nature as both origin and environment, “The First Garden” offers an immersive, poetic vision in which art and life are inseparable, and the natural world is both refuge and interlocutor. More info in bio🔗 Paulin Paris: The First Garden Feb 21 – Apr 4, 2026 Opening Reception Sat, Feb 21, 5–8 pm, with the artist present. Image 1: Paulin Paris, artist portrait. Photo: Carlotta Guerra @cgcarlotta . Courtesy of the artist. Image 2: Paulin Paris, “Tapis de Feuilles – 13”, 2025. Painted wood panel, 18 × 24 × 2 in. #paulinparis #artislife #amphigallery #pasadenagallery

What does it mean to inherit an art world—and an inner world? In her review of “A Boat Made of Dreams” at AMPHI Gallery, Lisa Locascio Nighthawk follows a thread of Los Angeles art lineage across generations, where dream-recording becomes ritual and the unknown is treated with reverence. As Nighthawk writes, if some works feel like “glimpses” of the unknown, others read like a “lifestream from within” it—pointing to mystery as something generative and sustaining, a deep well of inspiration that continues to course through Los Angeles artists. Ultimately, the exhibition celebrates the unknown, insisting it be handled with care. Images: 1. Margaret Nielsen, “during a dangerous game of peek-a-boo...”, 2015. 2.Margaret Nielsen, “Storm in the Rocky Mountains-Mt. Rosalie,” 1990. 3. Axel Wilhite, “It says it’s telling me these secret truths to empower me, to build me up higher, so that it hurts more when it topples me…,” 2022. 4. Scott Grieger, “LISA,” 1984. All images courtesy of AMPHI Gallery. © the artist and AMPHI Gallery. @amphi____ @senzaflash_ @margaretnielsen123 @axelwilhite @bobwilhite #bobwilhite #scottgrieger

So grateful to @momusart for the thoughtful review of “A Boat Made of Dreams”, and to Lisa Locascio Nighthawk @senzaflash_ for the sensitive and insightful reading of the exhibition. Read the full review via the link in bio. #scottgrieger #amphigallery #pasadenagallery #lagallery

Last chance to visit | ”A Boat Made of Dreams” is now on view through January 3. From December 21 to January 3, visits will be by appointment only, available daily between 12–5 PM. To schedule a visit: • DM us on Instagram with your preferred visit time • Email [email protected] with your preferred visit time • Call 1 (626) 831-9988 Image: Installation view of “A Boat Made of Dreams”, AMPHI Gallery, Los Angeles, 2025. © the artists and AMPHI Gallery