Nguyen Wahed in collaboration with gmtc.nyc
@gmtc.nyc are excited to announce HAPPY ISLANDS, the debut solo exhibition by Taiwanese artist Devon Pin-Yu Chen
@devonpilarc .
Highlighting the performative gestures within Chen’s art practice, HAPPY ISLANDS explores how ceramics—her primary medium—serve as an anchor, undergirding her and her fellow “islanders” in a stillness amid the darkened ocean of the basement.
Devon Pin-Yu Chen (b.1994) is an artist based in New York City from Taipei, Taiwan. She holds an MFA in visual arts from Columbia University and a BFA in Fashion Design from Shih Chien University. Devon is the recipient of the Andrew Fisher fellowship. Notable recent exhibitions include Fault Lines at THE BLANC, New York, NY (2025); Play at Leroy Neiman Center for Print Studies, New York, NY (2025) and Currents at SK Gallery New York, NY (2024).
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Nguyen Wahed’s inaugural residency program is designed to support experimental, site-responsive, and process-based projects – works that may not fit easily within traditional commercial frameworks but expand the field of artistic inquiry. The Artist Residency Program will run from January to August, and will conclude with either a solo exhibition, pop-up exhibition, or open studio event hosted by Nguyen Wahed Gallery.
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HAPPY ISLANDS
@devonpilarc
Open Reception: February 5, Thursday, 6-8pm
Nguyen Wahed
Basement of 504 E 12th St, New York,
NY 10009, New York City
Exhibition hours: 3-6 pm, Thursday - Saturday + by appointments (
[email protected])
Walking Performance on Every Saturday at 5 pm by the Artist