Pui Tiffany Chow (born in Hong Kong) immigrated to the US and now lives and works in Los Angeles. Through pointed art historical references, Pui’s paintings and drawings examine the female form and the capacity for the canvas to stage them. Her work explores the intersection between abstraction and figuration and interrogates painting traditions in both subject and form, referencing Eastern and Western cultural codes and modes that coalesce into a pastiche of different tempos, feelings, and approaches.
What does it mean to make drawings, especially over other art forms?
It means to think visually, to try things out, to visit old ideas and explore new ones, to mimic, to invent, to abstract, to look carefully, to experiment with colors and lines.
What kind(s) of rituals are embedded in your drawing practice?
Daily drawings! I draw every day.
In what ways does Los Angeles influence (or not) your approach to drawing?
Colors!
The colors I use are influenced especially by the colors of Los Angeles’s sunsets. You will find them in most of my drawings and almost every painting I make. And the colors of Hollywood and Disney—the bright, artificial colors on the screens.