Julie Chen

After completing a degree in printmaking at the University of California, Berkeley, Julie Chen became intrigued by the language, equipment, and materials of Book Arts and entered the Book Arts program at Mills College.

Book Arts encompass binding, letterpress, printing and printmaking, combined with three-dimensional art. The finished products are unique three-dimensional pieces of art that include text.

Chen’s books are considered exceptional for their craft and quality, while playfully teasing the conceptual limits of books. Always mindful of the reader who will interact with her structures, she selects paper to delight the eye and appeal to the touch, while creating forms that function as vessels for text, images, ideas and meaning. Despite the nontraditional forms it often occupies, the text in Chen’s creations is letterpress printed.

In addition to teaching Book Arts at Mills College and operating Flying Fish Press, Chen regularly lectures on bookmaking and teaches workshops nationwide.

www.flyingfishpress.com

Julie Chen in her studio
Julie Chen in her studio
Julie Chen, various works
Julie Chen, various works
Julie Chen, Personal Paradigms: A Game of Human Experience. Siblia Savage photograph
Julie Chen, Personal Paradigms: A Game of Human Experience. Siblia Savage photograph
Julie Chen, A Guide to Higher Learning. Siblia Savage photograph
Julie Chen, A Guide to Higher Learning. Siblia Savage photograph
Julie Chen, A Guide to Higher Learning. Siblia Savage photograph
Julie Chen, A Guide to Higher Learning. Siblia Savage photograph
Julie Chen, Full Circle. Siblia Savage photograph
Julie Chen, Full Circle. Siblia Savage photograph
Julie Chen, Ode to a Grand Staircase. Siblia Savage photograph
Julie Chen, Ode to a Grand Staircase. Siblia Savage photograph
Julie Chen, Panorama. Siblia Savage photograph
Julie Chen, Panorama. Siblia Savage photograph
Julie Chen, Panorama. Siblia Savage photograph
Julie Chen, Panorama. Siblia Savage photograph
Julie Chen, True to Life
Julie Chen, True to Life
Julie Chen, Chrysalis, 2014, Craft in America
Julie Chen, Chrysalis, 2014.
Julie Chen, Family Tree, 2013. California Masters, Process, Craft in America
Julie Chen, Family Tree, (detail), 2013. Digital printing and laser engraving on wood
Julie Chen, Family Tree, 2013. California Masters, Process, Craft in America
Julie Chen, Family Tree, 2013
Julie Chen, Family Tree, 2013. California Masters, Process, Craft in America
Julie Chen, Family Tree, 2013. Digital printing and laser engraving on wood