◉ 2019 亚洲插画艺术节 邀请艺术家曲家瑞（台湾）Asia Illustration Fair Invited Artist: Kristy, Cha-Ray Chu (Taiwan)
「亚洲插画艺术节」由上海宝龙美术馆、集人artogather、自由人艺术公寓联合主办，举办日期：2019年8月30日至9月1日，作品征集：即日起至6月30日。
第二位介绍的邀请艺术家， 是重量级的麻辣女教师曲家瑞 ，这次「亚洲插画艺术节」曲老师不当评审、不当老师、不当作家，将以艺术家的身份，推出全新创作！！！！
The second invited artist is Cha-Ray Chu, who will attend Asia Illustration Fair as an artist and release new work.
实践大学媒体传达设计学系助理教授，大学教师、媒体人、艺术家、作家、二手玩具收藏家、策展人、手绘漫画家等身份于一身。出生于台湾台北。于2018年受台湾年度盛事金钟奖邀请，担任视觉形象与动画总监。
She is an assistant professor in Department of Communications Design, Shih Chien University. She has many positions included lecturer, media people, artist, writer and collector curator. Born in Taipei Taiwan, in 2018,she invited by Golden Bell Awards to be the director of visual identity and animation.
1995年起以炭笔为创作媒材，从事巨幅自画像素描系列创作，近年开始以大量收藏的玩具作为系列创作。作品于台北当代艺术馆、国立历史博物馆、高雄市立美术馆、北京中国美术馆等地。
Since 1995, using charcoal as an creation medium, she devoted to gigantic size self-portrait. In recent year, she takes collected toys as the theme to create series of works which in Taipei Museum of Contemporary Art, National Museum of History and other exhibition halls.
许多人会称呼「曲家瑞」为曲老师，因为她的教师身份，但同时也有许多人是从她艺人、艺术家或其他的头衔中认识了她。面对这样的多元跨界，旁人总对她抱以羡慕，但曲老师却告诉我们，这两年的她正在“拿掉头衔”。
Because of her education position, many people called Cha-Ray Chu as teacher Chu but at the same time, there are still many people know her by her other titles. Most of people focused on her with envy; however, she told that what she does in these two years is “get rid of the title”.
跨界与斜杠，无疑是这几年最被肯定与推崇的称赞，也是曲家瑞在过去十五、二十年间，所追求的成就量表。过去的她认为，人要有很多可能性，所以她教书、写作、画画、策展、收藏玩具，这个也碰、那个也做，因为一个人就应该跨界到各方。
Without doubt, crossover and slash are two of most remarkable admiration in recent years and Cha-Ray Chu took these as the standard in past fifteen to twenty years. In the past, she considered that people should have many possibilities; therefore, she taught, wrote, drew, curated and collected. She did everything because it is necessarily for a person to crossover.
如果每个人一生都只能选一个头衔，她希望大家都能选择自己的名字，因为只有这个名称值得你花上一辈子成为它，没有其他也没关系。 但这几年的她却认为，不需要再跨了。相较于头衔，现在的她，想做的就是真实的曲家瑞，一个对艺术狂热、投入教育的曲家瑞。
If each person can only choose one title for whole life, she hopes people can choose their own names which are worthy for you to spend lifetime to become. Recently, Cha-Ray Chu does not need to crossover anymore, only she wants to be is a true Cha-Ray Chu, the person who is crazy about art and devotes to education.
◉做自己真的好难，所以才要一直提醒自己
回顾曲家瑞的文字创作，从《喂，干嘛不做你自己》、《拜托，不要每个人都一样》、《谁说我没有影响力》、《痛快人生》到《于是，我们交换了青春》，这些书名像是一段探索“真实自我”的旅程。在旅程里，我们见到一个女性去确立、面对人生记忆，更去提醒他人“真实自我”的重要性。
Look back to Cha-Ray Chu’s literary creation, different book names just like the journey to find “real self”; in this journey, we can see a woman establishes, faces the memory of life and reminds others the importance of “real self”.
当问起这段旅程，一路走来是否辛苦时，曲家瑞也痛快回答：“做自己真的很难啊，所以才要一直提醒自己。但一直讲，讲了这么久，大家还是很难完全的做自己，几乎没有人可以做到。”曲家瑞说的没有人，也包含她自己。她说，爸妈的女儿、某人的女朋友、学生的老师，那个属于谁的谁，是我们永远无法切割的身份，却经常成为我们的顾虑。
When mention this journey, she replies straightforward: “It is difficult to be ourselves so I have to remind myself frequently. But it is so hard that almost no one can reach.” The “no one” included herself, she said that “daughter, girlfriend, teacher…we are someone’s who and we can never cut off but often make us misgiving.”
拯救自卑的个性，靠的还是自己，是她的天賦和努力。 她在艺术世界里寻找到躲在阴暗角落里的自己，用她自己的话讲，画画是自我探索的过程，让她认同了自己。
To ameliorate the sense of inferiority, she must rely on herself, her talent and effort. By painting, she finds herself in dark and it is also the process of her to realize herself, build the confidence.
让我们来迅速浏览一下曲家瑞的传奇经历：
1984 美国曼哈顿音乐学院，大学先修班学位主修钢琴
1987 美国耶鲁大学艺术学院Ellen Battel Stockel奖学金
1988 美国 柯柏联盟学院 艺术系学士
1990 美国 哥伦比亚大学艺术研究所硕士
Let us throw back the legendary process of Cha-Ray Chu:
1984 Manhattan College of Music, pre-university degree majoring in piano
1987 Ellen Battel Stockel Scholarship, Yale School of the Arts, USA
1988 Bachelor of Arts, Faber Union College, USA
1990 Master of Arts, Columbia University, USA
高中直接被送到美国，那时候的画拿到全美榜首，素描书刊为了她，破例刊登彩色版面。大学继续攻克艺术，据她自己讲，大学的设计专业是“纽约学设计的人听到都要跪下来”的级别柯柏联盟学院，并且不用钱，在拿到耶鲁大学艺术学院的奖学金以后，曲家瑞又去了哥伦比亚大学艺术研究所念硕士。有名气到在学校附近的纽约街区，一报出 Kristy Chu的大名，大部分人都知道，众星捧月般的地位没错了。从哥伦比亚大学研究所毕业，之后七年时间就在纽约每天画画吃饭睡觉。
She was sent to America in senior high school and her painting won the top of the list in whole America. A sketch publication even breaks a rule for her to place color layout. She continues major in art in Cooper Union, which is famous for design and no tuition required. Got the scholarship in Yale School of Art, Cha-Ray Chu went to Columbia University School of Arts studied master’s degree. She was so famous that you mention “Kristy Chu” around the school block, most people would know her. After graduating, she stayed in New York painting and living for seven years.
30岁从美国回来，她过起了20K工资的生活（20k新台币即4200人民币） 成为大学老师，开始过着一往无前的生活。
Came back from America in thirty years old, she became a lecturer and started the life with 20K (NTD) per month.
50岁没有停止探索，会在每个人的身上看到他的价值，然而她还有梦想没有实现。
Until fifty years old, she does not stop exploring and has the ability to see the value on each person, but her dream has not come true yet.
53岁的曲家瑞在用行动告诉大家，现在的她，想做的就是真实的曲家瑞，一个对艺术狂热、投入创作的曲家瑞。
In 53 years old, Cha-Ray Chu uses the action to prove herself that the person she wants to be is a real Cha-Ray Chu, crazy about art and devotes to creation.
曲家瑞的作品探讨人性、归属感和内心的小孩世界。「不管梦想会不会实现，唱衰你的人还是继续，但只要努力付出，一定会被看见。沿途还会有许多意想不到的美丽风景与惊喜，在前方等着你。」每个人一辈子都在探究自己，我们就像一座丰富的宝藏，不断挖掘可以看到很多面的自己。
Her works talk about humanity, Sense of belonging and inner childish world. ”No matter the dream come true or not, people who contempt you would go on; however, as long as paying effort, you will be seen. Besides, there are great view and surprise on the way waiting for you.” People explore themselves in their whole life just like a treasure mountain, if we keep questing and we will discover many aspects of ourselves.
“啊，原来我是这么有潜能，原来我也可以做到这样的事。”持续不断用大胆的冲撞启发创意，作风前卫独特，成果总是令人惊艳。
“Ah, I have such potential. I can do this as well.” Continued using bold attacks to inspire creativity, the style was avant-garde and the results were always amazing.
2019台湾印花设计节展出作品
最近曲老师刚参加完台湾印花设计节的展出，马上八月底也将于上海宝龙美术馆“亚洲插画艺术节”展出 ，并于现场与大家见面！！！ 紧接之后九月也会在苏州诚品书店三十周年活动举办大型个展。
She just attended Taiwan Pattern Design Festival in Taiwan recently; she will also take part in Asia Illustration Fair in the end of August. And she host personal exhibition in meet eslite thirty years activity.
◉ 2019 ASIA ILLUSTRATION FAIR
DATES ｜ 2019.08.30 (Fri) – 09.01 (Sun)
MEDIA & VIP ｜ 2019.08.29 (Thu)
HOURS ｜ 10:00 – 18:00
LOCATION ｜ Powerlong Museum, Shanghai City
ORGANIZER ｜ Powerlong Museum, Artogather Culture and Art (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.
CO-ORGANIZER ｜ Freedom Men Art Apartments
CURATOR ｜ Andy Yen
EMAIL ｜ 2019aifaif@gmail.com, 2019aif@artogather.com
PHONE ｜ +886 987-777-838, +86 18501686811 (10:00 – 17:00)
Application Link ：http://www.asiaillustrationfair.com/application
◉ 2019 AIF亚洲插画艺术节
公众展期｜2019年8月30日(五) – 9月1日(日)
媒体嘉宾｜2019年8月29日(四)
展览时间｜10:00 – 18:00
展览地点｜上海宝龙美术馆
主办單位｜上海宝龙美术馆、集人文化艺术（上海）有限公司
协办單位｜自由人艺术公寓
策展人｜颜宁志
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