This new body of work explores the process of piecing memories back together. Working with bold forms and refined colour palettes, Annie Pei-Hsuan Chen creates visual fragments that echo the way memories shift, dissolve, and reassemble over time.

Many of the compositions hint at architectural structures or puzzle-like arrangements. Shapes are built, taken apart, and put back together, creating an ongoing dialogue between construction and deconstruction. Through this process, familiar forms lose their fixed meanings and open up new ways of seeing.

Underlying this visual language is a tension between structure and freedom. Growing up between strict discipline and creative encouragement, Chen developed a visual language that balances structure with spontaneity. This push and pull continues to shape her practice today, where carefully balanced geometry meets intuitive colour and movement.

For Chen, colour functions as a personal language — one that carries emotion and memory beyond literal representation. Through these assembled fragments of form and colour, the paintings become spaces where past experiences are reconfigured into something new.

MEDIUM

acrylic, vinyl emulsion, oil stick & marker on cradled wood panel

ARTIST BIO

Annie Pei-Hsuan Chen is a multidisciplinary artist whose work explores the intersection of memory, place, and design. Drawing on a background in Surface Design and over a decade of experience in art licensing, Annie brings a refined sense of form, colour, and composition to her abstract geometric paintings. Her work is known for its bold simplicity, architectural influence, and the way it invites quiet contemplation.

Born in Taiwan and now based in British Columbia, Annie’s creative practice is deeply shaped by her bicultural perspective and her early training in graphic design. Before turning her focus to fine art, she built a successful career under the studio name Lemonni, collaborating with international clients such as Crate & Barrel, Baby Mori, LG, and Hobby Lobby. Her illustrations and patterns have appeared on everything from home decor and packaging to children’s products and textiles.

Annie’s paintings are a continuation of her design sensibility, balancing precise structure with emotional resonance. Recent series draw inspiration from urban landscapes, everyday objects, and architectural features, particularly those connected to her personal heritage. Through colour, rhythm, and form, she builds visual narratives that are both deeply personal and inviting.

Annie’s work has been shown in local exhibitions in British Columbia and is held in private collections internationally. As she continues to expand her fine art practice, she brings the same clarity, intention, and craftsmanship that have long defined her creative career.