My paintings build emotional worlds rather than literal scenes. I blend figuration with abstraction to show how memory, sensation, and imagination overlap. Recurring shapes—gestural marks, drifting figures, and hints of landscape—emerge and dissolve across layered color fields, creating a sense of constant change. By refusing a single, linear narrative, each work invites viewers to wander through shifting moods and connect to their own half-remembered stories. Ultimately, the canvases are propositions: that inner experience is fragmented yet fertile, and that painting can hold those fragments long enough for us to feel their quiet resonance.

Bio

Abby Zhang is a professional artist based in the San Francisco Bay Area. Trained as a painter, she holds a MFA fine arts degree from Pratt Institute and has exhibited her work nationally. Abby works with different art forms that create meanings and challenge her. Abby is an artist member at Mercury 20 Gallery in Oakland, CA. She recently participated in the Nomad III and TRYST Alternative art fair hosted by Torrance Art Museum.