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Guest Artist

Julie Chen

October 20December 18, 2026

Additional work by Julie Chen will be on display at the Richmond Center Gallery at WMU
Lecture and Reception: Thursday, November 4, 5:30 in room 2008 of the Richmond Center for Visual Arts, WMU and Richmond Center Gallery
Reception: Friday, November 5, 5:00 to 8:00 p.m. Kalamazoo Book Arts Center

Julie Chen is a Vilas Distinguished Achievement Professor at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. She is an internationally recognized book artist and founder of Flying Fish Press, where she has been publishing limited-edition artists’ books for over 36 years. Her books have been featured in numerous solo and group exhibitions at such places asthe National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, D.C. and the Jack Ginsberg Centre for Book Arts, Johannesburg, SA. Her work is held in major collections worldwide, such as the Library of Congress, the Victoria and Albert Museum, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art. She was a featured artist in the PBS series Craft in America (2009) and in the feature length documentary The Book Makers (2020).

Flying Fish Press 

Examples of Julie’s work from her website