Lillian Chun, Visual Art

Work samples

Doggy Paddling Around Dusk and Everything That Ever Was
Unearthing While Spaced Out
Tending to What I Get
Baltimore Backyard Bliss

About Lillian

Lillian Chun (b. Allentown, PA 1989) is a mixed media artist and art educator. She earned her BFA from the Maryland Institute College of Art in 2011 and MAT in 2012. Chun currently lives and works in Ellicott City, MD. Her work has been featured in galleries in Maryland, Pennsylvania, New York and online international exhibitions. Paradoxical narratives surrounding time, womxn and motherhood, are often themes within her work.

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DISASSOCIATIONS (2025-ongoing)

Among fragmented imagery within mixed media-layered paintings and sculptures, a paradox of escapism and confrontation runs through my work. Interactions of various materials such as remnants of old paintings, found objects, 3D printed doodles, found objects and handmade photographs form collage-like compositions within unexpected juxtapositions. Within these distorted figurations, I create visually overwhelming spaces inspired by the psychological residue of burnout—how women, often overburdened with emotional and invisible labor, find that even rare moments of stillness are clouded by a flood of anxious thought. By engaging with materials and processes in an intuitive yet deliberate way, I aim to unearth fleeting moments of liminality and intensity—the tension of being on the edge of breakdown, the weight of past experiences pressing against the present, and the inner dialogue visualized.

Doggy Paddling Around Dusk and Everything That Ever Was

30 x 41 inches
Acrylic, oil, RA-4 prints, graphite, charcoal & oil stick on canvas
2025
Disassociations

26 x 41 inches
Oil, Acrylic, Pastel, Graphite & Photographs on Canvas
2025
Tending to What I Get

34 x 36 inches
Oil, Acrylic, Pastel & Photographs on Canvas
2024-25
Take a Seat, We're Settling

40 x 40 inches
Acrylic, oil, photographs, 3D prints and oil stick on canvas
2025
Wondering As We Wander

Mixed Media on Paper, 18 x 48 inches, 2024
Election Day

Oil, Acrylic, Pastel, Graphite & Photographs on Canvas, 35 x 35 inches, 2024-25
I Cast the Line Through the Shadows and It Landed On These Faded Places

Oil, Acrylic, Pastel & Photographs on Canvas, 40 x 40 inches, 2024
Unearthing

5 x 7 x 3 inches
Acrylic, Photographs, Graphite, Dried Flowers & Found objects on Clay
2025
Dished Out the Past

Acrylic, Photographs, Dried Flowers & Found objects on Clay, 4 x 7 x 5 inches
Held

Acrylic, Photographs, Dried Flowers & Found objects on Clay, 5 x 6 x 3 inches

UNEARTHING WHILE SPACED OUT (2025-ongoing)

Photographed on medium format film, these images serve as windows into our intricate relationships with ourselves, portraying intimate moments suspended in time and ordinary spaces of comfort that embrace our being. This work delves into the enigma of presence, challenging the notion that we experience time as a linear progression. Meditative glimpses of spaces, found objects in nature and people remind us that within the tapestry of our existence, we can pause to quiet our minds or allow ourselves to get lost in unearthing our subconscious while spaced out.

Where We Are

120 Color Film, Digitized & Printed on Premium Archival Inkjet Paper
Untitled

120 Film, Digitized & Printed on Premium Archival Inkjet Paper
Fields of Remembrance

120 Film, Silver Gelatin Print
The High School Sweethearts' Spot

120 Film, Silver Gelatin Print
Love for the Walking Stick

Digitized & Printed on Premium Archival Inkjet Paper
Untitled

Digitized & Printed on Premium Archival Inkjet Paper
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120 Film, Silver Gelatin Print
Nor Here or There

Digitized & Printed on Premium Archival Inkjet Paper
Baltimore Backyard Bliss

Digitized & Printed on Premium Archival Inkjet Paper
Dancers of the Woods

120 Film, Silver Gelatin Print

CURRENT WORKS IN PROGRESS

These are current works in progress, for an upcoming solo exhibition, Disassociations, at the Chesapeake Arts Center in May 2026.

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Mixed media painting on canvas, 36 x 40 inches, 2026
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Mixed Media Ceramic Sculptures in Progress
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Mixed media painting in progress on canvas, 16 x 20 inches
Untitled Mixed Media Sculptures in Progress

Mixed media ceramic sculptures in progress
Untitled Painting in Progress

Mixed media painting on linen in progress, 28 x 40 inches
Prints in Progress

Composite Silver Gelatin Print, 8 x 10, Works in progress, 2026
Works in Progress

Composite Silver Gelatin Print, 8 x 10, Works in progress, 2026
Prints in Progress

Composite Silver Gelatin Print, 8 x 10, Works in progress, 2026
Untitled Work in Progress

Mixed Media on Canvas, 28 x 42 inches, 2026

LOST SENSATIONS (2022-23)

Alternating between subconscious illusions and depictions of reality, these mixed media paintings re-imagine ordinary moments of being in space and time. Relationships with oneself, perceptions of time, desire, and memory are interspersed among narrative abstractions and portraits. Layers of marks, color and objects become maps of personal history as well as a chaotic sanctuary of sensations within and around a figure. Nostalgic flashbacks through photographic collage and disruptive juxtapositions of media in space explore paradoxical feelings of discontentment, elation and escapism.

Lost Sensations Solo Exhibition 2023

2023 Solo Exhibition, The Alchemy of Art Gallery, Baltimore, MD
Lost Sensations

Oil, Flashe Emulsion, Charcoal, Acrylic, Silver Gelatin Prints & Decals on Canvas
23 x 40 inches
2022
Quietly Contemplating Motherhood

Mixed Media on Panel, 2022
Tiny Ass Bedroom Daydreams

Oil, Acrylic, Charcoal Silver Gelatin Prints & Decals on Canvas
19.5 x 38 inches
2022
Nostalgia for the Upside Down

Oil, Gouache, Collage, Charcoal & Pastel on Canvas
26 x 30 inches
2023
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Oil, Acrylic, Charcoal Silver Gelatin Prints & Decals on Canvas
2022
It Was Only Two Drinks

Oil, Acrylic, Graphite, Charcoal, Found Objects & Silver Gelatin Prints on Canvas and
24 x 36 inches
2023
The Kiss

The Kiss (inspired by Gustav Klimt)
Oil, Acrylic, Graphite, Charcoal & Silver Gelatin Prints on Canvas
40 x 40 inches
2023
Becoming

Oil, Acrylic, Graphite, Charcoal & Silver Gelatin Prints on Canvas
39 x 39 inches
2023
In Between Now and Then

Oil, Acrylic, Charcoal Silver Gelatin Prints & Decals on Canvas
2023

OUT OF TIME (2022-23)

Out of Time is a lyrical series of photographs on medium format film that reflect on relationships with oneself, personal moments of being in time, and spaces of comfort. Inspired by our often fragmented perceptions of time and memory, this project investigates how we can be present in a moment in time and simultaneously experience other sensations such as a personal flashback, waves of nostalgia from triggering sensations, and moments that might cause one to lose a grip on time. These portraits and meditative photographs of spaces in this body of work mounted on torn charcoal drawings reflect the tension, fragility and brokenness surrounding womanhood and mortality.

Out of Time Solo Exhibition View
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120 Film, Scanned & Printed on Laserjet Archival Print on Charcoal & Paper
Untitled Photograph

120 Film, Scanned & Printed on Laserjet Archival Print on Charcoal & Paper
Untitled Photograph

120 Film, Scanned & Printed on Laserjet Archival Print on Charcoal & Paper
Untitled Photograph

120 Film, Scanned & Printed on Laserjet Archival Print on Charcoal & Paper
Untitled Photograph

120 Film, Scanned & Printed on Laserjet Archival Print on Charcoal & Paper
Untitled Photograph

120 Film, Scanned & Printed on Laserjet Archival Print on Charcoal & Paper
Untitled Photograph

120 Film, Scanned & Printed on Laserjet Archival Print on Charcoal & Paper
Untitled Photograph

120 Film, Scanned & Printed on Laserjet Archival Print on Charcoal & Paper