Windy Chien is best known for her project The Year of Knots, but she creates on a vast scale ? palm-sized pieces to room-size installations.

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Artist Windy Chien is best known for her 2016 project The Year of Knots, but she creates on a vast scale ? palm-sized pieces to installations spanning entire rooms. All of her life experiences combined to get her to this very spot, from owning a record store to working for Apple and everything in between. We reached out to Windy to learn more about her transition to full-time artist, her focus on knots, and the ways in which she uses Squarespace to keep her site on brand. Their professionally-designed site templates and all-in-one capabilities can assist with your domain(s), building your site, and marketing. Photo by Molly DeCoudreaux
Chien happily claims the status of ?outsider? by way of her ?army brat? youth, ethnicity, and fringe culture that she?s always been drawn to. But how does that play into her artist persona"
?I didn?t go to art school (I went to the school of life!), so I have no preconceived notions of the gallery system, or of having to find representation to sell the work, or of what a ?real? art practice looks like. So I?ve started from scratch, but that hasn?t been a hindrance, because I?ve lived long enough to have built a lot of confidence in...