L. Abigail Chua

Biography

Abigail is a project manager in the construction industry in New York City.  As an immigrant, she gives a world view of her passion for visual arts through her photography “the quick shot”.
Abigail’s work is about the modern world and our place in it. Light is the foundation and sets the tone of the conversation she captures in an instant, which forces the viewer to come closer to explore for more detail, or to take a step back to understand the full picture. The idea of the “perceived” and the “actual” elicit reactions of fondness that is constant. As an artist she has the
unique opportunity to exemplify, subvert, and redefine these concepts.

Artist Statement
Photography in the now captures moments that have passed before it is seen by someone many miles away by someone we don't know; instances lost. Photography in the now speak instantly to the world a reminiscence through transitions of time and place. Photography in the now draws the image one creates  distant yet intimate.  The audience grasps a color, a sight that sparks the other senses which illicit a memory before it disappears. Whether it is an electric image captured during a rainstorm reminiscent of a fizzy pop drink or an homage to a famous artist Jean-Michel Basquiat captured through a fleeting silhouette of a boy running to school by the power lines and the gritty graffitied streets of New York City or the aftermath of city life coming out of a pandemic "Photography in the now" remembers what future might be... a storytelling of memories.

Country United States

Email abigail.chua@gmail.com