Chana Stern

Pilgrimage of the Revenant

2024 | BFA Thesis Exhibit

Pilgrimage of the Revenant

Dark red and black painting featuring a giant eye looking down on a black rabbit, courtesy of the artist — Watchful Eye | Acrylic and Hot Glue, 24x48

Abstract yellow, orange and red acrylic painting, courtesy of the artist — Unwilling Frankenstein | Acrylic, 24x36

Tall painting of a colorful abstract mouse against a blue background looking down on a red animalistic shape, curtesy of the artist — Take My Eyes | Acrylic, 24x48

Dark, colorful abstract painting of three animal face, courtesy of the artist — Hollow | Acrylic, 36x36

Painting of a black mouse encircled by red mice, courtesy of the artist — Consume Me | Acrylic, 30x40

Colorful, abstract painting of animalistic figures, courtesy of artist — Claustrophobic | Acrylic, 24x24

Dark purple, blue and black painting of a large purple eye looking over at a blue one-eyed mouse, courtesy of the artist — Salvation | Acrylic, 30x40

Black and white framed lithograph of a rabbit standing in the decaying body of an animal, courtesy of the artist — Consume Thy Urges | Lithograph, 10x13

Black and white framed lithograph of a decaying animal holding a smaller animal, courtesy of the artist — Repress the Rot | Lithograph, 10x13

Black and blue framed lithograph of a mouse in front of an eye with abstract shapes emerging from the front of its torso, courtesy of the artist — Opening Up | Lithograph, 10x13

Black and white printed lithograph of a mouse emerging from a larger animal shape, with shed mice underneath it, courtesy of the artist — Emerging | Lithograph, 10x13

Colorful, abstract collage of multiple animal faces, courtesy of the artist — Never-Ending Familiarity | Acrylic and Collage, 36x36

Artist Statement

Accepting the past does not mean you have to relive it in a constant loop. I acknowledge and validate childhood trauma by creating pieces that act as a record of my past feelings, whilst confronting how I view those experiences now. I use humanized animal characters, distorting them to emphasize specific emotive qualities such as shame, fear, or vulnerability. Rats are a recurring motif that function as a proxy to communicate the internal, disjointed identity I experienced. My past issues with identity are still present, but quieter in my mind. I employ drawing, printmaking, and painting to express emotive mark making and divisionist brushwork to visualize the chaotic, unresolved nature of my current and past feelings.

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Image of the gallery during Chana Stern's "Pilgrimage of the Revenant" reception, courtesy of the artist

Image of the show title at Chana Stern's reception for "Pilgrimage of the Revenant", courtesy of the artist

Signing the guest book at Chana Stern's reception for "Pilgrimage of the Revenant", courtesy of the artist

Chana Stern poses next to Unwilling Frankenstein at the reception for "Pilgrimage of the Revenant", courtesy of the artist

Chana Stern poses next to Never-Ending Familiarity at the reception for "Pilgrimage of the Revenant", courtesy of the artist

Chana Stern poses under a series of lithographs at the reception for "Pilgrimage of the Revenant", courtesy of the artist

Chana Stern poses under Claustraphobic at the reception for "Pilgrimage of the Revenant", courtesy of the artist

Chana Stern poses in front of two paintings at the reception for "Pilgrimage of the Revenant", courtesy of the artist

Chana Stern poses under two paintings at the reception for "Pilgrimage of the Revenant", courtesy of the artist

Chana Stern, photo courtesy of the artist

About the Artist

Chana Stern is a digital artist and painter from New Jersey. They are a Senior in the Bachelor of Fine Arts program at the University of Alaska Fairbanks. Stern uses rapid Staccato brush strokes in their acrylic paintings to record the feelings they held in their past. They also use methodical line work in their computer art to communicate the narrative of their pieces. Stern uses their experiences of being brought up in an ultra-orthodox religious community to convey the discomfort of being seen, closed in, and trapped from oneself or outside sources they experienced as a child. These influences give their pieces the uncanny look of gruesome adult subjects depicted through a naive lens.

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Chana Stern

Pilgrimage of the Revenant

2024 | BFA Thesis Exhibit

Pilgrimage of the Revenant

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