Fragments of Memory

Amity Chan & Lynda Andrews-Barry

Curated by Iza Thomas and Robert Cwiok

April 23rd - May 17th, 2025

Fragments of Memories brings together two artists whose practices navigate the complex intersections of memory, identity, and place. Through paintings, sculptures, collages, and video installations, Amity Chan and Lynda Andrews-Barry explore how personal histories and political realities shape the landscapes we live in, both real and imagined.

Drawing from her upbringing in Hong Kong, Chan reflects on everyday spaces such as residential buildings, schools, and malls, using personal photographs to reconstruct a childhood shaped by cultural rituals and rapid urban transformation on canvases. Her manga-inspired paintings speak to the cultures she grew up with and her diasporic experience in the U.S., as well as the desire to preserve cultural memory in the face of displacement.

In parallel, Andrews-Barry responds to the political atmosphere of Washington, D.C., using snow globes, mixed media collages, and video installation to examine collective memory and national narratives. Her works translate the volatility of current events into intimate, symbolic forms that call for action and self-expression.

Together, their works reveal memory not as a static archive, but as a shifting terrain shaped by place, time, and the politics of remembering.