June Chen Ahleman

My work is about grief, identity, and memorializing. I paint in a conscious attempt to reconcile the conflict of what is and what is not by documenting my existence and those I've lost. Much of my work explores my relationship with the loss of one of my best friends, Ainsley, in 2023. I am interested in navigating not only grief but also the way we celebrate those we've lost and the human inclination to fight time via mark in an attempt to document ourselves and others.