ANNOUNCING OUR NEW ARTIST IN RESIDENCE: ANGELA FANG ZIRBES

ANNOUNCING OUR NEW ARTIST IN RESIDENCE: ANGELA FANG ZIRBES
Welcoming our second Artist in Residence

Angela Fang Zirbes with her original works at the residency.Image courtesy of Alan Del Rio Ortiz.

We are thrilled to announce our fall artist-in-residence program in Santa Monica, CA with artist Angela Fang Zirbes. With the launch of our second residency, we deepen our commitment to supporting both artists and socially conscious collectors. By offering a dedicated collector base access to works by incredible emerging talents, we continue to foster meaningful connections between artists and patrons who share a passion for art that drives positive change. 

Angela Fang Zirbes painting her original works at the residency.
Image courtesy of Alan Del Rio Ortiz.

As our second resident, Fang Zirbes will weave elements of the coastal surroundings into a new series of works. Her ghosts and haunted objects take on a lighter tone—imbued with renewed agency and a sense of transformation. During her residency, Fang Zirbes will create a body of work consisting of five paintings and a limited edition print that will be available for purchase to ART FOR CHANGE collectors.  

To learn more about the event celebrating Fang Zirbe’s residency and preview original works—along with early access to her forthcoming limited edition print—sign up at the link below.

As part of ART FOR CHANGE’s ongoing commitment to environmental stewardship and charitable giving, we will plant 10 trees for each artwork sold. By restoring forests, we not only safeguard the environment but also strengthen community resilience. At ART FOR CHANGE, we believe fine art and social impact go hand in hand, and we remain committed to offering collectors meaningful works that contribute to a more sustainable future.

ABOUT ANGELA FANG ZIRBES

Photo Courtesy of Jackson Lang Fischbach

Angela Fang Zirbes is a painter based in Iowa. Her paintings recall feelings of isolation growing up as a young biracial woman in the American Midwest. Working from a range of sources including her memories, recurring dreams, and found imagery, Fang Zirbes' paintings describe the experience of navigating an identity rooted in liminality through layered contradictions: what is seen and what is hidden, light and shadow, and reality versus memory. Set in an old rural house reminiscent of the spaces from her childhood, repeated motifs coexist alongside the artist as familiar objects, patterns, and entities in subtly altered forms and contexts. The skewed compositions and perspectives suspend a pervasive sense of peril within the uncanny interiors, in which the subjects are aware that they have been walked-in-on by an unwelcome voyeur. Fang Zirbes' paintings return her to haunt these domestic scenes, seeking a deeper understanding of her detachment, uncertainty, and fear.