Chase Biado depicts the mundaneness of fantasy. No different than Johannes Vermeer’s scenes of woman sitting at their kitchen tables, Biado’s elves are captured carrying on their daily lives—taking a walk, sitting in their homes, and most recently, dancing at the disco. Typically engrossed in the psychological and the melancholy, Biado’s recent series takes us down a brighter path toward a glittering energetic microcosm within his invented world, depicting Elven subjects in the midst of a celebration. In line with his previous work, these characters remain indicative of the artist’s view of the human experience—shadow creatures playing pretend. Biado asks the viewer to remember – the victor writes the history book; goblins and elves should get to tell their own story.
Chase Biado lives and works in Los Angeles, CA. He received a BFA from Portland State University, Portland, Oregon in 2012. Biado exhibits both under his own name as well as one half of the artist duo A History of Frogs alongside his partner Antonia Pinter. Recent solo exhibitions of Biado’s include “Elf Energy” at DIMIN (2024), "Liquid Night" at The Pit (2023), and Noon Projects in Los Angeles, CA. He has also shown with VODA, Seoul, South Korea; Marta, Los Angeles, CA; Bozo Mag, Los Angeles, CA; The Neutra VDL House, Los Angeles, CA; Helen’s Costume, Portland, OR; and Ruscha and Co., Los Angeles, CA.