Rieko Chacey ｜チェイシー理恵子

10/04/2026

Sweaty Eyeballs Animation Festival Returns!

SAVE THE DATES - November 6-7, 2026
International Shorts programs and a Baltimore Showcase program will be screened at Falvey Hall Theatre at the Maryland Institute College of Art in Baltimore. There will also be a corresponding group art exhibition at Area 405 Gallery.

https://www.sweatyeyeballs.com/

My experimental frame-by-frame animation, Origin, will be screened at Baltimore showcase. Check out all the lineup of films on the link below.

https://www.sweatyeyeballs.com/officialselections2026.html

When I got the news, my eyeballs got sweaty, of course. 🥹

10/02/2026

The.Best.Show.In.Town.Now. that I have been so far this fall! (Okay, I have not been able to visit many exhibits recently. 😓😢 )

A-must-see! Curated by

Natural Herstories

Exhibition on View: September 10 - Nov 7, 2026

Maryland Art Place (MAP) is pleased to present “Natural Herstories" exploring womxn artists’ complex relationships with the natural world, with a particular focus on artists who employ nature as an act of reclamation against colonialist narratives within their work.

Exhibiting Artists:

Laura Amussen

Divya Anantharaman

Shasta Donegan

Stephanie Garmey

Elizabeth Holtry

Ellen Jewett

Luci Jockel

Maria Lux

Jennifer McBrien

Caitlin McCormack

Lindsay Pichaske

Tara Sellios

Leslie Shellow

Sara Torgison

10/02/2026

Photos from the reception of the Dance of the Ni***es exhibition at XoXo gallery

I had a blast from meeting many artists! ☺️🙏

10/01/2026

My first projection mapping practice💗Yay💕😆💗❤️😍

09/22/2026

09/14/2026

今泣いて何分か後の自分  Crying now but me some minutes later
今泣いて何年か後の自分 Crying now but me some years later
笑っていたいだろう    Wanna keep smiling?

—サカナクション「夜の踊り子」sakanaction "yoru no odoriko"

To smile, there are a lot of tears to be shed... I'm willing.

08/29/2026

Long before I fully understood it myself, other people noticed how naturally I connect with my students. For years, I assumed it was because many artists feel like misfits to some degree, and they see me—someone a little unusual, a little off‑center—as a reassuring presence. I thought they felt more “normal” standing next to me, less alone in their strangeness. (All my students are artists; I teach media art.)

But a recent observation from someone offered a more accurate explanation: I don’t look down on the things my students love. Games, anime, niche pop culture—interests that often earn dismissal or condescension—I meet with genuine enthusiasm. I understand them deeply, and I enjoy them. They were part of my own childhood, and it delights me when my students know these things too, despite our generational, racial, and cultural differences.

If you were an American teaching in Japan, and your Japanese students adored the American cartoons, movies, or comics you grew up with, wouldn’t you feel a spark of appreciation?

Teaching art gives me that same spark. I meet young American artists who care about things I once took for granted while growing up in Japan. It’s a small, joyful bridge between our worlds—one that makes the classroom feel less like a hierarchy and more like a shared space of curiosity and affection. 😊

08/26/2026

My film, 30000 Leagues in Search of my Sister, will be screened in the Baltimore Special Block as part of the 2026 Transfiguration International Film Festival!

The festival will be held September 8th, 9th, and 10th at 2640 Space. The Baltimore Block will screen on Thursday September 10th! Doors open at 5:30, the second International Block (2 hour duration) will begin at 6 pm and the Baltimore block (35 min) will begin around 8:20 pm.

Tickets:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/baltimore-transfiguration-international-film-festival-tickets-1994915056636?aff=oddtdtcreator&keep_tld=true

08/22/2026

EARLY PREVIEW: (un)Alter(ed) Ego

Curated by Rieko Chacey

Coming Soon: October 19 - December 18, 2026

Evening Reception: November 6, 2026, 6–8 p.m.

Artists in alphabetical order:
Vero Barker-Barzel, Mike Byson, Carlotta Cerrato, Rieko Chacey, Jim Doran, Ellen MacKenzie, Lynn Nguyen, Lesie Shellow