Margaret L. Chen (born 1951) is a

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n sculptor of

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descent. Many of her pieces, such as the ''Steppe'' series, reflect aspects of her heritage. Chen was educated at the

Jamaica School of Art and Crafts Edna Manley College of the Visual and Performing Arts, (formerly Jamaica School of Art and Crafts), is an art school in Kingston, Jamaica. In 1940, Edna Manley pioneered evening art classes at the Institute of Jamaica's Junior Centre but it wa ...

and after graduating she moved to

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to pursue further study at

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. Her career began with exhibitions in

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, but she returned to

for her first solo show. Her pieces are typically large and very detailed. A relief in the ''Steppe'' series is held by the

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. The ''Steppe'' series was largely inspired by her family's furniture making business.

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