Su-en Wong |
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Chronology |
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1973 |
Born in Singapore | ||
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Present |
Lives and works in Brooklyn, NY | ||
Education |
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1997 |
MFA, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL | ||
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1994 |
MA, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI | ||
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1993 |
BA, Magna cum Laude, University of Puget Sound, Tacoma, WA | ||
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1990 |
LRSM, piano performance, The Royal School of Music, UK | ||
Solo Exhibitions |
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2007 |
Danese, New York, NY |
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2006 |
Danese, New York, NY Shoshana Wayne Gallery, Santa Monica, CA |
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2005 |
The Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston, TX Artspace Witzenhausen, Amsterdam, Holland |
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2003 |
Shoshana Wayne Gallery, Santa Monica, CA Zolla/Liebeman Gallery, Chicago, IL Savage Gallery, Portland, OR (catalog) |
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2002 |
Deitch Projects, New York, NY | ||
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2001 |
Savage Gallery, Portland, OR | ||
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2000 |
The Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Canada (catalog) | ||
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1999 |
Stefan Stux Gallery, New York, NY The Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago, IL |
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1997 |
Lyons-Wier Gallery, Chicago, IL | ||
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1995 |
The Contemporary Art Workshop, Chicago, IL | ||
Selected Group Exhibitions |
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2005 |
“Spaces and Shadows,” Contemporary
Art from South East Asia, The House of World Cultures, Berlin “Contemporary Erotic Drawing,” Diverse Works, Houston, TX and The Aldrich Museum, Ridgefield, CT (catalog) “In Limbo,” Myhren Gallery, The University of Denver, Denver, CO (catalog) |
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2004 |
“Open House: Working in Brooklyn,”
The Brooklyn Museum of Art, Brooklyn, NY (catalog) “Beauty Matter,” Tina Kim Fine Arts, New York, NY “Conceptual Realism,” The Rotunda Gallery, Brooklyn, NY The Exit Art Print Show, Exit Art, New York, NY “Insomnia 48,” The Arts House Singapore, Theatreworks Singapore & Singapore National Arts Council “First Happiness,” SUNY Albany Art Museum, Albany, NY “Summer Love,” Zolla/Lieberman Gallery, Chicago, IL “Colored Pencil,” K.S. Fine Art, New York, NY |
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2003 |
“Full Frontal: Contemporary Asian Artists
from the Logan Collection,” Denver Art Museum, CO “Self-Portraits: A Vogue Portfolio,” Deitch Projects, New York, NY “Online,” Feigan Contemporary, New York, NY “Re:Figure,” William E. Gahlberg Gallery Arts Center, College of DuPage, DuPage, IL (catalog) “Woman On Woman,” White Box, New York, NY |
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2002 |
“Proper Villains,” Space Untitled,
New Haven, CT “Bootleg Identity,” Caren Golden Fine Art, New York, NY The Dubrow Biennial, Kaain Martos Gallery, New York, NY “Artist to Artist: Celebrating the Marie Walsh Sharpe Art Foundation,” Ace Gallery, New York, NY |
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2001 |
“Peppermint,” Smack Mellon, Brooklyn,
NY “Buying Time: Granting Inspiration,” New York Foundation for the Arts/Sotheby’s New York, NY “Luscious,” Zolla/Lieberman Gallery, Chicago, IL |
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2000 |
The Kwangju International Bienalle, North American
Section, Kwangju, Korea (catalog) Exit Art, Collectors Chose, New York, NY Galerie Schuster, Frankfurt/Berlin, Germany (catalog) “Nude and Narrative,” P.P.O.W. Gallery, New York, NY “Private Worlds,” Art in General, New York, NY |
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1999 |
Zolla/Lieberman Gallery, Chicago, IL | ||
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1998 |
“Riley, Wong & Shore,” The Lamont
Art Gallery, The Phillips Exeter Academy, Exeter, NH “Wong & Maakestad,” Tobey Gallery, Memphis College of Art, Memphis, TN |
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1997 |
“Figure Eight,” The Rockford Art Museum,
Rockford, IL “Coming Attractions,” Zolla/Lieberman Gallery, Chicago, IL “Dilemma,” Asian American Showcase ’97, Gary Marks Gallery, Chicago, IL |
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1996 |
“New Works Four Artists,” Art Saint
Louis, Saint Louis, MO “1996 International Juried Show,” New Jersey Center for Visual Arts, Summit, NJ Spring Selections, Gallery 2, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL |
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1995 |
“Regional ’95,” Juried Exhibition,
Indianapolis Art Center, Indianapolis, IN The Philip Morris “Singapore Art Awards 1995,” Exhibition, Takashimaya Art Gallery, Singapore |
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Fellowships Residencies & Grants |
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2004 |
Artist Grant, New York Foundation for the Arts, New York, NY | ||
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2000 |
Artist Grant, The Joan Mitchell Foundation,
New York, NY Artist Grant, New York Foundation for the Arts, New York, NY |
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1998 |
The Space Program, The Marie Walsh Sharpe Foundation,
New York, NY The Millay Colony for the Arts, Austerlitz, NY |
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1997 |
Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Skowhegan, ME | ||
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1994 |
The Vilas Graduate Fellowship, University of Wisconsin-Madison, WI | ||
Academic and Visiting Artist Positions |
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2003 |
Visiting Artist, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA | ||
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2002 |
Visiting Artist, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD | ||
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1999 |
Visiting Artist, Association of Independent Colleges of Art and Design, New York, NY | ||
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1998 |
Visiting Artist, The Phillips Exeter Academy, Exeter, NH | ||
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1997 |
J.R. Hyde Visiting Artist-in-Residence, The Memphis College of Art, Memphis, TN | ||
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1995 |
Instructor, Painting and Drawing Department,
The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, IL Instructor, Early College Program, Continuing Studies, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, IL |
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Bibliography |
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2004 |
“In Their Own Words,” NYFA Interactive “Sue-en Wong: 25 Artists Create Fashion Images,” Black Book Magazine, Fall 2004 “Su-en Wong,” Lian He Zao Bao Nazeer, Zubaidah. “Making Her Point with Paint,” The Straits Times “Su-en Wong,” for Nike Asia, Tokyo, Japan Dambrot, Shana Nys. “Su-en Won at Shoshona Wayne Gallery,” Tema Celeste, March/April 2004. Fallah, Amir. “Su-en Wong,” Beautiful/Decay Issue No. G. Taylor, Heather. “Su-en Won at Shoshana Wayne Gallery,” Artcritical.com. Connor, Jill. “Tales of Happy Communion: New Work by Su-en Wong,” NY Arts Magazine |
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2003 |
Curve: The Female Nude Now, Rizzoli Publications,
New York, NY. Su-en Wong, Savage Gallery/Marquand Books, Seattle, WA; distributed by D.A.P. New York, NY Valdez, Sarah. “Naked Truths,” ArtNews, March. Reeve, Charles. “From Anger to Vulgarity,” Art Papers, January/February Peoples, Jan. “Me So Horny Me Want to Throw Up,” Vice Magazine Mora, Kimberly. “Restrain Yourself: Pornographic Imagery in Feminist Context,” NY Arts Magazine Barnes, Brooks & Robert J. Hughes, The Wall Street Journal, April 5. Finch, Charlie. “The Prisoners of Sex,” Artnet.com Valdez, Sarah. :”Su-en Wong,” Time Out New York, March 14. Vincent, Steven. “Su-en Wong’s Naked City,” Art & Auction, April. Hsieh, David. World Journal New York |
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2001 |
Barcellano, Rose. “Painting Outside the Lines,” The Asian Reporter | ||
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2000 |
Hoffman, Frank. “Report from Kwangju: Monoculture
and Its Discontents,” Art in America, November. McKay, Gillian. “Sexual Stereotypes Stripped Down, The Toronto Globe and Mail Hirschmann, Thomas. “Not so Innocent,” The National Post Finkelpearl, Tom. “Man + Space,” The Kwangju International Biennale |
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1999 |
Landi, Ann. Art News, November DiMaggio, Anthony. Review Magazine, October 1. Johnson, Ken. The New York Times, September 17. Macinnis, Michael. The New York Art World. Hawkins, Margaret. “Bodies are Canvases for Exhibit’s Questions,” The Chicago Sun Times, August 27. Waxman, Lori. “Voyeur or Viewer,” F Newsmagazine. |
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1998 |
Painting as a Language I, Haricourt Brace College Publishers | ||
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1997 |
Wilson, Anna. The New Art Examiner, October. New American Paintings Midwestern States Edition, The Open Studio Press, Wellesley, MA Swartz, Mark. “Torn Between Two Cultures,” The Reader. |
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1996 |
Wright, John. “Four Ground,” The Riverfront
Times Vendelin, Carmen. “Valkyrie Valtair/Su-en Wong,” The New Art Examiner, December Watkins, Eileen. “Exhibition Provides a Judgmental Perspective,” The Sunday Star Ledger Zimmer, William. “How a Curator Temporarily Turns into a Judge, The New York Times, April 7. |
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1995 |
Hawkins, Margaret. “Second Look tell the
Story of Visions,” The Chicago Sun Times, June 9. Calhoon, Sharon. “The Golden Touch: Whitney Curator Explores Identity Issues,” Nuvo |
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Public Collections |
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| The Denver Art Museum, Denver CO | |||
| The Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR | |||
| The Rockford Art Museum, Rockford, IL | |||
| Phillips de Pury & Luxembourg, New York, NY |
