Education
1999 Master
of Fine Arts, School of the Art Institute of Chicago
1991 Bachelor
of Fine Arts, University of Illinois at Chicago
Selected
Exhibitions
2008 White on White, Number Thirty Five, New York, NY
Grandeur, Crossing Art, New York, NY
2006 Upon daydreaming of left over food
for thought, (window display), C33 Space, Columbia College Chicago
2005 Experiment
400/5, Gallery 400, University of Illinois at Chicago
Buddy
System, Janette Kennedy Gallery at University of Texas at Dallas
Semi-gloss (with
Laura Kina), mn gallery, Chicago, IL
2004
Politics
of A Moment, Evanston Arts Center, Evanston, IL
2003 Straight
out of right field (solo show), Modest Contemporary Art Projects, Chicago,
IL
Mythical
Nation, untitled (space) gallery, artSPACE, New Haven, CT
2002 Analect,
Stray Show (project through mn gallery), Chicago, IL
Slant,
Subspace, Diverseworks, Houston, TX
Majority
Rules, Free Gallery, Glasgow, Scotland
Blueblood/blue
collar, Heaven Gallery, Chicago, IL
2001 Goodbye
Mr. Lee, Miss Wild Regrets (with Sarah Wild), Joymore, Chicago, IL
...a
many splendored thing (solo show), SPACELab, Spaces, Cleveland, OH
First
Parking Lot Biennale, Chicago, IL
Hot
Sheets, The optimistic, Chicago, IL
Medium(s),
Asian American Arts Collective at Atomic Kitchen, Chicago, IL
2000 Find,
mn gallery, Chicago, IL
Print
+ Mass, Gallery 2, School of the Art Institute of Chicago
1999 Suite
35, Pilsen East Gallery, Chicago, IL
Not
on Any Map, Betty Rymer Gallery, School of the Art Institute of Chicago
1998 Textuality,
Gallery 2, School of the ARt Institute of Chicago
Yellow/Face,
Pilsen East Gallery, Chicago, IL
1997 Dilemma,
Gary Marks Gallery, Chicago, IL
1996 Untitled,
Gallery 312, Chicago, IL
A
Sense of Place, Suburban Fine Arts Center, Highland Park, IL
1995 Unknown
Chicago, Gallery 312, Chicago, IL
Eclectic
Sight and Sound, Walt Disney Communications Center, Chicago, IL
1994 Border/Crossings,
Rackham Gallery, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
Echoes,
Noyes Cultural Arts Center, Evanston, IL
Common
Ground, South Shore Cultural Center, Chicago, IL
1993 DestinAsian,
Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago, IL
Curatorial
Projects
2008 Lucky 13, Gene Siskel Film Center, Chicago IL
2007 Remake: The Sequel, Gene Siskel Film Center, Chicago, IL
2006
Wonder Ugly (in collaboration with Project A) , Richard and Ellen
Sandor Family Gallery, Gene Siskel Film Center
2005
Everybody
Paints! Parlour Gallery, Chicago, IL
Then
and Now, Richard and Ellen Sandor Family Gallery, Gene Siskel Film Center
2004 100
Cuts (co-curated with Laura Kina), Gallery 312, Chicago, IL
Coming
Soon..., Gene Siskel Film Center in conjunction with the 9th Annual Asian American
Showcase
Performance
1998
MMW
Midnight Mud Wrestling, Adam Pincus Studios, Chicago, IL
1986 Cancion,
Rider from the North, Quality Bridge, Chicago, IL
Grants
and Awards
2004 Community
Arts Assistance Program Grant
1999 Anna
Louise Raymond Fellowship
1993 City
of Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs Stipend
1985 Koppe
Family Memorial Award for Studio Arts
Articles
and Reviews
2003 Gennocchio, Benjamin. "Art Review;
The Asia Within Us: Bicultural Eyes and What They See",
New
York Times, July 27
Birke,
Judy. "Mythical Nation, where cultures overlap", New Haven
Register, July 17
2002 Wang,
Dan S. "medium(s), Asian American Artists", ArtAsiaPacific,
January/February/March 2002 Issue 33, page 33-34
2001 Mikkalo,
Erika. "How much is that theorist in the window? Tea at Joymore",
Gravy
(on-line magazine) Fall 2001 and Winter 2002, Issue
12
Camper,
Fred. "Think Pieces, Sarah Wild and Larry Lee at Joymore",
Chicago
Reader, November 8, page 22
2000 Bulka,
Michael. "5 Shows to See Now", New City Chicago, November 30,
page 17
Skestos,
Stephanie. "find", exhibition essay, November 17
1994 Bonesteel,
Michael. "Asian art is ripping", Evanston Review (Pioneer Press)
May 12, page B5
1993 Ciezadlo,
Janina. "DestinAsian at the Chicago Cultural Center",
Chicago
Artist's News, October, pages 5-6
Publications
2006 "RongRong and inri at Walsh Gallery ",
ArtAsiaPacific, Winter
2005 "Vivan Sunderam, Re-Take of Amrita at Walsh Gallery ",
ArtAsiaPacific, Fall
"Fiona
Tan, Correction at the MCA Chicago",
ArtAsiaPacific, Summer
"Jitish
Kallat, Lie of the Land at Walsh Gallery", ArtAsiaPacific, Spring
2000 "Plum"
and "Margate Park", Lantern, DePaul University Press, Spring
"The
Food of Art", F News magazine, School of the Art Institute of Chicago,
February
1999 "Brian
Doyle loves TV at Gallery 2", F News magazine, School of the Art
Institute of Chicago, May
1997 "Trifecta",
Crab Orchard Review, Southern Illinois University Press, Spring
Teaching
Experience
2006-present Instructor, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, First Year Program; Art History, Theory and Criticism
2006-2007
Adjunct Professor, DePaul University,
School of Education, Teaching and Learning through the Arts
2005 Adjunct Faculty, DePaul University,
Creating Art
2004 Instructor, Evanston Arts Center,
Observational and Conceptual Drawing
2003-2006 Adjunct Faculty, Moraine Valley
Community College, 2D Design; Drawing; Art Appreciation; Survey
of
Art (From Impressionism to Contemporary)
2002-2004 Instructor, School
of the Art Institute of Chicago, First Year Program, 3D Studio
2001 Visiting
Artist, Multicultural Youth Mural Project, Chinese Mutual Aid Association
2000-2003 Instructor,
School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Early College Program Summer
Institute, Sculpture
1999-2003 Instructor,
School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Early College Program, Carving
and Casting; Mixed Media
1998 Teaching
Assistant, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, First Year Program,
3D Studio
Instructor
of Record, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Early College Program, Figure
Drawing
1997 Teaching
Assistant, School of the Art Institute of Chicago,
Early College Program Summer Institute, Sculpture
1996 Visiting
Artist, Blaine Public Elementary School (grades 4-8), Chicago, IL, Multicultural
Arts Workshop
Professional
Experience
2003 Thesis
Reader, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Department of Art Education
Faculty
Panelist, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Office of Multicultural Affairs
Critiques
Faculty
Panelist, School of the Art Institute of Chicago,
Undergraduate Critiques
2002 Outside
Advisor, Independent Study Project, Chicago Arts Program, Associated
Colleges of the Midwest
Thesis
Advisor, School of the Art Institute of Chicago,
Bachelor of Fine Arts Independent Projects
Faculty Panelist, School of the Art Institute of Chicago,
Undergraduate Critiques
2001-2005 Faculty
Portfolio Counselor, Office of Admissions, School of the Art Institute of Chicago
1996-2000 Staff/Faculty
Advisor, Open Crits, Division of Graduate Studies, School of the Art
Institute of Chicago
Lectures
and Presentations
2008 Visiting Artist, Columbia College, Violencing Aesthetics, AP Summer Institute
2004 Guest Lecturer, Columbia College,
Dynamics of Collaboration, Decision Making: Visual Arts Management
2002 Guest Lecturer, DePaul University, Romanticism
to Abstraction, Introduction to Philosophy
Guest
Lecturer, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Critique Strategies
English
Language Fluency: Reading
2001 Guest
Lecturer, DePaul University, Creating Art
2000 Guest
Lecturer, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Graduate Writing Workshop,
Text Off the Page
1999 Guest
Lecturer, DePaul University, Multiculturalism and Democracy
1998 Guest
Lecturer, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, First Year Program
Colloquium Series
1997 Panelist,
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Midwest Asian American Student
Conference,
The
State of Asian American Art
Work
History
2005-present Assistant
Director, Office of Admissions, School of the Art institute of Chicago
2005-2006 Midwest
Correspondent, ArtAsiaPacific magazine
1995-2003 Assistant
Director of Enrollment Services, Division of Continuing Studies
and
Special Programs, School of the Art Institute of Chicago
1993-1995 Programs
Director, Asian American Cultural Arts and Educational Association
1986-1993 Manager,
Mansfield, Callihan, Melville Fine Framing
1981-1986 Assistant
Manager, Crown Books
Affiliations
2002-present Screening Committee,
Foundation for Asian American Independent Media
2001-present Board of Directors, Asian
American Artist Collective
Advisory
Board, Center for Asian Arts and Media at Columbia College
