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Tseng Kwong Chi (American, 1950-1990)
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Tseng Kwong Chi
London, England, 1983
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Tseng Kwong Chi
Monument Valley, Arizona, 1987
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Tseng Kwong Chi
New York, New York, 1979
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Tseng Kwong Chi
Pisa, Italy, 1989
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Tseng Kwong Chi
San Francisco, California, 1979
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Biography |
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1950 |
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Born in Hong Kong. |
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1966 |
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Left Hong Kong with family. |
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1979 |
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Settled in New York City, New York. |
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1990 |
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Died in New York City, New York. |
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Educated in Hong Kong, Vancouver, British Columbia ( University of British Columbia), Montreal, Canada (Sir George Williams University), and Paris , France (L' École Superior d’Arts Graphiques at the L’Academie Julien). |
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Exhibitions |
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2006 - 2007 |
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“The Downtown Show: The New York Art Scene, 1974 - 84,” curated by Carlo McCormick, Grey Art Gallery, New York University, New York, NY; The Andy Warhol Museum, Pittsburgh, PA; The Austin Museum of Art, Austin, TX |
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2005 - 2006 |
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“Tseng Kwong Chi: East Meets West”, Galleria Carla Sozzani, Milan, Italy (solo) |
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2005 |
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“Tseng Kwong Chi: Ambiguous Ambassador”, Stephen Cohen Gallery, Los Angeles, CA (solo) |
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2004 - 2005 |
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“East Village USA,” curated by Dan Cameron, New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York, NY |
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2004 |
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“Techniques of the Visible,” Shanghai Art Museum, Shanghai Biennale, China |
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2004 |
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“Camera/Action”, Museum of Contemporary Photography, Columbia College, Chicago, IL |
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2003 - 2004 |
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"Only Skin Deep: Changing Visions of the American Self," curated by Coco Fusco and Brian Wallis, International Center of Photography, New York, NY |
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2002 - 2004 |
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"Portrait of the Art World: A Century of ARTnews Photographs," curated by William Stapp, The New York Historical Society, New York, NY; National Portrait Gallery at the S. Dillon Ripley Center, International Gallery, Washington, DC; Elmhurst Art Museum, Elmhurst, IL; Museum of New Mexico, Museum of Fine Arts, Santa Fe, NM (catalogue) |
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2002 |
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"Archi-Tourism," Buell Center of American Architecture, Columbia University, New York, NY |
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2002 |
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"Tseng Kwong Chi: A Retrospective " Philadelphia Art Alliance, Philadelphia, PA (catalogue) (solo) |
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2001 - 2002 |
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"Issues of Identity in Recent American Art," Roland Gibson Art Gallery, SUNY Potsdam, NY; University Galleries, Illinois State University, Normal, IL; The Ewing Gallery of Art and Architecture, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN; Ben Shahn Galleries, William Paterson University, Wayne, NJ; Samek Art Gallery, Bucknell University, Lewisburg, PA (catalogue) |
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1999 - 2001 |
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"Tseng Kwong Chi: Citizen of the World," organized by the Center for Creative Photography, traveling exhibition continues on to Johnson County Community College Gallery of Art, Overland Park, KS; Southeast Museum of Photography, Daytona Beach, FL; J. Wayne Stark University Center Galleries, Texas A & M University, College Station, TX (solo) |
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1998 - 1999 |
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"Tseng Kwong Chi: The Expedition," Art Gallery of Windsor, Ontario, Canada (solo) |
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1998 - 1999 |
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Tseng Kwong Chi: The Expedition, Art Gallery of Windsor Ontario, Canada |
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1997 |
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Tseng Kwong Chi, Citizen of the World, Center for Creative Photography The University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ |
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1997 |
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The Gang's All Here, New York in the Eighties, Julie Saul Gallery New York, NY |
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1997 |
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East Meets West, Haines Gallery San Francisco, CA |
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1997 |
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"Tseng Kwong Chi, Citizen of the World," Center for Creative Photography, The University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ (solo) |
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1996 - 1997 |
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Crossing the Frontier: Photographs of the Developing West, 1849 to the Present, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art San Francisco, CA |
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1994 - 1996 |
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ASIA/AMERICA: Identities in Contemporary Asian American Art, Asia Society Galleries New York, NY |
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1995 |
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“Longing and Belonging: From the Faraway Nearby," curated by Bruce Ferguson, Inaugural exhibition at Site Santa Fe, NM (catalogue) |
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1993 |
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Tseng Kwong Chi: Polaroids, Portraits, Expeditions, Alternative Museum New York, NY |
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1993 |
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"Tseng Kwong Chi: Polaroids, Portraits, Expeditions," curated by Andrew Perchuk, Alternative Museum, New York, NY (solo) |
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1992 |
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"Tseng Kwong Chi: The Expeditionary Works," curated by Jean Caslin and Bill Shackelford, Houston Center for Photography, Houston, TX (catalogue) (solo) |
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1987 |
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Portrayals, , International Center of Photography Midtown New York, NY |
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1985 |
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1985 Whitney Biennial, Whitney Museum of American Art New York, NY |
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1984 |
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5/5 Figuration Libre France/USA, Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris Paris, France |
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1984 |
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East Meets West: American Monuments Series, C.E.P.A. Gallery Buffalo, New York |
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1984 |
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"Art in Transit," a collaboration with Keith Haring, Semaphore Gallery, New York, NY (solo) |
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1984 |
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"East Meets West: American Monuments Series," C.E.P.A Gallery, Buffalo, NY (solo) |
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1980 |
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First Invitational, Club 57 New York, NY |
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Literature |
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2005 |
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Tseng Kwong Chi, Ambiguous Ambassador, monograph with essays by Dan Cameron, Richard Martin and Grady T. Turner, Nazraeli Press/JGS, 2005. Available at www.strandbooks.com or www.nazraelipress.com. Contact Nazraeli Press directly by calling 520-798-1530. |
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2005 |
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Architourism, Ed. by Joan Ockman and Salomon Frausto, Columbia Buell Center/Prestel, 2005, |
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2004 |
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Shanghai Biennale: Techniques of the Visible, exhibition catalogue, 2004, pp. 76-79. |
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2002 |
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A Retrospective, Improbable Pilgrim: The Photographs of Tseng Kwong Chi, essay by Amy Ingrid |
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1997 |
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Art in America, article by Grady T. Turner, "The Accidental Ambassador,” March 1997. |
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1995 |
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An American Century of Photography, The Hallmark Collection, text by Keith Davis, Hallmark Cards, Inc. in association with Harry N. Abrams, Inc., pp. 314-45, 353, 1995. |
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1992 |
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Tseng Kwong Chi: The Expeditionary Works, essay by Barry Blinderman, Houston Center for |
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1990 |
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Tseng Kwong Chi, foreword by Richard Martin, Art Random, Kyoto Shoin, 1990. |
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1986 |
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Arts Magazine, article by Richard Martin, “The Expeditionary Photographs of Tseng Kwong Chi,” September 1986. |
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1984 |
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Art in Transit, New York Subway Drawings by Keith Haring, introduction by Henry Geldzahler and text by Keith Haring, Harmony Books, Crown Publishers, 1984. |
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