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Tseng Kwong Chi Biography
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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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| Selected Exhibitions |
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2010
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“Tseng Kwong Chi: BODY PAINTING with Keith Haring and Bill T. Jones”, PAUL KASMIN GALLERY, New York, NY (solo)
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2008
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“Tseng Kwong Chi: Self Portraits”, PAUL KASMIN GALLERY, New York, NY (solo)
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2008
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“Against All Odds: Kieth Haring in the Rubell Family Collection”, Palm Springs Art Museum, CA
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2007 - 2008
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“Brasil: desFocos,” Centro Cultural do Banco do Brasil/Rio, Pao das Artes, Sao Paulo, Brazil, curated by Messia Pope and Paul Herkenhoff, (bi-lingual catalogue)
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2007 - 2008
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“From Street to Studio”, curated by Mara Williams Oakes, Brattleboro Museum, Brattleboro, VT
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2007 - 2008
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“Energy,” Visual AIDS January 2007 Web Gallery, curated by the NYU Tisch High School Photography Program, www.thebody.com/visualaids/web_gallery
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2007
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“Tseng Kwong Chi: Ambiguous Ambassador”, Bernard Toale Gallery, Boston, MA (solo)
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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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