Theresa Chong

Biography
  Images
Press Release
 
 

Chronology
   
1965
   Born in Seoul, Korea
Resides and works in New York City
 

Education
 
1991
 School of Visual Arts, New York, NY, Received M. F. A.
1989
 Boston University, Boston, MA, Received B. F. A.
Dean's Full Tuition Scholarship
1984-85
 Oberlin College, Oberlin, Ohio
Cello Performance/ Fine Arts
   
   

Solo Exhibitions
     
2007
   "Etudes," January 12 - February 10, Danese, New York
2003
   “New Work,” September 10 - October 11, Danese, New York
2001
   “Theresa Chong: Paintings,” September 20 - October 20, Danese, New York
1999
   "Popper Etudes No. 1 & No. 2, Opus 73: Woodcut Drawings", Danese, New York
1998
   “Works on Paper,” Danese, New York
   
 

Group Exhibitions
     
2006
  

“Gray to Black,” Danese, New York, NY
“ Drawing Exhibition,” Feb. 20 - April 7, Memphis College of Art, Memphis, TN
“Master Drawings from the Goldyne Collection," March 4 - June 4, Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
"Conversations," March 31- May 6, Ambrosino Gallery, Miami, Florida
“Contemporary Abstraction,” May 3 - July 18, Bristol-Myers Squibb Art Gallery, Princeton, New Jersey
2005
   “Works on Paper,” April 21 – May 27, Danese, New York
“Linear Geography,” January 7 – February 12, Bernard Toal Gallery, Boston, MA
2004
   “Summer Show,” July 9 – August 31, Danese, New York
“Sensitive Dependence on Initial Conditions,” July 23 – September 3, Kerrigan Campbell, New York
“Paper and Process,” November 9 – December 10, Art Projects International, New York
“Green Light,” November 23 – December 23, Korean Cultural Center, New York
2003
   “Black/White,” November 20 – December 20, Danese, New York
“Making: Drawings by Contemporary Artists from Korea,” November 17 – 22, The Korea Society, New York
“Summer Series,” July 10 – August 29, Anthony Grant, Inc., New York
2002
   “The Fall Line: Intuition and Necessity in Contemporary Abstraction,” OSP Gallery, Boston, MA; Curated by Steven Zevitas.
“The AAAC Story,” May 23 – July 13, Asian American Arts Center, New York
“Young & Brash & Abstract,” January 18 – March 10, Anderson Gallery, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond Curated by John Yau
“Abstract Redux,” January 11 – February 9, Danese, New York
2001
   “Finely Drawn: A Recent Gift of Contemporary Drawings,” July 15 – September 23, Weatherspoon Art Gallery, Greensboro, NC
"Summer Group Exhibition," June 1 – July 13, Danese, New York
"Calligraphic Legacy," April 3 – June 5, Transamerica Pyramid Lobby Galleries, San Francisco
"The Draftsman's Colors: 14 New Acquisitions from Johns to Chong," March 3 – July 8, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York
2000
 ArtChicago 2000
"Collecting Drawings Not Artists: Gifts from the Collection of Sarah and
Werner Kramarsky", Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, Boston
1999
 "New Work: Drawings", Hosfelt, San Francisco
"Between Then and Now", The Work Space, New York
1998
 “A Slice of Apple,” Ruth Bachofner Gallery, Los Angeles
“Visible/Invisible,” White Box Gallery, Philadelphia
“Sisters in Crime - San Antonio/Kwang-Ju,” Blue Star Space, San Antonio, Texas
1997
 “Selected Works,” Danese, New York
"Vertical/ Horizontal", Satellite, Long Island City, New York
"Recurrence", Gallery Korea, New York
Trans Hudson Gallery, New York; Curated by Joseph Szoecs
Werner Kramarsky, New York
Art in General, New York; Curated by Holly Block
"Three Generations: The Mentoring Process", Asian American Arts Centre, New York
1996
 "Dots and Lines", Eighth Floor Gallery, New York Natalie Knight the Art Source, Johannesburg, South Africa
"Black, White, & Blue", 450 Broadway Gallery, New York
P.S. 122 Studio Opening, New York
"Permutations", MMC Gallery, New York: Curated by Karen Harris
1995
 Asian American Arts Centre, New York
Reed College, Portland, Oregon
"Race and Identity", NAW Gallery, New York
1994
 "Emerging Painters", The Painting Center, New York
"Conjunction 12", Gallery Korea, New York
"Chamber 2 Exhibition", Chamber Space, New York
1993
 "Chamber 1 Exhibition", Chamber Space, New York
1991
 "M.F.A. Exhibition", Visual Arts Gallery, New York; Curated by Mary Delahoyd
"Group Exhibition", Visual Arts Gallery, New York; Curated by Jon Imber
1989
 Boston University Gallery, Boston
1988
 Vermont Studio Gallery, Johnson, Vermont
"Competition Exhibition", Copley Gallery, Boston
1984-85
 "Congressional Arts Competition Exhibition", Washington, D C
   
 

Selected Biographies and Essays
   
2005
   McQuaid, Cate. “Exhibit Tracks the Trend of Mapping Out Truth and Beauty,” The Boston Globe, Friday, January 21, p. C18.
2004
   Leffingwell, Edward. “Theresa Chong at Danese,” Art in America, May, p. 161, ill.
2003
   “Theresa Chong,” The New Yorker, October 6, p. 28.
Goodman, Jonathan. Art Asia Pacific, Issue 37, p. 49, illus.
2002
   Unframed: Artists respond to AIDS, ACRIA 1993 – 2002, powerHouse Books, p. 102, illus.
Yau, John. “Introduction,” Young + Brash + Abstract: 11 Abstract Painters, exhibition catalogue, Anderson Gallery, Virginia Commonwealth University, 2002, pp. 15, 16 and 70-73, illus.
Goodman, Jonathan. “Theresa Chong,” Art Asia Pacific, Issue 34, p. 87, Illus.
Ramirez, Jenny. “Painting Lives: Eleven Young New York Painters Prove The Art Form is Very Much Alive,” Style Weekly, February 12. p. 39.
2001
   Johnson, Ken. “Theresa Chong,” The New York Times, Friday, October 12, 2001, p. E37.
2000
   Goodman, Jonathan. "Theresa Chong", Art in America, April 2000, Vol. 88, No. 4, pp.156-157, illus.
1999
 Brennan, Michael. "Painter's Journal", artnet.com - Magazine, Friday, October 29, 1999, illus.
Tabios, Eileen. "Theresa Chong Addresses Space in Flux", The Asian Pacific American Journal, Winter/Spring 1999,Volume 7, No 2, pp. 183 -197, illus.
1998
 Frank, Peter. "A Slice of Apple", LA Weekly, October 2 -8, 1998.
Valdez, Sarah. "Theresa Chong", Flash Art, Vol. XXXI, Summer 1998, p. 138, illus.
Morgan, Robert C. "Theresa Chong Danese", artpress, June 1998, Vol. #236, pp. 66-67, illus.
Tabios, Eileen. Black Lightning: Poetry in Progress, published by The Asian American Writers' Workshop, New York.
Chong, Theresa. New Observations, guest editor, Winter Issue, February.
Sozanski, Edward J. "White Box Gallery", The Philadelphia Inquirer, January 23.
Aschheim, Eve. "Visible/Invisible" exhibition catalog, January.
Riley II Ph.D., Charles. "Pursuing the Line", The Saints of Modern Art, University Press of New England, pp. 107-112, illus.
1997
 Wong, Larry. Asian Week, May 9-15, Vol. 18, No. 38.
Yau, John. "Composition: The Paintings of Theresa Chong", AAAC Exhibition essay.
Murdock, Robert M., "Scratching the Surface & Borrowing", Review, June 15
1996
 Chapman, Frances. "Seeing Dots", Waterfront Week Magazine, December Issue. NY Soho Magazine, September Issue.
Kim, Ok Kee. The Sae Gae Times, review, November 5. Marymount Manhattan College Gallery Catalog, May. Asian American Arts Calendar, Jan./ Feb.
1995
 New Observations, July Issue, pp. 18-19.
"Scribbles on the Wall", New York Daily News, February.
Kim, Ok Kee. The Sae Gae Times, February.
   
 

Teaching
   
2003
   Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Colorado
2005
   Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Colorado
   
 

Honors and Awards
     
2006
   The Sam and Adele Golden Foundation for the Arts
2004
   New Jersey State Council on the Arts, Artist Fellowship
2003
   Lower East Side Printshop, Special Editions Fellowship
New York Foundation for the Arts Fellow
   
 

Public Collections
   
  Deloitte & Touche, San Francisco, CA
Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University , Boston, MA
General Dynamics, Inc., Falls Church, VA
The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX
Pfizer, Inc., New York, NY
Progressive Corporation Art Collection, Mayfield Village, OH
The Springfield Museum of Art, Springfield, OH
Weatherspoon Art Gallery, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, NC
Werner Kramarsky, New York
The Whitney Museum of American Art, New York
Yale University Art Gallery, Yale University, New Haven, CT
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