Tseng Kwong-Chi

From Asian Art Documentation

Tseng Kwong Chi (1950-1990, Hong Kong, China)

曾廣智

image source Hanart TZ Gallery, Hong Kong, China

Contents 1 Biography 2 Education 3 Exhibitions 4 External links 5 References

[edit] Biography

1950 Born in Hong Kong.

1966 Left Hong Kong with family.

1979 Settled in New York City, New York.

1990 Died in New York City, New York.

[edit] Education

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).

[edit] Exhibitions

2006

• “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

2005

• “Tseng Kwong Chi: East Meets West”, Galleria Carla Sozzani, Milan, Italy (solo)

• “Tseng Kwong Chi: Ambiguous Ambassador, Stephen Cohen Gallery, Los Angeles, CA (solo)

2004

• East Village USA, curated by Dan Cameron, New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York, NY

• Techniques of the Visible, Shanghai Art Museum, Shanghai Biennale, China

• Camera/Action, Museum of Contemporary Photography, Columbia College, Chicago, IL

2003

• Only Skin Deep: Changing Visions of the American Self, curated by Coco Fusco and Brian Wallis, International Center of Photography, New York, NY

2002

• 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)

• Archi*Tourism, Buell Center of American Architecture, Columbia University, New York, NY

• Tseng Kwong Chi: A Retrospective, Philadelphia Art Alliance, Philadelphia, PA (catalogue) (solo exhibition)

2001

• 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)

1999

• 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 exhibition)

1998

• Tseng Kwong Chi: The Expedition, Art Gallery of Windsor, Ontario, Canada (solo exhibition)

1997

• Tseng Kwong Chi, Citizen of the World, Center for Creative Photography The University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ

• The Gang's All Here, New York in the Eighties, Julie Saul Gallery New York, NY

• East Meets West, Haines Gallery San Francisco, CA

• Tseng Kwong Chi, Citizen of the World, Center for Creative Photography, The University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ (solo exhibition)

1996

• Crossing the Frontier: Photographs of the Developing West, 1849 to the Present, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art San Francisco, CA

1995

• Longing and Belonging: From the Faraway Nearby, curated by Bruce Ferguson, Inaugural exhibition at Site Santa Fe, NM (catalogue)

1994

• ASIA/AMERICA: Identities in Contemporary Asian American Art, Asia Society Galleries New York, NY

1993

• Tseng Kwong Chi: Polaroids, Portraits, Expeditions, Alternative Museum New York, NY

• Tseng Kwong Chi: Polaroids, Portraits, Expeditions," curated by Andrew Perchuk, Alternative Museum, New York, NY (solo)

1992

• Tseng Kwong Chi: The Expeditionary Works, curated by Jean Caslin and Bill Shackelford, Houston Center for Photography, Houston, TX (catalogue) (solo exhibition)

1987

• Portrayals, International Center of Photography, New York, NY

1985

• Whitney Biennial, Whitney Museum of American Art New York, NY

1984

• Five/Five Figuration Libre France/USA, Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris Paris, France
• East Meets West: American Monuments Series, C.E.P.A. Gallery Buffalo, New York

• Art in Transit," a collaboration with Keith Haring, Semaphore Gallery, New York, NY (solo exhibition)

• East Meets West: American Monuments Series," C.E.P.A Gallery, Buffalo, NY (solo exhibition)

1980

• First Invitational, Club 57 New York, NY

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