Tiffany Chung – Curriculum Vitae

TIFFANY CHUNG

Born 1969 in Danang, Vietnam. Lives and works in Saigon.

EDUCATION

2000
MFA in Studio Art, University of California, Santa Barbara, USA.

1988
BFA in Photography, California State University, Long Beach, USA.

SOLO EXHIBITIONS / PUBLIC ART PROJECTS / PERFORMANCES

2011
Fukagawa Shokudo (Fukagawa Dining Room), exhibition/performance in collaboration with Off-Nibroll, Fukagawa Tokyo Modan Kan, Tokyo, Japan.

2010
scratching the walls of memory, Tyler Rollins Fine Art, New York, NY, USA.

2009
Finding Galápagos: Fish, Pigs, Youngsters, Old Folks, Men, Women and the Black Canals (Not In Any Particular Order), Galerie Christian Hosp, Berlin.

2008
Play, Tyler Rollins Fine Art, New York, NY.
Wonderland, exhibition, Galerie Quynh, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.
Enokiberry Tree in Wonderland, Episode 3: Another Day Another World, public project as part of Intrude Art & Life 366, Zendai MOMA, Shanghai, China.
Enokiberry Tree in Wonderland – Episode 3: Another Day Another World, performance, Ke Center for Contemporary Arts, Shanghai, China.
LamTruong TODAY, performance, Galerie Quynh, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.

2006
Beyond Soft Air and Cotton Candy, LMan Gallery, Los Angeles, CA.

2005
Famous for 15” at the Sugarless Factory, Fukuoka Asian Art Museum, Japan.
Kids’ Corner, children’s playground, commissioned by Fukuoka Asian Art Museum, Japan.
Famous for 15” at the Sugarless Factory, photo studio project, Fukuoka Asian Art Museum, Japan.
Soft Air and Cotton Candy, concert and performance, Fukuoka Triennale Opening Event and Asian Art Festival, Fukuoka, Japan.

2003
Momentum, Mai’s Gallery, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.

1999
Sweet Factory, Gallery 1434, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA.

1998
Looking through A Keyhole, Gallery 1434, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA.

1997
Private Realities, Gallery C, California State University, Long Beach, CA.

GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2012
Six Lines of Flight, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA.
The Map as Art, Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, Kansas City, MO.

2011
stored in a jar: monsoon, drowning fish, color of water, and the floating world, Singapore Biennale 2011, Singapore.
Roving Eye, Sorlandets Kunstmuseum, Norway.
Lucca Digital Photo Festival, Lucca, Italy.
Nepal International Indigenous Film Festival, Indigenous Film Archive, Kathmandu, Nepal.
Lifescapes: Southeast Asian Film Festival, Payap University, Chiang Mai, Thailand

2010
ATOPIA: Art and City in the 21st Century, Centre de Cultura Conteporània de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.
The River Project, Campbelltown Arts Centre, Sydney, Australia.
Ascending Dragon, Armory Center for the Arts, Pasadena, CA.

2009 

Vietnam Mon Amour: Tiffany Chung, Loan Nguyen, Trong Gia Nguyen, Do Hoang Tuong, mc2 gallery, Milan, Italy.
So Close Yet So Far Away: 2009 Incheon International Women Artists’ Biennale, Incheon, South Korea. 

A Starting Point: Intrude 36—Dynamics of Change and Growth, Zendai MoMA, Shanghai, China.
Time Ligaments, 10 Chancery Lane Gallery, Hong Kong
Cartographical Lure, Valentine Willie Fine Art, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

2008
Strategies from Within, KE Center for Contemporary Arts, Shanghai, China.
Showcase Singapore, Singapore.
transPOP: Korea Vietnam Remix, traveling exhibition, University Art Gallery, University of California, Irvine; and Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, CA.
transPOP Vietnam: Korea Vietnam Remix, Galerie Quynh, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.

2007
transPOP: Korea Vietnam Remix, Arko Museum, Seoul, Korea.
Confectionaries/Conurbations, 100 Tonson Gallery, Bangkok, Thailand.
Happy Hours, Hatch Art/ZAIM, Yokohama, Japan.

2006
Facts and Figures, Artwalk Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
Open Studio, Arcus Project, Ibaraki, Japan.
Labor Exchange: How Much For A Buck?, Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Santa Barbara, CA.
Parallel Realities FT3, Blackburn Museum & Art Gallery, Blackburn, UK.

2005
The 3rd Fukuoka Asian Art Triennale 2005, Fukuoka, Japan.

2004
Identities Versus Globalization, Chiang Mai Art Museum, Chiang Mai, Thailand; National Gallery, Bangkok, Thailand; Dahlem Museum, Berlin, Germany.

2001
Shooting NoWhere, The Hatch Gallery, Los Angeles, CA.
New Comers, LA Artcore, Los Angeles, CA.

2000
Beast Wars, Ridley Tree Center, Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Santa Barbara, CA.

1997
Insight 97, University Art Museum, California State University, Long Beach, CA.

1996
Insight 96, University Art Museum, California State University, Long Beach, CA.

AWARDS / FELLOWSHIPS/ RESIDENCIES

2011
Residence Research Fellowship, Akiyoshidai International Art Village, Yamaguchi, Japan.

2010
Art Matters Grant, New York, NY.
Residence Fellowship, Akiyoshidai International Art Village, Yamaguchi, Japan.

2007
Arts Network Asia Travel Grant, Singapore.
Artist in residence, transPOP: Korea Vietnam Remix project, Ssamzie Space & Insa Art Space, Seoul, Korea.

2006
Artist in residence, Arcus Project, Ibaraki, Japan.

2005
Artist in residence, Fukuoka Asian Art Museum, Fukuoka, Japan.
ARC Grant, Durfee Foundation.

2000
Arts Bridge Scholarship, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA.

1999
Art Studio Departmental Award, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA.
Arts Bridge Scholarship, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA.

1998
Graduate Opportunity Fellowship, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA.
Interdisciplinary Humanities Fellowship, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA.

1997
People’s Choice Award in Printmaking, California State University, Long Beach, CA.

*ARTIST TALKS/ PRESENTATIONS

2011
Artist Talk, Singapore Biennale, Singapore.
Artist Talk, Yamaguchi Institute of Contemporary Art, Yamaguchi, Japan.

2010
Artist Lecture, Yamaguchi University, Yamaguchi, Japan.

2007
Flying Circus, Theatre Works, Singapore.

2006
Artist Talk, Arcus Project, Ibaraki, Japan.

2005
Artist Talk, Fukuoka Asian Art Museum, Japan.

1998
Responding to ‘Cyclo’, Interdisciplinary Humanities Conference, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA.

SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY / ARTICLES / INTERVIEWS
Lisa Havilah, “The Future Worlds of Tiffany Chung,” Contemporary Visual Art + Culture BROADSHEET, March 2011 (South Australia).
Magdalen Ng, “Water World,” The Straits Times, March 9 2011, Singapore.
Okto Media Corporation of Singapore, TV interview, March 12 2011, Singapore InFrame.TV, TV interview, March 12 2011, Australia,
Erik Harms, Open House, Singapore Biennale, exhibition catalogue, 2011 (Singapore).
Zoe Butt, scratching the walls of memory, exhibition catalogue, 2010 (New York City).
Atopia: Art I ciutat al segle XXI, exhibition catalogue, 2010 (Spain).
Ulrike Münter, “Artificial Paradises or Home-Where? Tiffany Chung’s productions lead to utopia/dystopia,” exhibition catalogue, Galerie Christian Hosp, 2009 (Germany).
Viet Le, “Miss(ing) Saigon: Contemporary Vietnamese Diasporic Artists – Organizers in Ho Chi Minh City,” Essays on Modern and Contemporary Vietnamese Art, Singapore Art Museum, 2009 (Singapore).
Iola Lenzi, “OUTSIDER CONNECTIONS: Saigon Emerges as a Dynamic New Centre of Contemporary Art,” C-Arts Magazine, Vol. 7 2009 (Singapore and Indonesia).
Enin Supriyanto, “Tyler Rollins Fine Art, Chelsea, New York: That Change, in Chelsea,” C-Arts Magazine, Vol. 07 2009 (Singapore and Indonesia).
Viet Le, “The Center Cannot Hold: Predicaments and predictions,” Art in Asia, January/February 2009 no. 9 (Korea).
ASIA ARCHIVE 8 – Contemporary Asian Artists, art in ASIA, January/February 2009 no. 9 (Korea).
Viet Le, “All Work, All Play: of Workers and Cosplayers, Or, Popaganda: the art of Tiffany Chung,” exhibition catalogue, 2008 (New York).
Strategies From Within, exhibition catalogue, 2008 (China).
Natalee Blagden, “Out of this World,” Shanghai Talk, September 8, 2008 (China).
Crazyhorse literary journal, cover image, no. 73, Spring 2008 (USA).
TransPOP: Korea Vietnam Remix, exhibition catalogue, 2007 (Korea).
Camilla Russell, “Confectionaries and Conurbation,” Bangkok Post, September 6, 2007 (Thailand).
Arcus Project 2006 Ibaraki, residency program catalogue (Japan).
Jen DeRose, “Update,” Interior Design magazine, August 1, 2006 (USA).
Fukuoka Triennale 2005, exhibition catalogue (Japan).
Fukuoka Triennale 2005, residency program catalogue, Fukuoka Asian Art Museum, (Japan).
“Famous for 15” at the Sugarless Factory,” interview, NHK TV Art Program, October 2005 (Japan).
Love FM, radio interview, September 2005 (Japan).
Fukuoka Asian Art Museum News, cover image, vol. 22, October 2005 (Japan).
Kaori Toki, “Pick up Artists,” Kyushu Eyes, October 2005 (Japan).
Gallery Monthly, cover image, vol. 245, September 2006 (Japan).
“Candy-Coated Sidewalks,” Global Women Conference flyer, September 2005 (Germany).
Steven Petiffor, “Living in Limbo,” Asian Art News, Nov/Dec 2004 (Hong Kong).
Steven Petiffor, “In Search of Global Identities,” Asian Art News, Mar/Apr 2004 (Hong Kong).
Heinrich Böll Foundation, exhibition catalogue, Identities Versus Globalization, February 2004.
Sue Hadju, “Tiffany Chung – in Ho Chi Minh City, on Ho Chi Minh City,” Saigon Citylife, January 2004 (Vietnam).
Duc Ngoc, “Artist’s focus reflects a return to her roots,” Viet Nam News, October 23, 2003 (Vietnam).
Quoc Hung, “Tiffany Chung,” The Saigon Times Daily, October 21, 2003 (Vietnam).