CHINA BLUE
Lives and works in Providence, Rhode Island, USA.
http://www.chinablueart.com
Education
1994
MFA, Hunter College, New York, NY, USA, Combined Media, second Concentration in Photography
1992
BFA, California College of the Arts, Oakland, CA, USA Painting with Honors
Awards
2011
Rhode Island State Council of the Arts (RISCA) Fellowship Grant in the category of New Genres, Rhode Island State Council of the arts (USA)
Main exhibitions
2011
The Firefly Project Newport Museum, Newport, Rhode Island, USA
Dance of the Fireflies, Firefly Festival, Pawtucket, RI, USA
2010
Seventh Kingdom, Fine Art Center of the University of Rhode Island, USA (solo)
Nature of the Beast, HP Garcia Gallery, New York, USA
2009
Aqua Alta, Mobile Art project, Rhode Island, USA (solo)
2008
AC, Aqua Alta, 547 W. 27th St, New York, USA (solo)
Aqua Alta, OPEN X1 International Exhibition of Sculptures and Installations, San Servolo Island, Venice, Italy
City Fish, Armory Fair, Flatland Limo, New-York, USA
The Lament Project, an online work (www.integr8media.net/viralnet), produced by the Center for Integrated Media at Cal Art, Los Angeles, USA
2007
Negative Ellipse, Galerie Barnoud, Dijon, France (solo)
The Secret Arch, Dam, Stuhltrager, Brooklyn, USA (solo)
Digiscape: Unexplored Terrain, Pace University, New York, USA
The Limo, Armony Show, New York, NY, USA & Melbourne International Arts Festival, Melbourne, Australia
Binaural Audio Art Symposium, University of Central Lancashire, Preston, USA
Host, Soap Factory, Minneapolis, MN, USA, curated by Elizabeth Grady, Curatorial Assistant, Whitney Museum of Art, New York, USA
2006
Featured Artist, Acoustical Society of America, Providence, USA (solo)
Nuture Art, Brooklyn, USA
End of the War, Sideshow, Brooklyn, USA
2005
Zen Zag, Aine Museum, Tornio, Finland (solo)
Optical Simulations,Yellow Bird Gallery, Newburgh, NYDUMBO Art Festival, Brooklyn, USA
Visual Aids, Miller Gallery, NY, NY, USA, Interview, Radio Campus, Dijon, France
2004
Fluid Paths, Interface and Atheneum, Dijon, France (solo)
Personal Space, GAS, New York, USA
Intimacy, Brooklyn Fireproof, Brooklyn, New York, USA
Pierogi a Go-Go, Pierogi 2000, Brooklyn, USA
2003
Architectural Therapy, Lance Fung Gallery, New York, USA (solo)
Perspectives, Firehouse Art Gallery, Garden City, USA
2002
Perspectives, Queens College Art Gallery, USA
Window Shopping, Willimasburg, USA
Sonoma Museum of Visual Art, Sonoma, USA
Front Room, Williamsburg, USA
Bronx River Museum, Bronx, New York, USA
DUMBO Arts Center, Dumbo, New York, USA
32 Pounds of Head, tate of Art, Brooklyn, USA
Going Home, Hopper House Museum, New York, NY, curated by Lance Fung, USA
2000
Danny Tisdale Show, Franklin Furnace webcast at Parsons School of Design, New York, NY, USA
Elements 2000, Snug Harbor Cultural Center, Staten Island, NY, USA
Old Church Cultural Center, Demarest, USA
1000 Views of Edo, performance at the Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, USA
Last Waltz, Gallery Benjamin, Sweden
Pix, Lance Fung Gallery, New York, USA
1999
The Last Waltz, Grekist Kulturecentrum, Stockholm, Sweden
Kuenstlerhaus Bremen, Bremen, Germany
Domesticated, Refusalon, San Francisco, USA
Size Matters, Gale Gates et al., Brooklyn, Curated by Mike Weiss, USA
Enter Here, With Dennis and Kristen Oppenheim and organized by Peter Ryan, 107 Rivington Street, USA
On the Wall, with Doug Hall, RM Fisher and Keith Sonnier, TIAA CREF, USA
The More Things Change, Sculpture Center, USA
1998
Urban Encounters, New Museum of Contemporary Art, USA
A Birthday Party, a performance piece, Galapagos, Brooklyn, USA
Artists Mentorship of a Child, Desires.com located at www.eysofachild.com
1997
Artists of Williamsburg, Williamsburg Art and Historical Society, Brooklyn, USA
Artists Respond to 2001: A Space Odyssey, Williamsburg Art and Historical Society, Brooklyn, USA
Untitled, Chi/Meat, Brooklyn, USA
Video Art, Downtown Community TV, USA
1996
Support Living Artists, Brooklyn Brewery, Brooklyn, USA
AIM Benefit Exhibition, Bronx Museum of the Arts, Bronx, USA
Dialogue of Consciousness, Eight Floor Gallery, New York, USA
Bi-Cultural Identity, Asian American Writer’s Workshop, NYC, USA
Godzilla Goes to BMCC, Shirley Fiterman Gallery, Borough of Manhattan Community College, NYC, USA
Asia Americana, Printed Matter, New York, USA
1994
1945, Side Street Project, Santa Monica, USA
AIM: 15 Anniversary Show, Bronx Museum, Bronx, USA
The Global Sweat Shop, Art in General, New York, USA
Asian-American Identity, Exhibition, Lecture and Panel Discussion, Reed College, Portland, OR, USA, Koa Gallery, Honolulu, HI, USA, Parsons School of Design
Public collections
Newport Art Museum, Newport, USA
Monographic catalogues
2013
China Blue (un)natural acts, Photini (Biomimetic Fireflies), text by Nicole Bebout, AC Institute, New York, NY, USA
2011
Firefly Projects, text by Nancy Whippell Grinnell, Newport Art Museum, Newport, RI, USA
2010
7th Kingdom, text by Jill Conner, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI, USA
2007
Fluid Paths, text by Stéphanie Jeanjean, Galerie Appartement Interface, l’Atheneum - Centre culturel de l'Université de Bourgogne, Dijon, France
2005
Zen Zag, Aine Museum, Tornio, Finland
http://www.chinablueart.com
Education
1994
MFA, Hunter College, New York, NY, USA, Combined Media, second Concentration in Photography
1992
BFA, California College of the Arts, Oakland, CA, USA Painting with Honors
Awards
2011
Rhode Island State Council of the Arts (RISCA) Fellowship Grant in the category of New Genres, Rhode Island State Council of the arts (USA)
Main exhibitions
2011
The Firefly Project Newport Museum, Newport, Rhode Island, USA
Dance of the Fireflies, Firefly Festival, Pawtucket, RI, USA
2010
Seventh Kingdom, Fine Art Center of the University of Rhode Island, USA (solo)
Nature of the Beast, HP Garcia Gallery, New York, USA
2009
Aqua Alta, Mobile Art project, Rhode Island, USA (solo)
2008
AC, Aqua Alta, 547 W. 27th St, New York, USA (solo)
Aqua Alta, OPEN X1 International Exhibition of Sculptures and Installations, San Servolo Island, Venice, Italy
City Fish, Armory Fair, Flatland Limo, New-York, USA
The Lament Project, an online work (www.integr8media.net/viralnet), produced by the Center for Integrated Media at Cal Art, Los Angeles, USA
2007
Negative Ellipse, Galerie Barnoud, Dijon, France (solo)
The Secret Arch, Dam, Stuhltrager, Brooklyn, USA (solo)
Digiscape: Unexplored Terrain, Pace University, New York, USA
The Limo, Armony Show, New York, NY, USA & Melbourne International Arts Festival, Melbourne, Australia
Binaural Audio Art Symposium, University of Central Lancashire, Preston, USA
Host, Soap Factory, Minneapolis, MN, USA, curated by Elizabeth Grady, Curatorial Assistant, Whitney Museum of Art, New York, USA
2006
Featured Artist, Acoustical Society of America, Providence, USA (solo)
Nuture Art, Brooklyn, USA
End of the War, Sideshow, Brooklyn, USA
2005
Zen Zag, Aine Museum, Tornio, Finland (solo)
Optical Simulations,Yellow Bird Gallery, Newburgh, NYDUMBO Art Festival, Brooklyn, USA
Visual Aids, Miller Gallery, NY, NY, USA, Interview, Radio Campus, Dijon, France
2004
Fluid Paths, Interface and Atheneum, Dijon, France (solo)
Personal Space, GAS, New York, USA
Intimacy, Brooklyn Fireproof, Brooklyn, New York, USA
Pierogi a Go-Go, Pierogi 2000, Brooklyn, USA
2003
Architectural Therapy, Lance Fung Gallery, New York, USA (solo)
Perspectives, Firehouse Art Gallery, Garden City, USA
2002
Perspectives, Queens College Art Gallery, USA
Window Shopping, Willimasburg, USA
Sonoma Museum of Visual Art, Sonoma, USA
Front Room, Williamsburg, USA
Bronx River Museum, Bronx, New York, USA
DUMBO Arts Center, Dumbo, New York, USA
32 Pounds of Head, tate of Art, Brooklyn, USA
Going Home, Hopper House Museum, New York, NY, curated by Lance Fung, USA
2000
Danny Tisdale Show, Franklin Furnace webcast at Parsons School of Design, New York, NY, USA
Elements 2000, Snug Harbor Cultural Center, Staten Island, NY, USA
Old Church Cultural Center, Demarest, USA
1000 Views of Edo, performance at the Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, USA
Last Waltz, Gallery Benjamin, Sweden
Pix, Lance Fung Gallery, New York, USA
1999
The Last Waltz, Grekist Kulturecentrum, Stockholm, Sweden
Kuenstlerhaus Bremen, Bremen, Germany
Domesticated, Refusalon, San Francisco, USA
Size Matters, Gale Gates et al., Brooklyn, Curated by Mike Weiss, USA
Enter Here, With Dennis and Kristen Oppenheim and organized by Peter Ryan, 107 Rivington Street, USA
On the Wall, with Doug Hall, RM Fisher and Keith Sonnier, TIAA CREF, USA
The More Things Change, Sculpture Center, USA
1998
Urban Encounters, New Museum of Contemporary Art, USA
A Birthday Party, a performance piece, Galapagos, Brooklyn, USA
Artists Mentorship of a Child, Desires.com located at www.eysofachild.com
1997
Artists of Williamsburg, Williamsburg Art and Historical Society, Brooklyn, USA
Artists Respond to 2001: A Space Odyssey, Williamsburg Art and Historical Society, Brooklyn, USA
Untitled, Chi/Meat, Brooklyn, USA
Video Art, Downtown Community TV, USA
1996
Support Living Artists, Brooklyn Brewery, Brooklyn, USA
AIM Benefit Exhibition, Bronx Museum of the Arts, Bronx, USA
Dialogue of Consciousness, Eight Floor Gallery, New York, USA
Bi-Cultural Identity, Asian American Writer’s Workshop, NYC, USA
Godzilla Goes to BMCC, Shirley Fiterman Gallery, Borough of Manhattan Community College, NYC, USA
Asia Americana, Printed Matter, New York, USA
1994
1945, Side Street Project, Santa Monica, USA
AIM: 15 Anniversary Show, Bronx Museum, Bronx, USA
The Global Sweat Shop, Art in General, New York, USA
Asian-American Identity, Exhibition, Lecture and Panel Discussion, Reed College, Portland, OR, USA, Koa Gallery, Honolulu, HI, USA, Parsons School of Design
Public collections
Newport Art Museum, Newport, USA
Monographic catalogues
2013
China Blue (un)natural acts, Photini (Biomimetic Fireflies), text by Nicole Bebout, AC Institute, New York, NY, USA
2011
Firefly Projects, text by Nancy Whippell Grinnell, Newport Art Museum, Newport, RI, USA
2010
7th Kingdom, text by Jill Conner, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI, USA
2007
Fluid Paths, text by Stéphanie Jeanjean, Galerie Appartement Interface, l’Atheneum - Centre culturel de l'Université de Bourgogne, Dijon, France
2005
Zen Zag, Aine Museum, Tornio, Finland
