Christine Nguyen
California, Estados Unidos.
Education
2004 University of California-Irvine (M.F.A.) Irvine, California
1999 California State University-Long Beach (B.F.A.) Long Beach, California
Solo Exhibitions
2011 Harmonic Cosmic Sea Waves, 10 Chancery Lane Gallery, Hong Kong.
Powers of the Cosmic Dusty Seas, Crisp-Ellert Art Museum, Flagler College, St.Augustine, Florida
2010 Rock Paper Salt, Huntington Beach Art Center, Huntington Beach, California
Crystalline, East Gallery, Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, California
2009 Dark Matter of Fact, Angels Gate Cultural Center, San Pedro, California
2008 Project room, Sam Lee Gallery, Los Angeles, California
Michael Kohn Gallery, Los Angeles, California
2007 AndrewShire Gallery, Los Angeles, California
2006 Installation at 20th Century Fox Studios, Century City, California
Hammer Project, UCLA Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, California
Project room, 4-F Gallery, Los Angeles, California
2005 Enview Gallery, Long Beach, California
Spasmicosmics, 18th Street Arts Center, Santa Monica, California
2004 Modulations, Walled City Gallery, San Pedro, California
2003 Gallery 825 annex, Bergamot Station, Santa Monica, California
2002 Artistic Edge Gallery, Long Beach, California
Angels Gate Cultural Center, Gallery G, San Pedro, California
2000 Flying Solo, Gallery 825, Los Angeles, California
Design Group, Long Beach, California
Group Exhibitions
2013 Relative Dimensions, Sam Francis Gallery, Crossroads, Santa Monica, CA
Border Comics, IMAC, Tijuana, Mexico
A Rainbow in Curved Air, City Windows Gallery, San Jose, CA
Geometry and Friends, Huntington Beach Art Center, HB, California
Washed up, El Camino College Gallery, Torrance, California
Landscape and Mythologies, Sierra Nevada College Gallery, Lake Tahoe, NV
2012 Movement in Many Parts, Kearny Street Workshop, Oakland, California
New Works #15, En Foco Exhibitions, New York, New York
Telling The Futures, Summercamp, El Sereno, California
Controlled Environments, Mark Wolf Contemporary, San Francisco, California
Impossible Moon: Dream Spaces, The Collaborative, Long Beach, California
2011 Impossible Moon, Residence Gallery, Long Beach, California
Long Beach Soundwalk, Impossible Moon, Long Beach, California
Impossible Moon, Alicia Blue, Portland, Oregon
Marvelous Metaphors, VAALA, Santa Ana, California
In Process, Ann 330 Gallery, Los Angeles, California
Matthew Brandt, Christine Nguyen, Letha Wilson: Every Photo Graph Is In Visible,
Churner and Churner, New York, New York
Post Plastic Project, Littlefield NYC, Brooklyn, New York
100/10∆5: Pam Posey and Christine Nguyen, Institute of Cultural Inquiry, Los
Angeles, California
Illustrated Text, Gallery Nucleus, Alhambra, California
2010
To Live and Draw in L.A, Angels Gate Cultural Center, San Pedro, California
Beyond Surface, Kearny Street Workshop, San Francisco, California
Twombly House: Ephemeral Museum, Portland, Oregon
Edges of Light, Arts Benicia, Benicia, California
I Dream Animal, AliciaBlueGallery, Portland, Oregon
Florilegio, Dancing Elephant Projects, Bogota, Colombia
Ascending Dragons: Contemporary Vietnamese Artist, Armory Center for the Arts, Pasadena, California
Doppler Effect, Kunsthalle zu Kiel, Kiel, Germany
Covers, Five Thirty Three, Los Angeles, California
2009 GPS, Cypress College Art Gallery, Cypress, California
Wonderlands, Sam Francis Gallery, Cross Roads School, Santa Monica, California
Time Ligaments, 10 Chancery Lane Gallery, Hong Kong, China
Flashpoint between the Fleeting and Eternal, AndrewShire Gallery,
Los Angeles, California
2008 L.A. Now, Las Vegas Art Museum, Las Vegas, Nevada
Line Weight, Gallery Nucleus, Alhambra, California
Subaquatic Echoes, San Art, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Under Current, East and Peggy Phelps Gallery, Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, California
2007 Exquisite Crisis and Encounters, APA Institute, New York University, New York
Beyond Photography: Photography in Contemporary Art, Armory Center for the Arts, Pasadena, California
Taste, Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions, Los Angeles, California
Nature Interrupted, 18th Street Art Center, Santa Monica, California
Uneasy Angel, Sprueth Magers Gallery, Munich, Germany
2006 Earth Water Sky, Ontario Airport, Ontario, California
20th Century Fox Studios, Century City, California
2005 Drawing on Unusual Surfaces, Angels Gate Cultural Center, San Pedro, California
Out of Context, Huntington Beach Art Center, Huntington Beach, California
Eleven Nguyens and the Thirty Year Loss, PH Gallery, New York
Our Bodies, Ourselves, Machine Project, Los Angeles, California
Shadow-Line Flutter & Radiance, AndrewShire Gallery, Los Angeles, California
2004 Tar Pit Tales, 4-F Gallery, Los Angeles, California
Oscene, Laguna Museum of Art, Laguna Beach, California
Summer Drawings and Some are Not, Mixture Contemporary Art, Houston, Texas
National Graduate Seminar Fellows Exhibition, LeRoy Neiman Gallery,
Columbia University School of the Arts, New York
Supersonic: 1 wind tunnel 8 schools 120 artists, Art Center College of Design,
Pasadena, California
MFA Thesis Graduate Show, UCI University Art Gallery, Irvine, California
New California Masters, Works Gallery, San Jose, California
2003 200, AndrewShire Gallery, Los Angeles, California
Small Works Show, Walled City Gallery, San Pedro, California
Petite Works, Gallery 825 annex, Bergamot Station, Santa Monica, California
Picture Me This: Contemporary Photography Show, The Office,
Huntington Beach, California
Lowe Gallery MFA Invitational, Lowe Gallery, Santa Monica, California
The Great Escape, The Office, Huntington Beach, California
It's a Fine Line, Gallery 825, Los Angeles, California
MFA First Year Graduate Show, UCI University Art Gallery, Irvine, California
2002 Synapses, JD Magnum Gallery, Long Beach, California
Deep Dive Think Tank, Four Rooms Cafe, Westwood, California
Blantant Youth and Glamorization, Gallery Figueroa, Los Angeles, California
What’s the Story Morning Glory?, Gallery 825, Los Angeles, California
New Photography 2002, Millard Sheets Gallery, Pomona, California
Carissa Livingood Johnson/ Christine Nguyen, Society for Contemporary Photography, Kansas City, Missouri
Centered on the Center, Huntington Beach Art Center, Huntington Beach, California
2001 Four from the Floor, Huntington Beach Art Center, Huntington Beach, California
Dis.Embody, Korean Cultural Center, Los Angeles, California
Seven Contemporary Artists, Digital Symphony, Gallery 825, Glendale, California
Latent Images, Our Dream Gallery, Portland, Oregon
Wall Works, LA Artcore, Los Angeles, California
National Juried Exhibition, Cooperstown Art Association, Cooperstown, New York
Current Works 2001, Society for Contemporary Photography, Kansas City, Missouri
On site at the Gate, Angels Gate Cultural Center, San Pedro, California
Shooting Nowhere, The Hatch Gallery, Santa Monica, California
Eye Confess, Capture Group at Side Street Projects, Los Angeles, California
The Elements, Second City Council Gallery, Long Beach, California
Publications
Lau, Doretta. “Harper’s Bazaar Art Hong Kong”, May 2013.
Mazzeo, Michael. “New Works #15”, En Foco’s new photography, June.2012:pg75-76.
Romais, Miriam. “Christine Nguyen,” EnFoco.21 June.2012.
http://blog.enfoco.org/2012/06/21/christine-nguyen/
Bardin, Rachel. “Artist Christine Nguyen Explores the Univierse,” TheInertia. 21 Feb. 2011
<http://www.theinertia.com/music-art/artist-christine-nguyen-explores-the-universe-8/>
Marks, Keith. “Child of the Universe”, Folioweekly, 11-17 Jan. 2011: pg 32.
Chang, Richard. “Nature flows through Nguyen’s work,” Orange County Register, 15 Aug. 2010: AE1.
Gorduren,Petra, and Dirk Luckow. Dopplereffekt: Bilder in Kunst und Wissenschaft, Kunsthalle zu Kiel: Kiel, Germany 2010.
Strom, Dao. “ Rock Paper Salt: the art work of Christine Nguyen,” Diacritics.org. 9 Sept.2010
<http://diacritics.org/2010/09/09/rock-paper-salt-the-art-work-of-christine-nguyen/>
Philbin, Ann, Chris Miles, and James Elaine. Hammer Projects 1999-2009 Hammer Museum: Los Angeles, 2009.
Karavani, Laina. "Christine Nguyen: The Nature of Art," NotesOnDesign. 25 Nov. 2009. <http://www.notesondesign.net/people/interviews/christine-nguyen-the-nature-of-art/>
Eternity, Max. “C Nguyen’s C Prints,” ArtDigitalMagazine. Ed. Eternity, Max 1 Dec. 2009. <http://admag.wordpress.com/2009/12/01/c-nguyens-c-prints/>
Pagel, David. L.A. Now Catalog, Las Vegas Art Museum, Las Vegas, Nevada. Bright City Books. 2008.
Thi, Quang. “Ba trien lam song dong,” Thanh Nien Newspaper, 14 April 2008: pg. 15.
Lang, My. “Mot the gioi vi mo song dong,” Tuoi Tre, 13 April 2008.
Satorius, Katherine. “Christine Nguyen at Michael Kohn Gallery,” Artweek, April 2008: pg. 18-19.
Miles, Chris. “Darkness Fall Abstraction Illuminates,” LA Weekly, 22-28 Feb. 2008: pg. 58.
Pagel, David. “Murals enhance visions of reality,” Los Angeles Times, 15 Feb. 2008: E27.
Chattopadhyay, Collette. “‘Nature (Interrupted)’ at 18th Street Arts Center,” Artweek, Nov. 2007: pg. 18.
Myers, Holly. “Messing with Mother Nature,” Los Angeles Times, 17 Aug. 2007: E25.
Ollman, Leah. “All is not as it seems,” Los Angeles Times, 14 April 2007: E8.
Young, Paul. “20th Century Fox,” Artnews, July 2007.
Goss, Shannon. “A Different World,” Audrey, June /July 2007: pg. 83.
Bedford, Christopher, “Christine Nguyen,” 2007.
http://www.artforum.com/picks/section=la#picks11642
Dea, Cynthia. “Artist crosses many media,” Los Angeles Times, 17 Aug. 2006.
Newhouse, Kristina. Hammer Project: Christine Nguyen, UCLA Hammer Museum [brochure] 2006.
Scarborough, James. “Mythology, Visual Allure Create Imagine Nation,”
Grunion Gazette, 20 October 2005, Gazette Lifestyle edition, vol. 28 no. 42 2005.
Willette, Jeanne S.M. “After the ‘American War:’ Post Vietnamese Art,”
Out of Context Catalog, 2005: pg. 11.
New American Paintings: M.F.A. Annual 2004. Boston MA. Open Studio Press. 2004.
Postik, Diana. “Christine Nguyen,” Supersonic Catalog, 2004: pg. 54.
Deegan, Patrick W. “Super California,” Artnet.com Magazine Review, 16 Aug. 2004.
http://www.artnet.com/magazine/reviews/deegan/deegan8-16-04.asp.
Gant, Michael S. “A new show at Works samples the art of California MFA grads,”
Metro, April 7-14, 2004.
Schoenkopf, Rebecca. “Sci-Fi Dada: The fabulous worlds of Christine Nguyen,”
OC Weekly, Oct. 2003.
Littlefield, Kinney. “Tilting and Teasing Reality in Four from the Floor,” Los Angeles Times,
Orange County edition, 8 Jan. 2002: pg. F5.
Saitowitz, Paul. “Light Works,” Huntington Beach Independent, local edition, 27 Dec. 2002: pg. 9, 14.
Awards and Honors
2011 Durfee Grant
2008 Visions from the New California Award
2006 Contemporary Collectors Emerging Artist Fellowship Award
2005 Professional Artist Fellowship, Public Corporation of the Arts, Long Beach, California
2004 UCI Graduate Research Grant School of the Arts Recipient
2003 UCI Graduate Research Grant School of the Arts Recipient
2001 Smithsonian in Long Beach Artist Installation Grant recipient, Public
Corporation of the Arts, Long Beach, California
1998 CSULB -Fine Arts Affiliates of Long Beach Scholarship recipient
1997 CSULB -Fine Arts Affiliates of Long Beach Scholarship recipient
1995 Excellence in the Field of Art, Scholarship Award, Soroptimist International of Downey
Residencies
2011 Montalvo Art Center, Saratoga, California
2009 Tamarind Institute, Albuquerque, New Mexico
2008 Headlands Center for the Arts, Sausalito, California
Public Art Works
2012 Malibu Library, Malibu, California
2012 Fire station 132, Santa Clarita, California
2012 L’hotel Elan, Hong Kong
Private Collections
Armand Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, California
Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles, California
Grunwald Center for Graphic Arts, Los Angeles, California
Los Angeles World Airport’s Collection, Los Angeles, California
Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio
Burger Collection, Hong Kong
Anto and Elaine Marden, Hong Kong