Emily Cheng

 

Education

 

1997        B.F.A. Painting, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, Rhode Island

1977-79    New York Studio School, New York, New York

 

Solo Exhibitions

 

2002        Winston Wächter Mayer, New York, NY

            Schmidt/Dean Gallery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

            Hobart and William Smith College Gallery, New York

2001        Byron Cohen Gallery, Kansas City, Missouri

1998        Schmidt/Dean Gallery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

1997        Metropolitan Museum of Manila, Philippines

            Christine’s Gallery, Baguio City, Philippines

            Bravin Post Lee, New York, NY, Projects Room

1996        Hanart T.Z. Gallery, Hong Kong; catalog essay by Lilly Wei & Tsong Zung Chang

1994        The Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati, Ohio; booklet by Elaine King

1993        Schmidt/Dean Gallery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

1992        David Beitzel Gallery, New York, NY

            Schmidt/Dean Gallery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

1990        Lang & O’Hara Gallery, New York

            Schmidt/Dean Gallery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

1989        The Bronx Museum, New York

1988        Lang & O’Hara Gallery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

1987        Lang & O’Hara Gallery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

1985        White Columns, New York

1983        Pittsburgh Plan for Art. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

            55 Mercer Street Artists, Inc. New York

 

Group Exhibitions

 

2002        "Four Artists" China 2000, New York, New York

                      "The Players-Asian American Art" Asian American Art Center, New York, NY

                      "Faculty Exhibition" Anderson Ranch, Snowmass, CO

2001        “China Without Borders,”Sotheby’s, New York, NY

            “Plant Life,” Schmidt Dean Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

            “Transpoly Blue,” Elliot Smith Gallery, St. Louis, MO

2000                            “8.30.00,” Gallery 138, Kent State University, Kent, Ohio, curated by William

Radawec

            “Twice Born: Beauty,” The Mills Gallery, Boston Center for the Arts, Boston,

MA curated by Shelly Bancroft

“Abstraction in Painting,” Castle Gallery, College of New Rochelle,NY, curated by W. Huang and K. Gass

“The Figure: Another side of Modernism,” Newhouse Center, Snug Harbor Cultural Center, Staten Island; curated by Lilly Wei, catalog

            “Crossing Borders,” Bowman, Penelec & Megahan Galleries, Meadville, Pa

            “Sensibilities,” Boothe Contemporary Art, Wakefield, Rhode Island

              “LaCoste 1999”, Alliance Francaise, New York, N.Y.

              “What Goes Around,” Katonah Museum of Art, Katonah, N.Y.

    “American Academy of Arts and Letters Invitational Show,” American Academy, N.Y.

               “OVERTHETOPFRENZY,” Kingsborough College Art Gallery, N.Y.

1999                            “Working Together,” The Art Museum, University of New Hampshire,Durham,

N.H., catalog

“The Masters of Graphic Arts, International Biennial,” Municipal Museum of Gyor, Hungary, catalog

            “THE STROKE,” Exit Art, New York; curated by Kerry James Marshall

            “Personal Visions, A Survey of Contemporary Photography,” Ayala Museum,

Makati, Philippines

1998                            “Rose Selavy,” Jefferson Bank, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, curated by Alicia P.

Felton

            “Urban Encounters,” New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York

            “Group Show,”  Debs & Co. New York, New York

            “Faculty Show,” Anderson Ranch Gallery, Aspen, Colorado

            “Preview,” Byron Cohen Gallery, Kansas City Missouri

            “Group Show,” Jon Oulman Gallery, Minneapolis Minnesota

            “Part of the Fabric,” Rhode Island School of Design Museum, Providence, Rhode Island

1997        “1997 Art on Paper,” Weatherspoon Gallery, Greensboro, North Carolina

            “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, NOT,” Parsons School of Design Gallery, New York

            “ABOX,”Marsha Meteyka Gallery, Washington, D.C.

            “March Six,” Ikon Gallery, Los Angeles, curated by Bill Radawec

            “Group Show,” Katherine E. Nash Gallery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis

1996        “Photographism in Painting,” Pratt Manhattan Galleries, New York catalog

“Special Exhibition, Iris Prints,” Los Angeles Art Exo, 1996, curated by Bill Radawec

            “Allegory and Identity,” Visceleglia Art Center, Cadwell, New Jersey

            “New York,”(3 person) Kunsthaus in Hofgarten, Munich, Germany

            “Patchwork”, Andre Zarre Gallery, New York

“The Electric Muse,” Mazmanian Gallery, Framingham State College, Massachusetts

            “Painting ‘96,” Sharadin Art Gallery, Kuztown Univ., Kutztown, Pennsylvania

1995        “Digital Dialects, New Paradigms,” Creiger-Dane Gallery,

Boston,Mass.

            “Master of Graphics Art International Biennial,” Muveszeti Museum, Gyor,

Hungary, curated by Elaine A. King, catalog

            “Group Show,” Stonehouse Gallery, Litchfield, Ma.

            “Not Not Part 1,” E.S. Vandam Gallery, New York

            “Contradictory Conclusions,” The Gallery at Northhampton, Pa. curated by Rhonda Wall

            “Asian Reflections,” New York University, New York

            “Works on Paper,” S. Cono, Brooklyn, New York, curated by Chris Martin

1994        “East/West, Cross Culture Influences in Painting,” E.S.Vandam, New York

                      “Flooding Camera,” The Workspace, at Dolgeros, Newman and Cronin; New York

            “Couples,”  Elga Wimmer Gallery, New York

            “The Computer in the Studio,” De Cordava Museum and the Computer Museum Boston,                     Ma., curated by Brian Wallace, catalog

                      “Transsexualism,” Mark Moore Gallery, Santa Monica, California, curated by Sabina Ott

             “Crash,” Thread Waxing Space, New York, curated by Tom Zummer

            “New Old Masters,” Center for the Arts, San Fransisco, California, catalog

            “Monoprint Invitational,” Horodner Romley Gallery, New York, N.Y.

            “Nine Months,” Howard Yezerski Gallery, Boston Mass.

1993                            “Malta’s Cradle: Reflections on the Abyss of Time,” Solo Press Gallery, New York,

curated by Peggy Cyphers

            “Exquisite Corpse,” Drawing Center, New York; traveled to Corcoran, Washington, D.C.,

Santa Monica Museum, Santa Monica CA; The Forum for Contemporary Art, St. Louis Mo.; American Center, Paris, France, catalog

            “Tabu,” Four Walls, Brooklyn, New York

            “Women’s Art Women’s Lives, Women’s Issues,” Tweed Gallery, New York

“Appraising the Preternatural,” Patricia Shea Gallery, Santa Monica, California organized by Sue Spaid and Michael Anderson

            “Songs of Retribution,” Richard Anderson Gallery, New York

            “Art in the Age of Information,” Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; curated by Elaine King

1992        “1992, Art on Paper,” Weatherspoon Gallery, Greensboro, North Carolina

            “Paper Houses,” David Beitzel Gallery, New York

            “Group Show,”  Albright-Knox Museum, Buffalo, New York

            “Ornament: Ho Hum All Ye Faithful,” John Post Lee Gallery, New York

            “Allusions/Illusions,” David Beitzel Gallery, New York

            “Group Show,” Schmidt/Dean Gallery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

            “Abstraction/Distraction,” Richard Anderson Gallery, New York

“External Fantasies, Internal Realities,” Security Pacific Galleries, Los Angeles, California

1990        “Group Show,” Mathew Scott Fine Art, Los Angeles, California

            “Group Exhibition,” Schmidt/Dean Gallery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

            “Large Drawings,” Lang and O’Hara Gallery, New York

1989                            “Mystery,” New Visions Gallery, Ithaca, New York; Bard College Gallery, New York;

Bevier Gallery,

Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, New York

“100 Drawings By Women,” Blum Helman Gallery, Hillwood Art Gallery, New York, catalog

1988        “Mutations,” Anina Nosei Gallery, New York

“Imprimatur,” Greenville County Museum of Art, South Carolina & North Carolina Museum of Art

            “Double Visions,” Hallwalls, Buffalo, New York; Longwood Art Gallery,

Bronx Council of the Arts, New York; curated by Fred Wilson, catalog

            “The Inscribed Image,” Lang and O’Hara Gallery, New York; curated by Pat McCoy

            “Four Corners of Abstraction,” White Columns, New York IGI’88, New York

1987       “Drawings of the Eighties,” Carnegie Mellon University Gallery, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

           “Group Show,” Cone Editions, New York

1986       “Small Scale Abstractions”, Grace Borgenicht Gallery, New York

              “24X24,” Ruth Siegel Gallery, New York

“Abstraction, Abstraction”, Carnegie Mellon University Gallery, Pittsburgh & Klein Gallery, Chicago

1985       “Group Show,” Barbara Toll Gallery, New York

           “Small Works,” Gabriel Bryers Gallery, New York

           “Exhibit A,” Brooklyn County Courthouse, Brooklyn, New York, curated by Darra Keaton

“Abstract Issues,” Oscarson Hood Gallery, Tibor de Nagy, & Sherry French Gallery;

curated by Steven Henry Madoff

            “Non-Objective World-1985,” Kamikaze, New York; curated by Stephen Westfall

            “Update 84-84,” White Columns, New York, catalog

            “10 Downtown,” Micjeal Katz Gallery, New York

            “Nancy Davidson, Fontaine Dunn and Emily Cheng,” AIR Gallery, New York

            “Surplus,” Exit Art, New York, catalog

            “Emily, Anna and Ti Shan,” Asian Arts Institute, New York

            “Forecast: Images of the Future,” Kenkeleba, New York

            “Spiritual Climates,” Thorp Intermedia Gallery, New York

1984       “New Abstraction,” Tibor de Nagy Gallery, New York

           “Abstract Drawings,” New York University, New York

1983       “Women Make History,” Edith Macy Conference Center, New York

            “Terminal New York,” Brooklyn Army Terminal, New York

            “Hong Kong, Tokyo, New York,” Kenkeleba, New York

            “In Arcadia,” Lucy Strike, New York; curated by Mary

Torras

1982       “Contemporary Shields,” Galerie des Refuse, New York

           “30 New York Painters,” Hobart and William Smith College, Geneva, New York

           “Lee Tribe, Emily Cheng and Vivian Sheihing,” SUNY Gallery, Purchase, New York

1980       “New Talent,” Nardin Gallery, New York

 

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Awards

1996        New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship

1995        Yaddo Fellowship

1982-1983    National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship