CHRISTINE NGUYEN

EDUCATION
1999                        - B.F.A            California State University, Long Beach
2004                        - M.F.A            University of California, Irvine

SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2008                        -Michael Kohn Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2006                        - Hammer Project, UCLA Hammer Museum, LA, CA
                        - Project room, 4-F Gallery, LA, CA
2005                        - Enview Gallery, Long Beach, CA
                     - Spasmicosmics, 18th Street Arts Center, Santa Monica, CA
2004                        - Modulations, Walled City Gallery, San Pedro, CA
2003                        - Gallery 825 annex, Bergamot Station, Santa Monica, CA
2002                        - Artistic Edge Gallery, Long Beach, CA
                        - Angels Gate Cultural Center, Gallery G, San Pedro, CA
2000                        - Flying Solo, Gallery 825, Los Angeles, CA
                                 - Design Group, Long Beach, CA

GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2007                        - Exquisite Crisis and Encounters, APA Institute, New York University,                                     NY, NY
                        - Beyond Photography: Photography in Contemporary Art, Armory Center                          For  the Arts Pasadena, CA
                        - Taste, Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibtions, Los Angeles, CA
                        - Nature Interrupted, 18th Street Art Center, Santa Monica, CA
                        - Uneasy Angel, Sprueth Magers Gallery, Munich, Germany
2006                        - EarthWaterSky, Ontario Airport, Ontairo, CA
                        - 20th Century Fox Studios, Century City, CA
2005                        - Drawing on Unusual Surfaces, Angels Gate Cultural Center, San Pedro, CA
                        - Out of Context, Huntington Beach Art Center, HB, CA
                        - Eleven Nguyens and the Thirty Year Loss, PH Gallery, New York, NY
                        - Our Bodies, Ourselves, Machine Project, Los Angeles, CA
                        - Shadow-Line Flutter and Radiance, Andrewshire Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2004                        - Tar Pit Tales, 4-F Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
                        - Oscene, Laguna Museum of Art, Laguna Beach, CA
                        - Summer Drawings and Some are Not, Mixture Contemporary Art,
                          Houston, TX
                        - National Graduate Seminar Fellows Exhibition, LeRoy Neiman Gallery,
                          Columbia University School of the Arts, NY
                        - Supersonic: 1 windtunnel 8 schools 120 artist, Art Center College of Design,
                          Pasadena, CA
                        - MFA Thesis Graduate Show, UCI University Art Gallery, Irvine, CA
                        - New California Masters, Works Gallery, San Jose, CA
2003                        - 200, Andrewshire Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
                        - Small Works Show, Walled City Gallery, San Pedro, CA
                        - Petite Works, Gallery 825 annex, Bergamot Station, Santa Monica, CA
                        - Picture Me This: Contemporary Photography show , The Office,
                          Huntington Beach, CA
                        - Lowe Gallery MFA Invitational, Lowe Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
                        - The Great Escape, The Office, Huntington Beach, CA
                        - It's a Fine Line, Gallery 825, Los Angeles, CA
                        - MFA First Year Graduate Show, UCI Univeristy Art Gallery, Irvine, CA
2002                        - Synapses, JD Magnum Gallery, Long Beach, CA
                        - Deep Dive Think Tank, Four Rooms Cafe, Westwood, CA
                        - Blantant Youth and Glamorization, Gallery Figueroa, Los Angeles, CA
                        - What's the Story Morning Glory?, Gallery 825, LA, CA
                        - New Photography 2002, Millard Sheets Gallery, Pomona, CA
                        - Carissa Livingood Johnson/ Christine Nguyen, Society for Contemporary
                          Photography, Kansas City, MO
                        - Centered on the Center, Huntington Beach Art Center, Huntington Beach, CA
2001                        - Four from the Floor, Huntington Beach Art Center, Huntington Beach, CA
                        - Dis.Embody, Korean Cultural Center, Los Angeles, CA        
                        - Seven Contemporary Artist, Digital Symphony, Gallery 825, Glendale, CA
                         - Latent Images, Our Dream Gallery, Portland , OR
                        - Wall works, LA Artcore, Los Angeles, CA
                        - National Juried Exhibition, Cooperstown Art Association, Cooperstown, NY
                        - Current Works 2001, Society for Contemporary Photography, KC, MO
                         - On site at the Gate, Angels Gate Cultural Center, San Pedro, CA 
                        - Shooting Nowhere, The Hatch Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
                        - Eye Confess, Capture Group at Side Street Projects, Los Angeles, CA
                        - The Elements, Second City Council Gallery, Long Beach, CA
2000                        - Paint, Gallery 825, Los Angeles, CA
                        - New Photography 2000, Millard Sheets Gallery, Pomona, CA
                        - On site at the Gate, Angels Gate Cultural Center, San Pedro, CA

BIBLIOGRAPHY
2007                        - 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, Jul.2007
                        - Goss, Shannon. "A Different World", Audrey , June /July 2007:pg.83
2006                        - Bedford, Christopher, "Christine Nguyen"
                          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]
2005                        - Scarborough, James. "Mythology, Visual Allure Create Imagine Nation",
                        - Grunion Gazette, 20 October 2005, Gazette  Lifestyle edition, vol.28. no.42
                        - Willette, Jeanne S.M. "After the 'American War' :  Post Vietnamese Art",
                          Out of Context Catalog , 2005. pg.11.
2004                        - New American Paintings: M.F.A. Annual 2004. Boston MA. Open Studio Press
                        - Postik, Diana. "Christine Nguyen." Supersonic Catalog, 2004. pg.54
                        - Deegan, Patrick W. "Super California." Artnet.com Magazine Review
                          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, Silicon Valley's Weekly Newspaper
2003                        - Schoenkopf, Rebecca. "Sci-Fi Dada: The fabulous worlds of Christine
                          Nguyen." OC Weekly, October 2003
2002                        - Littlefield, Kinney. "Tilting and Teasing Reality in Four From the Floor." Los
                          Angeles  Times, 8 January 2002, Orange County edition, Sec. p. F5
                        - Saitowitz, Paul. "Light Works." Huntington Beach Independent, 27 December
                          2002, local edition, Sec. p. 9, 14

AWARDS and HONORS
2006                        - Contemporary Collectors Emerging Artist Fellowship Award
2005                        - Professional Artist Fellowship, Public Corporation of the Arts, LB, CA
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, CA
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

 

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