Born 1977, lives and works in Glendale, California

 

EDUCATION

2004
Master of Fine Art, University of California, Irvine, USA
1999
Bachelor of Fine Arts California State University, Long Beach, USA

 

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2011
Harmonic Cosmic Sea Waves, 10 Chancery Lane Gallery, Hong Kong, China

2010
Rock Paper Salt, Huntington Beach Art Center, Huntington Beach, California, USA
Crystalline, East Gallery, Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, California, USA

2009
Dark Matter Of Fact, Angels Gate Cultural Center, San Pedro, California, USA

2008
Project room, Sam Lee Gallery, Los Angeles, California, USA
Michael Kohn Gallery, Los Angeles, California, USA

2007
AndrewShire Gallery, Los Angeles, California, USA

2006
Hammer Project, UCLA Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, California, USA
Installation at 20th Century Fox Studios, Century City, California, USA
Project room, 4-F Gallery, LA, California, USA

2005
Enview Gallery, Long Beach, California, USA
Spasmicosmics, 18th Street Arts Center, Santa Monica, California, USA

2004
Modulations, Walled City Gallery, San Pedro, California, USA

2003
Gallery 825 annex, Bergamot Station, Santa Monica, California, USA

2002
Artistic Edge Gallery, Long Beach, California, USA
Angels Gate Cultural Center, Gallery G, San Pedro, California, USA

2000
Flying Solo, Gallery 825, Los Angeles, California, USA
Design Group, Long Beach, California, USA

 

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2010
To Live and Draw in L.A, Angels Gate Cultural Center, San Pedro, California, USA
Beyond Surface, Kearny Street Workshop, San Francisco, California, USA
Twombly House: Ephemeral Museum, Portland, Oregon, USA
Edges of Light, Arts Benicia, Benicia, California, USA
I Dream Animal, AliciaBlueGallery, Portland, Oregon, USA
Florilegio, Dancing Elephant Projects, Bogota, Colombia, USA
Ascending Dragons: Contemporary Vietnamese Artist, Armory Center for the Arts, Pasadena, California, USA
Doppler Effect, Kunsthalle zu Kiel, Kiel, Germany
Covers, Five Thirty Three, Los Angeles, California, USA

2009
GPS, Cypress College Art Gallery, Cypress, California, USA
Wonderlands, Sam Franicis Gallery,Crossroads School, Santa Monica, California, USA
Time Ligaments, 10 Chancery Lane Gallery, Hong Kong, China
Building Paradise, 7+ FIG Art Space, Los Angeles, California, USA
Flashpoint between the Fleeting and Eternal, AndrewShire Gallery, Los Angeles, California, USA

2008
L.A. Now, Las Vegas Art Museum, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Line Weight, Gallery Nucleus, Alhambra, California, USA
Subaquatic Echoes, San Art, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Under Current, East and Peggy Phelps Gallery, Claremont Graduate Universities, Claremont, California, USA

2007
Exquisite Crisis and Encounters, APA Institute, New York University, New York, USA
Beyond Photography: Photography in Contemporary Art, Armory Center For the Arts, Pasadena, California, USA
Taste, Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions, Los Angeles, California, USA
Nature Interrupted, 18th Street Art Center, Santa Monica, California, USA
Uneasy Angel, Sprueth Magers Gallery, Munich, Germany

2006
EarthWaterSky, Ontario Airport, Ontairo, California, USA
20th Century Fox Studios, Century City, California, USA

2005
Drawing on Unusual Surfaces, Angels Gate Cultural Center, San Pedro, California, USA
Out of Context, Huntington Beach Art Center, Huntington Beach, California, USA
Eleven Nguyens and the Thirty Year Loss, PH Gallery, New York, USA
Our Bodies, Ourselves, Machine Project, Los Angeles, California, USA
Shadow-Line Flutter & Radiance, AndrewShire Gallery, Los Angeles, California, USA

2004
Tar Pit Tales, 4-F Gallery, Los Angeles, California, USA
Oscene, Laguna Museum of Art, Laguna Beach, California, USA
Summer Drawings and Some are Not, Mixture Contemporary Art, Houston, Texas, USA
National Graduate Seminar Fellows Exhibition, LeRoy Neiman Gallery, Columbia University School of the Arts, New York, USA
Supersonic: 1 windtunnel 8 schools 120 artists, Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, California, USA
MFA Thesis Graduate Show, UCI University Art Gallery, Irvine, California, USA
New California Masters, Works Gallery, San Jose, California, USA

2003
200, AndrewShire Gallery, Los Angeles, California, USA
Small Works Show, Walled City Gallery, San Pedro, California, USA
Petite Works, Gallery 825 annex, Bergamot Station, Santa Monica, California, USA
Lowe Gallery MFA Invitational, Lowe Gallery, Santa Monica, California, USA
The Great Escape, The Office, Huntington Beach, California, USA
It's a Fine Line, Gallery 825, Los Angeles, California, USA
MFA First Year Graduate Show, UCI University Art Gallery, Irvine, California, USA

2002
Synapses, JD Magnum Gallery, Long Beach, California, USA
Deep Dive Think Tank, Four Rooms Cafe, Westwood, California, USA
Blantant Youth and Glamorization, Gallery Figueroa, Los Angeles, California, USA
What’s the Story Morning Glory?, Gallery 825, Los Angeles, California, USA
New Photography 2002, Millard Sheets Gallery, Pomona, California, USA
Carissa Livingood Johnson / Christine Nguyen, Society for Contemporary Photography, Kansas City, Missouri, USA
Centered on the Center, Huntington Beach Art Center, Huntington Beach, California, USA

2001
Four from the Floor, Huntington Beach Art Center, Huntington Beach, California, USA
Dis.Embody, Korean Cultural Center, Los Angeles, California, USA
Seven Contemporary Artist, Digital Symphony, Gallery 825, Glendale, California, USA
Latent Images, Our Dream Gallery, Portland, Oregon, USA
Wall works, LA Artcore, Los Angeles, California, USA
National Juried Exhibition, Cooperstown Art Association, Cooperstown, New York, USA
Current Works 2001, Society for Contemporary Photography, Kansas City, Missouri, USA
On site at the Gate, Angels Gate Cultural Center, San Pedro, California, USA
Shooting Nowhere, The Hatch Gallery, Santa Monica, California, USA
Eye Confess, Capture Group at Side Street Projects, Los Angeles, California, USA
The Elements, Second City Council Gallery, Long Beach, California, USA

2000
Paint, Gallery 825, Los Angeles, California, USA
New Photography 2000, Millard Sheets Gallery, Pomona, California, USA
On site at the Gate, Angels Gate Cultural Center, San Pedro, California, USA

 

BIBLIOGRAPHY

2010
Gorduren, Petra, and Dirk Luckow. Dopplereffekt: Bilder in Kunst und Wissenschaft, Kunsthalle zu Kiel: Kiel, Germany 2010.

2009
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/

2008
Pagel, David. L.A. Now Catalog, Las Vegas Art Museum, Las Vegas NV. Bright City Books
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

2007
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, 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
http://www.artnet.com/magazine/reviews/deegan/deegan8-16-04.asp. 16 August 2004
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 & HONORS

2008
Visions From The New California Award

2006
Contemporary Collectors Emerging Artist Fellowship Award

2005
Professional Artist Fellowship, Public Corporation of the Arts, LB, CA, USA

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, USA

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

2009
Tamarind Institute- Albuquerque, NM, USA

2008
Headlands Center For The Arts -Sausalito, CA, USA

 

COLLECTIONS

Armand Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Grunwald Center for Graphic Arts, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Los Angeles World Airport’s Art Collection, USA