Ching Ching Cheng 鄭青青
Born in Taiwan, live and work in Altadena, CA
Education:
Art Center College of Design, MFA, Pasadena, CA, 2020
Art Center College of Design, BFA, Pasadena, CA, 2009
Solo Exhibition:
2020 “Book of Space” at Cave Gallery, ArtCenter College of Design, Pasadena, CA
2019 “Transverse”, Marlborough School, LA, CA
2018 “Re:balance” three-person show, Irvine Fine Arts Center, Irvine, CA
“Transverse”, LAX terminal 1, CA
“Build” two-person show, Imperial Valley College, Imperial, CA
2016 “Build” two-person show, Launch LA, LA, CA
2015 “Build”, Arts Facilities Management Center, Taoyuan, Taiwan
2013 “Transverse”, College of Southern Maryland, La Plata, MD
“Transverse”, Gibbs Street Gallery, Rockville, MD
“Transverse”, Art-merge Lab, LA, CA
2012 “Winter Exhibition” two-person show, LACMA Rental and Sales Gallery, LA, CA
“Capture & Record” two-person show, College of the Sequoias Art Gallery, Visalia, CA
“Obsession of Memories” two-person show, McKinley Arts and Culture Center, Reno, NV
“Born in the 1980s” four-person show, Gallery Y, LA, CA
“Apparatus” Barbara’s, LA, CA
“Recaptured End” two-person show, DAC Gallery, LA, CA
“Obsess” Olive DeLuce Gallery, Northwest Missouri State University, Missouri
2011 “Rootless” Nordica Gallery, Kunming, China
“Pupa” Prime Grind, LA, CA
“Flavors of Childhood” two-person show, Scoops, LA, CA
2010 “Obsess” four-person show, Gallery 825, LA, CA
“Winter Exhibition” three-person show, LACMA Rental and Sales Gallery, LA, CA
2009 “Bed Time” The World’s Darkest Gallery, Monrovia, CA
“Made in LA” AHUSA UCLA 3rd Annual Fine Art Exhibition, LA, CA
Selected Group Exhibition:
2022 “Other Animals” Gatto Pardo, LA, CA
2021 “Rise of the Care Machine” Deformal, Juniin, Ecuador
“Rise of the Care Machine” Deformal, online
Soundpedro, Long Beach, CA
2020 “Fell for Everything” Downtown LA Gallery at ArtCenter College of Design, LA, CA
“Artist & Researcher 4” Keck School of Medicine HEAL Program, LA CA
“Homework” Downtown LA Gallery at ArtCenter College of Design, LA, CA
2019 “Tomes” Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, CA
"A Gallery of One's Own" Spartanburg Art Museum, Spartanburg, SC
2018 “we tbd” Human Resources, LA, CA
“Hybrid Altar” Tarfest, LA, CA
Parlor, LA, CA
“Memories on Location” Keystone Art Space, LA, CA
2017 21c Museum, Nashville, Tennessee
2016 Timothy Yarger Fine Art, LA, CA
“All Media” Irvine Fine Arts Center, Irvine, CA
“Girl Trip” The Lodge, LA, CA
“The Language of Perpetual Conditions” Fine Arts Gallery at California State University Los Angeles, CA
2015 “CA 101”, AES Power Plant Redondo Beach, CA
“From Her” Pico House Gallery, LA, CA
“Pulse of LA” LA Artcore Union Center for the Arts, LA, CA
2014 The 1st Annual Public Art Exhibition, Alexander Hughes Community Center, Claremont, CA
“Relics” San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art, San Jose, CA
“L.A. Heat” Chinese American Museum, LA, CA
“Landmark” L’Art Projects, LA, CA
2013 “Alchemy” The Loft at Liz’s, LA, CA
2012 “Obsess” Frank Pictures Gallery, LA, CA
“Rock, Paper, Scissor” Coagula Curatorial, LA, CA
“Diverted Destruction 5” The Loft at Liz’s, LA, CA
“Random Acts Of Time” OCCCA, Orange County
“Changarrito” Craft And Folk Art Museum, LA, CA
2011 “Transmit” Den Contemporary, LA, CA
"Summer Reading” Stephen Cohen Gallery, LA, CA
“Chain Letter” Shoshana Wayne Gallery, LA, CA
“Thirteen By Thirteen” DAC Gallery, LA, CA
"13th National Juried Art Exhibition", Baker Arts Center, Kansas
Craig Krull Gallery, LA, CA
“Hecho A Mano” Gallery 825, juried by curator Idurre Alonso from MOLAA, LA, CA
"Juried Show", Topanga Canyon Gallery, juried by Craig Krull from Craig Krull Gallery, CA
2010 “See Thru” Icon, science-art collaboration with CalTech, LA, CA
“Marine Salon No. 6” Marine Art Salon, Santa Monica, CA
“See Thru” Gallery 825, science-art collaboration with CalTech, LA, CA
“Diverted Destruction 3” The Loft at Liz’s, LA, CA
“Zipor, Ziporim, Zippora” Galerie Lichtpunkt, Germany
“Following Feitelson” Gallery 825, juried by Feitelson scholar Marie Chambers, LA, CA
2009 “Open Show” Gallery 825, juried by curator Apsara DiQuinzio from SFMOMA, LA, CA
“TarFest” Korean Cultural Center, juried by curator Rita Gonzalez from LACMA, LA, CA
“Out There” Gallery 825, juried by curator Bert Green from Bert Green Fine Art, LA, CA
“Immigration” Korean Cultural Center, juried by curator Alma Ruiz from MOCA, LA, CA
2008 “TarFest” Korean Cultural Center, juried by curator Howard N. Fox from LACMA, LA, CA
Film Festivals:
2021 The Fine Art Film Festival, selected
2020 Independent Shorts Awards, Finalist
Montreal Indépendant Film Festival, Selected
Indie Short Fest, semi-finalist
Lecture/Teaching/Workshop Experience:
One day workshop “Glove Puppets”, Chinese American Museum, CA, 2022
Workshop series “Glove Puppets”, Mi CASA, CA, 2022
Teaching Artist “Picture Me Here”, community project with Drawing Together funded by CAC, CA, 2022
Teaching Artist USC Pacific Asia Museum, Pasadena, CA, 2022 - Present
Teaching Artist P.S. Arts, Santa Monica CA, 2022 - Present
Teaching Artist Drawwing Cabinet, La Cresenta, CA, 2021- Present
Lecture and workshop series “Journey Through The Silkroad” LMU StarTalk program, CA, 2021
Teaching Artist Drawing Together, Pasadena, CA, 2021
Teaching Artist Creative World Art Center, Arcadia, CA, 2018-2019, 2021
One day lecture and workshop Marlborough School, LA, CA, 2019
Lecture series and workshops Pilgrim School, LA, CA, 2019
Teaching Artist Ming Creative Art Academy, Arcadia, CA, 2018-2019
Teaching Artist Alcott Center, LA, CA, 2013
One day lecture and workshop College of Southern Maryland, Maryland, 2013
Teaching Artist YouThink, LA, CA, 2013
Teaching Artist Create LA, LA, CA, 2013
Teaching Artist ADL Arts and Education Center, Los Angeles, CA, 2012
One day lecture and workshop Northwest Missouri State University, Missouri, 2012
One day lecture Nordica, Kunming, China, 2011
One day lecture 943 Studio, Kunming, China, 2011
Art Fair:
Far Bazzar, Los Angeles, 2017
Moda 360, Los Angeles, 2016
LA Art Show, represented by Timothy Yarger Fine Art, Los Angeles, 2016
San Francisco Art Market, represented by Timothy Yarger Fine Art, CA, 2015
Texas Contemporary, represented by Timothy Yarger Fine Art, TX, 2014
Silicon Valley Contemporary, represented by Timothy Yarger Fine Art, CA, 2014
LA Art Show, represented by Timothy Yarger Fine Art, Los Angeles, 2014
Art Aspen, represented by Timothy Yarger Fine Art, Aspen, CO, 2013
Art Platform, Los Angeles, 2012
Photo LA, Los Angeles, 2012
“Salon Art Shopping” international art fair at Carrousel du Louvre, Paris, 2010
Benefit Auction:
Center for the Arts Eagle Rock, Los Angeles, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2017, 2018
A Window Between Worlds, 2016, 2017
Keystone Gallery, 2013, 2014
Craft and Folk Art Museum, 2013
LAMAG Benefit Auction, Los Angeles, 2011, 2013
Scores LA, Los Angeles, 2012
Soledad Enrichment Action 39th Silent Auction, Los Angeles, 2011
”Enlighten” Culver City, CA, 2009
Gallery 825, Los Angeles (Annual Benefit Auction) 2009-2012
Artist-in-Residency:
Cardboard City, Santa Monica, CA 2022
Elsewhere Studio, Paonia, CO, 2022
Atche Art Space, Los Angeles, CA, 2022
943 Studio, Kunming, China, 2011
Grants:
Individual Artist Grant, City of Pasadena, 2022
Individual Artist Grant, Side Street Projects, Pasadena, CA 2022
Cardboard City reDiscover Center, LA, 2022
Parent Artist Residency, Elsewhere Studio, Paonia, CO, 2022
Los Angeles World Airports, Arts Exhibition Program, City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs, 2018
Arts Facilities Management Center, Taoyuan, Taiwan 2015
Phoenix Education Foundation, Taipei, Taiwan 2011
Award:
ArtCenter College of Design Scholarship, ArtCenter of Design, Pasadena, CA, 2018-2020
Topanga Canyon Gallery Juried Show, Honorable Mention, 2011
LAAA Scholarship, Los Angeles, CA, 2011
IA21 8th International Juried Competition, Featured Artist, 2010
4th International Arte Laguna Prize, Finalist, Italy, 2010
Art Interview 19th International Online Artist Competition, Honorable Mention, 2009
ArtSceneToday, “Word, Word, Word” juried exhibition 2nd winner, 2009
ArtSceneToday, “Women and Children First” juried exhibition 2nd winner, 2009
The Juried Art Show, Works on paper 2nd winner, 2009
Creative Quarterly 16, Fine Art Merit, 2009
ArtCenter College of Design Scholarship, ArtCenter of Design, Pasadena, CA, 2007-2009
Bibliography:
2021
Shoutout LA “Meet Ching Ching Cheng: Art educator/artist” (https://shoutoutla.com/meet-ching-ching-cheng-art-educator-artist/)
2020
Diana Thater. LACMA Unframed “Articulations-ArtCenter MFAs Ching Ching Cheng, Sean T. Randolph, and Gillian Steiner” (https://unframed.lacma.org/2020/10/02/articulations—artcenter-mfas-ching-ching-cheng-sean-t-randolph-and-gillian-steiner)
2018
Shana Nys Dambrot. KCET “Motherhood and Materiality: Artists Consider Their Altered, Cluttered Surroundings” (https://www.kcet.org/shows/artbound/motherhood-and-materiality-artists-consider-their-altered-cluttered-surroundings)
Evan Senn. Irvine Weekly “Exploring the Quiet Beauty of ‘Re: Balance’ at Irvine Fine Arts Center” (https://irvineweekly.com/exploring-the-quiet-beauty-of-rebalance-at-irvine-fine-arts-center/)
Irvine Fine Arts Center (https://youtu.be/jB5ZHD_fncE)
VoyageLA (http://voyagela.com/interview/check-ching-ching-chengs-artwork/)
“M.A.M.A. Issue n.30” Procreate Project (http://www.procreateproject.com/mama-issue-n-30-ching-ching-cheng-jennifer-stewart-fueston/)
A.M.M.A.A. (https://www.ammaathearchive.com/work/#/ammaa-artistprofile-ching-ching-cheng/)
“The Pattern” Full Blede (https://static1.squarespace.com/static/52869d4ce4b0497d6404d956/t/5acbb0466d2a73d3a01d600d/1523298390127/Full_Blede_issue_four_low_res.pdf)
The Arts of LA “Ching Ching Cheng-Permutations” (http://theartsofla.com/%E2%80%8Bching-ching-cheng/)
2017
Coagula Curatorial. Modern Art Blitz: Ching Ching Cheng (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BBk1qrOtZUQ)
2016
Genie Davis. Art and Cake “The Sublime Beauty of Leigh Salgado and Ching Ching Cheng” (https://artandcakela.com/2016/12/03/the-sublime-beauty-of-leigh-salgado-and-ching-ching-cheng/)
2015
“Imitating Life” (http://www.signaltribunenewspaper.com/?p=27175)
“Ching Ching Cheng: The Art of Book Sculpting.”( http://trojanvision.usc.edu/ching-ching-cheng-the-art-of-book-sculpting/)
365 Days Artists. (https://365artists365days.com/2015/12/24/ching-ching-cheng-altadena-california/)
2014
Expose Art Magazine special edition (http://www.exposeartmagazine.com/special-edition.html)
Luo, Fei. To Start From Art -- Essays And Interviews On Chinese Contemporary Art.
(http://www.luofei.org/to-start-from-art/)
Frank, Priscilla. “An Art Show Dedicated Entirely To Hot Sauce Is Making Our Spicy Dreams Come True” Huffington Post, March (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/03/16/hot-sauce-art-show_n_4958900.html?ir=Arts)
Wong, Martin. “L.A. Heat: Taste Changing Condiments At CAM” Imprint Culture Lab, March
(http://www.imprintculturelab.com/editorial-2/l-a-heat-taste-changing-condiments-at-cam/)
Lasane, Andrew. “The Chinese American Museum Opens an Art Exhibition Inspired by Sriracha and Tapatio Hot Sauces” Complex Art+Design, March (http://www.complex.com/art-design/2014/03/sriracha-and-tapatio-inspired-art-exhibition-at-the-chinese-american-museum)
Lai, Gina. World Journal. March(http://www.worldjournal.com/pages/full_anews/search_content)
Huang, Ursula. LA 18 News. March (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7IX9-M3jjrg)
2013
Barnes, Sara. “Ching Ching Cheng” Brown Paper Bag, February
(http://www.brwnpaperbag.com/ching-ching-cheng/)
Haselbacher, Nancy. “Transerse by Ching Ching Cheng at Art Merge Lab” Fit To Print Printmaking, February (http://blogs.otis.edu/otisfittoprint/2013/02/15/transvese-by-ching-ching-cheng-at-artmerge-lab/)
2012
Laden,Tanja M. “Ching Ching Cheng: Transverse” Flavorpill, November
(http://archive.flavorpill.com/losangeles/events/2012/11/15/ching-ching-cheng-transverse)
Lesh, Lyndsey. “The Symbolic Figurative Works & Artifacts of Ching Ching Cheng” Beautiful Decay, December (http://beautifuldecay.com/2012/12/10/the-symbolic-figurative-works-artifacts-of-ching-ching-cheng/)
2011
Coagula Art Journal “Ron English, Roland Reiss, Los Angeles Art World Artists” November
(http://www.coagula.com/blog/2011/11/ron-english-roland-reiss-los-angeles-art-world-artists/)
2010
Magana, Lainya. “Paper Sculptures by Ching Ching Cheng” Argot and Dochre, December
(http://argotandochre.wordpress.com/2010/12/02/paper-sculptures-by-ching-ching-cheng/)