Christine Nguyen
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Lives and works in Glendale, California.
EDUCATION
| 2004 | University of California-Irvine, California, MFA |
| 1999 | California State UniversityLong Beach, California, BFA |
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 |
| Michael Kohn Gallery, Los Angeles | |
| 2007 | AndrewShire Gallery, Los Angeles, California |
| 2006 | Installation at 20th Century Fox Studios, Century City, California |
| Hammer Project, UCLA Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, Californi | |
| 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
| 2011 | Matthew Brandt, Christine Nguyen, Letha Wilson: Every Photo Graph Is In Visible, Churner and Churner, New York |
| Post Plastic Project, Littlefield NYC, Brooklyn | |
| 100/10∆5: Pam Posey and Christine Nguyen, Institute of Cultural Inquiry, Los Angeles | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| Flashpoint between the Fleeting and Eternal, AndrewShire Gallery, Los Angeles | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| Shadow-Line Flutter & Radiance, AndrewShire Gallery, Los Angeles | |
| 2004 | Tar Pit Tales, 4-F Gallery, Los Angeles |
| 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 |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| What’s the Story Morning Glory?, Gallery 825, Los Angeles | |
| 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 | |
| Seven Contemporary Artists, Digital Symphony, Gallery 825, Glendale, California | |
| Latent Images, Our Dream Gallery, Portland, Oregon | |
| Wall Works, LA Artcore, Los Angeles, California | |
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National Juried Exhibition, Cooperstown Art Association, Cooperstown, New York |
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| 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 | |
| The Elements, Second City Council Gallery, Long Beach, California |
"Goings On About Town: 'Always the Young Strangers,'" The New Yorker (June 2011)
"This Week: Must-See Arts in the City", WNYC Gallerina Blog (August 4, 2011)
detail of Untitled (Cosmos) (2010)
borax,epsom salt, salt on unprocessed photographic color paper
Untitled (Cosmos) (2010)
borax,epsom salt, salt on unprocessed photographic color paper
140 x 264 inches
installation at Huntington Beach Arts Center
Caterpillar Eyes (2010)
cyanotype and salt crystals on paper
15 x 20 inches
Submarine Branch (2010)
cyanotype and salt crystals on paper
15 x 20 inches
Avalange (2009)
c-print, in two parts
32 x 20 inches
Crystalline (2010)
Borax crystals, copper foil, glass, solder
Untilted (Salton Sea, Barnacles)
c-print with salt crystals
17 x 11 inches
Untilted (Salton Sea, Flowering Bush)
c-print with salt crystals
17 x 11 inches
Untilted (Salton Sea, Landscape)
c-print with salt crystals
17 x 11 inches
Untilted (Salton Sea, Waves)
c-print with salt crystals
17 x 11 inches
detail of Untilted (Salton Sea, Waves)
c-print with salt crystals
17 x 11 inches
