Stephen Nguyen
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Lives and works in Brooklyn, New York.
| EDUCATION | |
| 2002 | University of Victoria, British Columbia, MFA |
| 1999 | Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, BFA |
| SOLO EXHIBITIONS | |
| 2010 | Migration, Suyama Space, Seattle |
| 2009 | The Experience of Green, Dumbo Arts Center, Brooklyn |
| 2006 | inGrowing, AGGV LAB, Victoria, BC, Canada |
| Timeline, LMCC Swing Space, New York | |
| 2005 | Striped Canary on the Subterranean Horizon, The Map Room, Portland, Maine |
| 2003 | The Space of Appearance, Eyelevel Gallery, Halifax, Nova Scotia |
| SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS | |
| 2012 | Written by Snakes, Churner and Churner, New York, curated by Michael Wilson |
| 2011 | Material World: Sculpture to Environment (collaboration with Wade Kavanaugh), Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art, North Adams, Massachusetts |
| 2010 | Run and Tell That…, Syracuse University Art Galleries, Syracuse, New York |
| 2009 | A Conflicted State, ISE Cultural Foundation, New York |
| 2006 | You Were Never Here, The Soap Factory, Minneapolis |
| Site 92, Smack Mellon, Brooklyn | |
| Let’s Humor the Humans, PS122 Gallery, New York | |
| 2005 | The Road So Far, Metaphor Contemporary, Brooklyn |
| Structuring Perception, Nurtureart, Brooklyn, NY, curated by Elizabeth Grady | |
| Projects ’05, Carriage House, Ilsip Art Museum, Islip, New York | |
| Video: Series, Goliath Visual Space, Brooklyn | |
| AIM 25, Bronx Museum of the Arts, Bronx | |
| Eleven Nguyens and the 30 Year Loss, PH Gallery, New York, curated by Trong Nguyen | |
| Project Diversity, Museum of Contemporary African Diasporian Arts, Brooklyn | |
| 2004 | Look Closer…, About Glamour Gallery, Brooklyn |
| There is a Light that Never Goes Out, DUMBO Arts Center, Brooklyn, curated by Mike Wilson | |
| Seen and Unseen, Broadway Gallery, New York | |
| Brooklyn Arts Council International Film Festival, Brooklyn Museum of Art / Galapagos Art Space, Brooklyn | |
| A Scene, PH Gallery, New York | |
| A Slow Read, Rotunda Gallery, Brooklyn, curated by Katarina Wong | |
| 2003 | PS122, New York |
| Dumbo Art Under the Bridge Festival, Dumbo Arts Center, Brooklyn | |
| Lighten Up, Gallery 312, Chicago | |
| Unframed First Look, Lehman Maupin Gallery, New York | |
| SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY | |
| 2011 | Kazuko Nakane, “Stephen B. Nguyen, Suyama Space,” Sculpture Magazine, Vol. 30 No. 4, pp 69-70 (May 2011) |
| Hillarie M. Sheets, “Dynamic Duos,” Artnews Magazine Vol. 110 No. 2, pp. 86-93 (February 2011) | |
| Liz Kwon, Interview, BOB Magazine. Vol. 78, pp. 126-131 | |
| “Itinerary,” Sculpture Magazine, Vol. 30 No. 1, p. 17 (January 2011) | |
| 2010 | Susan Kunimatsu, “Echoes of Flight,” International Examiner [Seattle, WA] Vol. 37 No. 14 (July 21, 2010) |
| Sebastian Smee, “Living Large,” Boston Globe (June 20 2010) | |
| Jen Graves, “Everywhere and Spreading: Disaster, Formlesness, and the Oil Spill.” The Stranger [Seattle, WA] (June 10, 2010) | |
| 2009 | Benjamin Sutton, “Green and Brown and Red All Over,” The L Magazine (October 24 2009) |
| Charlie Finch, “The Fiery Forest,” Artnet Magazine (October 20, 2009) | |
| Robert Shuster, “Best in Show,” The Village Voice (October 6, 2009) | |
| 2008 | Jen Graves, “Ruffles and Ripoffs,” The Stranger [Seattle, WA.] (September 25, 2008) |
| 2006 | Leah Oates, “Responding to Location in Dumbo,” New York Arts Magazine. p. 17. Also published on Artnet.com (June/July 2006) |
| Elizabeth Grady, “Stephen B. Nguyen,” New York Arts Magazine (May/June 2006) | |
| “Commissions: Wade Kavanaugh and Stephen Nguyen, Striped Canary on the Subterranean Horizon,” Sculpture Magazine, Vol. 25 No. 3. p. 20. (April 2006) | |
| Stephen Maine, “Dateline Brooklyn,” Artnet Magazine (January 5, 2006) | |
| 2005 | Aim 25 (catalogue), The Bronx Museum of the Arts (2005) |
| Ann Hepler, Three Collaborations (catalogue), The Maproom [Portland, ME] (2005) | |
| 2004 | Holland Cotter, “Art Review: Sampling Brooklyn, Keeper of Eclectic Flames,” The New York Times (January 23, 2004) |
| GRANTS AND FELLOWSHIPS | |
| 2011 | Yaddo Residency |
| 2010 | Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant Recipient |
| 2007 | The MacDowell Colony Fellow |
| NYFA Fellowship for Sculpture and Installation | |
| Urban Artist Initiative Grant Recipient | |
| 2005 | Artists in the Marketplace 25, Bronx Museum of the Arts |
Tieng Ahn, 2005
oil on canvas
36 x 36 inches
Striped Canary on the Subterranean Horizon (with Wade Kavanaugh), 2005
kraft paper
The Map Room, Portland, ME
Star Cube, 2008
oil and varnish on four walls and floor
15 x 15 x 14 feet
Migration, 2010
temporary wall, gypsum dust
25 x 40 x 20 feet
Suyama Space, Seattle WA
Migration, 2010
temporary wall , gypsum dust
25 x 40 x 20 feet
Suyama Space, Seattle WA
Migration, 2010
temporary wall, gypsum dust
25 x 40 x 20 feet
Suyama Space, Seattle WA
Migration, 2010
temporary wall, gypsum dust
25 x 40 x 20 feet
Suyama Space, Seattle WA
Memorial, 2012
framed archival digital color print
13 1/2 x 20 inches
Monument, 2012
readymade objects, acrylic latex paint
36 x 36 x 13 inches
