Cecile Chong Explained

Cecile Chong
Birth Name:Cecile Chong
Birth Date:1964
Birth Place:Guayaquil, Ecuador
Awards:The Joan Mitchell MFA Grant (2011), EFA studio program (current)
Website:https://www.cecilechong.com/
Field:Painting, Drawing, Installation, Sculpture

Cecile Chong is an American artist based in Brooklyn, New York,[1] whose work addresses the process of cultural assimilation and the development of individual identity.[2] For many years she has contributed to New York City public school art programs as a teaching artist.[3]

Early life

Cecile Chong was born in Guayaquil Ecuador. She went to China when she was 10, attending the Sacred Heart Conossian School in Macau, and then at 15 returned to Ecuador to attend the International section of the Colegio Americano High School in Quito. She came to New York City at age 19 to study art.

Background and education

She studied studio art at Queens College, receiving a BA in 1988. She received a master's degree in art education at Hunter College in 1994. During graduate studies at the Parsons School of Design she was challenged to explore her own, genuine and constructive narrative, receiving an MFA degree in 2008.

Selected works and exhibitions

2015 - Time Collision - in the Project Room of BRIC Arts Media Chong presented an installation of Eastern and Western objects and images in landscape format mixing cultural incongruities.[4]

2018 In Between Daylight, FiveMyles Gallery, Brooklyn NY[5] [6] consisted of a large wall installation of artificial and real flora with small guagua's facing it. and represents the risk, danger and beauty of the immigrant journey.

2017 - 2019 El Dorado - The New Forty-niners is a New York City installation of many small swaddled baby (guagua) sculptures. Forty-nine percent of the figures are painted gold, representing the percentage of NYC households that speak a language other than English. Speaking to issues of immigration, the installation as such re-images a present-day wealthy metropolis. Sunset Park in Brooklyn was the first public park iteration as it travels to the five boroughs of NYC; Lewis Latimer House Museum in Flushing Queens was a second in 2018;[7] and a third appeared in the Bronx at a 2019 Wave Hill summer group show described as a multi-piece “guagua” sculptural installation and a tribute to New York City's immigrant populations.[8]

Solo exhibitions

Fellowships and residencies

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Artist in Focus. www.3dotswater.com. 2018-03-10.
  2. News: 'E10,' at Aljira Center in Newark, Spotlights Emerging Artists. Genocchio. Benjamin. 2009-08-28. The New York Times. 2018-03-25. en-US. 0362-4331.
  3. Web site: The Artist As Educator Panel.
  4. News: Cecile Chong: Time Collision. admini. BRIC. 2015-04-10. BRIC. 2018-08-15. en.
  5. Web site: Joint Opening: "Unreality Bomb" and "In Between Daylight". FiveMyles. en-US. 2018-03-26.
  6. Web site: Public Discussion: Cecile Chong and Suzanne Schneider. FiveMyles. en-US. 2018-04-04.
  7. Web site: TimesLedger: Queens news from your neighborhood.. www.timesledger.com. en. 2018-06-17.
  8. Web site: Figuring the Floral. Wave Hill. August 11, 2019.
  9. Web site: 'Lemon Tongues': Cecile Chong At 37 Troutman Street #3, Brooklyn, NY 11206.. ART HAPS. 2018-03-26. https://web.archive.org/web/20180731093209/https://www.arthaps.com/show/cecile-chong-3. 2018-07-31. dead.
  10. News: Cecile Chong: Time Collision. admini. BRIC. 2015-04-10. BRIC. 2018-03-26. en.
  11. Web site: exhibitions & events ArtSlant. ArtSlant. 2018-03-27.
  12. Web site: Honey Ramka. honeyramka.com. en-us. 2018-03-27.
  13. Web site: 'Lead the Way' Cecile Chong and William Gropper at Figureworks Art in New York City. www.artinnewyorkcity.com. 9 November 2012 . en-US. 2018-03-27.
  14. Web site: Cecile Chong on artnet. www.artnet.com. 2018-03-27.
  15. Web site: Connecticut Art Scene: Thursday night openings at Artspace. en. 2018-03-27.
  16. Hughes-Greenberg. Chanice. Nov 2008. Mirror Mirror Off the Wall. Corridor Gallery.
  17. Web site: Cecile Chong. EFA Studio Program. en-US. 2018-04-01.
  18. Web site: Joan Mitchell Center » Artist Programs. Foundation. Joan Mitchell. joanmitchellfoundation.org. en. 2018-03-13.
  19. Web site: Cecile Chong Wave Hill - New York Public Garden and Cultural Center. Wave Hill. en. 2018-03-13.
  20. Web site: Cecile Chong - The Jerome Foundation. www.jeromefdn.org. en. 2018-03-13. https://web.archive.org/web/20180402101414/https://www.jeromefdn.org/node/681470. 2018-04-02. dead.
  21. News: Auction Spotlight: Cecile Chong * Center for Book Arts. 2014-03-26.
    • Center for Book Arts
    . 2018-03-13. en-US.
  22. Web site: Socrates Sculpture Park. socratessculpturepark.org. en-US. 2018-03-13.
  23. Web site: ARTIST IN THE MARKETPLACE - Aim - The Bronx Museum of the Arts. exhibit-e.com. www.bronxmuseum.org. 2018-03-13. https://web.archive.org/web/20180319005105/http://www.bronxmuseum.org/aim/artist-in-the-marketplace. 2018-03-19. dead.
  24. Web site: Grants. aaartsalliance.org. en. 2018-03-13.
  25. Web site: Artist Programs » Artist Grants. Foundation. Joan Mitchell. joanmitchellfoundation.org. en. 2018-03-13.

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