albert.chong@colorado.edu
303-492-6055
website: spot.colorado.edu/~chonga/

Teaching and research interests include Photography, Installation art, Cultural Studies, Contemporary Art.

Education

MFA, University of California, San Diego, 1991
BFA Honors, School of Visual Arts, NYC, 1981

Selected Exhibitions

2001
Extremes of Violence, Extremes of Religions, (tribute to the victims of WTC Tragedy in form of thousands of -- Paper Airplanes. Kaohshiung International Container Arts Festival, Kaohshiung, Taiwan, R.O.C.
Imaging The Spirit at Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art Boulder. Colorado
Winged Evocations at Emison Arts Center, Depauw University Greencastle, Indiana
Projections, at Throckmorton Fine Art, NY, NY

2000
Winged Evocations, Kinetic Sculptural Installation in La Cabana Fortress at the Seventh Havana Biennial, Havana, - Cuba, (Jamaica's representative to the 7th Havana Biennial)
Across The Void, at Robert B.Menschel Photography Gallery, Schine Student -Center, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY

1999
Albert Chong, Photography, Kiang Gallery, Atlanta, GA.
illuminated Allegories, An Exhibition of Photographs at University Art Gallery Atrium, Univ. of Massachusetts, Dartmouth, Dartmouth, MA
Albert Chong, An Exhibition of Photographs 7/9 - 8/18/99
The Airport Atrium Gallery, Hartsfield Atlanta International Airport
Winged Evocations at William King Regional Arts Center, Abingdon, Virginia
Selected Images, Carol Keller Gallery, Denver, Colorado

1998
Winged Evocations, A Kinetic Sculptural Installation work at Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin College, Oberlin, Ohio. (3/17/98) traveling
Winged Evocations, A Kinetic Sculptural Installation work at William Benton Museum of Art, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT

Selected Publications

Ancestral Dialogues: The Photographs of Albert Chong, edited by Michael Read, essays by Quincy Troupe, and Thelma Golden published by The Friends of Photography, San Francisco, California

Albert Chong: Across The Void, essay by Jeff Hoone, published as a catalogue to an exhibition at Menschell Gallery at University of Syracuse, published by Light Work's The Contact Sheet, Syracuse, NY

Selected Honors and Awards

2002 - Absolut Expressions:Commission for Absolut Spirits Company
AWARDS 2000 - Deans Advancement Fund, Univ. of Colorado at Boulder
1998 - John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship in Photography, John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, NY, NY
Pollock Krasner Artist Grant, Pollock Krasner Foundation, NYC
Brooklyn Academy of Music's Next Wave Festival Visual Artist Initiative(Artist In Action Series)
Black Fathers & Sons Performed at BAM's Majestic Theatre Nov./96 in Brooklyn in
1992 - National Endowment for the Arts, Individual Artist Fellowship (Photography)
1991 - National Endowment for the Arts Regional Fellowship (Photography) Western States Arts Federation
1990 - California Arts Council Individual Artist Fellowship, (Photography)
1982 - C.A.P.S. Photography Fellowship, (Creative Artist Program Service Grant, New York City).

Current Projects

New Installation work for San Jose Museum of Art in 2003
Exhibition of works at the Salina Arts Center . Salina, Kansas
Exhibition of works at The Zora Neale Hurston Museum, Eatonville, Florida
Traveling exhibition of Commissioned works for Absolut Expressions Campaign, (Absolut Spirits Company)