Andrea Chung (born 1978) is an American artist born in

Newark, NJ Newark ( , ) is the most populous city in the U.S. state of New Jersey and the seat of Essex County and the second largest city within the New York metropolitan area.San Diego, CA. Her work focuses primarily on island nations in the

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and the

Caribbean sea The Caribbean Sea ( es, Mar Caribe; french: Mer des Caraïbes; ht, Lanmè Karayib; jam, Kiaribiyan Sii; nl, Caraïbische Zee; pap, Laman Karibe) is a sea of the Atlantic Ocean in the tropics of the Western Hemisphere. It is bounded by Mexico ...

; specifically on how outsiders perceive a fantastic reality in spaces deemed as “paradise”. In conjunction, she explores relationships between these cultures, migration, and labor - all within the context of

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and

postcolonial Postcolonialism is the critical academic study of the cultural, political and economic legacy of colonialism and imperialism, focusing on the impact of human control and exploitation of colonized people and their lands. More specifically, it is a ...

regimes. Her projects bring in conscientious elements of her own labor and incorporate materials significant to the cultures she studies. This can be seen in works such as, “Bato Disik”, displayed in 2013 at th
Helmuth Projects
where the medium of sugar represents the legacy of sugar

plantations A plantation is an agricultural estate, generally centered on a plantation house, meant for farming that specializes in cash crops, usually mainly planted with a single crop, with perhaps ancillary areas for vegetables for eating and so on. The ...

and colonial regime.

Biography

Chung was born to parents of Jamaican/

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and

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descent. She was raised in

Houston Houston (; ) is the most populous city in Texas, the most populous city in the Southern United States, the fourth-most populous city in the United States, and the sixth-most populous city in North America, with a population of 2,304,580 in ...

, TX. Chung received her BFA in Illustration from the

Parsons School of Design Parsons School of Design, known colloquially as Parsons, is a private art and design college located in the Greenwich Village neighborhood of New York City. Founded in 1896 after a group of progressive artists broke away from established Manhatt ...

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and her MFA from the

Maryland Institute College of Art The Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA) is a private art and design college in Baltimore, Maryland. It was founded in 1826 as the Maryland Institute for the Promotion of the Mechanic Arts, making it one of the oldest art colleges in the U ...

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in 2008. After her graduation from MICA, she received a

Fulbright Fellowship The Fulbright Program, including the Fulbright–Hays Program, is one of several United States Cultural Exchange Programs with the goal of improving intercultural relations, cultural diplomacy, and intercultural competence between the people of ...

to study in

Mauritius Mauritius ( ; french: Maurice, link=no ; mfe, label=Mauritian Creole, Moris ), officially the Republic of Mauritius, is an island nation in the Indian Ocean about off the southeast coast of the African continent, east of Madagascar. It incl ...

where she created the performance work ''Securicorp,'' a response to the problem of street harassment. She also attended the

Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture The Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture is an artists residency located in Madison, Maine, just outside of Skowhegan. Every year, the program accepts online applications from emerging artists from November through January, and selects 65 t ...

in 2008 and was the 2012 resident at the

Headlands Center for the Arts Headlands Center for the Arts hosts an internationally recognized artist-in-residence program, and interdisciplinary public programs. It is situated in a campus of artist-renovated military buildings in the Marin Headlands, in Marin County, Cali ...

and a 2013 Artist-in-Residence at the

McColl Center for Art + Innovation McColl Center (formerly McColl Center for Art + Innovation) is an artist residency and contemporary art space located at 721 North Tryon Street in Charlotte, North Carolina.20 years of Artists-In-Residence
McColl Center Chung's artwork is found in the collections of Harvard University, University of Texas, and the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, among others.

Exhibitions

Solo and two-person exhibitions

*2017 ''You Broke the Ocean in Half to be Here'',

Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego The Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego (or MCASD), in San Diego, California, US, is an art museum focused on the collection, preservation, exhibition, and interpretation of works of art from 1950 to the present. Mission The stated mission of ...

, CA *2016 ''Pride and Prejudice'', New Image Art Gallery, Los Angeles, CA *2014 Winter Exhibition,

San Diego Art Institute The San Diego Art Institute was a contemporary art museum focusing on artists from the Southern California and Baja Norte region. It was founded in 1941 as the San Diego Business Men's Art Club. Its name was changed in 1950 to the San Diego Art I ...

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, CA *2013 ''Bain de Mer,'' Helmulth Projects,

, CA *2013 ''Corporeal Contours: Firelei Baez and Andrea Chung'', Community Folk Art Center, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY *2013 ''Shifting Paths: Tom Block and Andrea Chung'', CCBC, Dundalk, MD *2008 ''Arlington Art Center Fall Solo Exhibitions'', Arlington, VA

Selected group exhibitions

*2020 ''Bodies in Singularity'
Klowden Mann Gallery
Los Angeles, CA *2017 ''Pacific Standard Time–Circles and Circuits:'' ''Chinese Caribbean Art'',

Chinese American Museum The Chinese American Museum (Chinese: 華美博物館; abbreviated CAM) is a museum located in Downtown Los Angeles as a part of the El Pueblo de Los Angeles Historic Monument. It is dedicated to the history and experience of Chinese Americans ...

, Los Angeles, CA *2017 ''Prospect 4 New Orleans: The Lotus In Spite of the Swamp'', New Orleans, LA *2017 Jamaican Biennale, Kingston, Jamaica *2017 ''Impressions: African American Artists and Their Connection to African Art'',

San Diego Mesa College San Diego Mesa College (Mesa College or Mesa) is a public community college in Clairemont Mesa in San Diego, California. It is part of the California Community Colleges and the San Diego Community College District. It is the largest community ...

Art Gallery, San Diego, CA *2016 ''indivisible: spirits in the material world'', curated by William Cordova, Prizm Art Fair, Miami, FL *2016 ''A Bad Question,'' Wonderroot Gallery, Atlanta, GA *2016 ''Jamaican Pulse: Art and Politics from Jamaica and the Diaspora'',

Royal West of England Academy The Royal West of England Academy (RWA) is Bristol's oldest art gallery, located in Clifton, Bristol, near the junction of Queens Road and Whiteladies Road. Situated in a Grade 2* listed building, it hosts five galleries and an exhibition program ...

, Bristol, England *2016 ''Art of Dissent'', Boehm Gallery,

Palomar College Palomar College is a public community college in San Diego County, California. The main campus is in San Marcos and three centers and four education sites are located elsewhere throughout north San Diego County. The largest of these by student p ...

, San Marcos, CA *2016 ''Jamaican Routes'', Punkt Ø / Galleri F15, Oslo, Norway *2015 ''Convergence,''

Cabrillo National Monument Cabrillo National Monument ( es, Monumento nacional Cabrillo) is at the southern tip of the Point Loma Peninsula in San Diego, California, United States. It commemorates the landing of Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo at San Diego Bay on September 28, ...

, San Diego, CA *2015 ''Ephemeral Objects'',

, San Diego, CA *2015 ''Bienial del Sur'', Caracas, Venezuela *2015 ''New Contemporaries VIII'', Valencia Gallery, San Diego, CA *2015 Venturing Out of the Heart of Darkness, Harvey B. Gantt Center, Charlotte, NC *2014 New Media, Trinidad + Tobago 2014 Film Festival
Alice Yard
University of the West Indies, Medulla Gallery, Trinidad

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Chung, Andrea 1978 births Artists from Houston Maryland Institute College of Art alumni Living people Parsons School of Design alumni American artists of Chinese descent Artists from San Diego 21st-century American artists 21st-century American women artists Artists from Newark, New Jersey