Katarina Wong

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Born: York, PA (USA)
Lives: New York, NY

Education
May 1999
Master of Theological Studies, Buddhist Studies, Harvard Divinity School,
Harvard University, Cambridge, MA.

May 1993
Master of Fine Arts, University of Maryland, College Park, MD.

May 1988
Bachelor of Arts, Liberal Arts, St. John's College, Annapolis, MD.


Solo Exhibitions
2005
As I Lay Dreaming, The Art Gallery at the College of St. Rose, Albany, NY

2004
mutable, PH Gallery, New York, NY
Longing & Distance, or My Year on Planes, 1708 Gallery, Richmond, VA.
...like clouds, Kentler International Drawing Space, Brooklyn, NY.

2002
The Laws of Intersection & Union, Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center, Buffalo, NY.

2001
Between Contrary Equilibriums, Anton Gallery, Washington, DC.

1997
Borrowed/Blue, Andrea Pollan Fine Arts Gallery, Washington, DC.

1995
Katarina Wong, Arlington Arts Center, Arlington, VA.

1994
The Washing (Martha/Mary), SpaceLab at Spaces Art Center, Cleveland, OH.


Group Exhibitions
2006-07
The Missing Peace: Artists Consider the Dalai Lama. Traveling to the Fowler Museum at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, Loyola University Museum of Art, Chicago, IL, the Rubin Museum of Art/SVA, New York, NY, and Yerba Buena Art Center, San Francisco, CA.

2006
Drawing Stage. City Without Walls Gallery, Newark, NJ. Curated by E. Carmen Ramos, Assistant Curator at the Newark Museum.

2005
Fifteen Paces. Smack Mellon, Brooklyn, NY. Curated by Summer McCorkle.
Four from NY: Seongmin Ahn, Jin Lee, Linda Peleaz, Katarina Wong. Vox Popoli, Philadelphia, PA.
Repeating Space, Montclair University Gallery, Montclair, NJ.

2004
Reductive Readings: Works by Doug Beube, Mark Sapir, Katarina Wong, Brooklyn Library Gallery. Brooklyn, NY.
Back to SpaceLab: 10th Anniversary Exhibition, Spaces Gallery, Cleveland, OH.
Apogee, Bronx River Arts Center, New York, NY. Curated by Jonathan Allan.
Annual Purchase Exhibition, Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art. Scottsdale, AZ.
Meditation in New York, 473 Broadway Gallery, New York, NY. Elizabeth Park, curator.

2003
No End, but Addition, Spaces Gallery, Cleveland, OH.
Flicker, Transplant Gallery, New York, NY.
In the Shadow of 9.11: A Chinatown Memorial Exhibition, organized by the Asian American Arts Centre at the Gallery at Silk Road, New York, NY.

2002
Contrary Equilibriums: The 12th Annual Exhibition, the Asian American Arts Centre, New York, NY. Mihee Ahn, Timothy Liu, Margo Machida, Tricia Paik & Lydia Yee panelists.
AIM 22, The Bronx Museum, New York, NY. Curated by Lydia Yee, Curator and Edwin Ramoran, Assistant Curator, Bronx Museum. (Catalog)

1999
Fuzzy, Washington Project for the Arts, Washington, DC. Curated by Elizabeth Schlatter, Smithsonian Institution.

1998
From Foundation to Ornamentation, ARC Gallery, Chicago, IL. Curated by Cindi Morrison and Katherine Talcott.

1997
Options 1997, Washington Project for the Arts/Corcoran Projectspace, Washington, DC. Curated by Ceridwen Morris.
About Drawing, Hilles Library Art Gallery at Harvard University, Cambridge, MA and Juliani Gallery, Massachusetts Bay Community College, Wellesley Hills, MA.
Critics Picks, Maryland Art Place, Baltimore, MD. Curated by Nancy Princenthal, Writer and Critic-in-Residence.

1996
Katarina Wong & Katherine Janus Kahn, Mansion Art Gallery, Rockville, MD.

1995
Survival of Joy: Contemporary Cuban Art, Fine Arts Gallery, Seattle Central Community College, Seattle, WA.
Spring 1995 Juried Exhibition, School 33 Art Center, Baltimore, MD. Curated by Amanda Cruz, Curator, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL.

1994
ArtScape �94: The Ecstatic Garden of Sublime Delirium, Maryland Institute of Art, Baltimore, MD. Curated by Laura Drogoul.
ArtSite6: Natural Meanings, Rockville Art Place, Rockville, MD. Curated by Jack Rasmussen, Executive Director, Maryland Art Place, Baltimore, MD.

1993
Spring 1993 Juried Exhibition, School 33 Art Center, Baltimore, MD. Juried by Thelma Golden, Associate Curator, The Whitney Museum of American Art at Philip Morris, New York, NY.


Bibliography
Catalogs and other publications
Rosenberg, Randy, The Missing Peace: Artists Consider the Dalai Lama. 2006 (Catalog)
Sherer, Scott, Katarina Wong: Still Center, Spaces. 2004 (Brochure),
Massier, John, Katarina Wong: The Laws of Intersection & Union Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center. 2002 (Brochure)
Paik, Tricia, 12th Annual Exhibition, The Asian American Arts Centre and the Korea Society. 2002 (Catalog)
Rosenburg, Susan, Assistant Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art, Philadelphia Museum of Art, juror. New American Paintings, Number 39, Mid-Atlantic edition. 2002. The Open Studios Press, Boston, MA
Yee, Lydia and Edwin Ramoran, AIM 22, The Bronx Museum, New York, NY. 2002 (Catalog)
Drogoul, Laura, �The Ecstatic Garden of Sublime Delirium,� ArtScape Visual Arts Exhibitions 1994 (Catalog)
Rasmussen, Jack, �ArtSite6: Natural Meaning,� Washington Review, Spring/Summer 1994 (Catalog)

Articles
Artner, Alan G., �Art of Peace: 88 viewpoints on the Dalai Lama, � The Chicago Tribune, 11/2/06.
Larson, Kay, �The Missing Peace: Artists Consider the Dalai Lama,� Shambhala Sun, November 2006.
Bischoff, Dan, �Make room for drawings: Wide-ranging show at City Without Walls,� The Star Ledger, 9/22/06.
Buckley, Annie, �Viewpoint,� Artweek, September 2006
Larson, Kay, �The Dalai Lama's Many Auras, at the Fowler Museum in Los Angeles,� The New York Times, 6/11/2006
Tranberg, Dan, �Young artist tries to put a finger on the subjective nature of reality,� The Plain Dealer, Sept. 25, 2004
Cotter, Holland, �Sampling Brooklyn, Keeper of Eclectic Flames,� New York Times, January 23, 2004
Ortiz, Lori, �A Quiet Space in a Busy City: Meditation in New York @ Broadway Gallery, � NY Arts Magazine.
May/June 2004. Also: http://www.nyartsmagazine.com/articles.php?aid=45
www.LowerManhattan.info, �Artists Explore Asian Culture in Chinatown Exhibit.� (link: http://www.lowermanhattan.info/news/artists_explore_asian_culture_30635.asp) November 15, 2002
Huntingdon, Richard, �Gusto: Cloudy Thinking,� Buffalo News, May 3, 2002
Dawson, Jessica, �Katarina Wong and Dan Treado at Anton,� Washington Post, June 21, 2001
Dixon, Glenn, �Bastards of Young,� Washington City Paper, July 11, 1997
Shaw-Eagle, Joanna, �WPA/Corcoran Show Offers Fabulous Selection of Avant-garde Options,� The Washington Times, June 15, 1997
Ungar, Nancy, �Dangerous Passions at Rockville�s Mansion Gallery,� Montgomery Magazine, October 18, 1996
Summers, Suzanne S., �Reviews,� Articulate, January/February 1996
�Emerging Forms,� Sculpture Magazine, March-April 1995
Parmalee, Terry, �Worth Seeing: Katarina Wong: Through Way at Arnold and Porter,� KOAN, February 1995
Smith, Linnell, �Women�s Work,� Baltimore Sun, March 5, 1994
Shack, John, �Bleeding Madonnas and Live Goldfish,� Baltimore Alternative, July 1993
Dorsey, John, �At School 33: Forcing the Viewer to Confront Issues,� Baltimore Sun, June 11, 1993



Grants/Awards
2004
SPACES World Artist Program, Cleveland, OH. Six-week residency.
Lori Ledis Memorial Award for the Curatorial Initiative, The Rotunda Gallery, Brooklyn, NY. Chosen to to be a guest curator with $700 award, exhibition: �A Slow Read.�

2003
Hall Farm Center for the Arts, Townshend, VT. Residency.
Artist Scholarship, Harvestworks, New York, NY. Recipient of scholarship to learn digital video editing and video animation at this media workshop.

2002
Artist-in-the-Marketplace, The Bronx Museum, New York. Participated in program to develop artists� careers in the NYC area, culminating in a group show at The Bronx Museum. Eighteen accepted for the Spring 2002 session.

2001
Pollock-Krasner Grant, Pollock-Krasner Foundation, New York, NY. $28,000 grant.

1997
Artist-in-Residence, Kunstlerhaus, Salzberg, Austria. An exchange program with the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts for a 6-week residency in the spring/summer of 1997.

1995
Outreach Fellowship, $300 grant from the National Endowment for the Arts and 1-month residency for minority artists at the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, Sweet Briar, VA.
Ragdale Foundation, Lake Forest, IL. One-month residency.

1995
Cintas Foundation, Arts International, New York, NY. $10,000 grant for Cuban and Cuban-American artists.
Ragdale Foundation, Lake Forest, IL. Two-month residency.

1994
Ucross Foundation, Clearmont, WY. One-month residency.

1993
Skowhegan School of Painting & Sculpture, Skowhegan, ME. Summer residency.


Projects
CURATORIAL EXPERIENCE:

Mar 2007
Sly. Bronx River Arts Center, Bronx, NY.

Dec 2004
The Topography of Absence.The Asian American Arts Centre, New York, NY.

Jan 2004
A Slow Read. The Rotunda Gallery, Brooklyn, NY.