Before and After_ Ink, Medical Fiber Paper_ 46 x 37 cm_ 2023
Nine Images_ Ink and Medical Fiber Paper_ 53 x 46 cm_ 2022
Turning Corner_Ink, Medical Fiber Paper_23 x 28 cm_2023
3 images_ink, medical fiber paper_45.5 x 43 cm_2023
Shelving_Complete_Metal Rack, Ink, Medical Fiber Paper_Size Depends on Venue_2023_Partial
Shelves_All_Metal Shelves, Ink, Medical Fiber Paper_Size According to Venue_2023_Panorama
Before and After_ Ink on Medical Fiber Paper_ 46 x 37 cm_ 2023
144 Washington Street Scaffold _ Metal frame, ink, medical fiber paper _ Size varies according to the venue _ 2023 _ A-1
144 Washington Street Bracket_ Metal Frame, Ink, Medical Fiber Paper_ Dimensions According to the Venue_ 2023_B-1
Takming Chuang
Born New York, NY
Lives in San Francisco, CA
Works in Oakland, CA
Education
- 05/2017 University of California, Berkeley, CA, Master of Fine Arts, Art Practice
- 05/2000 Binghamton University, State University of New York, NY, Bachelor of Arts, Economics
Awards
- 06/2019 Merit Scholarship, Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts, Newcastle, ME
- 04/2017 The Eisner Prize, Creative Achievement of the Highest Order, Art Practice, UC Berkeley, Berkeley, CA
- 03/2017 Outstanding Graduate Student Instructor Award, GSI Teaching and Resource Center, UC Berkeley, Berkeley, CA
- Residencies
- 06/2019 Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts, Summer Residency, Ephemerality in Clay, Newcastle, ME
- 08/2018 London Summer Intensive, Camden Arts Centre and the Slade School of Fine Art, UCL, London, UK
- 05/2017 Graduate Fellowship, Headlands Center for the Arts, Sausalito, CA
Affiliations
- 2011 – present, Artist Registry, White Columns, New York, NY
- 2017 – 2022, Programming Committee, Right Window, San Francisco, CA
- 2018 – 2020, Affiliate Artist, Headlands Center for the Arts, Sausalito, CA
- 2018 – 2019, Planning Committee, Southern Exposure Gallery, San Francisco, CA
- 2017 – 2018, Creative Dissent Fellow, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, CA
Selected Exhibitions (*solo)
- 12/2023 *San Gallery, Tainan, Taiwan (forthcoming)
- 03/2023 The Color Network: Project M, Core Clay, NCECA Conference, Cincinnati, OH
- 02/2023 White Columns Online: A Shapeshifter with a Heavenly Secret, White Columns, New York, NY
- 05/2022 Headlands Center for the Arts at 40, Fort Mason Store House, San Francisco, CA
- 10/2021 Takming Chuang and Amy Nathan in /room/, (slash), San Francisco, CA
- 12/2020 *Latent, Right Window, San Francisco, CA
- 09/2020 Somatic’s Grocery, Hessel Museum of Art, CCS Bard Galleries, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY
- 04/2019 The Body Electric, Chinese Culture Center of San Francisco at 41 Ross, San Francisco, CA
- 01/2019 In Practice: Other Objects, SculptureCenter, New York, NY
- 08/2018 London Summer Intensive Showcase: Work In Progress, Camden Arts Centre, London, UK
- 05/2018 Great Worry, Or Great Freedom, Headlands Center for the Arts, Sausalito, CA
- 05/2017 The 47th Annual University of California, Berkeley MFA Graduate Exhibition, Berkeley Art Museum, Berkeley, CA
- 05/2017 Dear SF. Love, Berkeley, Right Window, San Francisco, CA
- 09/2016 Marking New Paths, Richmond Art Center, Richmond, CA
- 01/2016 Roll a Zero, Worth Ryder Art Gallery, Berkeley, CA
- 08/2015 Postcard, Artbox benefit exhibition, Fold Gallery, London, UK
- 01/2014 *Index, Tyler Wood Gallery, San Francisco, CA
- 09/2013 Tightrope, Sumarria Lunn, London, UK
- 06/2013 Attract Theory, Soka Art Center, Tainan, Taiwan
- 02/2013 *Bodyblocked, Right Window, San Francisco, CA
- 12/2012 Point of No Return, Southern Exposure, San Francisco, CA
- 02/2010 *Resolution, CHC Gallery, New York, NY
- 03/2010 Pressures of Space, Sarah Myerscough, London, UK
Teaching
- 2022 Spring, Visiting Lecturer, Sculpture: Foundations, UC Berkeley, CA
- 2022 Spring, Visiting Lecturer, Ceramics: Foundations, UC Berkeley, CA
- 2021 Fall, Visiting Lecturer, Intermediate/Advanced Ceramics, Sonoma State University, Sonoma, CA
- 2021 Fall, Visiting Lecturer, Beginning Ceramics, Sonoma State University, Sonoma, CA
- 2021 Summer, Visiting Lecturer, Ceramics: Foundations, UC Berkeley, (distance learning), CA
- 2021 Spring, Visiting Lecturer, Beginning Ceramics, Sonoma State University, (distance learning) Sonoma, CA
- 2020 Fall, Outside Advisor, Senior Projects, Art Practice, UC Berkeley, (distance learning), CA
- 2019 Spring, Visiting Lecturer, Collaborative Innovation, UC Berkeley, CA
- 2018 Spring, Visiting Lecturer, Collaborative Innovation, UC Berkeley, CA
- 2017 Summer, Visiting Lecturer, Introduction to Visual Thinking, UC Berkeley, CA
- 2016 Fall, Instructor, Introduction to Visual Thinking, UC Berkeley, CA
- 2016 Spring, Graduate Student Instructor, Collaborative Innovation, UC Berkeley, CA
Curation
- 11/2022 solo exhibition, Daniela Tinoco Hernandez, Bit Parts, Right Window, San Francisco, CA
- 11/2021 student group exhibition, Amalgamation, Rage Gallery, Sonoma State University, Sonoma, CA
- 09/2021 two person exhibition, David Bell, iris yirei hu, Infinite, Right Window, San Francisco, CA
- 09/2019 two person exhibition, Isaac Vazquez Avila, Lauren Rose D’Amato, Bootleg Milagros, Right Window, San Francisco, CA
- 09/2018 solo exhibition, Eilen Itzel Mena, Once It Fell…, Right Window, San Francisco, CA
- 05/2017 group exhibition, Dear SF. Love, Berkeley, Right Window, San Francisco, CA
- 12/2017 group exhibition, Inspiration, Reflection, _______, UC Berkeley, CA
- 09/2016 group exhibition, Marking New Paths, Richmond Art Center, Richmond, CA
Performances
- 07/2018 Cecilia Vicuna in Performance, Berkeley Art Museum, Berkeley, CA
- 06/2018 (M)ovement (B)ased (T)hing with Bradley Smith, A Day of Movement Toward Utopian Sports by Justin Carder for YBCA Public Square, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, CA
- 08/2017 Seth Speaks, play by Kevin Killian, Karla Milosevich, and Craig Goodman, Right Window, San Francisco, CA
- 05/2016 From Where I Stand: Constellations, by Otobong Nkanga, Berkeley Art Museum, Berkeley, CA
- 03/2016 Body of Knowledge, Ridge Space, Oakland, CA
- 01/2014 Exercise in Futility, Tyler Wood Gallery, San Francisco, CA
- 02/2013 Reps, Right Window, San Francisco, CA
Commissions
- 06/2012 Headpiece for Visitor Owl performance by Darrell Alvarez & Kevin Killian, SFMOMA, San Francisco, CA
- 03/2007 Series of three paintings, Puccini Group, San Francisco, CA
- 11/2006 Series of ten paintings, Daniel Piana & Associates, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Presentations, Artist Talks, and Panels
- 01/2023 Lead Artist, Routines and Repetition, Studio Session invited by Nicole Seisler, A+B Projects, (online), Los Angeles, CA
- 04/2022 Presenter, How I Made It, invited by Karissa Ho, Berkeley Art + Design Student Council, UC Berkeley, CA
- 11/2021 Presenter, Junior Seminar: Meaning and Making, invited by Brody Reiman, UC Berkeley, CA
- 02/2021 Guest Artist, Advanced Sculpture, invited by Jennifer Brazelton, Cal State East Bay, Hayward, CA
- 02/2021 Guest Artist, Ceramics, invited by Jennifer Brazelton, Cal State East Bay, Hayward, CA
- 11/2020 Presenter, Sculpture and Installation, invited by Sahar Khoury, Sonoma State University, CA
- 10/2020 Presenter, 2D 3D Photography as Sculpture, invited by Mark Baugh Sasaki, San Francisco State University, CA
- 10/2020 Presenter, Unfired Clay, invited by Sahar Khoury, Sonoma State University, CA
- 02/2020 Presenter, Sculpture and the Body, invited by Mark Baugh Sasaki, Art Practice, Stanford University, CA
- 04/2019 Presenter, Board and Committee Event, Headlands Center for the Arts, Sausalito, CA
- 04/2019 Studio Presentation, Curatorial Fellows, Emerging Leaders in the Arts, MCA Santa Barbara, CA
- 04/2018 Artist Talk, Wiesenfeld Lecture Series, Annual Graduate Fellow Lecture, UC Berkeley, CA
- 10/2017 Panelist, Legacy Starts Here, Cal Art Alumni Symposium XIII, Worth Ryder Gallery, Berkeley, CA
- 09/2017 Presenter, Networks, invited by Anne Walsh, Art Practice, UC Berkeley, CA
- 05/2017 Presenter, MFA Artist’s Talk, Berkeley Art Museum, Berkeley, CA
- 03/2017 Presenter, Integration, invited by Asma Kasmi, Art Practice, UC Berkeley, CA
- 01/2017 Panelist, Full Moon in the Daytime, invited by Tyler Eash, R/SF Projects, San Francisco, CA
Bibliography
- 02/2019 In Practice: Other Objects, Exhibition Catalog, SculptureCenter, New York, NY
- 10/2018 Collaborative Innovation: Exploring the Intersections among Theater, Art, and Business in the Classroom by Sara Beckman, Stacy Jo Scott, and Lisa Wymore, Journal of Open Innovation, MDPI, open access
- 06/2018 (M)ovement (B)ased (T)hing, Demand Utopian Sports, Wolfman Books, Oakland, CA
- 11/2017 Exploration of Body and Self Through Ceramics, by Connie Reyes, Placeholder Magazine, Stockton, CA
- 06/2017 UC Berkeley MFA Graduates Exhibit Innovative Explorations of Identity, Change at BAMPFA by Lynn Zhou, The Daily Californian, Berkeley, CA
- 05/2017 New Works by UC Berkeley Graduates at BAMPFA, by Ruth Gebreyesus, East Bay Express, Oakland, CA
- 03/2015 Fat-Free, Baumtest, Issue 5, Los Angeles, CA
- 09/2013 New Bodies of Work, by Nuala Calvi, Mayfair Times, London, UK
- 06/2013 Attract Theory, by Weifun Chen, China Daily News, Taiwan
- 02/2013 Body Blocked, by Zachary R Scholz, Art Practical, Issue 4.10, San Francisco, CA
- 05/2012 Graphite Interdisciplinary Journal of the Arts, Issue #3, Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, CA
Public Collections
- Berkeley Art Museum, Berkeley, CA