Arthur Ou (Taiwanese)

Timeline

1974
Born in Taiwan
1992–1995
Civil Engineering, University of California, Irvine, CA
1997
BFA, Parsons School of Design, New York, NY
1997
Artist Residency -FABRICA, Benetton Research and Development Center, Treviso, Italy
2000
MFA, Yale University, New Haven, CT
2000
Won John Ferguson Weir Memorial Award, Yale University
2004
Won Creative Capital Professional Development Grant 2000 John Ferguson Weir Memorial Award, Yale University
2005
Recieved National Culture and Arts Foundation Grant, Taiwan
2007–2008
Recieved National Culture and Arts Foundation Grant, Taiwan
2009
Recieved Foundation for Contemporary Art Emergency Grant; Taipei Cultural Center, New York Production Grant
2010
Recieved Department of Cultural Affairs Grant, Taipei City Government

Exhibitions

2012
The End - Johannes Vogt Gallery, New York City, NY
Rotary Connection - Casey Kaplan Gallery, New York City, NY
2011
Test Screens, Artereal Gallery, Sydney, Australia (solo)
No More Reality, Creatures of Comfort, New York, Curator: Textfield, Inc. Leads to Another, Kate Werble Gallery, New York, NY
Pissed Elegance, Stephen Cohen Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
The Light Show, Kate Werble Gallery, New York, NY
2010
Half-Light, IT Park Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan (solo)
Resort, A Station for Display, Alice Konitz and Arthur Ou, LA; ART, Los Angeles, California (Two- person show)
The City Proper, Margo Leavin Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, Curator: James Welling
Bedtime for Bonzo, M+B Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, Curator, Matthew Porter Short-Term Deviation: A Collaboration With Showpaper, Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts, New York, NY
Stand-In Landscape, Pinyao International Photography Festival, Pinyao, China
After Color, Savannah College of Art and Design
7 Summits, Mount Tremper Arts, Catskills, New York
Lost At Sea, Heather James Fine Arts, Palm Desert, CA, Curator, Chip Tom
2009
Ooga Booga Reading Room, The Swiss Institute, New York
After Color, Bose Pacia, New York, NY (catalogue)
The Noble Savage and the Little Tramp, Mt. Tremper Arts, Catskills, NY, Curator, Hannah Whitaker
Session 7: Words, Am Nuden Na, London, UK
2008
NADA (New Art Dealer Alliance) Art Fair, with Hudson Franklin, Miami Beach, FL (solo)
The World Is All That Is The Case, Hudson Franklin, New York, NY
When It’s A Photograph, Bolsky Gallery at Otis College of Art and Design, Los Angeles, California,Curator: Soo Kim (catalogue)
I Am A Killer, Sam Lee Gallery, Los Angeles, California
Chinaman’s Chance, Pacific Asia Museum, Pasadena, California, Curator: Chip Tom
2007
"To Preserve, To Elevate, To Cancel", Hudson Franklin, New York, NY (solo)
"Overbite/Underbite", curated by Darren Bader and Mirabelle Marden, Ritter/Zamet Gallery, London
"New Ghost Entertainment Entitled", curated by Katrin Pesch, Städtische Galerie Kunsthaus Dresden, Germany (catalogue)
The 3rd Songzhuang Art Festival, Songzhuang Beijing, China
I Am Eyebeam, Gallery 400, University of Chicago, Chicago, Curators: Lorelei Stewart and Melanie Schiff
2006
"Cataract", Wallspace Gallery, New York, NY
"Psychogeographies", curated by Alex Slade, Glendale Community College Art Gallery, Glendale, CA
"Dirty Yoga, The 5th Taipei Biennial", curated by Dan Cameron and Jun-Jieh Wang, Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Taipei, Taiwan
"Smoking Mirrors", China Art Objects Galleries, Los Angeles, CA
"New Ghost Entertainment Entitled", curated by Katrin Pesch, Or Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
"Chaos or Control", curated by James Welling, UCLA Perloff Hall, Department of Architecture, Los Angeles, CA
"High Desert Test Site 5, Art Swap Meet", Joshua Tree, CA
"Love After the Cold War in an Open House of a (Re) Constructed Babylon by a Popular Mechanic", Mak Center for Art and Architecture at the Mackey Apartments, Los Angeles, CA
2005
"On Every New Thing There Lies Already the Shadow of Annihilation", IT Park Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan (solo)
"Happenstance", curated by Lauri Firstenberg, Harris Lieberman Gallery, New York, NY
"LAXART Launch Benefit Auction", LAXART, Los Angeles, CA
"Groupshowboard", Kunstpavillon, Innsbruck, Austria
"Imaginary Is Potential II" (Screening), curated by Henrikke Nielsen, MUU, Helsinki, Finland
"Imaginary Is Potential II" (Screening), Nicolaj, Copenhagen Contemporary Art Center, Denmark
2004
"High Desert Test Site #4, Art Swap Meet", 29 Palms, CA
"Itineraries", curated by Chris Balaschak, Gallery Luisotti, Santa Monica, CA
"Imaginary Is Potential", Sparwasser HQ, Berlin, Germany
2003
Scope Art Fair, Miami, FL
Into The Abyss, Derek Eller Gallery, New York, NY, Curator: Adam Putnam 2002The Show That Will Show That a Show Is Not Only a Show, The Project, Los Angeles, CA, Curator: Jens Hoffman (catalogue)
Reconfigure, Richard Levy Gallery, Albuquerque, NM, Curator: Adam Henry
2001
Mink Jazz, Marc Foxx Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, Curator: Bruce Hainly
2000
Graduate Photography, Yale University School of Art, New Haven, CT

Literature

2011
Harman, Jane, “Now Selling,” T Magazine, The New York Times, July 27 Indrisek, Scott, “Editor’s Picks: Painted Pictures,” Artinfo.com, week of January 19-26
“To and From R.F.,” a collaboration with Lauren O’Neill-Butler, Triple Canopy Issue 12: Black Box, published May 4
“Eye to Eye: Arthur Ou & James Welling,” Fantom Photographic Quarterly, Issue 08, Winter
“Christopher Williams,” X-Tra, Fall 2011, Volume 14, Number 4
“Trisha Donnelly: The Orbiter,” Aperture Magazine Issue 203, May
“Karthik Pandian,” Bidoun #24, March
“500 Words: Stan Douglas, Artforum.com,” March
“500 Words: Michael Lin, Artforum.com,” January
2010
“Words Without Pictures,” published by Aperture, March 2010 “North Drive Press #5,” published by North Drive Press, New York, New York
“500 Words: Manray Hsu and Jun Yang,” Artforum.com, March
“500 Words: James Welling,” Artforum.com, January
2009
Mizota, Sharon, “Art Review: Arthur Ou and Alice Könitz at LA; ART,” Los Angeles Times, December 4
Kotz, Liz, “The Medium and the Messages,” Artforum, October
Aletti, Vince, “After Color,” New Yorker Magazine, July 27
“The Photograph As Contemporary Art, 2nd Edition,” author: Charlotte Cotton, published by Thames and Hudson, September
“After Color,” published by Bose Pacia, New York, July
“Words Without Pictures,” published by Los Angeles County Museum of Art, May
“Lay Flat 02: Meta,” published by Shane Lavalet
“500 Words: Tehching Hsieh,” Artforum.com, March
2008
Smith, Roberta, “Chelsea: Art Chockablock With Encyclopedic Range,” New York Times, November 13
Cotton, Charlotte, “Arthur Ou,” Art on Paper, March/April
Grabner, Michelle, “Picks: I Am Eyebeam,” Artforum.com
“When It’s A Photograph,” published by Otis College of Art and Design, October
“Minicipal de Fútbol,” published by Christopher Keller Editions and Textfield
“Material No. 1,” published by Material Press, Spring
“Blind Spot No. 37,” published by Blind Spot, New York, March
2007
Vine, Richrd, “Report from Taipei: The Bluerennial,” Art in America, June/July
Coxhead, Gabriel, “Overbite/Underbite, Ritter/Zamet,” Time Out London, June
“The Bootlegger’s Imperative: Harrell Fletcher’s The American War at LAXART,” Afterall Magazine website, April
“John Russell Presents: Frozen Tears 3: The Trinity,” published by Article Press, London
2006
“New Ghost Entertainment-Entitled”, published by Verbrecher Verlag, Berlin, Germany
“John Russell Presents: Frozen Tears 3: The Trinity”, published by Article Press, London
“Groupshowboard”, published by Kunstpavillon, Innsbruck, Austria
“Etc. Projects”, published by Andrew Kreps Gallery, New York, NY, 2006
“Shannon Ebner and Arthur Ou”, North Drive Press #3, New York, NY
Brooks, Amra, “Must See Art, Smoking Mirrors, China Art Objects Galleries”, LA Weekly, August, 2006
“Dirty Yoga – The 5th Taipei Biennial”, published by Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Taipei, Taiwan
2005
Cotter, Holland, “Art in Review, Happenstance”, New York Times, December 30
Kendzulak, Susan, “East and West? And What’s the Difference?” Taipei Times, December 8
Jelcic, Ivona, “Mein Haus, Mein Auto, Mein Show”, Die Neue, September 8
2004
Myers, Holly, “Itineraries.” Los Angeles Times, August 20
Holte, Michael Ned, “Critics’ Picks: Itineraries.” artforum.com, July 30
“John Russell Presents: Frozen Tears II, The Sequel”, published by Article Press, London
2003
“Into The Abyss”, published by Adam Putnum, New York, NY
Cantor, Karen, “Universal Objects: A Conversation with Artists Arthur Ou and Adam Henry.” Petite Mort, No.1
2002
Andrew Webb, “Group art ‘Reconfigured’,” Daily Lobo, Monday, April 15
“A Show That Will Show That A Show Is Not Only A Show”, published by Edition Valerio, Paris / Berlin & The Project, New York / Los Angeles
2000
“Graduate Photography at Yale”, introduction to catalogue
English (US)

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