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Donna Chung

Donna Chung often works with found or reconstituted materials in confluence with handmade elements. Her studio practice is spent arranging or manipulating what she has collected. A piece of wire might turn into a gold ball, a bouncy ball cut in half to reveal the swirl of the color inside, or yarn sewn delicately into a piece of plastic. Chung’s playful, comical sensibility is parried by a pointed tactility and a calculated economy of means.

Books

Daughters

A zine made by Donna Chung on the occasion of the group show Daughter of Bad Girls held at the gallery in 2014

Books

Daughter 2

A zine made by Donna Chung on the occasion of her 2021 show at the gallery, fun!the!get!on!up!

Review

Donna Chung Featured in Artforum

Artforum reviewed Looking Back / The 12th White Columns Annual – Selected by Mary Manning at White Columns, spotlighting work by Donna Chung. The review was published in the March, 2022 print edition.

review

Donna Chung's "fun! the! get! on! up!" reviewed by Blake Gopnik

Donna Chung's solo exhibition, fun! the! get! on! up! was reviewed by Blake Gopnik in Blake Gopnik on Art

Donna Chung

b. 1979 in Los Angeles, CA
lives and works in Los Angeles, CA

Education

2008
M.F.A., California College of Arts and Crafts, San Francisco, CA

2001
B.F.A., Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI

Solo Exhibitions

2021
fun! the! get! on! up!, Klaus von Nichtssagend Gallery, New York, NY

2016
Citrus, Klaus von Nichtssagend Gallery, New York, NY

2012
Cloud Hem, Klaus von Nichtssagend Gallery, New York, NY

2008
Relax Earth, Klaus von Nichtssagend Gallery, Brooklyn, NY

Two-Person Exhibitions

2011
Casual Living, Bodega, Philadelphia, PA

2005
2 Kool for Mystery Skool: Donna Chung and Liz Luisada, Klaus von Nichtssagend Gallery, Brooklyn, NY

Group Exhibitions

2023
White Columns Benefit Auction, White Columns, New York, NY

2022
87 Franklin Inaugural, Klaus von Nichtssagend Gallery, New York, NY
Looking Back / The 12th White Columns Annual, White Columns, New York, NY

2020
Mask, Klaus von Nichtssagend Gallery, New York, NY

2017
Crisp Edge, Fuzzy Border, Kristen Lorello, New York, NY

2015
Another Cats Show, 356 Mission Road, Los Angeles, CA

2014
Daughter of Bad Girls, Klaus von Nichtssagend Gallery, New York, NY

2010
Curse of the Pharaohs, curated by Shaun Krupa and Lizzie Wright, St. Cecilia’s Convent, Brooklyn, NY

2009
Today and Everyday, curated by Margaret Lee, X Initiative, New York, NY
Summer Pictures, curated by Isaac Mizrahi, Julie Saul Gallery, New York, NY

2008
Destination Berlin, Many Mini Residency, Berlin, Germany
MFA Thesis Exhibition, California College of the Arts, San Francisco, CA
Ready to Pop, Blankspace Gallery, Oakland, CA
Fun Box, Playspace Gallery, San Francisco, CA

2007
Death Class, Playspace Gallery, San Francisco, CA

2006
CRG Gallery Presents: Klaus von Nichtssagend Gallery, CRG Gallery, New York, NY

2005
2 Kool 4 Mystery Skool, Klaus von Nichtssagend Gallery, Brooklyn, NY

2004
Collaborative Drawings, projects room, LFL Gallery, New York, NY

2003
untitled group show, Star Shoes, Los Angeles, CA

2002
Soul Surreal, Star Shoes, Los Angeles, CA

2001
Magic Carpet Ride, Regal Creations, Providence, RI

1999
DXM, Win, Providence, RI
Some Of Each, Win, Providence, RI

Bibliography

2022
Fateman, Johanna, “Looking Back: The 12th White Columns Annual”, ArtForum, March

2021
Gopnik,Blake, “AT KLAUS Von NICHTSSAGEND, DONNA CHUNG MAKES JUNK SING”, Blake Gopnik on Art, May 3

2012
Hill, Andrea, “Donna Chung : Cloud Hem”, Paddle 8

2009
“Summer Pictures”, Goings on About Town, The New Yorker, August 19
Smith, Roberta, “Today and Everyday at X Initiative,”, The New York Times, August 7
Smith, Roberta, “Summer Pictures,” New York Times, August 7
Laster, Paul, “Summer Pictures”, Time Out New York, August 13

2005
Smith, Roberta, listings, “2 Kool 4 Mystery Skool”, The New York Times, March 4