CHICHAN KWONG
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Born 1994, Nantong, China 
Lives and works in Chicago, IL

EDUCATION                                                                  
2018  MFA Visual Arts, The University of Chicago – Chicago, IL
2016  BFA Painting and Drawing, The Ohio State University – Columbus, OH, graduating with distinction, cumulative GPA: 3.78, Arts Honors.
2015  Yale University Summer School of Art and Music at Norfolk – Norfolk, CT

TEACHING EXPERIENCE                                             
2019 
Winter
Instructor for On Images, The University of Chicago – Chicago, IL

2018 
Autumn
TA for Writing for Performance, Pope.L, The University of Chicago – Chicago, IL
Winter TA for On Time and Space, Geof Oppenheimer, The University of Chicago – Chicago, IL
Spring TA for On Images, David Schutter, The University of Chicago – Chicago, IL
 
2017  
Autumn TA for Collage, Scott Wolniak, The University of Chicago – Chicago, IL
Winter TA for Color Theory, Katherine Dejardins, The University of Chicago – Chicago, IL
Spring TA for On Images, Lauren Beck, The University of Chicago – Chicago, IL

SOLO EXHIBITION                                                       
2019 
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• Consensual Truth, curated by Ren Jun, Shanghai Himalayas Museum – Shanghai, China 
• Window, Still, curated by Wang Wensheng, 880 Art Gallery - Xi'an, China 

GROUP EXHIBITIONS                                                  
2019 
• 
EXPO CHICAGO, Navy Pier – Chicago,IL  

2018  
• No Burden for Continuity, MFA Thesis Show, Logan Center Gallery – Chicago, IL
• Brown People Are the Wrens in the Parking Lot, Logan Center Gallery – Chicago, IL, curated by Pope.L & Dieter Roelstraete  

2017  
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• Thick Description, Blanc Gallery – Chicago, IL

2016  
• Undergraduate Juried Exhibition, Hopkins Gallery – Columbus, OH
• Art Scholars Juried Exhibition, Urban Arts Space – Columbus, OH, juried by Ken Aschliman, Laura Lisbon, and Richard Fletcher.
• Small Works, ROY G BIV Gallery – Columbus, OH

2015 
• Yale Norfolk Summer Show, Yale University School of Art – Norfolk, CT
• Ohio Art League’s Annual Fall Juried Exhibition, Ohio Art League – Columbus, OH, juried by Mary Gray.
• 2015 Waterloo Arts Fest Juried and Members Exhibition, Waterloo Arts – Cleveland, OH, juried by Theresa Bembnister.
• New School, ROY G BIV Gallery – Columbus, OH, juried by Mark Zuzik, Ken Aschliman, and Erin McKenna.
• Undergraduate Juried Exhibition, Hopkins Gallery – Columbus, OH
• Art Scholars Juried Exhibition, Urban Arts Space – Columbus, OH, juried by George Rush, Melissa Vogely-Woods, and Amanda Gluibizzi.
• 23rd Annual Fergus Scholarship Award Exhibition, Urban Arts Space – Columbus, OH
 
2014 
• The Vessel Show: A Space Within, Cultural Arts Center – Columbus, OH, juried by Devon Palmer, Eric Rausch and Rex Brown.
• Present Tense, Artist of Rubber City – Akron, OH, juried by Arnold Tunstall
and Stefanie Hilles.
• Art We Use, The Dairy Barn Arts Center – Athens, OH, juried by Craig Nutt,
Jennifer Poellot Harnetty and Paul W. Richelson.
• Undergraduate Juried Exhibition, Hopkins Gallery – Columbus, OH
 
2013 
• Convergence, The Ohio State University – Columbus, OH & Texas State University – San Marcos, TX, juried by Jessica Mallios and Aspen Mays.
 
GRANTS & AWARDS                                                    
2018 
• Post-MFA Teaching Fellowship, The University of Chicago – Chicago, IL
 
2017 
• Humanities Tuition Fellowship, The University of Chicago – Chicago, IL
 
2016 
• Humanities Tuition Fellowship, The University of Chicago – Chicago, IL
• Robert and Marion Gatrell Undergraduate Student Art Award, The Ohio State University – Columbus, OH
• The Aida Cannarsa Snow Endowment, The Ohio State University – Columbus, OH
 
2015  
• Ellen Battell Stoeckel Fellowship, Yale University – New Haven, CT
• OSU Department of Art Open House Award, The Ohio State University – Columbus, OH
• The Aida Cannarsa Snow Endowment, The Ohio State University – Columbus, OH (2)
• Robert and Marion Gatrell Undergraduate Student Art Award, The Ohio State University – Columbus, OH
• The Aida Cannarsa Snow Endowment, The Ohio State University – Columbus, OH
• The 2015 Fergus Scholarship, The Ohio State University – Columbus, OH
• Honorable Mention, Waterloo Arts – Cleveland, OH

2014 
• The Arts Honors and Distinction Committee to Graduate with Distinction & the Arts Undergraduate Research Scholarship, The Ohio State University – Columbus, OH
• Robert and Marion Gatrell Undergraduate Student Art Award, The Ohio State University – Columbus, OH
• Hoyt L Sherman Memorial Scholarship Award, The Ohio State University – Columbus, OH
 
COLLECTION                                                                
The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
 
PRESENTED PAPER                                                      
2015  Wrapping Painting, Denman Undergraduate Research Forum, The Ohio State University – Columbus, OH
 
RELATED EXPERIENCES                                              
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2015 - 2016  President, Undergraduate Painting and Drawing Club, The Ohio State University –   Columbus, OH
 
2015  Knowlton Workshop: PIVOT – SWITCH, Sarah Oppenheimer, The Ohio State University – Columbus, OH

PUBLICATIONS                                                             
2019

• Pope.L: Campaign, Mousse Publishing.
• Consensual Truth, Shanghai Himalayas Museum.
• Window, Still, 880 Art Gallery.  
 
2018 
• ​Consensual Truth, Shanghai Himalayas Museum.
• Brown People Are the Wrens in the Parking Lot, The Grey Center.
• No Burden for Continuity, The University of Chicago. 

2015 
• “Self-Portrait (If Rembrandt Had Found Cubism).” Mosaic Magazine 2015, The Ohio State University.
• “After Cézanne's Apples.” Mosaic Magazine 2015, The Ohio State University.
• “Arts Scholarship Showcase Features Materials from a Pine Cone to Human Hair.” The Lantern, The Ohio State University.

2014 
• “Underwear.” Present Tense: Contemporary Art in Ohio.

SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY                                           
2019   上海喜玛拉雅美术馆. “邝奇成:《浅真理》,” January 2019.
http://www.himalayasart.cn/zhanlan_xx.aspx?id=885
上海喜玛拉雅美术馆. “展览预告 | 邝奇成:《浅真理》,” January 2019.
https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/tdf03dSO4Jup_nwCL2hlww
VART. “邝奇成:《浅真理》,” January 2019.
http://www.vart.cc/activities/7050
上海展会网 Shexpo. “2019上海艺术展览活动清单 2月(上),” January 2019.
https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/A1JqY6ztkv2EJkVFszRyYQ
注艺Artention.“展览清单丨有些人嘴上说着不回家,背地里……,” January 2019.
https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/jGeKtLx0TNBYimJZHdi4uQ
博物馆社教及户外游学. “新年大赏,全国特展“大礼包”一键收藏!,” January 2019.
https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/gJRe7-a-Z9Z3822rem1wKg
收了.“这些漂亮的展览,”January 2019
https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/gYySqxmkeLBgfrY11-jIlA
 
2015  Taylor Ferrell and Danika Stahl. “Arts scholarship showcase features materials from a pine cone to human hair,” The Lantern, January 2015.
https://www.thelantern.com/2015/01/arts-scholarship-showcase-features-materials-from-a-pine-cone-to-human-hair/
 
SELECTED PATENT PUBLICATIONS                           
I hold twenty-one patents for a range of technologies within China. (PLEASE NOTE: the citations below are issued by the Chinese government in somewhat awkward English translation.)
 
2012 
• Kuang, Q. 2012. Guitar capable of preventing inaccurate tuning caused by bumping from China Patent 202120587U, filed June 29, 2011, and issued January 18, 2012.
 
2011 
• 
Kuang, Q. 2011. Acupoint tights from China Patent 201846807U, filed September 10, 2010, and issued June 6, 2011.
• Kuang, Q. 2011. Anti-theft bicycle from China Patent 201694285U, filed April 8, 2010, and issued January 5, 2011
• Kuang, Q. 2011. Convenient-to-play piano from China Patent 201886744U, filed December 16, 2010, and issued June 6, 2011.
• Kuang, Q. 2010. Dual-imaging camera from China Patent 201876648U, filed December 17, 2010, and issued June 22, 2011.
• Kuang, Q. 2011. Intensivism type green house from China Patent 201947712U, filed December 16, 2010, and issued August 31, 2011.
• Kuang, Q. 2011. Mist-proof respirator from China Patent 201691107U, filed April 7, 2010, and issued January 5, 2011.
• Kuang, Q. 2011. Muti-parking position rotary parking lot from China Patent 201953119U, filed December 16, 2010, and issued August 31, 2011.
 
2010
• Kuang, Q. 2010. Dress convenient for noon break from China Patent 201630294U, filed January 25, 2010, and issued November 17, 2010.
• Kuang, Q. 2010. Soundable umbrella from China Patent 201630393U, filed January 25, 2010, and issued November 17, 2010.
   

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