FAY KU

(Taiwan, active United States, born 1974)

EDUCATION

2003-2006

Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, New York

MFA, Studio Art & MS, Art History

1992-1996

Bennington College, Bennington, Vermont
Dual BA, Visual Arts & Literature

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2008	Fay Ku: A Survey of Works, 2004-2008, curated by Brendon MacInnis, Kips Gallery, New York, New York Deviance, Project Space, Sam Lee Gallery, Los Angeles, California
2007	Floating Worlds: Kanako Sasaki & Fay Ku, Gallery 10C, New York, New York Surface Tension, Real Art Ways, Hartford, Connecticut
2005	Here Be Monsters, A.I.R. Gallery, New York, New York Life Boat, Metaphor Contemporary Art, Brooklyn, New York MFA Thesis, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, New York Good Housekeeping: Emily Bicht and Fay Ku, Tribes Gallery, New York, New York
2003	Where I Hunt, Lumi Art Space, Brooklyn, New York

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2007	Four Artists, curated by Eugenie Tsai, Pratt Manhattan Gallery, New York, New York Frolic: Humor & Mischief in New Taiwanese Art, curated by Dr. Thalia Vrachopoulos & Jane Ingram Allen, 2x13 Gallery & Taipei Cultural Center, New York, New York (catalogue) Once There Was, Once There Wasn’t: Fairy Tales Retold, Eight Modern Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico Troubled Waters, curated by Hélianthe Bordeaux-Maurin, Parker’s Box, Brooklyn, New York Working Space, curated by Tricia YunJoo Paik, Cuchifritos, New York, New York
2006	Next/Next Visual Arts, curated by Dan Cameron and Yukie Kamiya, Brooklyn Academy of Music, Brooklyn, New York Pink Kid Gloves, curated by Jinnine Park, Chashama Gallery, New York, New York Little Monsters, curated by Tomoko Ashikawa, AG Gallery, Brooklyn, New York Imagined Heritage, Falling Cow Gallery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania The Lady Doth Protest Too Much, Heidi Cho Gallery, New York, New York Bearings, curated by Allen Frame, PS 122, New York, New York Unforgiving: The Ball-Point Pen Show, Gild, New York, New York Generations V, A.I.R. Gallery, New York, New York Pratt MFA Show, curated by Kim Thompson, The Annex, New York, New York MFA Graduate Show, Pratt Manhattan Gallery, New York, New York
2005	Group Show, Endless International Gallery, Shanghai, China 15th Annual Exhibition: Aphasia, juried by Dr. Koan-Jeff Baysa, Luchia Meihua Lee & Reiko Tomii, Asian American Art Center, New York, New York Characters I & II, curated by Hélianthe Bordeaux-Maurin, Shore Institute of Contemporary Art, Long Branch, New Jersey & Silvermine, New Canaan, Connecticut (catalogue) Women’s Identities, Walter Wickiser Gallery, New York, New York ID: i.d., A.I.R. Gallery, New York, New York Summer Solstice, Gallery Boreas, Brooklyn, New York Underneath, McCaig-Wells Gallery, Brooklyn, New York
2004	Chance Encounters, Open Ground, Brooklyn, New York Generations.04, A.I.R. Gallery, New York, New York Open Season IV, Open Ground, Brooklyn, New York Art Of The Book, Pratt Institute Library, Brooklyn, New York MFA Show, Steuben Gallery, Brooklyn, New York
2003	Exquisite, Naked Duck Gallery, Brooklyn, New York Body in Motion, Bedlam In Mind, Galapagos Art Space, Brooklyn, New York
2001	Maps, Four Corners Art Space, New York, New York First Fridays Art Skinny, The Skinny, Portland, Maine The Jump Arts Women’s Festival, The Brecht Forum, New York, New York
2000	Audio Venus: Women in the Arts Festival, The Elbow Room, New York, New York The Room, Apeiron, New York, New York
1999	New Art Group Show, CB Gallery, New York, New York
1998	Annual International Group Show, Jonathon Shorr Gallery, New York, New York
1996	No Sanitary Facilities, No. BIAS Gallery, North Bennington, Vermont

AWARDS & RESIDENCIES

2008	Bemis Center for Contemporary Art Residency, Omaha, Nebraska Santa Fe Art Institute Artist Residency, Santa Fe, New Mexico
2007	Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation Grant Real Art Ways Open Selectee, Hartford, Connecticut VAN Artist Residency (through Real Art Ways), Hartford, Connecticut Weir Art Farm Artist Residency, Wilton, Connecticut
2006	Artist Alliance Inc. Lower East Side Rotating Studio Residency, New York, New York Urban Artist Initiative/NYC Project Grant
2005	A.I.R. Gallery Fellowship Recipient, New York, New York

COMMISSIONS

2007

Illustration for New York Time Magazine, New York (May 13)

2003

Mural for Soda Bar, Brooklyn, New York

BIBLIOGRAPHY

2007

Frolic: Humor & Mischief in New Taiwanese Art, exhibition catalogue (October).
Cohen, David. “Thank Heaven For Little Girls?”, exhibition essay for “Surface Tension,”
Real Art Ways, Hartford, Connecticut (July).

Hope, Bradley. “Pratt Presents Four Fresh Faces.” New York Sun. June 14.

Bordeaux-Maurin, Hélianthe. “The Troubled Waters of Permeability!” NY Arts Magazine,
May/June issue.

“Pink Kid Gloves.” Curator’s Pick. New York Arts Magazine, March/April.

“Little Monsters.” Review. New York Arts Magazine, December 2006/January 2007.

2006

Langer, Cassandra. “Smoke and Mirrors: Reevaluating the Body in Art.” Exhibition essay for Bearings: The Female Figure. P.S. 122. April.

2005

“Fay Ku A Gran Escala.” Origina (Propuesta Conceptual). November.
Chen, Amanda. “Fay Ku: Life Boat.” World Journal. Thursday, October 27.
Bordeaux-Maurin, Hélianthe. Characters: Scene I & II. Exhibition catalogue. March.
“The Exhibitionists Are . . .” Dir. Luigi Di Crasto & Santino Di Renzo. Documentary film.
Without Papers Production.

McInnis, Michael. “Fay Ku: Open Ground.” The New York Art World, January.