born 1977, Los Angeles, CA
www.amysyao.info


EDUCATION
2007 Yale University School of Art, MFA, Sculpture, New Haven, CT

1999 Art Center College of Design, BFA with Honors, Fine Art/ Digital Media, Pasadena, CA


GROUP and SOLO EXHIBITIONS
(*Solo Show)

2008
B'L'ing HQ, Art in General, New York, NY

Dark Fair, Swiss Institute, New York, NY

Milwaukee Art Fair, Milwaukee, WI

Into Infinity, DubLab, Los Angeles, CA

2007
Fractured in Aspect, Andrew Kreps Gallery, New York, NY

Googleplex/ Wu Tang, Passerby/ Gavin Brown Enterprise, New York, NY

Radio Daniele (Curated by Christopher Williams & John Kelsey), 1 hour music program made in collaboration with Wendy Yao in conjunction with Christopher Williams’ exhibition, GAM/ Bologna, Bologna, Italy

First Look II, Hudson Valley Center for Contemporary Art, Peekskill, NY

MFA Thesis Exhibition*, Green Hall Gallery, Yale School of Art, New Haven, CT

The Great Society, University City Science Center, Esther M. Klein Art Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

Fake Space Space is a Place, Portland Institute of Contemporary Art, Portland, OR

High Desert Test Sites (Curated by Andrea Zittel), Joshua Tree, CA

2006
Glitch, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA

High Desert Test Sites, Joshua Tree, CA

Second-Year MFA Exhibition, Yale School of Art Gallery, New Haven, CT

Heartfelt, 96 Gillespie, London, UK

First Glance, 1269 Space, Los Angeles, CA

Dreamscene, DubLab, Los Angeles, CA

2005
ETC. (Curated by Matt Keegan), Andrew Kreps Gallery, New York, NY

First-Year MFA Exhibition, Yale School of Art Gallery, New Haven, CT

2004
High Desert Test Sites, Joshua Tree, CA

Showdown (Curated by Fritz Haeg), MAK Schindler House, Los Angeles, CA

Drunk vs. Stoned (Curated by Scott and Tyson Reeder), Passerby/ Gavin Brown Enterprise, New York, NY

Four-Color Pen Show, Locust Projects/ General Store, Miami, FL

2003
Works for Giovanni, China Art Objects Galleries, Los Angeles, CA

2002
Firecracker 4-Year Anniversary, Grand Star, Los Angeles, CA

2001
Video Spill, Duncan Gallery, Stetson University, Deland, FL

2000
Democracy (Curated by Andy Ouchi), Bradbury Building Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

Ladyfest, Olympia Ballroom, Olympia, WA

1999
(Group Show), Deep River, Los Angeles, CA

Fuck Freshman*, Art Center Gallery, Pasadena, CA

1998
Los Angeles Artists, Test Strip, Auckland, New Zealand


COLLABORATIVE PROJECTS
2006 - Present; B'L'ing, Art DVD, Video and Film trading post, with Anne Eastman, Chris Moukarbel, Michael Stickrod & Matt Connors. Organized video screenings and trading posts at White Columns (NY) and Art in General (NY). Those who wish to trade may choose one of our Bo o t l-eg DVDs with false Hollywood Blockbuster covers to keep the original title anonymous. The true title is revealed after the exchange takes place. (see website for more info, http://b-l-ing.blogspot.com)

2004 – Present; Art Swap Meet, with Wendy Yao/ Ooga Booga as part of High Desert Test Sites, Joshua Tree, CA. (see website for more info: http://www.artswapmeet.blogspot.com)

2004 – 2005; Wishing Well Cinema Club, with Marie Jager and Alice Konitz at held at Mountain Bar, Los Angeles, CA.

2002 – Present; LA’s Finest DJ Crew, with Wendy Yao, Anna Sewhoy and Anh Do. Performed at Garden Lab at Art Center College of Design, Peres Projects.

1998 – 2000; China Art Objects Galleries, opened and established gallery with Steve Hanson, Giovanni Intra, Peter Kim and Mark Heffernan, Chinatown, Los Angeles, CA.

1993 – 1997; Emilys Sassy Lime, Kill Rock Stars recording artist, band member with Emily Ryan and Wendy Yao. Interviewed for EMP documentary on Riot Grrl.


PUBLISHED
2008
Fields of Grey, vol. 2, Advertisement for "Do you want to touch, yea."
North Drive Press, no. 5, B'L'ing interview with Ubu.web

2007
Yale Palimpsest, vol. 5, Untitled Sticks
North Drive Press, no. 4, From the Stacks (Poster Edition)
North Drive Press, no. 4, Interview with Frances Stark

2006
The Colonial, Shady Ladies Poetry
Textfield Magazine, Smoki(n)g Mirr(or)s

2004
Famous, no. 8, Crazy Collage
Textfield Magazine, no. 3

2003
Atmosphere, no. 1, Brendan Fowler BARR

2000
Purple, Summer issue, Purple Interiors, China Art Objects

1999
Jigsaw, vol. 7, China Art Objects Galleries

1996
Giant Robot, Fall issue, G.U.S.T.O. Manifesto


BIBLIOGRAPHY
Cotter, Holland. “Fractured in Aspect”, The New York Times. August 10, 2007: E31.

Howard, Christopher, “CAA Names 2006 Fellows”, CAA News. Vol. 31, no. 5 (September 2006): p. 3-6

Keegan, Matt. “ETC. 9, Marie Jager, Alice Konitz, Amy Yao, Wishing Well Cine Club”, ETC. Projects arranged by Matt Keegan at Andrew Kreps Gallery, New York, 9/05-1/06.

Stark, Frances. “A Little Untoward History”, Recent Pasts: Art in Southern California from the 90’s to Now.

Taft, Catherine. “Just Desert, Joshua Tree”, ArtForum.com, May 11, 2006, http://www.artforum.com/diary/#entry10965.

Chaplin, Julia. “Art Blooms in the California Desert”, The New York Times. April 21, 2006, p. D1.

Laird, Tessa. “Letter from L.A.”, Artnet.com. April 28, 1999. http://www.artnet.com/Magazine/reviews/laird/laird4-28-99.asp.

Krygier, Irit. “Report from L.A.”, Artnet.com. June 3, 1999. http://www.artnet.com/magazine_pre2000/reviews/krygier/krygier6-3-99.asp.


RELEVANT WORK EXPERIENCE
Adjunct Faculty, The City College of New York, CUNY, New York, NY (2007)


AWARDS
2007 Susan H. Whedon Award, Yale University School of Art, New Haven, CT.

2006 College Arts Association Professional Development Fellowship, Honorable Mention.

1995 – 1999 Art Center Juried Merit Scholarship, Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, CA.