Kuo-Chen (Kacy) Jung
WWW.KACYJUNG.COM
kacy@kacyjung.com
EDUCATION
2018 MFA, Photography, San Francisco Art Institute
2012 MS, Biological and Biomedical Sciences Program, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
RESIDENCIES
2023 ChaNorth International Artist Residency | Pine Plains, New York, USA
2022 ArtHouse Jersey Artist Residency | Greve de Lecq Barracks St Mary, Jersey, UK
2021 Ox-Bow School of Art Long Form Residency | 3435 Rupprecht Way, Saugatuck, MI, USA
2021 Headlands Center for the Arts Affiliate Artists Program | Headlands Center for the Arts, Sausalito, CA, USA
2019 Root Division Studio Artists Program | Root Division Gallery, SF, CA, USA
2018 ArtSpan Journal Building Residency | Journal Building, SF, CA, USA
AWARDS and GRANTS
2023 Innovate Grant Recipient in Art -Spring Cycle
2022 Nomination for the Eureka fellowship by Fleishhacker Foundation
2022 Nomination for the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art SECA award
2022 Finalist for Hopper Prize
2021 Recipient of ARTogether Mini Grant
2020 Recipient of Affiliate Artists Program at Headlands Center for the Arts
2019 Finalist for the Affiliate Artists Program at Headlands Center for the Arts
2018 Nomination for the Graduate Fellowship at Headlands Center for the Arts
Nomination for the Annual ISC Student Award in Contemporary Sculpture
2016- 2018
Recipient of SFAI (San Francisco Art Institute) Grant Scholarship
Recipient of Harlan Jackson Diversity Scholarship
SOLO / TWO-PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2023 Personal Archaeology (two-person) | Bakersfield Museum of Art, Bakersfield, CA
2023 The Weight of Souls (solo) | Jonathan Carver Moore Gallery, SF, CA
2023 TBE (solo) | Ramp Gallery, SF, CA
2022 21 Grams, the Weight of Souls (solo) | Saint Kate Art Hotel, Milwaukee, WI
2022 About Face (two-person) | Your Mood Gallery, SF, CA
SITE-SPECIFIC ART
2023 SOMA Slow Streets Ground Mural Project, Commissioned by SOMCAN, SF, CA
GROUP EXHIBITIONS (selected)
2024
“Arrival/Departures - East80West” | Bergen Gallery, NJ
“Material Instinct” | 120710 Gallery, CA
KunstRAI Art Fair, Amsterdam
2023
Untitled Art Fair Booth C4 | Untitled Art Fair, Miami, FL
“Figuratively Speaking” | Maximillian Wölfgang Gallery, London, UK
“Wander Women 3” | Katz Snyder Gallery, SF, CA
“Infinite Cage” | Sanchez Art Center, Pacific, CA
“ABOUT FACE” | Bedford Gallery, Walnut Creek, CA
2022
“Bemis Art Center Auction” | 724 S 12th St, Omaha, NE
“Hidden Garden” | Voctoria gallery, Samara, Russia
“Who do you think you are: An investigation of the self portrait” | Arc Gallery, SF, CA
“Grow Your Souls” | SOMArts Culture Center, SF, CA
2021
“Three Turns Miami“ | Untitled Art Fair's Special Projects, Miami, FL
“I AM………....” | Root Division Gallery, SF, CA
“Similarities and Differences“ | San Francisco Proper Hotel, SF, CA
“Gordian Knot" | East Window Project, Boulder, CO
“Standing Out, the Outstandings“ | Latitude Gallery, NYC, NY
“UPLIFT/HEAVY LIFT“ | Berkley Art Center, Berkley, CA
“VOX :: Multiple Voices in Portraiture“ | a.na.log gallery, SF, CA
“Transitions“ | Piedmont Art Center, Piedmont, CA
“20th Annual Art Auction“ | Root Division Gallery, SF, CA
“My American Experience“ | O'Hanlon Center for the Arts, Mill Valley, CA
“Excuse Me Can I See Your ID two“ | Vessel Gallery, SF, CA
2020
“Bay Art Seekers Lounge“ | Voss Gallery, SF, CA
“The de Young Open“ | de Young Museum, SF, CA
“Until It Shatters“ | Root Division Gallery, SF, CA
“The Fresh Paint Art Fair (postponed)“ | Tel Aviv convention center, Tel Aviv, Israel
“10 x TEN“ | Faultline Artspace, Oakland, CA
“19th Annual Art Auction“ | Root Division Gallery, SF, CA
“Left Coast Annual Juried Exhibition“ | Sanchez Art Center, Pacific, CA
“In Your Own Words“ | Hastings College + CREATE Mag, Hastings, NE
“23rd Annual United States of Asian America Festival: Finding Kinship“ | Camerawork Gallery, SF, CA
“Women Rising“ | The Drawing Room Gallery, SF, CA
“Reflections on Home“ | Oakland Asian Culture Center, Oakland, CA
2019
“Inaugural Studio Artist Exhibition“ | Root Division Gallery, SF, CA
“18th Annual Art Auction“ | Root Division Gallery, SF, CA
“Daddy Don’t Go“ | Adelines Lab, Berkeley, CA
“Diaspora Voiced“ | Rhythmix K Gallery, Alameda, CA
“Introduction 2019“ | Root Division Gallery, SF, CA
“APAture 2019: DECLARE“ | Arc Gallery, SF, CA
2018
“PhotoAlliance Bay Area Currents“ | Smith Andersen North Gallery, San Anselmo, CA
“ArtSpan Selection: GERMINATE“ | Heron Arts Gallery, SF, CA
“Funk Ain't Dead“ | Root Division Gallery, SF, CA
“DEFINING FORM“ | The Untitled Space, NYC, NY
“Below the Surface“ | 440 Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
“Art in Neighborhoods“ | Ritual Coffee Roasters, SF, CA
“#WayBayNow“ | Berkley Art Museum & Pacific Film Archive
“SFAI MFA Exhibition“ | SFAI Fort Mason Graduate Center, SF, CA
“BE A GOOD CITIZEN“ | Diego Rivera Gallery, SF, CA
“YOU WERE HERE“ | Diego Rivera Gallery, SF, CA
“Looking for Gold“ | SFAI Fort Mason Graduate Center, SF, CA
“Art in Neighborhoods“ | Hotel Adagio, SF, CA
2017
“Spectacle“ | SFAI Fort Mason Graduate Center, SF, CA
“APAture 2017: Unravel“ | Arc Gallery, SF, CA
“Landing On the Veil“ | Swell Gallery, SF, CA
“Poetics of Displacement“ | Diego Rivera Gallery, SF, CA
“Portraits in Ceramics“ | Diego Rivera Gallery, SF, CA
“American Typhoon“ | Swell Gallery, SF, CA
“How to Be Looked At“ | Swell Gallery, SF, CA
“Apartment Show“ | Swell Gallery, SF, CA
PRESS
2023 灣區藝術人 TV Interview by KTSF26
2023 East to South by USA Today
2021 7 Surprising Objects in Colorado’s Coolest Summer Exhibits by 5280 Magazine
2020 6 Women Immigrant Artists Reflect On Belonging And Home by Forbes
2020 Kacy Jung: 21 Grams, the Weight of Souls by Root Division
2017 APAture puts spotlight on Asian Pacific American artists by Inquirer
WORK / TEACHING / OTHER PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCES
2023
Untitled Art Fair in Miami
Panel Discussion: Making and Claiming Space
2022
Root Division Gallery
Board of Directors Alumni Artist Representative
ARTogether and Oakland Art Murmur
Panel Discussion: UP/ROOTING: Emerging Artists of Color on Identity and Healing
2022
University of California, Davis
Guest lecturer at Art 9: Beginning Photography by Alexandra Arzt
2017
San Francisco Art Institute
Student worker at SFAI Annual Gala: The Original Disruptor event
Student worker at SFAI Vernissage MFA graduation exhibition
Student worker at Emanuel Walter Gallery
Student collaborator of Metamorphic by artist Katrin Sigurdardottir at Emanuel Walter Gallery
2017
Hosfelt Gallery
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