AMY KAO

Born in Taipei, Taiwan in 1974
Lives and works in Brooklyn, NY 
 

HONORS, RESIDENCIES AND EDUCATION

2008 Yaddo residency fellowship, Saratoga Springs, NY
2006 Lower East Side Printshop Special Editions fellowship, New York, NY
2005 MacDowell Colony residency fellowship, Peterborough, NH
2005 Aljira Contemporary Art Center Emerge Program, Newark, NJ (creative capital program)
2005 Art Omi International Artists residency, Ghent, NY
2005 Lower Manhattan Cultural Council (LMCC) Swing Space finalist, New York, NY
2005 Visiting artist, Sarah Lawrence College, Bronxville, NY
1996 BA, Sarah Lawrence College, Bronxville, NY 

SOLO, TWO –PERSON EXHIBITIONS AND ARTIST PROJECTS

2008 Amy Kao, Dwellings of Immortals on a Cloudy River, Venetia Kapernekas Gallery, New York, NY
2007 Amy Kao, Canada: Open Spaces (Special Projects): Snow Globe, at Toronto, Canada International Art Fair, Toronto
2007 Amy Kao, Heavenly Tedious, Michael Steinberg Fine Art, New York, NY
2001 Amy Kao and Sante Scardillo, 222, APEXART, New York, NY

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2008 Contrasts Gallery, curated by Lilly Wei, Shanghai and Beijing, China Chinese Biennial 2008, curated by Koan Jeff Baysa and Pan Xing Lei, Beijing, China

2007 Art Ideas for New Collectors, Reynolds Gallery, Richmond, VA Emergency Room, P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center, Long Island City, NY Spring '07, Lower East Side Printshop, curated by Bruce Pearson, New York, NY

2006 (Un)Natural Selections, Georgia Scherman Projects, Toronto, Canada Busan Biennale, Busan, South Korea Aljira Contemporary Art Center, curated by Jennifer Moon, Newark, NJ E7, Artists Space and Franklin Sirmans, Menil Collection Every Day Is Different, Michael Steinberg Fine Art, New York, NY 3D, Carl Solway Gallery, Cincinnati, OH The Big Show, Silas Marder Gallery, Bridgehampton, NY

2005 Blues, Asian American Arts Centre, New York, NY Thirty Ways to Make a Painting, Carl Solway Gallery, Cincinnati, OH

2004 The Topography of Absence, Asian American Arts Centre, New York, NY Open House: Working in Brooklyn, Brooklyn Museum of Art, Brooklyn, NY Drawings, Plane Space, New York, NY Size Does Matter, Eyewash Gallery, Brooklyn, NY

2003 Takeout, Dieu Donné, New York, NY, After Matisse and Picasso, P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center/MoMA, Long Island City, NY 4-Square, Eyewash Gallery, Brooklyn, NY

2001 Opening, Galerie 5ème Étage, Paris, France 2000 Tang Museum: Showroom, Arts Center of the Capital Region, curated by Ian Berry, Troy, NY 

Selected Bibliography

2007 Carson, Andrea. Art that will Please a Crowd, The Globe and Mail, October 20, Figura, Starr. Editions '07, Lower East Side Printshop. 2006 Kim Jyeong-Yeon, Minato Chihiro, Victoria Lu. Life in Art 2006 Busan Biennale, Busan Biennale. Cotter, Holland. Aljira Emerge E7, The New York Times, September 15, Bischoff, Dan. Artists on the Rise, The Star-Ledger, July 30 Durrell, Jane. Sensuous Forms, Cincinnati CityBeat, July 6 2005 Knafo, Robert. Art Omi, SV, September 2004 Levin, Kim. The Topography of Absence, The Village Voice, December 10-16 Current: The Topography of Absence, Tsing Tao Daily, November 22 Maine, Stephen. Dateline Brooklyn, Artnet Magazine, May 25 Kotik, Charlotta and Mosaka, Tumelo. Open House, Brooklyn Museum of Art. Faust, Lily. Review: Size Does Matter, M, May 2003 Art News, Artnet Magazine, December 18 Cotter, Holland. 4-Square, The New York Times, February 7 2001 Herron, Annie. 222, Apex Art Curatorial Program. 2000 Berry, Ian. Showroom, Arts Center of the Capital Region