Lai Chung Poon

Curriculum Vitae

Born Hong Kong. Lives and works in Brooklyn, New York

EDUCATION

2007 MFA Major: New Genre, School of Visual Arts, NY
2003 BFA in Drawing, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY

AWARDS

2006-7 School of Visual Arts Scholarship

2003 Fine Art Award for Outstanding Merit in Drawing
2001 Gamlin Art Award
1999 Alice Beeman Award
1998 Growing Up Asian American Art Award

SOLO EXHIBITS

2004 Rohan Lounge, San Francisco, California
2003 “Animals from A to Z”, Tia Gallery Café, Williamsburg, NY

GROUP EXHIBITS

2008 "Blue Chip", Wook & Lattuada, New York, NY

2008 "Real Party '08", Real Art Ways, Hartford, CT

2008 "Dead Composition", NYCAMS, curated by Noel Herberling, NY, NY

2007 "School of Visual Arts MFA Road Show", Boots Comtemporary Art Space, St. Louis, Missouri, Finesilver Gallery,

San Antonio, TX, Arthur Roger Art Space, New Orleans, Louisana

2007 "$960,000+", Thesis Show, curated by Joao Ribas, Visual Arts Gallery, NY, NY

2007 "Staff Exhibition", Brooklyn, Museum, NY

2006 "Telling the Stories: Artist Books", Noyes Museum, Oceanville, NJ

2006 " Binge and Purge", Magnan Projects, curated by Noel Heberling, New York, NY

2006 "Art for Healing", benefit for the American Cancer Society, presented by Mushroom Arts & Korea Village, NY

2006 “No more Drama: The Saga Continues”, The Center for Book Arts, curated by Edwin Ramoran, NY, NY

2006  “Fabula”, Mushroom Arts Gallery, curated by Ji-Yaang Kim, New York, NY

2005  Kunst05 Zurich art fair, presented by Creative Thriftshop, Zurich Switzerland

2005  Photo New York Art Fair, Creative Thriftshop, New York, NY.
2005 –scope Hamptons Art Fair, Liquid Blue Gallery, New York, NY.
2005 “You Are I Am”, curators You Are Beautiful, Foundation Gallery Chicago IL.
2005 “On the Quickness”, Haven Gallery, curator Lynn del Sol Mott Haven NY.
2005 “Sistas Rock Shock the House”, Supreme Trading, Williamsburg, NY
2004 “Lai-Sze-Lai-Chung” Xanadu, New York
2004 “ The Birds and the Beasts”, Tia Gallery Café, Williamsburg, NY
2004 “Menage a Huit”, Officeops, Corpus Rabid Gambit, Brooklyn, NY
2003 “Erotic Mythology Video Salon”, Eickholt Gallery, NY     
2003 “Semilla Urbana”, Miramar Puerto Rico
2003 “ Deck of Cards”, Fusion Arts Gallery, NY
2003 Siggraph Muti-Media art show, San Diego
2003 Pratt show, Hammerstein Ballroom, NY
2003 Juried art show, Schafler Gallery, NY
2003 Senior Thesis Show, Second Floor Gallery, Pratt Institute
2003 “Animal Kingdom” Second Floor Gallery, Pratt Institute
2002-03 “Extreme Existence” Response show, Schafler Gallery, NY
2002 9/11 Artist Response show, Schafler Gallery, NY
2002 Summer Invitational show, Schafler Gallery, NY
2001 Kubus Collaborative show, Pratt Institute, NY
2001 Drawing show, Dean’s gallery Pratt Institute, NY
2000-01 Fine Arts Council show, Pratt Institute, NY

VIDEO EXHIBITS

2007 Toronto Urban Film Festival, Canada

2006 Toronto Reel Asian International Festival, Canada

2003-04 “Indie Soy Film Event”, Jeollado, NY
2003 Honeygunlabs/ Video Grind House, Passerby, NY
2003 Audio/ Visual Arts by female artists, Pianos, NY

PUBLIC ART

2001 Chinese American, Attached to Confucius Statue Chinatown, NY
2001 Interaction, Performed in Bedstuy, Brooklyn, NY

DANCE PERFORMANCES

2007 "POW!" at Galapagos, Brooklyn, NY, and Monkey town, NY

2006 "SugarRide Girls", WAXworks, University Settlement, NY, NY

BIBLIOGRAPHY

2006 Cafe Ami online interview

http://www.thisbusinessofdanceandmusic.com/Article-LaiChungPoonReview.htm#article

2006 New York Times, "No more Drama...", Center for the Book Arts

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/06/16/arts/design/16gall.html?pagewanted=2

2004 Kazoun and Poon at Xanadu*, Nonstarvingartists.com,
http://www.nonstarvingartists.com/News/ImagedNewsItem.2004-11-24.5424.html
2004 NY Arts, Volume 9 January, February 2004  “Erotica Section
http://nyartsmagazine.com/pages/nyam_document.php?nid=46&did=533