Born in California, 1977
Lives and works in Oakland, CA

one-, two-, and three-person exhibitions

• 2010
• Irrational Exuberance (Asst. Colors), Sight School, Oakland, CA.
• Here & Now, Invisible Venue / Mills Art Museum, Oakland, CA.
• 2009
• Palimpsests, Tarryn Teresa Gallery, Los Angeles, CA. Curated by Elizabeth Williams.
• 2008
• Sorry, Frey Norris Gallery, San Francisco.
• Dark Into Light, Swarm Gallery, Oakland, CA.
• Activist Imagination, Kearny Street Workshop, San Francisco. [catalog]

selected group exhibitions

• 2010
• We have as much time as it takes, Wattis Institute for Contemporary Art. Curated by CCA's Graduate Program in Curatorial Practice. [catalog]
• Lending Library, Adobe Books Backroom Gallery, San Francisco. Curated by Dena Beard.
• Unrealised Potential, Cornerhouse, Manchester, UK. Curated by Mike Chavez-Dawson with Sam Ely & Lynn Harris (Unrealised Projects), Gavin Wade and Liam Gillick.
• So Many Products, So Little Time, Soap Gallery, San Francisco, CA. Curated by Andy Vogt & Sarah Smith.
• Hello! My Name is..., Invisible Venue, College Art Association Conference, Chicago, IL. Presented by Christian L. Frock.
• Flatfile, Golden Parachutes, Berlin.
• Chain Reaction 11, San Francisco Arts Commission Gallery, San Francisco, CA.
• 2009
• Exercises in Seeing, Queen's Nails Projects, San Francisco, CA. Curated by the Post Brothers.
• Bellwether, Southern Exposure, San Francisco, CA. [catalog]
• Involved, Socially, Triple Base, San Francisco, CA. Curated by Michelle Blade. [publication]
• The Kiss of a Lifetime, Vane, Newcastle, UK and Bearspace, London, U.K. Curated by Mike Chavez-Dawson.
• Tech Tools of the Trade: Contemporary New Media Art, De Saisset Museum, Santa Clara, CA.
• 2008

• Shifted Focus, Kearny Street Workshop, San Francisco.
• Galleon Trade: Bay Area Now 5 Edition, YBCA, San Francisco.
• 2007
• FRED festival, Cumbria, UK.
• Moving Cultures, Euphrat Museum, Cupertino, CA.
• Galleon Trade, Green Papaya Art Projects, Quezon City, Philippines. Curated by Jenifer K. Wofford.
• Centennial Graduate Exhibition, California College of the Arts, San Francisco.
• Beats per Minute: Contemporary Artists Influenced by Craft and Folk Art Practices, Museum of Craft and Folk Art, San Francisco. Curated by Julio Cesar Morales.
• Supermarket 2007, Koh-i-noor booth, Copenhagen.
• Alumni at the Centennial, Oliver Art Center, Tecoah Bruce Gallery, Oakland, CA. Juried by Julie Joyce and Jo Lauria.
• 2006
• Immediate Futures, San Francisco Arts Commission Gallery, San Francisco.
• Print Exchange, Osaka University of Arts, Japan & Oliver Art Center, Oakland, CA. Catalog.
• Home, Kearny Street Workshop / Space 180, San Francisco.
• Fling, SomArts Gallery, San Francisco. Curated by Han Pham and Derek Chung.
• 2005
• CirCA Now. Oakland Museum Restaurant Gallery, Oakland, CA. Juried exhibition; jurors included Phil Linhares and Karen Tsujimoto.
• Justice Matters, Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley, CA.
• Bayennale, Oakland, CA.
• 2004
• Paper Bullets. Intersection for the Arts, San Francisco.
• APAture. Kearny Street Workshop / SomArts Gallery, San Francisco.
• Kaleidoscope. Craft & Cultural Arts Gallery, Oakland, CA.
• Coasticated. Punch Gallery, San Francisco.
• 2003
• To Conjure a Language. ProArts Gallery, Oakland, CA.
• Visible Resistance. Asian Arts Initiative, Philadelphia.
• War and Silence. Kearny Street Workshop / SomArts Gallery, San Francisco. [catalog]
• 2002
• Magician's Day Off. Euphrat Museum, Cupertino, CA.
• Roots. Chinese Culture Center, San Francisco.
• War! What is it Good For? Asian Resource Gallery, San Francisco.
• 2001
• A.I.R. Gallery, New York, NY.
• Limited Edition. Kearny Street Workshop / Asia Pacific Cultural Center, Oakland, CA.
• 2000
• 17 Women. Juice Design, San Francisco.
• Asian Resource Gallery, Oakland, CA.
• 1999
• Y2K. Southern Exposure, San Francisco.
• Limner Gallery, New York.
• University of the Pacific, Stockton, CA.
• 1998
• Juried Annual. Kala Art Institute, Berkeley, CA.
• Beyond Borders. V.U. Gallery, Bellingham, WA.

public collections

• Alameda County Art Collection, CA.

grants, residencies, awards & honors

• 2009
• Breathe Residency recipient. Chinese Arts Centre, Manchester, UK.
• Honorable Mention. Art vs. Design. Artists Wanted. Judges included Mark Mothersbaugh, Jarrett Gregory.
• 2008
• Investing in Artists grant recipient. Center for Cultural Innovation, San Francisco.
• 2007
• Affiliate Artist. Headlands Center for the Arts, Sausalito, CA.
• Fund for New Work Grant (with Bob Hsiang, lead artist Donna Keiko Ozawa, and Kearny Street Workshop). Creative Work Fund. San Francisco.
• Fund for Artists Matching Commissions Grant (with Bob Hsiang, lead artist Donna Keiko Ozawa and Kearny Street Workshop). San Francisco Foundation.
• 2006
• Murphy Fellowship in the Fine Arts, San Francisco Foundation. Juried by Anuradha Vikram, Julio Morales and Jerome Reyes.
• 2005
• Yozo Hamaguchi Endowed Scholarship, CCA, San Francisco.
• 2003
• Local Hero. KQED Youth Media Corps. San Francisco.
• 2002
• Sister of Fire Award. Women of Color Resource Center. Oakland, CA.
• 2000
• Local Hero. Best of the Bay Awards, San Francisco Bay Guardian.
• 1999
• Grant. Active Element Foundation. New York.
• 1998
• Best of Show. V.U. Gallery, Bellingham, WA.
• 1996
• All College Honors. CCA, Oakland, CA.

education

• 2007
• Masters of Fine Arts. California College of the Arts (CCA), San Francisco.
• 2001
• Internship. Chinese Cultural Center, San Francisco, CA / Guangdong, China.
• 2000
• Mural Apprenticeship. East Bay Institute for Urban Arts, Oakland, CA.
• 1998
• Bachelors of Fine Arts with High Distinction. CCA, San Francisco.

professional & curatorial activities

• 2010
• Contributor, Art Practical.
• Juror, MFA & Affliate Artist Awards, Headlands Center for the Arts, Sausalito, CA.
• 2009
• This & That International Mail Art Swap. An exhibition and exchange between 32 artists and artists' groups spanning the U.S., U.K., Vienna, Prague, Hong Kong and Manila. Exhibited within Involved, Socially at Triple Base Gallery.

bibliography

• 2010
• Allen, Annalee. “Art installations ready for viewing at three historic sites in Oakland.” Oakland Tribune, May 30.
• Barich, Steven. “Art of Conversation: Christine Wong Yap.” Artopic.org. May 12. Interview.
• Brier, Jessica. “Chain Reaction 11.” Art Practical. Issue 11, March 25.
• Brier, Jessica. “We Have as Much Time as it Takes.” Art Practical. Issue 16, June 3. Review and photo.
• Brown, Brandon. “Lending Library.” Open Space blog, SFMOMA.org. June 17.
• Mallouk, Elyse. “Lending Library.” Art Practical. June 17.
• 2009
• Messer, Ari. “Involved Socially: Artists meld life and art.” San Francisco Chronicle. F-11. August 20. Review and photo.
• Ollman, Leah. “‘Palimpsests’: by Christine Wong Yap, Annie Vought, Cara Barer on exhibit at Tarryn Teresa Gallery.” Los Angeles Times, October 9. Review and photo.
• Sheridan, Sarah Robayo. “Book Reviews.” Camerawork: A Journal of Photographic Arts, Vol. 36, No. 1, Spring/Summer 2009. 43-44. Review of Activist Imagination catalog, photo of curatorial project.
• Swanhuyser, Hiya. “Involved, Socially: Inspiration Name of Game.” SFWeekly.com, August 14.
• —, Profile segment. Zeitgeist, Channel M, Manchester, U.K. Aired on October 20.
• —, Spraygraphic Interview with Visual Artist Christine Wong Yap. Sprayblog.net, May 20, 2009.
• 2008
• Eisenhart, Mary. “Galleon Trade: Bay Area Now 5 Edition.” San Francisco Chronicle, September 18.
• Light, Claire. “Art Review: Christine Wong Yap: Activist Imagination.” KQED.org website, Arts & Culture section, Visual Arts section. March 9.
• Nataraj, Nirmala. “Sorry, at Frey Norris Gallery.” SFStation.com. April 18.
• Ritchie, Andy. “Gallery Hop Around Town with Andy Richie—Dark into Light.” Artslant San Francisco, February 24.
• —, “Local Artist.” Profile. San Francisco Bay Guardian. April 16–22, 2008. p. 22. [PDF, 96 kb]
• 2007
• Dumancas, Pedro. “Galleon Trade, Fil-Am Exodus Back to the Motherland,” Philippine Daily Inquirer. August 5. [PDF, 420 kb]
• Harmanci, Reyhan. “Galleon Trade: Ship Launch!” San Francisco Chronicle. June 28.
• Killian, Kevin. “Studio Visit.” Mirage #4/Period(ical) zine, Issue #138, February. [PDF, 48 kb]
• Meeker, Cheryl. “CCA's 2007 Graduate Exhibition.” Stretcher.org. May 11.
• New, Jennifer. “Not by the Book: Reinventing Your Journal.” Photo and brief profile. DivineCaroline.com. January 8.
• —, “Artepreneur.” Q&A. The Angel Journal. March 1.
• —, “Creative Work Fund.” Photo. Artweek. September.
• —, “FRED—An Art Invasion.” Arts Update 59. Sept./Oct./Nov. [PDF, 420 kb]
• 2006
• Nguyen Qui Duc. “Asian Americans' Notions of Home.” Pacific Time, KQED, July 13. [Audio file at KQED.org]
• Petty, Matt. Post and lead photo. “Monster Drawing Rally.” SF Gate Culture Blog. Feburary 27.
• 2005
• Olson, Marisa S. Photo with review of exhibition at Intersection for the Arts. ArtWeek, December 2004 / January 2005.
• 2003
• Hill, Lori. “First Friday Focus.” Philadelphia City Paper, March 12.
• Koppman, Debra. “Review: To Conjure a Language.” Artweek, March.
• Lin, Serena. “Artists Speak Out Against the War.” Tea Party Magazine. Issue #13.
• Ng, Darlene. Local hero public service announcement. KQED.
• Sabir, Wanda. “Wanda’s Picks.” San Francisco Bay View, March 26.
• Yuen, Jennifer May. “Bay Area Artists Speak out for Peace in New Exhibit.” AsianWeek, February 28.
• 2001
• Inglis, Titiana Leung. “Young Artists show at the Asia Pacific.” Oakland Tribune, March 31.
• —, BLU Magazine. Profile with several photos. The Radical Pacific Issue.
• 2000
• Zoll, Daniel. “Local Hero: Christine Wong.” San Francisco Bay Guardian, July 26.
• 1999
• Lewis, Andrea. Interview on Oakland Technical High School mural. The Morning Show, KPFA 94.1.
• Soong, C.S. Interveiw on two-person exhibition. Flashpoints, KPFA 94.1.

community work & service

• 1999-current
•  
• Donor. Selected non-profit organizations include Asian & Pacific Islander Wellness Center, Asian Women's Shelter, Center for Third World Organizing, Clamor Magazine, Destiny Arts Center, Intersection for the Arts, Kearny Street Workshop, National Asian Pacific American Women's Forum, Quebec Public Interest Research Group at Concordia, Purple Moon Dance Company, Richmond Art Center, School of Unity and Liberation, Southern Exposure, and Women of Color Resource Center.
• 1999-2005
•  
• Community Muralist. Lead 17 murals around the country, with the support of the National Endowment for the Arts' Creative Links Fund, the Third Wave Foundation and the National Network of Grantmakers. Partnered with local organizations like the Art and Soul Festival, Asian Health Services, East Side Arts Alliance, Mandela Arts Center, and Underground Railroad as well as CAAAV: Against Anti-Asian Violence & Youth Force (Bronx, NY), Fellowship of Reconciliation (Nyack, NY) and Project South (Atlanta, GA).
• 1999-2000
•  
• Youth Mentor. Robert F. Kennedy Americorps Fellowship. San Francisco.

teaching

• 2009
• Instructor. Sketchbook Drawing & Intermediate Sketchbook Mixed Media. Art Studio, UC Berkeley. An interdisciplinary course spanning drawing, painting, mixed media and typography. Includes lecture presentations of contemporary and historical graphic designers, illustrators and visual artists. Projects include observational drawing exercises, visual organization, storyboarding narratives and active discussion.
• Substitute Instructor for Eric Hongisto's foundation-level art class. University of San Francisco.
• 2006
• Instructor. 100 Families Project. Oakland Asian Cultural Center. Oakland, CA.
• Workshop leader. “Visual Art and Organizing.” Immigrant & Refugee Rights Training Institute, Oakland, CA.
• 2005
• Workshop leader. “Intro to Community-Based Arts.” Immigrant & Refugee Rights Training Institute, Oakland, CA.
• 2004
• Workshop leader. “Training Community-Based Arts.” National Performance Network Annual Meeting, Los Angeles.
• 2003
• Instructor. Illustration. Youth Outlook Magazine / Pacific News Service, San Francisco. Projects included narrative drawings presented in an exhibition at ZEUM.
• Instructor. Community Mural Painting. Asian Health Services & Asian Youth Service Committee. Oakland, CA.
• Online Artist Mentor. TeachingArts.org. California Arts Council.
• 2001
• Instructor. Community Mural Painting. Mandela Arts, Oakland, CA.
• Instructor. Community Mural Painting. Underground Railroad, Oakland, CA. With support as grantee as lead artist from Third Wave Foundation.
• 2000
• Instructor. Community Mural Painting. CAAAV: Organizing Asian Communities and Youth Force. Bronx, NY. With support as lead artist from the National Endowment for the Arts Creative Links program.
• Instructor. Community Mural Painting. Fellowship for Reconcilliation. Bronx, NY.
• Workshop leader. Writing/drawing. Quietly Re-born project. Richmond, CA. With support from the California Council for the Humanities.
• 1999
• Workshop leader. “Banner Painting.” National Organizer’s Alliance Gathering, Asheville, NC.
• Instructor. Relief Printmaking. Roosevelt Village Center. Oakland, CA.
• 1998–2000   Teacher’s Assistant to Juana Alicia Montoya. East Bay Institute for Urban Arts, Oakland, CA.
• 1998–1999   Art Education Assistant. Richmond Art Center, Richmond, CA.

lectures & panels

• 2010
• Studio Visits. Students in CCA's MA in Curatorial Practice and BFA/interdisciplinary critique.
• 2009
• Guest Artist. 2-D taught by Sydney Cohen. CCA, Oakland, CA.
• Guest Artist. Youth Advisory Board. Southern Exposure, San Francisco, CA.
• Breathe Residency Studio Visits. Students included Leeds University MA program, Manchester University Curatorial and Museum Studies MA program, Manchester Metropolitan University MA program. Chinese Art Centre, Manchester, UK.
• Guest Artist. Plaited Fog Collective. Preston, Lancaster, UK.
• 2008
• Artist Talk. Studio art class taught by Jenifer K Wofford. University of San Francisco.
• Artist Talk with Jenifer K Wofford. Frey Norris Gallery. San Francisco, CA.
• Artist Talk. Sculpture. Helen Lee. CCA, Oakland, CA.
• Guest Critic. First-year Graduate Reviews. CCA, San Francisco, CA.
• 2007
• Guest Critic. First-year Graduate Reviews. CCA, San Francisco, CA.
• Artist Talk. Graduate seminar. Mario Ybarra Jr. / Karla Diaz. CCA, San Francisco, CA.
• 2006
• Guest Artist & Critic. Junior Tutorial. CCA, Oakland, CA.
• 2004
• Presenter & Panelist. “Art in Action.” Bioneers Conference, San Rafael, CA.
• 2002
• Artist Talk. “Empowerment through Expression: Chinese American Women in the Arts.” Chinese Historical Society of America, San Francisco.
• Artist Talk. Locus Community Arts, San Francisco.
• Speaker: “Stories from the Front: Popular Education Developing Leadership and Building Communities.” Second Southern Institute for Popular Education, Atlanta, GA.
• Panelist: “CRAFT Methodology.” National Community Builders Network National Conference, Los Angeles, CA. –

critical writing

• 2010
• Wong Yap, Christine. “Inventory.” ArtPractical.com. Issue 11. Mar. 25. Review of show by Miriam Böhm at Ratio 3.
• Wong Yap, Christine. “Jars Filmed Inside.” ArtPractical.com. Issue 16. Jun. 3. Review of show by Elaine Buckholtz at Triple Base Gallery.
• Wong Yap, Christine. “Black Glass.” Talking Cure Quarterly. Summer. Jun. 4. Review of show by Carina Baumann and Cliff Hengst at [2nd floor projects].
• 2009
• Wong Yap, Christine. "Primero La Caja." ArtPractical.com. Dec. 17. Review of show by Pablo Guardiola at Galería de la Raza.

selected publications

• 2010
• Jennifer Tilton. Dangerous or Endangered: Race and the Politics of Youth in Urban America. New York: New York University Press, 2010. Cover art.
• 2009
• Curreri, Amanda and Scollon, Erik, eds. Color&Color #0. New York / San Francisco, 2009. Image contributions.
• —. Involved, Socially. San Francisco: Triple Base Gallery/Michelle Blade, 2009. Publication featuring contributions by members of 5-person exhibition, with essays by Matthew Rana. Graphic Design: Mylinh Nguyen.
• Wazwaz, Maysoun, et. al.. Bellwether. San Francisco: Southern Exposure. Catalog for inaugural exhibition featuring 10 newly commissioned works, with "mirrorsblack" essay by Wazwaz, 44-47.
• 2008
• —. Activist Imagination. San Francisco: Kearny Street Workshop, 2008. Catalog for three-person exhibition, with essays by Kevin B. Chen and Samantha Chanse.
• 2005
• Knight, Keith, and Mat Schwarzman. Beginner’s Guide to Community-Based Arts. Oakland, CA: New Village Press. Art Direction & Graphic Design.
• Sudbury, Julia, ed. Global Lockdown: Race, Gender and the Prison-Industrial Complex. New York: Routledge, 2005. Cover art (in collaboration with Lucha).
• Walden, Miriam. How Did We Get Here? A Regional History of the Bay Area / ¿Cómo Llegamos Aquí? Una Historia Regional de la Bahía de San Francisco. Oakland, CA: Urban Habitat. Comic book illustration.
• Wong Yap, Christine. Hyphen Magazine. Issue 7, Fall. Reproduction of a painting.
• 2004
• Cho, Eunice, et al. Building a Race and Immigration Dialogue in the Global Economy. Oakland, CA: National Network of Immigrant and Refugee Rights. Cover illustration.
• Wong, Christine. “Come on Down [Expect Stereotypes as South Asians Make U.S. Film, TV Debuts].” Oakland Tribune & KALW 91.7, 2 February. Public Radio Exchange piece profile.
• Zimmerman, Kristen. Making Space, Making Change: Profiles of Youth-Led and Youth-Driven Organizations. Oakland, CA: Movement Strategy Center. Cover illustration.
• 2002
• Walden, Miriam. Our Money, Our Future. Oakland, CA: Just Economics and Los Angeles Alliance for a New Economy, 2002. Comic book illustration.
• Wong, Christine. “An ABC Comes Home: An Ancestral Pilgrimage to Guangdong, China.” Pacific News Service, 19 November 2001. San Francisco Chronicle, 13 January.
• Wong, Christine. “Forget Cinderella [Bride Laments Mother’s Gown].” Pacific News Service and KALW 91.7, 3 April. Public Radio Exchange piece profile.

• 2001
• Wong, Christine. Quietly reBorn: A Literary Journal by Iu Mienh American Youth. San Francisco: Pacific News Service.
• 1998
• Wong, Christine. “Listen: Art and Controversy in Oakland.” YO! Youth Outlook! Magazine, 19 March.

downloads

CV [PDF, 229 kb]

Artist's packet with statement, CV, bio and selected press clips) [PDF, 8.6 MB]