Ming Fay
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Born in Shanghai, China
Columbus College of Art & Design, Columbus, Ohio - Diploma
Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, Missouri - B.F.A.
University of California, Santa Barbara, California - M.F.A.
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2011 "Full Circle" Butters Gallery, Portland,OR
2010 “Ming Fay” Lesley Heller Workspace, NYC
2010 “Out of Jungle” Gallery 456, New York City
2008 “Ming Fay” Eight Modern Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico
2008 “Ming Fay” Lesley Heller Gallery, New York City (2 Person Exhibition)
2007 “Floating Reeds” MOCA Shanghai, Shanghai, China*
2006 “Silent Exile” (2 Person Exhibition) Two Times Thirteen Gallery, New York City
2006 “Monkey Pots New Species from Ming Fays Lab” Butters Gallery, Portland, Oregon
2005 “Ramapo Garden of Desire” Kresge Gallery, Ramapo College, Mahwah, NJ*
2004 “Ming Fay – From Concept to Reality” Cuchifritos, New York City
2004 "Money Tree & Monkey Pots" Montalvo Gallery, Saratoga, Ca
2003 "Floating Botanica" Copia, Napa, California
2002 “Hidden Seed Garden” Alisan Fine Arts, Hong Kong*
2000 "Qian and Bao" Butters Gallery, Portland, Oregon
1998 "Garden of Qian" Whitney Museum at Phillip Morris, New York City*
1997 "Lings" Bulova Corporate Center of the Queens Museum of Art, Queens, New York
1997 "Earthly Delights" Stone Quarry Hill Art Park, Cazenovia, New York
1996 "Veins of the Spiral" Kim Foster Gallery, New York City
1996 "Feast for the Eyes" Kohler Art Center, Sheboygan, Wisconsin*
1996 "Mid-nite Porridge" Broadway Windows, NYC
1994 "Matter into Spirit" Kim Foster Gallery, New York City*
1994 "Extended Curves" Butters Gallery, Portland, Oregon*
1994 "From the Garden" Alisan Fine Arts Ltd. Hong Kong*
1993 "Existential Attainment" Lungmen Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan*
1991 "Images from Beyond" Butters Gallery, Portland, Oregon
1991 "Nature Reborn: From Archaeology to Science Fiction" Exit Art, New York City
1990 "Objects from Nature" Chinese American Arts Council, New York City
Selected Recent Group Exhibitions
2011 Abrazo Interno Gallery,ClementeSoto Velez Cultural Center, NYC "Boom Box"
2010 Hillwood Art Museum, Long Island University, Brookville, NY “Connetion:Nature”
2009 Museum of Chinese in America, NYC “Here and Now”*
2009 China Square Gallery,NYC “Unbound”
2008 Hong Kong Museum of Art, Hong Kong, China “New Ink Art: Innovation and Beyond”*
2008 National Academy Museum, NYC “The 183th Annual”*
2008 Crossing Art, Flushing, NY “Back to the Garden”*
2007 Nathan Cumming Foundation, NYC "Keep the Change"
2007 Lesley Heller Gallery, NYC "Town & Country"
2006 He Xiangning Museum, Shenzhen, China “5th Int’l Ink Biennial of Shenzhen”*
2006 Wave Hill, Bronx, NY : “Transplant Transculture”*
2005 UBS Gallery, NYC: Along the Way: “MTA Art for Transit”*
2005 Laumeier Sculpture Park, St.Louis, MO: “Material Terrain” (Traveling Exhibition)*
2004 International Artist Museum, Lodz, Poland: "Lodz Biennale"*
2004 Zimmerli Museum, New Brunswick, NJ "Crosscurrents in the Mainstream"*
2004 Kohler Art Center, Sheboygan, WI "Metamorphosis"
2003 Katonah Museum of Art, NY " Food Matters"
2002 The Rotunda Gallery, Brooklyn, NY "To Scale"
2001 Contemporary Art Center of Virginia, Virginia Beach, Va " All Terrain"*
2000 Exit Art, NYC "The End"
1999 Atlanta Collegeof Art, Atlanta, GE. " As far as the eye can see"*
1997 Neuberger Museum of Art, Purchase, NY:"1997 Biennial Exhibition of Public Art"
1995 Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington D.C. "Elusive Source"
*Catalog
MING FAY
Recent Public Art Awards
2009 City of Chicago, O’hara International Airport, Terminal 2
2004 Redevelopment Authority of Philadelphia, Tivoli Townhouse, Philadelphia, PA
2003 Dept. of Transportation & Public Works, Yauco, Puerto Rico
2002 Oregon Convention Center, Portland, Oregon
1999 MTA, Delancey/Essex Streets Station, NYC
1999 Economic Development Corp of NY, Flushing Queens
1998 GSA, US Court House, Seattle, Washington
1998 Percent for Art, Staten Island Ferry Terminal, NYC
Selected Reviews
OregonLive.com,"Ming Fay comes 'Full Circle 'at Butters " Bob Hicks, August 2011
Sculpture Magazine, Review, "New York, Ming Fay, 456 Gallery", Jonathan Goodman, November 2010
World Sculpture News, "Sculpture in New York-The Problem of Content", Robert Morgan Summer 2010
Santa Fe/North Journal(NM) “The Ways of Nature” Kim Russo, September 5. 2008
Art in America, Review of Exhibitions: New York, “Ming Fay and Chihung Yang at 2x13”, Jonathan Goodman, May, 2007
All Art Magazine (China)”A Wonderful “Garden” from FeiMingjie” Wong Leong, March,2007
The New York Times(NJ)”The Hanging Gardens of Unearthly Delights”Benjamin Genocchio,April 17,2005
Star-Ledger (NJ) “Sculptor’s giant ‘Garden of Desire’” Dan Bischoff, April8,2005
The New York Times(NJ)”Mixing Colors, Blending Cultures” Benjamin Genocchio, April 18, 2004
Sculpture Magazine, "A Decorative Reading of Nature: Ming Fay" Jonathan Goodman, September, 2003
South China Morning Post (HK) “Seeds of Truth” Denise Simmons, January11, 2002
The New York Times (NY) "Garden of Qian by Ming Fay" Grace Glueck, February 27,1998
The New York Times (NY) "Hudson Valley Conversations" Roberta Smith, July 18, 1997
The New York Times (NY)"In New Jersey, Evolution in Retrospectives" Michael Kimmelman, July 18, 1997
The Star Ledger (NJ) "Three by five: Contemporary Sculpture" Dan Bischoff, June 20, 1997
The Philadelphia Inquirer, (PA) "Painter Bride" Edward J. Sozanski, October 14, 1994
Williamette Week, (Portland, OR) "Full Circle" Ted Sawyer, June 29, 1994
The Washington Post, (DC) "In the Spirit of Nature" Mary McCoy, June 25, 1994
The Standard (HK) "Ming sees fruits of his labour" Josie Brenan, Jan. 5,1994
South China Morning Post, (HK) " Ming's Fertile Garden" Margaret Sheridan, Jan.5, 1994
The Oregonian, (Portland) " Art's Herbal Essence" Randy Gragg, November 15,1991
The New York Times, (WC) "With Paper as a Starting Point" Vivien Raynor, September 15, 1991
The New York Times, (NY) "Ming Fay" Michael Brenson, February 15, 1991
The Star-Ledger, (NJ) "Food Inspires Delectable Exhibit" Eileen Watkins, November 16, 1990
The New York Times, (NJ) "Food Made Larger than Life" William Zimmer, October 28, 1990
The New York Times, (NY) "Ming Fay" Michael Brenson, February 23, 1990
Selected Catalogue Essays
“GSA Art in Architecture Selected Art Works, Washington DC 2008: Intro: Eleanor Heartney
“New Ink Art”Hong Kong Museum of Art, Hong Kong, PRC 2008; Essay: Laurance Tam, Alice King
“Ming Fay/Jungle Tango” Eight Modern Gallery, Sant Fe, NM 2008; Essay: Margo Machida
“Floating Reeds” MOCA Shanghai, China 2007; Essay: Victoria Lu, Martina Koppel-Yang
“Transplanted” Kean University, NJ 2006; Essay: Zhijian Qian
“Ramapo Garden of Desire” Ramapo College, NJ. 2005;Essay:Eugenie Tsai, David Shapiro
“Material Terrain” International Arts and Artists,Washington DC 2005;Essay:Carla Hanal, Glenn Harper
"Money Tree & Monkey Pots" Montalvo, Ca.2004; Essay: Michelle Rowe-shields
"Food Matters" Katonah Museum of Art, NY 2003: Essay: Sarah Tanguy
“Hidden Seed Garden” Alison Fine Art, Hong Kong 2002 ;Essay: Arlene Raven
"From Rags to Riches: 25 years of paper Art from Dieu Donne Papermill" 2001; Essay: Donna Stein
"All Terrain” Contemporary Art Center of Virginia,Virginia Beach,Va 2001; Essay:Carla Hanzal
"Environmentally Concerned” Nathan Cummings Foundation, NYC 2000: Essay: Karen Jones
"Garden of Qian"Whitney Museum at Philip Morris NYC 1998; Introduction:Eugenie Tsai, Essay: John Yau
"Ming Fay" Queens Museum of Art at Bulova, Queens, NY 1997; Introduction: William Valerio
"Ming Fay: A Feast for the Eyes" Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan WI. 1996; Essay: Faye Hirsch
"Mutations of Ink and Paper" Taipei Gallery, NYC 1996; Essay: Wucius Wong
“Matter into Spirit” Kim Foster Gallery, NYC 1994; Essay: Robert Morgan