Ian Cheng
Born 1984, Los Angeles
Lives and works in New York
co-director Badlands Unlimited
http://badlandsunlimited.com
EDUCATION
2009 MFA Visual Arts, Columbia University, New York NY.
2006 BA Cognitive Science, BA Art Practice, UC Berkeley, Berkeley CA.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2013
ENTROPY WRANGLER, Off Vendome, Dusseldorf, Germany.
2013
TOO HUMANS ALL TOO HUMANS, The Vanity, Los Angeles, CA.
2011
This Papaya Tastes Perfect, Formalist Sidewalk Poetry Club, Miami Beach, FL.
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2013 Lyon Biennial, curated by Gunnar Kvaran, Lyon, France. (forthcoming)
2013
ProBio, curated by Josh Kline, Expo 1, MoMA PS1, New York.
2013
HMV, curated by Alexander Shulan, Foxy Production, New York.
2013
EIN HAMMER AUF DEN KOPF KANN DIE SEELE VERLETZEN, Volker Bradtke, Dusseldorf, Germany.
2012
A Disagreeable Object, curated by Ruba Katrib, Sculpture Center, New York, NY.
2012
A Programming Language, organized by Kari Rittenbach, Primary Work Surface, London.
2012
Group Show, West Street Gallery, New York NY.
2012
How To Download a Boyfriend, curated by Badlands Unlimited, Apple iTunes.
2012
POST MoDERN, curated by Clayton Deutsch, Fredric Snitzer Gallery, Miami FL.
2012
You Told Me The Other Night, West Street Gallery, New York NY.
2011
December: Organized by Howie Chen, Mitchell-Innes and Nash, New York NY.
2009
Columbia University MFA Thesis Show, Fisher Landau Center for Arts, New York NY.
COMMISSIONS
2013
3D Models looking for work, DIS Magazine, with Preston Chaunsumlit
2012
Liars "Brats" music video
SCREENINGS
2012 BUG, British Film Institute, Southbank, London.
RELEASES
2013
DIS IMAGES -- 3D Models, unique face and animate expressions of young models captured in 3D for use in 3D animated projects, published by DIS
2012
TPTP TONES, custom iPhone ringtone set, published by SIM (Stephan Tanbin Sastrawidjaja, Natasha Isaacs and Petros Moris)
2012
This Papaya Tastes Perfect, limited edition catalog, published by Formalist Sidewalk Poetry Club.
2012
Forest Hills Literary Journal, April edition.
2011 Spring Break, published by Badlands Unlimited.
AWARDS
2012 Rema Hort Mann Foundation, Visual Arts Grantee
2008 Ninah and Michael Lynne Fellowship
2006 Eisner Award for Film and Video, Berkeley Pacific Film Archive
2005 Townsend Center Fellowship for Art and Science, UC Berkeley
PRESS
2013 Creators Project
Interview
2013 Frieze Magazine
Interview with Kari Rittenbach
2013 GalleristNY
HMV at Foxy Production
2012 Mousse Magazine
Dec2012 Interview with Ruba Katrib
2012 Modern Painters
Dec2012 Artists To Watch
2012 Walker Art + Latitudes
Interview with Badlands Unlimited
2012 Dazed Digital
http://www.dazeddigital.com/artsandculture/article/14856/1/liars-selects-ian-cheng
2012 Luke Egan NYPOP
http://nypop-art.tumblr.com/post/33598613515/andro-wekua-and-ian-cheng
2012 John Haber
http://www.haberarts.com/2012/11/agree-to-disagree/
2012 ArtInfo
http://blogs.artinfo.com/modernpaintersdaily/2012/09/17/a-disagreeable-object/
2012 A.E. Benenson @ Rhizome
http://rhizome.org/editorial/2012/aug/14/i-iv-alex-benenson/
2012 GalleristNY
http://galleristny.com/2012/07/badlands-director-ian-cheng-makes-liars-video/
2012 CartoonBrew
http://www.cartoonbrew.com/music-videos/brats-by-ian-cheng-67255.html
2012 Rhizome
http://rhizome.org/editorial/2012/jun/18/new-e-books/
2012 Brooklyn Rail
http://brooklynrail.org/2012/02/artseen/december-organized-by-howie-chen
2011 Art Fag City
http://www.artfagcity.com/2011/12/16/five-shows/
2011 CartoonBrew
http://www.cartoonbrew.com/cgi/this-papaya-tastes-perfect-by-ian-cheng.html
2011 Triangulation Blog
http://www.triangulationblog.com/2011/09/this-papaya-tastes-perfect-by-ian-cheng.html
2011 Animated Review
http://animated-review.blogspot.com/2011/09/ian-cheng-this-papaya-tastes-perfect.html
OTHER PRESS
2013
Dossier - Disimages
2013
Rhizome - Disimages
2013
Hyperallergic - Disimages
2013
Opening Ceremony - Disimages
2013
New Yorker - Disimages
2012
Pitchfork - "Brats" video
2012
The Creators Project - "Brats" video
2012
Mess and Noise - "Brats" video
2012
Animated Review - "Brats" video
2012
Telescope - "Brats" video
2012
Transparent Cities - "Brats" video
2012
Redefine Magazine - "Brats" video
2012
Indie Shuffle - "Brats" video
2012
Under the Radar - "Brats" video
2012
Stereogum - "Brats" video
2012
Consequence of Sound - "Brats" video
2012
Prefix - "Brats" video
2012
Exclaim - "Brats" video
2012
We Wore Masks - "Brats" video