Christopher Ho
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Christopher K. Ho is an artist and curator who lives and works in New York City. He graduated from Cornell University
in 1997 and Columbia University
with an M.Phil in 2003.
His work has been exhibited in noteworthy venues including MassMoCa, Dallas Contemporary
, Jamaica Center for the Arts , Queens Museum of Art
, and Socrates Sculpture Park
. He is represented by Winkleman Gallery in New York and EDS Galeria in Mexico City, Mexico.
Ho's conceptually oriented work is largely collaborative and site specific with regionalism
as a recurring subject. In 2010 he produced a ghost-written memoir taking on the persona of Hirsch E.P. Rothko, an anagram of the artist's name, to explore the subject of regionalism as applied to contemporary art
. The memoir accompanied his 2010 solo exhibition Regional Painting. His collaborative process is premised on the idea that collaboration is an inherent characteristic of almost all art. Collaborative projects include & Leisure (2007); DOUBLE (2005) as part of the d.u.m.b.o arts festival; Everything for Everyone at Once (2005) at Franconia Sculpture Park and Intercut (2003) at Socrates Sculpture Park.
In 2001, he co-curated " The Brewster Project", which displaced New York City
contemporary artists to Brewster, NY to create projects responding to a small town, using it as a gallery. He has also curated shows at the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, Jamaica Center for the Arts, and SCOPE Art Fair.
Reviews of his work have appeared in Art in America, Artforum, Art Review, The New York Times and Performance Art Journal. An interview with the artist was featured on BOMBLOG.
Ho has taught at Rhode Island School of Design
and Cranbrook Academy of Art as the (2010-2011) Critical Studies Teaching Fellow.
Cornell University
Cornell University is an Ivy League university located in Ithaca, New York, United States. It is a private land-grant university, receiving annual funding from the State of New York for certain educational missions...
in 1997 and Columbia University
Columbia University
Columbia University in the City of New York is a private, Ivy League university in Manhattan, New York City. Columbia is the oldest institution of higher learning in the state of New York, the fifth oldest in the United States, and one of the country's nine Colonial Colleges founded before the...
with an M.Phil in 2003.
His work has been exhibited in noteworthy venues including MassMoCa, Dallas Contemporary
The Dallas Contemporary
The Dallas Contemporary, founded in 1978, is situated on the edge of the city center of Dallas, the ninth largest city in the United States and fourth largest metropolitan area with Fort Worth...
, Jamaica Center for the Arts , Queens Museum of Art
Queens Museum of Art
The Queens Museum of Art is an art museum and educational center located in Flushing Meadows-Corona Park in the borough of Queens in New York City, United States.-Overview:...
, and Socrates Sculpture Park
Socrates Sculpture Park
Socrates Sculpture Park is an outdoor exhibition space for sculpture. It is located one block from the Noguchi Museum at the intersection of Broadway and Vernon Boulevard in the neighborhood of Long Island City, Queens, New York City...
. He is represented by Winkleman Gallery in New York and EDS Galeria in Mexico City, Mexico.
Ho's conceptually oriented work is largely collaborative and site specific with regionalism
Regionalism (art)
Regionalism is an American realist modern art movement that was popular during the 1930s. The artistic focus was from artists who shunned city life, and rapidly developing technological advances, to create scenes of rural life...
as a recurring subject. In 2010 he produced a ghost-written memoir taking on the persona of Hirsch E.P. Rothko, an anagram of the artist's name, to explore the subject of regionalism as applied to contemporary art
Contemporary art
Contemporary art can be defined variously as art produced at this present point in time or art produced since World War II. The definition of the word contemporary would support the first view, but museums of contemporary art commonly define their collections as consisting of art produced...
. The memoir accompanied his 2010 solo exhibition Regional Painting. His collaborative process is premised on the idea that collaboration is an inherent characteristic of almost all art. Collaborative projects include & Leisure (2007); DOUBLE (2005) as part of the d.u.m.b.o arts festival; Everything for Everyone at Once (2005) at Franconia Sculpture Park and Intercut (2003) at Socrates Sculpture Park.
In 2001, he co-curated " The Brewster Project", which displaced New York City
New York City
New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...
contemporary artists to Brewster, NY to create projects responding to a small town, using it as a gallery. He has also curated shows at the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, Jamaica Center for the Arts, and SCOPE Art Fair.
Reviews of his work have appeared in Art in America, Artforum, Art Review, The New York Times and Performance Art Journal. An interview with the artist was featured on BOMBLOG.
Ho has taught at Rhode Island School of Design
Rhode Island School of Design
Rhode Island School of Design is a fine arts and design college located in Providence, Rhode Island. It was founded in 1877. Located at the base of College Hill, the RISD campus is contiguous with the Brown University campus. The two institutions share social, academic, and community resources and...
and Cranbrook Academy of Art as the (2010-2011) Critical Studies Teaching Fellow.
Exhibitions
- 2011 Lesbian Mountains in Love Des Moines Art Center, Iowa
- 2010 Regional Painting Winkleman Gallery, New York
- 2009 Et in Arcadia Eco EDS Galeria, Mexico City, Mexico
- 2009 Incheon Biennale Incheon, Korea
- 2008 Happy Birthday Winkleman Gallery, New York
- 2008 Busan Biennial APEC Naru Park, Busan, Korea
- 2007 Ceci n'est pas... Sara Meltzer Gallery, New York