EDUCATION
2002 University of Illinois at Chicago, Master of Fine Arts in Photography
1996 University of Chicago, Bachelor of Arts in Chemistry
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2025 Mother Photography, Hair+Nails Gallery, New York, NY
2024 Character Space, Light Work, Syracuse, NY
(curated by Whitney Hubbs, Associate Director, Light Work [catalogue])
2023 Mouth-Space, Hair+Nails Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
2021 Alternations, Threshold Arts, Rochester, MN
2020 Interpolation, Hair+Nails Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
2020 Sight Lines, Rochester Art Center, Rochester, MN
2017 Not Now, Not Here, Covert Operations Gallery, via Instagram @covert_operations_gallery
2016 A Room of Her Own, 106 Green, Brooklyn, NY
2011 Space is Dying, Proof Gallery, South Boston, MA
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2025 A Shell of the Sea of the Past, Klaus von Nichtssagend Gallery, New York, NY
2025 Leaves, Machines, and Color Usurped, Hair+Nails Gallery, New York, NY
2024 Tiptoeing Through the Kitchen, Recent Photography, Luhring Augustine Chelsea, New York, NY
2024 Folds (curated by Laura Larson & Suzanne Silver), Project:ARTspace, New York, NY
2022 Surface Tension, Bethel University, St. Paul, MN
2022 Wheel of Life, Hyde Part Art Center, Chicago, IL
2021 Color Shape Form Body, Marinaro Gallery, New York, NY
2021 MCAD-Jerome Fellowship Exhibition, Minneapolis College of Art and Design (MCAD) Gallery, MN
2021 RIGHT NOW, Hair+Nails Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
2020 FUTURE FUTURE, Hair+Nails Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
2017 August Sun (curated by Ridley Howard), Dodd School of Art, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia
2016 Lost Cause (curated by Alex Paik), TSA Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2016 Formulations (curated by Owen Houhoulis), Sculpture Space, Queens, NY
2016 NADA New York Art Fair, Organized by 106 Green Gallery, New York, NY
2015 Around Flat (curated by William Staples), Knockdown Center, Queens, NY
2015 Bronx Calling: The Third AIM Biennial, The Bronx Museum of the Arts, Bronx, NY
2014 The A.I.R. Gallery 11th Biennial (curated by Nancy Princenthal), A.I.R. Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2010 Irrelevant: Local Emerging Asian Artists Who Don’t Make Work About Being Asian, Arario Gallery, NYC
2009 El Globo de Juan #2, Estaleiro Cultural Velha-a-Branca, Braga, Portugal
AWARDS AND RESIDENCIES
2025 Minnesota State Arts Board Creative Support for Individuals Grant
2024 The First Ten, a program supporting artist mothers
2024 McKnight Visual Artist Fellowship
2023 Minnesota State Arts Board Creative Support for Individuals Grant
2022 Minnesota State Arts Board Creative Support for Individuals Grant
2020 Minnesota State Arts Board Artist Initiative Grant
2019/2020 MCAD-Jerome Foundation Fellowship
2019 Southeastern Minnesota Arts Council Advancing Artist Grant
2015 Artist in the Marketplace, The Bronx Museum of the Arts
2009 Smack Mellon Hot Picks Artist
PUBLIC ART COMMISSIONS
2020-2024 Public Art Integration Project (Punctuated Asymptote) for Discovery Walk, commissioned by the City of Rochester & Destination Medical Center, Rochester, MN
2022-present Art Design Project for the LINK Rapid Transit System (in collaboration with Matthew Winkler and Cole Nfonoyim-Hara), commissioned by the City of Rochester, Rochester, MN
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Gabriel H. Sanchez, “Tiptoeing Through The Kitchen, Recent Photography|Luhring Augustine,” ARTFORUM, September 2024, Vol. 63, No.1
Aundréa Verdi, “Tiptoeing Through The Kitchen, Recent Photography|Luhring Augustine,” MUSÉE, May 16, 2024
Minh Le, “Silence sizzles in ‘Tiptoeing Through the Kitchen’, Luhring Augustine’s latest group show,” DOCUMENT, May 15, 2024
Contact Sheet 224: Sophia Chai, Exhibition Catalogue, Light Work, Syracuse, NY, 2024
Lex Thompson, “Photography is all we need - photography is never enough, ” exhibition essay for Surface Tension, Bethel University, St. Paul, MN, 2022
2019/2020 Jerome Fellowship Exhibition, Catalogue (essays by Christina Chang), Minneapolis, MN 2021
Hair+Nails Magazine #22 (essays by Brooks Turner, Arwen Wilder, and Sheila Dickinson), 2020
Ryan Fontaine, “On Sight Lines at Rochester Art Center,” TEMP/Reviews, 2020
Ryan Steadman, Highlights from NADA New York, Observer (online), May 7, 2016
Bronx Calling, The Third AIM Biennial at the Bronx Museum of the Arts, Catalogue
Canteen, Issue 9, Featured Artist, 2015
PUBLICATIONS AS AUTHOR
“Kelly Nipper at David Petersen,” TEMP/Reviews, 2024
“On Punctuated Asymptote: Empathy as an Empowering Force,” _SCAPE Journal, Aus Perez and Colin Thomasgard, eds. published by the American Society of Landscape Architects - Minnesota Chapter (ASLA-MN), Issue 1, 2023. 24-26
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2025 Adjunct Faculty (Graduate Critique Seminar I), Minneapolis College of Art and Design, MN
2022 - 2024 MFA Mentor, Minneapolis College of Art and Design, Minneapolis, MN
2024 Guest Artist, Art in Public Spaces, Metro State University, St. Paul, MN
2022 MFA Guest Critic, University of Minnesota
2021 Adjunct Faculty (Visual Foundation I and Art Appreciation), St. Mary’s University, Winona, MN
LECTURES
2024 Artist Lecture, Watson Theater, Light Work, Syracuse, NY, Apr 4.
2024 Artist Talk for Mayo Medical Students as part of the “Looking at Art: A Way into Seeing Patients and Self” selective, Jan 30.
2022 Artist Talk for Mayo Medical Students as part of the “Looking at Art” selective, Dec 6.
2022 Artist Talk, Anderson Center at Tower View, Red Wing, MN, Aug 13.
2022 Artist talk, Bethel University, St. Paul, MN, Oct 27.
2021 Panelist (moderated by Christina Chang), Jerome Fellowship Exhibition, online, Feb 24.
2020 Artist talk for Mayo Medical Students, “To see is to forget the name of the thing one sees,” Oct 23.
2020 Artist Talk for Mayo Medical Students as part of the “Looking at Art” selective, May 5.
2020 Artist talk, Uncovering studio practice, Rochester Art Center, MN, Feb 15.
2019 Vail Visiting Artist Talk, Denison University, Granville, OH, Oct 9.
2016 Artist talk, Museum of Chinese in America, New York, NY, Jul 5.
2016 Panelist, Process & Progress (moderated by John Ros), Trestle Projects, Brooklyn, NY, Jan 30.
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
The Microsoft Art Collection
Light Work Collection
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
Board Member, SEMAC (Southeastern Minnesota Arts Council), 2024-present
Core member of AN/OTHER NY, a collective of artists, writers, and curators that advocate for Asians and Asian Americans in the arts, 2015-2018
GALLERY AFFILIATION
Hair+Nails Gallery, Minneapolis, MN