Born 1978 in Hong Kong. Lives and works in Paris and New York City.


Education

2011 MFA, Studio Art, New York University Steinhardt School
2001 BFA, Interdisciplinary Major (photo, video, critical theory), San Francisco Art Institute


Exile Exhibitions

2012 Art Brussels (with Stuart Brisley)
2011 Like An Intruder, Exile


Select Exhibitions and Projects

2012
The Untouchables, Saamlung, Hong Kong
New Year's Resolution, Galerie Desaga, Cologne

2011
Why Did the Chicken Cross the Road? Original Jokes
About The Suburban and The Poor Farm by the Artists Who Have Exhibited There, Yale University School of Art Gallery, New Haven, CT
Trout Spots, Denniston Hill, Woodridge, NY
Perfectly Damaged, organized by Isaac Lyles, Derek Eller Gallery, NY
Two Fold, curated by Colleen Asper and Ethan Greenbaum, The Suburban, Oak Park, IL
MFA Thesis Exhibition, 80WSE Gallery, New York University, NY
Saint Lawrence Ice, curated by Ben Schumacher, Wolfe Island, Ontario, Canada

2010
Anti Horror Vacui, Rosenberg Gallery, New York University, NY (solo)
UCLA New Wight Biennial: Another Romance, curated by Laeh Glenn, Sanya Kantarovsky, and Rebecca Kolsrud, New Wight Gallery, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA
One and Three Quarters of an Inch, curated by Peter Clough, The Former Convent of St. Cecilia’s Parish, Brooklyn, NY
Parts and Labor, Soloway, Brooklyn, NY
1st Year MFA Exhibition: Never Odd or Even, The Commons Gallery, New York University, NY
The Atlas of Gifted Ideas, curated by Shaw Osha and Heide Hinrichs, Henry Art Gallery, University of Washington, Seattle

2008
Young Curators, New Ideas: Graphics Interchange Format, curated by Laurel Ptak, Bond Street Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
The Dulcet Clime of the Bedchamber, curated by Nicholas Weist, Goff+Rosenthal, Berlin, Germany
The Rainbow Goblins, curated by Darin Klein, Advocate & Gochis Galleries, Los Angeles, CA
The Beginnings, Why+Wherefore, curated by Summer Guthery, Lumi Tan and Nicholas Weist, whyandwherefore.com (online)
Artist’s Project, The Highlights, Sept 07 edition, curated by Lumi Tan, thehightlights.org (online)


Selected Curatorial Projects

2011
Leverage, a two-part exhibition, The Notary Public, New York and Workspace, Los Angeles
Hakka, The Notary Public, NY The Potential of Twist Ties Remains Elusive, Paper Monument Web Project, papermonument.com
Culturehall, Featured Issue 61, culturehall.org

2010
Windblown Jackie Anniversary Central Park Stroll, with reading by Wayne Koestenbaum, The Notary Public and Central Park, New York, NY S(l)umm(er)ing on Madison Avenue, The Notary Public, NY


Awards / Residencies

2011
Université Paris 1, Panthéon – Sorbonne Fellowship
May and Samuel Rudin Foundation Multimedia Technology Scholarship, New York University

2000
Osher Scholar Summer Study/Travel Grant to Hong Kong, San Francisco Art Institute
Osher Memorial Scholarship, San Francisco Art Institute


Selected Bibliography

2011
Jo-ey Tang, Le Précipice, Je Suis Une Bande Des Jeunes BlueZines series “Ghosts in the Lens”
ArtAsiaPacific Magazine, July/Aug 2011, p.49-50 "The Tangible Delivering the Intangible", curated by Matt Olson, Culturehall, Feature Issue 63

2010
"Young Curators To Watch", by T.J. Carlin, Time Out New York, Sept 30-Oct 6, 2010, p.45
Bruit de fond / Background Noise, publication by Je Suis Une Bande Des Jeunes

2007
Excerpts: Love Songs 1998-2004, (with Amelia Saul), Frozen Tears III, publication edited by John Russell

For further information on Jo-ey Tang please visit the artist's website: www.jo-eytang.com