Selected Group Exhibitions


2009
AMERICAURA, Centre Cultural, Brussels, Belgium
2009 WINTER RESIDENT ARTISTS, McColl Center for Visual Art, Charlotte, NC
FANTASTIC WORLDS, Elisa Tucci Contemporary Art, Riverdale, NY
2008
MIDNIGHT FULL OF STARS, Visual Arts Center of New Jersey, Summit, NJ
ON FAITH: SAVIORS, PROPHETS, AND MAGIC, Rhonda Schaller Gallery, New York, NY
AMERICAURA, National Library of Cameroon, Yaounde, Cameroon
ACROSS THE DIVIDE, Pei Ling Chang Gallery of Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, GA
FACING EAST/FACING WEST, Martin Art Gallery, Muhlenberg College, Allentown, PA
SUMMER ROTATION, Amy Simon FIne Art, Westport, CT
2007
AMERICAURA, Augusta Savage Gallery, University of Massachusetts at Amherst, Amherst, MA
2006
CONTEMPORARY CHINESE VISIONS, Amy Simon Fine Arts, Westport, CT
WATERFALL, Mahan Gallery, Columbus, OH
ART BAR ARTISTS 2006-07, Ithaca Fine Chocolates Gallery, Ithaca, NY
SUMMER SHOW II, Amy Simon Fine Arts, Westport, CT
SIMULTANEOUS REALITIES, Washington and Jefferson College, Olin Fine Arts Center Gallery, Washington, PA
ACROSS THE DIVIDE, Reed Whipple Cultural Center Gallery, Las Vegas, NV
2nd NATURE, Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art, State University of New York at New Paltz, NY
2005
BRAVE NEW WORLDS, Dorsky Gallery Curatorial Program, L.I.C., NY (catalog)
WAX: Encaustic Techniques in Contemporary Art, The Brush Art Gallery, Lowell, MA
THE OBSESSIVE SURFACE, Tower Fine Arts Gallery, State University of New York at
Brockport, Brockport, NY
IN THE ROUND, The John Slade Ely House, New Haven, CT
POSTCARDS FROM THE EDGE, Robert Miller Gallery, New York, NY
2004
ABSTRACT, Concepto Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
ALCYONE, Pleiades Gallery, New York, NY
TALKING HANDS, A.I.R. Gallery, New York, NY
2003
ACCUMULATIVE EFFORTS, Phoenix Gallery, New York, NY
VARIATIONS AND THEMES, Pace University Gallery, Pleasantville, NY
2002
CENTERING:  ANCIENT AND CONTEMPORARY EXPRESSIONS OF SACRED ART, Sonoma Museum of Visual Art, Santa Rosa, CA
RUFFLED FEATHERS, Puffin Room Gallery, New York, NY
POSTCARDS FROM THE EDGE, Sperone Westwater Gallery, New York, NY
ART AT STEEPLETOP, Millay Colony for the Arts, Austerlitz, NY
2001
OVER AND OVER:  PATTERNS AND LAYERS, Marist College Art Gallery, Poughkeepsie, NY
DREAMING:  PROPHESIES, SPECULATIONS, AND GOOD GUESSES, Augusta Savage Gallery, University of Massachusetts Amherst
2000
SMALL PLEASURES IN IDLENESS, Gallery 456, New York, NY
OPEN YOUR ART & SOUL, Art & Soul Gallery, Boulder, CO
SITE [curated by Ross Bleckner], an on-line exhibition hosted by GUILD.COM
NOTIONS OF BEAUTY, Upstate Art/Nita Friedman Gallery, Phoenicia, NY
1999
EAT ART, Steinbaum Krauss Gallery, New York, NY
A PRISMATIC MIRROR, Phoenix Gallery, New York, NY, (catalog)
PONDSIDE PRESS RETROSPECTIVE, Lorraine Kessler Gallery, Poughkeepsie, NY
THE SENSE OF TOUCH REVISITED, Western Wyoming College, Rock Springs, WY
POSTCARDS FROM THE EDGE, Alexander and Bonin Gallery, New York, NY
1998
10.15.98 [curated by Norma Cohen], New World Art Center, New York, New York (catalog)
THE ART OF GETTING TOGETHER, Laurie Seeman Gallery, West Nyack, NY
STONY BROOK SELECTIONS FROM COAST TO COAST [curated by Marysol Nieves]
The Bronx Museum of the Arts], Stony Brook Union Gallery, State University of New York at Stony Brook, NY
1997
PARALLEL UNIVERSES [curated by Amy Cheng], Eighth Floor Gallery, New York, NY
1997 ART EXCHANGE, Penny Liebman Contemporary Art, New York, NY
OBSERVATIONS,Kendall Art and Design, Hudson, NY
THE SENSE OF TOUCH, Ceres Gallery, NY, NY
1996
REPETITION COMPULSION [curated by Amy Cheng], Eighth Floor Gallery, New York, NY
SPIRIT, DREAM AND FORM, Reggio Gallery, New York, NY
1994
SUMMER SHOW, Cooper-Seeman Gallery, New York, NY
TREASON OF IMAGES, Warren Street Gallery, Hudson, NY
ART IN EMBASSIES PROGRAM, Oslo, Norway
1992
BEAUTY, NOW YOU SEE IT, Colorstone Gallery, New York, NY
1992
PRESSWORK:  THE ART OF WOMEN PRINTMAKERS, The National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, D.C.; traveling to:  Atlanta College of Art, Woodruff Arts Center. Atlanta, GA; Elvehjem Museum of Art, Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
1991
CLOSE SCRUTINY, Art in General, New York, NY
THE FIRST DECADE, Hunter College Art Gallery, New York, NY, (catalog)
INTERNATIONAL ART EXHIBITION 91, International Art Fair, Kanazawa College of Art, Kanazawa, Japan, (catalogue)
1990
RADIANT FRUIT:  ICONIC STILL LIFE, Trabia Gallery, New York, NY
ON WOOD, Richard Iri Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
FOOD: FROM PLEASURE TO POLITICS, Goddard-Riverside Center, New York, NY
WOMEN’S CAUCUS FOR THE ARTS 1990 PROJECT, Krasdale Art Gallery, The Bronx, NY
1989
PAST TENSE:  CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN LANDSCAPISTS LOOK BACKWARD, Wilson Art Center, Rochester, NY, (reviewed)
REFLECTIONS, Asian Arts Institute, New York, NY, (catalog)
VITAL SIGNS, Henry Street Settlement, NY, NY
1987
SINGULAR VISIONS, Art in General, New York, NY, (reviewed)
11 PAINTERS, Parker/Smalley Gallery, New York, NY
1986
HARVEST, Tradition Three Thousand Gallery, New York, NY
1985
REPRESENTATION, ABSTRACTION AND THE SPACE BETWEEN, Hamilton College, Clinton, NY
TEN IN CHINATOWN, Asian Arts Institute, New York, NY
1984
PAINTINGS BY YOUNG NEW YORK ARTISTS, Hickory Museum, Hickory, NC
TOMIE ARAI/AMY CHENG, The Basement Workshop, New York, NY
TEN DOWNTOWN, La Mama, New York, NY
1983
PAINTINGS BY YOUNG NEW YORK ARTISTS, Farthing Gallery of Art, Appalachian State Univ., Boone, NC, (reviewed)

Awards, Fellowships, Grants

2008
Fulbright Senior Lecture/Research grant to Brazil, "Sourcing Brazilian Folk and Decorative Art" and
Visitng Professor in the Graduate Painting Program at São Paulo University
2007
The Guild “The Art of Inspiration” Print Competition winner, David Ross, Juror
2005
Contemplative Practice Fellowship sponsored by the Center for Contemplative Mind in Society
1999
Dr. Nuala McGann Drescher Affirmative Action Leave Program/SUNY New Paltz
1996
New York Foundation for the Arts, Painting Fellowship
1995
Dutchess County Arts Council, Individual Artists Fellowship
1994
Arts International, Travel grant to China
1990
New York Foundation for the Arts, Painting Fellowship
1978
Ford Foundation, Painting Fellowship

Artist Residencies

2009
McColl Center for the Visual Arts, Charlotte, NC, Artist-in-Residence (winter term)
2009
Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, Amherst, VA
2009
Ragdale Foundation, Lake Forest, IL
2007
Ragdale Foundation, Lake Forest, IL
2007
Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, Amherst, VA
2006
Ragdale Foundation, Lake Forest, IL
2006
Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, Amherst, VA
2005
Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT
1999
Fundacion Valparaiso, Mojacar, Spain
1997
The Millay Colony, Austerlitz, NY
1992
MacDowell Colony, Peterborough, NH
1990
Yaddo Corporation, Saratoga Springs, NY
1989
MacDowell Colony, Peterborough, NH

Teaching Experience

1997 to present
State University of New York, New Paltz, NY, Art Department, Professor
Fall 2009
University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil, Graduate Painting Program, Visiting Senior Fulbright Professor , taught "The Creative Process."
Spring 2004
Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY, co-teach interdisciplinary course titled “The Creative Process” with Patricia Wallace, Vassar English Dept. professor, under the auspices of the Carolyn Grant Foundation
1990-97
Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY, Art Department, Assistant Professor
1994
Vermont College, Montpelier, VT, MFA in Visual Arts Program, Artist Advisor
1989-90
Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, Visual Arts Program, Lecturer
1985-86
Hunter College, City University of New York, NY, Art Department, Lecturer

Published Articles

Women Can Be Funny Now, NY ARTS, No. 10 (May 1997).
Would You Mind Repeating That Again?, NYSOHO Arts Magazine, No. 3 (October 1996).

Panels

2004
New York City Department of Cultural Affairs Percent for Art Program juror for Department of
Transportation project located in the Sunrise section of Queens, New York
WNYE-TV appearance representing Asian American Women Artists Alliance.
2003
Pennsylvania Council on the Arts and Maryland State Arts Council Painting Fellowship jury.
Panel hosted by the Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation, Baltimore, MD
2002
The Millay Art Colony, Austerlitz, NY, juror for residency applicants
2000
Conversation hosted by The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, led by Carol Becker and Michael Brenson, funded by The Rockefeller Foundation, to discuss the establishing of a center for the study of art and artists in society.
1999 - 2006
Member, Millay Council, Millay Colony for the Arts, Austerlitz, NY
1999
Ooh Ahh... Oh!, Arts Now 1999, co-director of art conference sponsored by the The School
of Fine and Performing Arts, State University of New York at New Paltz on the topic of art and audience
1997 - 1999
Working Group on the Arts and Humanities, Institute for Innovation in Social Policy, Fordham Graduate Center, sponsored by the Rockefeller Foundation
1998
Key Word Conference organized by Michael Brenson, sponsored by the Rockefeller Foundation Working Group on Social Indicators Conference, sponsored by the Ford Foundation
1997
The Millay Colony, Austerlitz, NY, painting and works on paper juror
1989
Subject Into Object: Rethinking Still Life, panel discussion, Rosa Esman Gallery, NY, NY

Lectures

2009
University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil, Visiting Professor, Graduate Painting Program, Artist Lecture
2007
State University of New York at Brockport, Juror/Visiting Artist Lecture
2005
Drew University, Semester in New York Program, Visiting Artist Lecture
2004
Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI, Visiting Artist
Pace University, New York, New York, Art Department, Visiting Artist Lecture
2000
Pace University, Pleasantville, New York, Art Department, Visiting Artist Lecture
1998
Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY, Keynote Speaker, Asian Quilt Magazine exhibition, sponsored by the American Studies Program
1997
Franklin & Marshall College, Lancaster, PA (in conjunction with the exhibition Glimpses of Everyday Bliss: Paintings by Amy Cheng
Hampshire College, Amherst, MA, Art Department
Fairfield University, Fairfield, CT, Dept. of Visual and Performing Arts
1996
State University of New York, New Paltz, NY (sponsored by the Artists and Audiences Program, New York Foundation for the Arts)
1995
Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY, American Studies Program (sponsored by the Ford Foundation), Double Vision: Reconciling a Western Art Education with a Chinese Visual Aesthetics

Selected Bibliography

Heartney, Eleanor and Marvin Heiferman, CITY ART: NEW YORK'S PERCENT FOR ART
PROGRAM, MERRELL PUBLISHERS, 2005.
Jenoure, Terry and Anne LaPrade Seuthe, AMERICAURA, International Music and Art Foundation in cooperation with the University of Massachusetts Amherst Fine Arts Center, 2007.
OBJECT LESSONS: BEAUTY AND MEANING IN ART, Guild Publishing, Madison, WI, 2001.
Arettam, Joanna. SPIRIT MAPS. Red Wheel, Boston/York Beach, Maine, 2001.
Fleisher, Noah. Layer it on, TACONIC NEWSPAPERS, WEEKEND edition, Feburary 8, 2001.
Carroll, Michelle. Repetition by design, POUGHKEEPSIE JOURNAL, February 5, 2001.
BEAUTIFUL THINGS: ORIGINAL ART FROM THE ARTISTS OF GUILD.COM, The Guild, Madison, Wisconsin, 2000.
Norklun, Kathi. Almost Infinite Patterns, WOODSTOCK TIMES, October 8, 1998.
Henry, Sarah. ASIAN-AMERICAN WOMEN ARTISTS IN THE NEW WORLD. Exhibition catalog, 1998.
Kong, Yan and Dersch, Mady. A PRISMATIC MIRROR. Asian American Women Artists Alliance Phoenix Gallery exhibition catalog, 1999.
Chau, Ching Ying. Amy Cheng at Gallery 456, MING PAO DAILY NEWS, January 27, 1998.
Wang, Jack K. Amy Cheng: The Poetics of Space, WORLD JOURNAL, January 26, 1998.
Goodman, Jonathan. Amy Cheng at Penny Liebman. ASIAN ART NEWS 7:3 [May/June 1997].
Stack, Sarah. Renaissance in Hudson, TACONIC NEWSPAPERS, July 31, 1997.
______. Works on Paper at Kendall Art, NORTHEAST 4:2 [August 1997].
NEW AMERICAN PAINTINGS: An Exhibition of the Winners Works Open Studios Second
Mid-Atlantic Competition, Number VIII, The Open Studios Press, Wellesley, Massachusetts
Hughes, Larry. Images of the Valley, POUGHKEEPSIE JOURNAL, Poughkeepsie, NY,
June 1, 1995.
Hansen, Trudy Victoria. Prints by Women in the 1980’s: Processes/Projects. PRESSWORK:
THE ART OF WOMEN PRINTMAKERS. New York: Lang Communications, 1991
Jacobson, Shelby Wilson. Romance Lives, TIMES-UNION, Rochester, NY, November 12, 1989.
Netsky, Ron. A Romance with the Landscape. DEMOCRAT AND CHRONICLE, Rochester, NY, November 12, 1989.
IKON 9: WITHOUT CEREMONY: AN ASIAN WOMEN UNITED ANTHOLOGY. New York: IKON, Inc., 1989. Page 100.
YESTERDAY: REFLECTIONS ON CHILDHOOD. Exhibition catalogue. New York: Asian
American Arts Institute, 1988. Page 4-6.
Handy, Ellen. Singular Visions. ARTS MAGAZINE 62:3 (November1987).

Corporate and Public Collections

Chevron Corporation
Wyeth Pharmaceuticals, Collegeville, PA
WAM-Singapore
United States State Department, U.S. Embassy, Kazakhstan
State of Florida’s Collection of Art, Florida Atlantic University, Wimberly Library
Sheraton Hotels, Brussels, Belgium
Scholastic Productions, New York, NY
Robins Kaplan Miller Ciersi, St. Paul, MN
Novartis Pharmaceuticals, Philadelphia, PA
Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy, New York, NY
Lang Communications, New York, NY
Kingston Hospital, Kingston, NY
King County Public Art Collection, State of Washington
Hewlett-Packard, San Francisco, CA
City of Walnut Creek Library, Walnut Creek, CA
Alliance Capital, New York, NY
Alliance Bernstein, New York, NY