Christopher K. Ho (born 1974, in Hong Kong) is an artist and curator who lives and works in New York City. He graduated from Cornell University in 1997 with a B.F.A. and Columbia University in 2003 with an M.Phil.

Christopher K. Ho in 2013

His work has been exhibited at MassMoCa, Dallas Contemporary, Jamaica Center for Arts & Learning, Queens Museum of Art, and Socrates Sculpture Park.[1][2] He is represented by Galeria EDS in Mexico City, Mexico.

Ho has taught at Rhode Island School of Design and Cranbrook Academy of Art. From 2010 to 2011, he was the Critical Studies Teaching Fellow at Cranbrook Academy of Art.[3]

In September 2021, Ho took up the role of Executive Director of Asia Art Archive, succeeding Claire Hsu.[4]

Exhibitions

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Solo Exhibitions:

  • 2018 "CX 888", de Sarthe Artist Residency x Forever & Today featuring Christopher K. Ho, Hong Kong, 17 July - 31 August, 2018
  • 2013 "Demoiselles d'Avignon", Y Gallery, New York[5][6]
  • 2013 "Privileged White People", Forever & Today, Inc., New York[7][8][9]
  • 2010 Regional Painting, Winkleman Gallery, New York[10][11][12]
  • 2009 Et in Arcadia Eco, Galeria EDS, Mexico City[13]
  • 2008 Happy Birthday, Winkleman Gallery, New York[14][15]

Project Rooms:

  • 2011 Single Channel: Lesbian Mountains in Love, Des Moines Art Center, Des Moines, IA [16]
  • 2010 Like Death, New Mexico Will Catch Up with You in the End (with Kevin Zucker), Fisher Press, Santa Fe, NM

Site Specific Installations:

  • 2010 The Pavilion of Realism, Other Gallery, Shanghai [17]
  • 2008 Busan Biennale, APEC Naru Park, Busan, Korea[18]
  • 2008 Cultivate, MASS MoCA at the Berkshire Botanical Gardens, Stockbridge, MA[19]
  • 2008 Estacionarte, MACO, Mexico City
  • 2007 Jamaica Flux, Jamaica Center for Arts & Learning, New York
  • 2003 Float, Socrates Sculpture Park, New York
  • 2001 Crossing the Line, Queens Museum of Art, New York [20]

Selected Group Exhibitions:

  • 2012 "LOVE: Conceptual Strategies in Contemporary Painting", ART BLOG ART BLOG, One River Gallery, NJ (curator Stephen Truax)
  • 2012 "Cultural Tranference", Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts, NY (curator Sara Reisman)
  • 2012 "Tell Me What You REALLY Feel", Center for Book Arts, NY (curator Alex Campos)
  • 2012 "Bound by Silence", Dowd Gallery SUNY Corland (curator Heather Powell)
  • 2012 "The Meeting", ISCP Gallery, Brooklyn, NY (curators Nick Kline and Monika Wuhrer)
  • 2011 No Object Is an Island, Cranbrook Art Museum, MI [21]
  • 2011 Flag Day, Islip Art Museum, NY
  • 2010 Intangible Interferences, Momenta, NY[22]
  • 2010 Seedlings, Dallas Contemporary, TX
  • 2010 Room without a View, Freies Museum, Berlin[23]
  • 2010 White Night, Markus Winter Gallery, Berlin[24]
  • 2010 The Tenants, 106 Green, Brooklyn, NY
  • 2009 Incheon Women Artists' Biennale, Incheon, Korea

Curation

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  • 2011 In the Wake of 2013, Incheon Women Artists' Biennale, Tuning Section, Co-curator [25]
  • 2009 El Museo del Ghetto: and Jose Ruiz, G Fine Art, Washington, D.C., Curator[26]
  • 2008 The Shallow Curator, Winkleman Gallery, NY, Co-curator[27]

Writings

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  • "The Clinton Crew: Privileged White Art," WOW HUH, March 31, 2012.[28]
  • "Fiction: Laocoön Strikes Back," No Object Is an Island: Dialogues with the Cranbrook Collection (exhibition catalogue), Bloomfield Hills: Cranbrook, 2011.
  • "Critic's HQ," Incheon Biennale (exhibition catalogue), Incheon: IWAB, 2011.
  • "Reflections on a Future that Might Have Been," JamaicaFlux (exhibition catalogue), New York: Jamaica Center for Arts & Learning, 2005.

References

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  1. ^ "Artnet News" artnet.com, April 3, 2008
  2. ^ "Art in the Parks" nycgovparks.org, 2007
  3. ^ "Press Release" Archived 2011-05-18 at the Wayback Machine Cranbrook Academy of Art
  4. ^ "ArtAsiaPacific: Asia Art Archive Names New Executive Director". artasiapacific.com. Retrieved 2021-10-10.
  5. ^ Ho, Christopher. "Y Gallery". Archived from the original on 2013-06-24.
  6. ^ Ho, Christopher. "#FFFFFF".
  7. ^ White, Roger. "Modern Painters, January 10, 2013".
  8. ^ Ming, Lin. "Christopher K. Ho: Privileged White People" (PDF).
  9. ^ Larkin, Daniel (15 February 2013). "Does Bill Clinton Deserve Our Love? February 15th, 2013".
  10. ^ "Artforum Critic's Picks" Nuit Banai Artforum.com, December 18, 2010
  11. ^ Gleisner, Jacquelyn. "Praxis Makes Perfect / Creative Criticism with Christopher Ho / Hirsch E. P. Rothko, May 10th, 2012".
  12. ^ Abernathy, Jeremy. "Art Lies: A contemporary Art Journal, Issue 68". Archived from the original on 2013-06-24. Retrieved 2013-06-20.
  13. ^ "Press Release" Galeria EDS, June 20, 2009
  14. ^ "Christopher K. Ho: Happy Birthday" Jonathan T.D. Neil ArtReview, 2008
  15. ^ "Art in Review" Ken Johnson New York Times, January 28, 2008
  16. ^ "Press Release" Des Moines Art Center
  17. ^ "Press Release" Other Gallery
  18. ^ "Busan Biennale" Archived 2012-07-20 at archive.today
  19. ^ "Around Town" lmcc.net, June 24, 2008
  20. ^ "Crossing the Line: Site Specific Works by Fifty Artists throughout Queens" absolutearts.com, June 26, 2001
  21. ^ "Cranbrook Art Museum's Grand Reopening Exhibition" Archived 2012-05-04 at the Wayback Machine cranbrook.edu, August 18, 2011
  22. ^ "Press Release" cargocollective.com
  23. ^ "Press Release" Archived 2015-06-21 at the Wayback Machine christiannguyen.net
  24. ^ "Press Release" undo.net
  25. ^ "In the Wake of 2013" Incheon Women Artists' Biennale
  26. ^ "Press Release" Archived 2011-11-15 at the Wayback Machine G Fine Art
  27. ^ "Press Release" Archived 2012-02-18 at the Wayback Machine Winkleman Gallery
  28. ^ "The Clinton Crew: Privileged White Art" Archived 2012-05-06 at the Wayback Machine Christopher Ho WOW HUH, March 31, 2012
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