Patty Chang

Patty Chang (born February 3, 1972, in San Francisco, California) was described as "one of our most consistently exciting young artists" by "The New York Times" in 2006. Originally trained as a painter, she is primarily known for her short films and videos and her performance art. She often plays a central role in her own work (to the point that a New York Times critic once described it as "hair-raisingly narcissistic"), which is often seen as testing the acceptable boundaries of taste and endurance. Some of her work contains scatological elements (such as "Gong Li With The Wind", a short film), and other work critiques perceptions of female sexual roles ("For Paradise", also a short film). She has staged solo shows in major cities such as Madrid, Visby, and New York City (where she now lives and works). Chang has taught at the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture in Skowhegan, Maine. Her work has been recognized by many cultural organizations, including a 2003 award from the Rockefeller Foundation. She is a 2008 finalist for the Hugo Boss Prize.

Patty Chang is a Guna S. Mundheim Fellow in the Visual Arts at the "American Academy in Berlin", Germany, for Fall 2008.

External links

* [http://pattychang.com/ Official site]
* [http://www.guggenheimcollection.org/site/artist_bio_182.html Guggenheim collection]
* [http://www.hammer.ucla.edu/exhibitions/81/ UCLA exhibition]
* [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=940DE5D6103FF93AA15754C0A9639C8B63 New York Times review]
* [http://www.freewaves.org/festival_2002/artists/chang_p.htm 2002 freewaves festival report]