“My works on paper are narrative, figurative, and psychological. I often work with materials associated with drawing—paper, graphite, watercolor, ink—because they allow for the flow of ideas to be realized quickly.” — Fay Ku
Artist Fay Ku (b. 1974) creates works on paper which have been exhibited nationally and internationally. She has been awarded solo museum exhibitions at the New Britain Museum of American Art in New Britain, CT and The Contemporary Museum in Honolulu, HI. Her most recent solo shows include Fay Ku: New Works in Englewood Art Center, Englewood, FL (2014); Asa Nisa Masa at Eight Modern Gallery in Santa Fe, New Mexico (2013), which was written about in the Santa Fe Reporter; and Throwing Voices, at Baum Gallery, University Central Arkansas, Conway, AK (2014). Ku’s work was also shown in Unruly, Wignall Museum of Contemporary Art, Rancho Cucamonga, CA (2014); For Which It Stands at The Lodge Gallery in New York, New York (2013).
Read Full BioKu has been commissioned to create original artwork for The New York Times Magazine and was the subject of a Sundance Channel feature in 2008. She is the recipient of a 2006 Urban Artist Initiative grant, 2007 Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation grant, 2007 and 2009 National Performance Network/Artist Network Project grant, and 2009 New York Foundation for the Arts fellowship award. Since 2006, Ku’s artist residencies have included: the Weir Farm Art Center, Wilton, CT; the Santa Fe Art Institute; Bemis Center for the Contemporary Art, Omaha, NE; University of Nevada-Las Vegas; the Contemporary Museum, New York; Women’s Studio Workshop, Rosendale, NY; Artist Alliance Inc.’s Lower East Side Rotating Studio Program, New York; the Lower East Side Print Shop, New York; and the Hermitage Artist Retreat, Sarasota, FL. Ku has been commissioned to create original artwork for The New York Times Magazine and was the subject of a Sundance Channel feature in 2008. She is the recipient of a 2006 Urban Artist Initiative grant, 2007 Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation grant, 2007 and 2009 National Performance Network/Artist Network Project grant, and 2009 New York Foundation for the Arts fellowship award. Since 2006, Ku’s artist residencies have included: the Weir Farm Art Center, Wilton, CT; the Santa Fe Art Institute; Bemis Center for the Contemporary Art, Omaha, NE; University of Nevada-Las Vegas; the Contemporary Museum, New York; Women’s Studio Workshop, Rosendale, NY; Artist Alliance Inc.’s Lower East Side Rotating Studio Program, New York; the Lower East Side Print Shop, New York; and the Hermitage Artist Retreat, Sarasota, FL. Ku holds an MFA in Studio Art and an MS in Art History, Criticism and Theory from Pratt Institute and a dual-degree BA in Literature and Visual Arts from Bennington College, Bennington, VT.
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