Cecile Chong is a mixed media artist whose work addresses the process of cultural assimilation and the development of individual identity. Her exposure to different cultural objects and ideas has driven her fascination with how these influences are acquired, represented and interpreted. She is interested in how cultures copy each other, and how borrowed ideas often find their way back to the original culture in curious ways. This entanglement of culture, history, place and interpretation are themes that she explores in her work, which often suggests that, despite differences in appearances, people and cultures are all more alike than different.

Cecile Chong was born in Ecuador of Chinese parents. She has exhibited work at El Museo, Wave Hill, Kenise Barnes Fine Art, Corridor Gallery, Sue Scott Gallery, Praxis International Art in New York and with The Cynthia Corbett Gallery in London. Fellowships include Socrates Sculpture Park, AIM 2011 Bronx Museum, Urban Artist Initiative NYC 2010, Aljira Emerge 10 and the Joan Mitchell Foundation MFA Grant 2008. Cecile's work is in the collections of El Museo, Citibank Art Advisory, Peggy Cooper-Cafritz, Carmen Ana Unanue and other private collections in the U.S., Europe and South America. Her work has been reviewed in El Diario La Prensa, Singtao Daily, and The New York Times. She received an MFA from Parsons The New School for Design in 2008, an MA from Hunter College, and a BA in Studio Art from Queens College. Her early schooling took place in Ecuador, Macau and China. Cecile lives and works in New York and is currently part of the Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts Studio Program.


Praxis International Art - New York, Sao Paulo, Buenos Aires
www.praxis-art.com

Cynthia Corbett Gallery - London, UK
www.thecynthiacorbettgallery.com

Kenise Barnes Fine Art - Larchmont, NY
www.kenisebarnesfineart.com