Born in Ecuador. Lives in Brooklyn, NY   EDUCATION   2008   MFA - Fine Arts, Parsons The New School for Design, NY 1994   MA - Education, Hunter College, NY 1988   BA - Studio Art, Queens College, NY       AWARDS & RESIDENCIES   2013   Artist-in-Residence Workspace Grant - The Center for Book Arts 2012   smART Power Grant Finalist 2011   Emerging Artist Fellowship - Socrates Sculpture Park     AIM - Artist in the Marketplace Program, The Bronx Museum 2010   Urban Artist Initiative/NYC Fellowship 2009   Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts Studio Program 2008   Joan Mitchell Foundation MFA Grant     Vermont Studio Center     Emerge 10 Fellowship – Aljira Center for Contemporary Art 2007   Lynn Gumpert Award – ISE Cultural Foundation       SOLO AND TWO-PERSON EXHIBITIONS   2012   Figureworks - Lead the Way, Brooklyn, NY (two-person with William Gropper) 2011   St. Joseph’s College Gallery - Back and Forth, Brooklyn, NY     Praxis International Art Project Room - Cool Breeze, New York, NY 2011   2010 Corridor Gallery - Mirror Mirror Off the Wall, curated by Nina Ziefvert, Brooklyn, NY     ArtSPACE - Unspoken Word, New Haven, CT 2009   Brooklyn Central Library - reIMAGination, Brooklyn, NY 2006   Spoke the Hub - Memory Lane, Brooklyn, NY 2002   The New York Public Library, Aguilar Branch, New York, NY 2001   The New York Public Library, 96th St. Branch, New York, NY       SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS   2014   Taller Puertorriqueño - Iconography of Place in Contemporary Latino Art, Philadelphia, PA 2013   Swept Away - Translucence, Transparence, Transcendence in Contemporary Encaustic, Cape Cod Museum of Art, curated by Michael Giaquinto, MA     Nevada Museum of Art - Voces y Visiones, Highlights from El Museo, Reno, Nevada     Dimensions Variable - curated by Gabriel de Guzman, Rush Arts, New York, NY     Mills Gallery - Me Love You Long Time, curated by Edwin Ramoran, Boston, MA     Gallery at Mt Vernon Public Library - WORD traveling exhibit, curated by Meridith McNeal 2012   R & F Gallery - Encaustic Works Invitational, Kingston, NY     Visceglia Gallery Caldwell College - Blessed, curated by Yulia Tikhonova, Caldwell, NJ     Art in Odd Places – AiOP : MODEL, Edwin Ramoran lead curator, New York, NY     Corridor Gallery - WORD, curated by Meridith McNeal, Brooklyn NY     Centro de Artes y Tecnología Antigua Aduana - VALOARTE IX, San José, Costa Rica     Kenise Barnes Fine Art, Encaustic Paintings, Larchmont, NY     The Cynthia Corbett Gallery - Art at the Top, The Empire State Building, NY     Aljira Center for Contemporary Art  - Me Love You Long Time, curated by Edwin Ramoran     Yace Gallery  - Reenacting Sense, curated by Liz Y. Kwon, LIC, New York 2011   Curate NYC online exhibit, curated by Lowery Stokes Sims     Curate NYC online exhibit, curated by Deirdre Scott     Mandarin Oriental with the Cynthia Corbett Gallery, curated by Brian Dursum, Miami, FL     Triangle Arts Association, 100 x 100, curated by Wayne Northcross     The Cynthia Corbett Gallery  - Life as Theatre, London, UK     Hudson Guild Gallery - FREESTYLE, curated by Rick Krieger and Jim Furlong, New York, NY     Socrates Sculpture Park - EAF11 Emerging Artist Fellowship Exhibition, LIC, NY     Centro de Artes y Tecnología Antigua Aduana - VALOARTE IX, San José, Costa Rica     Wave Hill, The Bronx Museum - Bronx Calling, AIM 1st Biennial , NY (Catalog)     Longwood Art Gallery  - Observed, Imagined and Re/created, Bronx, NY     Kenise Barnes Fine Art - Baby It’s Cold Outside, Larchmonnt, NY     Storefront Gallery - New Year, New Work, New Faces, Brooklyn, NY 2010   Nathan Cummings Foundation – Provisions, curated by Meridith McNeal, NY     The Cynthia Corbett Gallery - Young Masters Revisited, London, UK     Rush Arts - CURATE NYC, New York, NY     Centro de Artes y Tecnología Antigua Aduana - VALOARTE VIII, San José, Costa Rica     ArtSolar - LUSH, curated by Trinidad Fombella, East Hampton, NY     Diane Birdsall Gallery - Corners of the World , Old Lyme, CT (two person w Eleanor Miller)     ADC Contemporary Art Gallery – Beautiful Mess, Los Angeles, CA     Amy Simon Fine Art – Ready, Aim, Inspired, Westport, CT     Rockland Art Center – Fresh Paint, curated by Lynn Stein, West Nyack, NY 2009   The Cynthia Corbett Gallery – Art at the Top, The Empire State Building, NY     The Cynthia Corbett Gallery - Young Masters, London     Aljira Center for Contemporary Art - Emerge 10, curated by Sara Reisman, Newark, NJ     Cue Art Foundation -Joan Mitchell Foundation MFA Grant Recipients,NY, NY (catalog)     Kenise Barnes Fine Art, We Are Each Other, Larchmont, NY     Sue Scott Gallery, Subverted Genres, curated by Gabriela Galati & Rebecca Mirsky, NY     Brooklyn Central Library – reIMAGination, Brooklyn, NY (solo) 2008   Marymount Manhattan College - Diversity and Dynamism, curated by Millie Burns, NY     Julie Baker Fine Art – Summer Salon, Nevada City, CA     BECA Gallery, Hybrids and Other Sorts, New Orleans, LA     The Kitchen - Parsons MFA Thesis Show, curated by Bill Carroll, New York, NY     Pulse Art Fair New York – Pause Reading Room, curated by Jeffrey Walkowiak, NY     Corridor Gallery – Crossing Cultures, curated by Meridith McNeal, Brooklyn, NY     Kenise Barnes Fine Art – I Am That, Larchmont, NY     Skylight Gallery - Female Aesthetic, curated by MLJ Johnson, Brooklyn, NY     The New School - Notes on the American Dream, curated by Silvia Rocciolo and Eric Stark, NY 2007   Tabla Rasa Gallery, Points of View, Brooklyn, NY     ARWI International Art Fair - Galeria Galou, San Juan, Puerto Rico     El Museo del Barrio -The (S) Files, curated by Elvis Fuentes & E. Carmen Ramos, NY (catalog)     Hillwood Art Museum - Free For All, curated by Millie Burns, LI, NY 2006   Spoke the Hub - Memory Lane, Brooklyn, NY (solo)     Port Authority of NY/NJ - Unity Canvas, LMCC, NY, NY 2005   Simon Liu Gallery - Brooklyn Reborn, Brooklyn, NY     Spoke the Hub - Plenty of Fluids, Brooklyn, NY (solo) 2004   Union Settlement - El Sitio Feliz, El Barrio, NY 2003   Mexican Cultural Institute, Octavio Paz Gallery- Culture Encounters, New York, NY     Illinois State University Gallery - Ready for War, Normal, ILL 2002   Williamsburg Art & Historical Center - Unity Canvas, Brooklyn, NY     The New York Public Library, Aguilar Branch, New York, NY (solo) 2001   The New York Public Library, 96th St. Branch, New York, NY (solo) 2000   Queens Museum of Art - Many Colored Artworks, Flushing, NY     Galería Cactus, Cumbaya, Ecuador     Galería Charas/El Bohío, New York, NY (mural) 1999   Citicorp Building, Court Square - LACE Artists, LIC, NY     Raritan Valley College Gallery - Expanding the Boundaries, curated by George Taylor, NJ 1998   Langston Hughes Cultural Center, curated by A. Jackson(Sekou Molefi Baako),Queens, NY       PUBLICATIONS AND PRESS   2012   “When Everyday is Exotic” Artist in Focus, 3dotswater.com. MichèleVicat, Sept. 2012     “Rolling in The Deep”, Huffingtonpost. D. Dominick Lombardi. July 2, 2012     “Encaustic Works” Inaugural edition, portfolio artist, R & F Paints, 2012     “Rolling in the Deep at Kenise Barnes”, Sound & Town, May 11, 2012 2011   “Encaustic Works  2011” Inaugural edition, portfolio artist, R & F Paints     “Mirror Mirror Off the Wall” New York Times.com:The Local, November 3, 2010 2010   “Corners of the World” The Day, Amy J. Barry, June 3, 2010     “Messy and Visceral” The New Haven Advocate, Geoffrey Detrani, March 10, 2010 2009   “Young Masters” Art of England, Issue 63. November 2009     “A Decade of Emergence” The New York Times, Benjamin Genocchio. August 28, 2009 2008   “Cecile Chong in Crossing Cultures”, Singtao Daily, Mike Liu, March 17, 2008 2007   “Obras latinas Made in USA” El Diario La Prensa. Lorenzo Morales. July 29, 2007     “El Museo’s 5th Bienal: The (S) Files / The Selected Files 007”. Exh. catalog. July 2007 2005   “Eat Art” Singtao Daily, Sophia Leung. Dec 5, 2005 2001   “Pinturas de Cecile Chong” El Diario/La Prensa. Ricardo Leon Peña Villa. December 6, 2001 2000   Art at Various Guises at the Library” The New York Times. Andrea Vivanco. July 16, 2000 1999   “Artists At Citibank Bldg In LIC” Queens Chronicle. Daniel Hendrick October 18, 1999     “Queens Profile: Cecile Chong” Newsday. Sheila McKenna. March 31, 1999       COLLECTIONS   El Museo del Barrio Citigroup Art Advisory Collection Patricia A. Bell Collection Peggy Cooper Cafritz Collection Joseph and Carmen Ana Unanue Collection Private Collections   GUEST ARTIST / ARTISTS PANEL   2013   Socrates Sculpture Park - Summer Outdoor Artmaking Workshop     Rush Arts Gallery - Dimensions Variable, artist talk     Nevada Museum of Art - artist talk and round table discussion 2012   Socrates Sculpture Park - Saturday Sculpture Workshop 2011   St. Joseph College Gallery  - Back & Forth, artist talk     Socrates Sculpture Park, EAF artists panel, moderated by Alyson Baker     Wave Hill - Bronx Calling : The First AIM Biennial, artist talk 2010   Corridor Gallery, artist Q and A with Nina Ziefvert and Edwin Ramoran     ArtSPACE – Unspoken Word, artist talk 2009   Brooklyn Central Library – reIMAGination, artist talk 2008   Marymount Manhattan College – Diversity and Dynamism, artist lecture     Asian American Arts Centre - ArtSlam     Corridor Gallery - Crossing Culture artists panel, moderated by Danny Simmons 2007   El Museo - Voces: ECUAYORKS artists panel, moderated by María del Carmen Carrión     Bank Street College and Parsons - Leadership in the Arts Program 2005   Corridor Gallery - Rush Kids, Rush Philanthropic, Clinton Hill 2003   MoCA - Museum of Chinese in the Americas - Lantern Festival     Mexican Cultural Institute, Octavio Paz Gallery - Culture Encounters 2002   Brooklyn Museum of Art - American Identities Family Day