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Bio
Doris Sung is Toronto-based visual
artist and curator. She is currently a PhD candidate in the Humanities program at York University, Toronto. Her research
investigates the current development of visual culture in the People’s
Republic of China (PRC), Taiwan, Hong Kong and the Chinese diaspora, with
the focus on issues of race, gender, sexuality and identity construction in
visuality. Sung has served on the board of various artist-run, not-for
profit organizations in Toronto.
Education
2005 to present - PhD candidate, Humanities, York University, Toronto
2004 - Master of Fine Arts (visual
arts), York University
1993 - Bachelor of Fine Arts
(Specialized Honours in Visual Arts), York University
Solo Exhibitions
2004-Wandering Boundless and Free-A
visual Trajectory, Art Gallery of York University, Toronto
2002- Hand Stand, Propeller Centre for
the Visual Arts, Toronto
2001 - Round and Round the Beginning,
Propeller Centre for the Visual Arts, Toronto
2000 - Forcing, Propeller Centre for the
Visual Arts, Toronto
1999 - Clockworks, Propeller Centre for
the Visual Arts, Toronto, Ontario.
Selected Group Exhibitions
2005, 2006 – Summer Group Exhibition,
XEXE Gallery, Toronto
2004- Art @ Suite 500, Miles S. Nadal
Management Centre, Toronto
2003- If I Ruled the World. . ., Red
Head Gallery, Toronto
2003- In>kcredible 6+, AWOL Gallery,
Luft Gallery, Chinese Cultural Centre of Greater Toronto, Toronto
2003- Art @ Suite 500, Miles S. Nadal
Management Centre, Toronto
2002- Contemporary Ink Wash Painting
Exhibition and Symposium, Yantai Art Institute, Shangdong, China. Qingdao
Exhibition Centre, Shangdong, China.
2002- Body as (ready to be re-) made,
curated by Pam Patterson, Ph.D., Propeller Centre for the Visual Arts,
Toronto 2002 - IS – A Contemporary Dialogue With Xuan Paper, Is Gallery,
Markham, Ontario
2001- Transcending: Chinese Art
Tradition-From Classical to Contemporary, organized by the Frederick
Horsman Varley Art Gallery of Markham, Kathleen Gormley McKay Art Centre,
Markham, Ontario
2000 - Fresh Paint, organized by ZEN-MIX
2000: Pan-Asian Visual Arts Network, MEG Gallery, Toronto
Collection
Mr. Atom Egoyan (Ego Film Arts), Ms.
Asinee Khanjian, Mr. David Cheung
Media Review
Interview on OmniCulture, Rogers
Television cultural program, Toronto. May, 2004
Justin Skinner, “Expressing Daoism”,
North York Mirror, Toronto. May 1, 2004
Roger Cheung. “Doris Sung Wandering
Boundless and Free” Sing Tao Daily Toronto. Toronto. April 18, 2004
Andrea Raymond, “Taking a Stand with
Ink, Xuan Paper”, North York Mirror, Toronto. May 24, 2002
Roger Cheung. “Doris Sung” Sing Tao
Daily Toronto. Toronto. January 15, 2002
Roger Cheung. “ IS” Sing Tao Daily
Toronto. Toronto. January 8, 2002
Deirdre Hanna. “ Cultural Splice.” NOW
Magazine, Toronto. July 5, 2001.
Nicholas Keung. “Art show paints fresh
East-West Tableau.” Toronto Star. August 24, 2000.
Interview by Chinese Newsline, CFMT
Television, Toronto. August 13, 2000
Gary Michael Dault, Gallery Going “Fresh
Paint at the Meg Gallery.” The Globe & Mail, Toronto. August 12, 2000
Deirdre Hanna. “ Painted Word.” NOW
Magazine, Toronto. August 10, 2000.
Alan Leung, Ming Pao Newspapers
(Chinese), Toronto. August 2, 2000
Asian Accent, CIUT radio talk show
hosted by Aries Cheung, Toronto. April 28, 1998
Asian Accent, CIUT radio talk show
hosted by Aries Cheung, Toronto. April 29, 1997
Review in Shin Pao Financial Post, Hong
Kong. October 29, 1996
Interview in United Press Newspaper,
Hong Kong. Sept 24, 1995s
“E-Motif: Shelly Bahl and Doris Sung” by
Ann Marie Muir, Excalibur, Toronto. February 10, 1993
Art Administration and Curatorial
Experience
June 2006 Curator, Shaping the Orbit,
work by Li Chai, Ying-Yueh Chuang and Karen Tam. A Space Gallery, Toronto.
1998 Co-curator, Shadow Crossings, Work
by Shelly Bahl, Gaye Chan and Eric Fong. Gallery TPW, Toronto
2004- 2006; 1998 – 2000 Member of the
Board of Directors. A Space Gallery, Toronto 2001 – 2002 Chairperson,
Propeller Centre for the Visual Arts, Toronto
1997 – 2002 Steering Committee member
ZEN-MIX 2000: Pan Asian Visual Arts Network
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