Maria Chong
marychong322@gmail.com

Education
2017                        FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY, Tallahassee Florida
                                   -MFA Studio Arts
2014                        UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA, Greensboro North Carolina
                                    -BFA Painting, BFA exhibition

Grants/Awards
2016                    Andy Mclaughlin Memorial Award, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL
2015                     MFA Award, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL

Solo Exhibitions
2017                     Maria Chong: Rekindle the Fire, Working Method Contemporary, Tallahassee, FL
2016                    Maria Chong: Into Marvelous Light, Soup Experimental, Tallahassee, FL
2015                     Mary Chong: His Nature, Sojourn Arts and Culture, Louisville, KY

Group Exhibitions
2017                     Shifting Bodies, Working Method Contemporary, Tallahassee, FL 
2016                     Portal, Soup Experimental, Tallahassee, FL
2016                     Synthesis, Working Methods Contemporary, Tallahassee, FL 
2016                     Classic Blood, 621 Gallery, Tallahassee, FL
2016                     Classic Blood, Soup Experimental, Tallahassee, FL
2016                     Dean's List, Thomas Deans Fine Art, Atlanta, GA
2016                     For God So Loved the World, Indy KOSTA, Naperville, IL 
2016                     Image Abreaction, Working Methods Contemporary, Tallahassee, FL
2016                     Wait Wait Don't Tell Me, Phyllis Straus Gallery, Tallahassee, FL
2016                     Extramundane, 621 Gallery, Tallahassee, FL                    
2015                      Aqua Miami Art Basel, Miami, FL
2015                      Mary Chong and Christina Klein, Oglesby Union Gallery, Florida State University
2015                      Breaking Point, Working Methods in Contemporary Art, Tallahassee, FL
2015                      Raw, Working Methods Contemporary Art, Tallahassee, FL
2015                      Asian Artist Exhibitions, Wonder Root, Atlanta, GA
2014                      Built, Working Methods in Contemporary Art, Tallahassee, FL
2014                      In the Making, Working Methods in Contemporary Art, Tallahassee, FL
2014                      Inter-Campus Exhibition, Gatewood Gallery, Greensboro, NC
2013                      Pink House Exhibition, Student Art League, Greensboro, NC
2013                      Nathan Terry Exhibition, Nathan Terry Gallery, Greensboro, NC

Teaching
2015- 2016 Florida State University
                  2D Design Foundations Professor, Tallahassee, FL
                  Professor of 2D Design foundations for FSU’s undergraduate visual arts program
2010- 2014    Youth Kosta, North East, MD
                  Coordinator      
                  Trained teachers to complete the one-month online training
                  Facilitated group discussions and mentored middle school and high school students
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Work Held in Private Collections:
2016                       Private: David and Hilda Gilchrist, Tallahassee, FL
2015                        Private: Thomas W. Sthal, Tallahassee, FL
2014                        Private:  Mike Kyungmin Ahn, Tallahassee, FL