Upcoming and Recent Exhibitions:

2024

Core Memory, MCA Santa Barbara Satellite (Santa Barbara, CA). *solo exhibition.

This Space Is for Lost Time, TSA (Chicago, IL). Curated by Noah Hanna. *solo exhibition.

Ungrafting. Fine Arts Center at Colorado College (Colorado Springs, CO). Curated by Katja Rivera. *solo exhibition. (Catalog)

Seeing Through Stone (Part of Visualizing Abolition). Institute of Arts and Sciences (IAS) at University of California (Santa Cruz, CA). Co-curated by Gina Dent, Lauren Schell Dickens, and Rachel Nelson. (Catalog)

Sojourns. Carolyn Glasoe Bailey Foundation (Ojai, CA). Curated by Jennifer Armetta of Engage Projects.

Means of Production, Sheerly Touch-Ya, (Queens, NY). Curated by Lunch Hour: Serena Chang, Lily Jue Sheng, and Do Tuong Linh.

2023

To See Oneself at a Distance. MASS MoCA (North Adams, MA). Curated by Meghan Clare Considine.

Open Secret: Colonial Pasts and Presence. Hessel Museum of Bard College (Annandale-on-Hudson, NY). Curated by Rachel Horvath.

Group Text, Left Field Gallery (Los Osos, CA). Curated by Beta Epochs.

2022

We Are Beside Ourselves, in collaboration with Hồng-An Trương. James Gallery CUNY Graduate Center (New York, NY). Curated by the Racial Imaginary Institute. *exhibition and performance

The Regional. The Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art (Kansas City, MO). Curated by Jade Powers and Amara Antilla. (Digital Catalog)

Performing Documents: Modes of Assembling. Center for Book Arts (New York, NY). Curated by Paige Landesberg. (Printed Catalog)

To The People Of That Future We Leave That Legacy, in collaboration with Hồng-Ân Trương. SPACES (Cleveland, OH). *solo exhibition

Barely Fair. Color Club (Chicago, IL). Curated by The Franklin.

Nations by Artists. Art Museum at the University of Toronto (Toronto, CA). Curated by Mikinaak Migwans & Sarah Robayo Sheridan. (Podcast)

2021

Prospect 5. Contemporary Art Center (New Orleans, LA). Curated by Diana Nawi and Naima J. Keith. (Printed Catalog)

The Regional. CAC (Cincinatti, OH). Curated by Jade Powers and Amara Antilla. (Digital Catalog)

What Flies But Never Lands? Chicago Cultural Center (Chicago, IL), Curated by Minh Nguyen. (Digital Catalog)

The Wall Between Us, in collaboration with Hồng-Ân Trương. Museo MAGA (Gallarate, IT). A project of Ottonella Mocellin and Nicola Pellegrini, curated by Elena Agudio. (Publication)

Contact the shadow. Dongshi Sangyoung, Seoul, Korea.

2020

Material Intimacies. NXTHVN (New Haven, CT). Curated by Michelle Phương Ting and Claire Kim. (Printed Catalog)

Nine Lives. Renaissance Society (Chicago, IL). Curated by Karsten Lund and Caroline Picard. (Digital Catalog) (Artist Reflections)

Alien vs Citizen, in collaboration with Hồng-Ân Trương. MCA Chicago (Chicago, IL). Curated by January Parkos-Arnall.

Khuất Dạng/Lost from View. The Factory (Ho Chi Minh City, VN). Curated by Zoe Butt. *solo exhibition and performance

Within Global Isolation. Online Exhibition. Curated by Han Hongzheng and Chandler Allen.

2019

Turn the Light. Gallery 400 (Chicago, IL). Curated by Lorelei Stewart.

Labor: Motherhood & Art in 2020, in collaboration with Hồng-Ân Trương. New Mexico State University Art Museum (Las Cruces, NM). Curated by Laurel Nakadate.

Contemporary Artists Reflect on the American War, in collaboration with Hồng-Ân Trương. Minneapolis Institute of Art (Minneapolis, MN).

The Warmth of Other Suns, in collaboration with Hồng-Ân Trương. The Phillips Collection (Washington D.C.). Curated by Massimiliano Gioni and Natalie Bell.

Her Name Escapes Me. UIS Visual Arts Gallery (Springfield, IL). *solo exhibition (Artist Publication)

In the Shadow of the Future. 4th Ward Project Space (Chicago, IL). *solo exhibition (Artist Publication)

Taming a Wild Tongue. Vanderbilt University Space 204 (Nashville, TN). *solo exhibition (Artist Publication)

2018

To trace for to carry. Smith College Museum of Art (Northhampton, MA). Curated by Emma Chubb.

Across County Lines: Contemporary Photography from the Piedmont, in collaboration with Hồng-Ân Trương. Nasher Museum (Durham, NC). (Printed Catalog)

Reap the Whirlwind. Aspect/Ratio (Chicago, IL). *solo exhibition

What We Make, in collaboration with Or Zubalsky. Ross Art Museum (Delaware, OH). Curated by Erin Fletcher and Dr. Ashley Biser

Mother, in collaboration with Hồng-Ân Trương. Leslie Tonkonow (New York, NY). Curated by Laurel Nakadate. 

Late August, Early September. Chicago Artists Coalition (Chicago, IL). Curated by Teresa Silva.

Friend of a Friend. Document (Chicago, IL). Curated by Sibylle Friche.

Being: New Photography 2018, in collaboration with Hồng-Ân Trương. MoMA (New York, NY). Curated by Lucy Gallun. (Artist Recordings)

In(di)visible, in collaboration with Hồng-Ân Trương. Station Museum (Houston, TX). 

The Tip of My Tongue. Weinberg/Newton (Chicago, IL). Curated by Kasia Houlihan. (Printed Catalog)

2017

Imagined Communities, Nationalism and Violence. In collaboration with Hồng-Ân Trương. Rubber Factory (New York, NY).

New Women. Anastasia Tinari Projects (Chicago, IL). *performance

And the state of emergency is also always a state of emergence. Chicago Artists Coalition (Chicago, IL). *solo exhibition (Artist Publication)

You Open Your Mouth Half Way. The Ski Club (Milwaukee, WI). Curated by Mark Klassen. *solo exhibition

White Light / Black Noise. The Franklin (Chicago, IL). Curated by Edra Soto. *solo exhibition (Artist Publication)

In Search of Miss Ruthless. Para Site (Hong Kong, SAR). Curated by Hera Chan and David Bourgonjon.

To Name It Is To See It. DePaul Art Museum (Chicago, IL). Curated by Julie Rodrigues Widholm with essay by Faye Gleisser. *solo exhibition (Publication)

ALL RISE. MCA Chicago (Chicago, IL) and UNC-CH (Chapel Hill, NC). In collaboration with Hồng-Ân Trương and Black Lunch Table. *performance

Otherwise you don't see me. In collaboration with Hồng-Ân Trương. SOHO20 Gallery (Brooklyn, NY). Curated by Rachel Steinberg.

2016

Stormy Petrel / Guairdeall. VISUAL Carlow (Carlow, IR). Invited Artist with Orla Ryan, Alanna O'Kelly, & Bryan Hand.

Speaking in the Dark. Nhà Sàn Collective (Hanoi, VN). Two-person exhibition with Hồng-Ân Trương. *solo exhibition

Preview 6: We've Met Before. Chicago Artists Coalition (Chicago, IL). Curated by Faye Gleisser.

The Making of a Fugitive. MCA Chicago (Chicago, IL). Curated by Faye Gleisser.

Hidden Assembly, in collaboration with Hồng-Ân Trương. Newspace Center for Photography (Portland, OR). Curated by Yaelle Amir.

Hidden Assembly, in collaboration with Hồng-Ân Trương. SPACES (Cleveland, OH). Curated by Yaelle Amir.

Recent Awards, Residencies, and Speaking Engagements:

2024

Artist Talk. Core Memory. MCA Santa Barbara Satellite (Santa Barbara, CA).

Artist Talk and Workshop. Seeing Through Stone (Part of Visualizing Abolition). Institute of Arts and Sciences (IAS) at University of California (Santa Cruz, CA).

Asian Cultural Council Grant. (New York, NY).

Artist Talk and Workshop. For the exhibition Ungrafting and the courses of Jean Gumpper and Kate Leonard. Fine Arts Center at Colorado College (Colorado Springs, CO).

Workshop. Decolonizing Your Syllabus, organized by Kaia Olsen. College Art Association (Chicago, IL).

Panelist. Imaginaries of Land in French Indochina and Beyond, part of Transnationalism of French Colonial and Post-Colonial Visual Culture, organized by Marie-Agathe Simonetti. College Art Association (Chicago, IL).

2023

Artist Talk. The Nation and Its Discontents (course of Kelly Chung). Williams College (Williamstown, MA).

Artist Talk. Introduction to Visual Studies (course of Jacqueline Hoàng Nguyễn). Fulbright University (Ho Chi Minh City, VN).

Artist Talk, Studio Visits, and Workshop. Illinois State University. (Normal, IL).

Non-Senate Faculty Professional Development Award, UCSB (Santa Barbara, CA).

Artist Choice Award Nominee. Ruth Arts Foundation.

2022

Artist Talk. Visualizing Vietnam: Art, Photography, and Film (course of Marie-Agathe Simonetti). SAIC (Chicago, IL).

Invited Speaker and Graduate Studio Visits. Visiting Artist Colloquium. Department of Art, UCSB (Isla Vista, CA).

Artist Talk. Diasporic Practices (course of Julia Phillips). University of Chicago (Chicago, IL).

Voices in the Gallery: Panel Conversation on the Impact of the Midwest. Organized by Amara Antilla, Contemporary Arts Center (Cincinatti, OH).

Virtual Panel Discussion: UN Resolution 181. SPACES (Cleveland, OH).

Artist Fellowship ($15,000), Illinois Arts Council (Chicago, IL).

2021

Del Otre Lado, O’Hare Airport Terminal 5 Arrival Corridor, in collaboration with Hồng-Ân Trương. Curated by Ionit Behar and Andrew Schachman. Chicago's Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events (DCASE) and the Chicago Department of Aviation (Chicago, IL).

Faculty Enrichment Grant. SAIC (Chicago, IL).

Traitors and Translators. Art History + Practice Conversations Series, with Nora Taylor, SAIC (Chicago, IL).

Invited Speaker and Graduate Studio Visits. Sousveillance and How To Think Like a Forest. Hanes Visiting Artist Lecture Series, with Maria Gaspar and Martine Whitehead. UNC-CH (Chapel Hill, NC).

Artist Talk. Printmedia Seminar (course of Shaurya Kumar). SAIC (Chicago, IL).

Panel Discussion. Art Advancing Justice. Organized by Greg Bae. CAAU and Advancing Justice Chicago (Chicago, IL).

Panel Discussion. On Viruses – Critical Theories of Contagion. EXPO Alternate Assembly (Chicago, IL).

A Night of Offering. NXTHVN. For the exhibition Material Intimacies (New Haven, CT).

2020

Artist Talk. We Are Still Here: Presence In Absence. The Centre for Ethnography at University of Toronto, co-sponsored by the Department of Anthropology and the Department of Arts, Culture and Media (ACM).

Artist Talk. For the exhibition Khuất Dạng/Lost from View. The Factory (Ho Chi Minh City, VN). Curated by Zoe Butt.

Next Level Award. 3Arts (Chicago, IL).

Artist Fellowship Award. Illinois Artist Council (Chicago, IL).

Studio Artist Residency. MANA Contemporary. (Chicago, IL).

2019

Artist Talk. To Name It Is to See It: Identity and Misrecognition. UIS ECCE Speaker Series (Springfield, IL).

Invited Speaker and Graduate Studio Visits. RISD Digital + Media. (Providence, RI).

Faculty Enrichment Grant. SAIC (Chicago, IL).

Invited Speaker and Graduate Studio Visits. Voices Lecture Series. Gallery 400. UIC (Chicago, IL).

Individual Artist Program Grant. Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events (Chicago, IL).

2018

Artist Award. 3Arts (Chicago, IL).

Ulterior Emergencies: Aesthetics, Labor, and Re-Sighting Policy. Organized by Faye Gleisser, comments Kathy O’dell, with Jackie Wang, Jasmine Mahmoud, and Sarah Wilbur. American Studies Association (Atlanta, GA).

Panel Discussion. Take Root Among The Stars: Visionary Fiction and the Legacy of Octavia Butler. Organized by D. Denenge Duyst-Akpem with Dr. Sami Schalk, A. Martine Whitehead, and Chelsea Frazier. Conversations on Art and Science. SAIC (Chicago, IL).

Individual Artist Grant. Illinois Arts Council (Chicago, IL).

Camargo Fellowship. Camargo Foundation (Cassis, France).

Invited Speaker. Introduction to Art and Imaging Race: Photography & the Archive (courses of Faye Gleisser). Indiana University (Bloomington, IN).

Invited Speaker and Graduate Studio Visits. Parlor Room Presents. Photo Department, SAIC (Chicago, IL).

Individual Artist Program Grant. Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events (Chicago, IL).

2017

Invited Speaker and Graduate Studio Visits. Interlink Visiting Artist Program. SAIC (Chicago, IL).

Artist Talk. Diasporic Art (course of Jamál Currie). MIAD (Milwaukee, WI).

Ragdale Artist Residency. Ragdale Foundation (Lake View, IL).

Individual Artist Program Grant. Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events (Chicago, IL).

Artist Talk. Research Studio (course of Luis Sahagun). SAIC (Chicago, IL).

2016

BOLT Artist Residency. Chicago Artists Coalition (Chicago, IL).

International Artist Residency. Sàn Art (HCMC, VN).

Selected Press:

“Generational Memory and Labor are Focus of New Hương Ngô Exhibition,” Debra Herrick for Santa Barbara Independent.

“The Post-socialist Condition: Nostalgia and Anti-communism in Vietnamese Art” Minh Nguyen for E-Flux Journal, Issue #148.

“Hương Ngô on the hidden labor behind technology,” Coco Picard for Chicago Reader.

“Hương Ngô: Ungrafting,” Nina Peterson for Daria Art Magazine.

“Art installation examines Vietnamese refugee history,” Debra Herrick for The Current, UCSB.

“In the Shadow of the Future: Interview with Hương Ngô,”  Maya Simkin for Something To Look Forward To, Sixty + For the Birds Trapped in Airports, 2023.

“Rising and Sinking Again at the Hessel Museum of Art Reflects on the Contemporary as a Reckoning with the Past,” Bard College.

“In Pictures: See the Sharp, City-Spanning Art From the Long-Awaited Return of the Prospect New Orleans Triennial,” Ben Davis for Artnet News.

“City of Chicago Announces Artists Who Will Be Part of O'Hare Terminal 5 Expansion,” Chicago Gallery News.

Khái niệm “Quyền nữ” từ triển lãm Khuất dạng tới lời rap của Suboi, Master Media Academy.

“The Stuff of Life,” Danni Shen for Art in America.

“Principles, Protest, & Power,” Ionit Behar for Bridge Journal (Volume 21, number 1).

“About That Narrative: Hương Ngô,” Lexie Casais for Smith College Museum of Art.

“Art Apart: Citizenship Rights, At What Cost?” Marguerite Wynter for MCA – Blog.

“Continuously Becoming: A Review of Nine Lives at the Renaissance Society,” Christina Nafziger for New City Chicago.

“Lost from View, Hương Ngô,” Review by Quyen Hoang for ArtAsiaPacific.

“Chicago non-profit 3Arts awards $150,000 to three women artists,” Ruth Lopez for The Art Newspaper.

“Art 50 2020: Chicago’s Artists’ Artists” Kerry Cordoza for New City Chicago.

“Exit Strategy: Huong Ngo’s Escape in the Time of Pandemic,” Noah Hanna for The Seen Journal.

“Cuộc đào xới những phụ nữ 'khuất dạng',” Mai Thụy for Tuổi Trẻ.

“‘Khuất dạng’: Khai đào vai trò của phụ nữ trong lịch sử qua góc nhìn nam tính độc hại,” Lê Phan for Báo Phụ Nữ.

“Why COVID-19 Spurred Us to Create an Online Show Highlighting the Asian Experience,” Hongzheng Han and Chandler Allen for Artsy.net

“Within Global Isolation: Asian Artists in America,” Sahar Khraibani for The Brooklyn Rail.

“Misbehaving Books: Challenging Reads from the Rosemary Furtak Artist Book Collection,” Jennifer Riestenberg for Walker Sightlines

“Adding a Multiplicity of Identities at a Time,” interview with Jacob Zhang for Gallery No One

“Critics’ Pick,” Minh Nguyen for Artforum

“In the Shadow of the Future: Interview with Hương Ngô,” Maya Simkin for Sixty Inches from Center

“Chicago: New Networks of Alterity and Resistance,” Laura Kina for ArtAsiaPacific

“The Document as Event: Vietnamese Artists’ Engagement with History,” Nora Taylor for Art Journal

“Hương Ngô: Reap the Whirlwind,” Caroline Picard for Fabrik

“3Arts awards grants are about the whole artist, and awardees revel in the freedom,” Darcel Rockett for the Chicago Tribune

“From the Archives, Out of the Darkness: A Review of Huong Ngo at Aspect/Ratio Projects,” Anastasia Tinari for Newcity Chicago

“Hương Ngô: Reflecting Winds of Perception and Change,” Chester Alamo-Costello for The COMP Magazine

“Critic’s Picks: Hương Ngô and Tonika Lewis Johnson,” Shannon Waldman for fnewsmagazine

“Art in the Age of Surveillance,” Nicole Lane for Exhibitions on the Cusp

“Chicago Roundup,” Orit Gat for Art Agenda

“Being: New Photography,” Graham W. Bell for Brooklyn Rail

“Being: New Photography,” New Yorker

"Material Witness Witness Material," Nicole Miller for Brooklyn Rail

“The Browser: MoMA’s Gripping ‘New Photography’ Goes Behind the Lens,” Alex Greenberger for ARTNEWS

“MoMA's New Photography Show Is a Testament to Being Human,” Sarah Valdez for VICE

“Discover 5 Artists Breathing New Life Into Photography in MoMA’s Biannual Survey,” Taylor Dafoe for ARTNET News

"MoMA's Human Focus," Richard Woodward for Wall Street Journal

"Interviews: Huong Ngo and Hong-An Truong as Told to Daniel Quiles," Artforum

"Deftly and Defiantly Decolonial," B. David Harley for New City

"This is what intersectional feminist art looks like," Lori Waxman for the Chicago Tribune

"Breakout Artists 2017," Noah Hanna for New City

"Interview with Huong Ngo," Jessica Perez for the Asian American Art Oral History Project

"After a Call for Change, Artists Respond," Jillian Steinhauer for Hyperallergic

"Common Spaces," Holland Cotter for The New York Times

"Artist Profile: Huong Ngo," Ian Glover for Rhizome

"Things Done with Words," Stephen Squibb for Idiom Magazine

"Lessons Learned 1: Huong Ngo," Amara Antilla for the Walker Arts Center

"A Nest of All Possible Worlds," Albert Stabler for NY Arts Magazine

"Show muses on our nervous times," Lauren Viera for the Chicago Tribune