About

Short bio, statement, and resume.

A single page for jurors, curators, and editors who need a concise bio, a practice statement, and resume details in one place.

Bio

Francis Chung is a Dallas-based artist working primarily in sculpture and installation. His work often centers on fragmentation, structural force, and devotional or symbolic charge, drawing from architecture, religious imagery, and the psychological space of objects. He also writes on contemporary art, a practice that sharpens and extends his engagement with form, intention, and interpretation.

Statement

I approach sculpture as a way of building pressure into form. Fragmentation, architectural structure, and symbolic resonance recur throughout the work, not as themes illustrated in advance, but as forces that emerge through making. I am drawn to objects that feel unstable but deliberate, devotional yet unresolved, intimate while reaching toward something monumental.

Based In

Dallas, Texas

Practice

Sculpture, installation, writing

Resume

Francis G. Chung

Education

Cranbrook Academy of Art

MFA Sculpture

2019

University of California, Davis

Bachelor of Art: Poetry

2001

Residencies

Vermont Studio Center

Summer residency

2018

School of Visual Arts

New York residency

2016

Grants/Awards

Larson Grant

Summer travel award

2018

Exhibitions

Cranbrook Thesis Show

2019

Cranbrook Chair Show

1301 Broadway St, Detroit

2018

Self Storage Space

Forum Gallery, Bloomfield Hills, MI

2018

Leftovers

Forum Gallery, Bloomfield Hills, MI

2017

Arts Benicia

Juried by Catharine Clark

2016

Open Studios School of Visual Arts

New York

2016

Student Holiday Show

Fort Mason, San Francisco

2016

Polychroma

Goody Cafe, San Francisco

2016

Publications/Lectures

Marguerite Humeau and the Lacanian i(a)

Lecture, Michigan Academy of Letters and Science

2019

Curation

Happy/Sad Show (A Deleuzian Output)

2018

Teaching Experience

Mold Making Workshop

Cranbrook

Demonstration of silicone and plaster molds for very basic shapes, including one- and two-piece molds.

2017