2006

2005

2004

2000

1999

-What Will You Miss?, Georgia State University, School of Art & Design Galleries, invitational exhibition, curated by Jane Block & Nancy Floyd

1998

-Your I, Center for Curatorial Studies, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY
- Passing, Dishman Gallery, Lamar University, Beaumont, TX (solo)
-Urban Encounters, New Museum of Contemporary Art, NYC
-circuits@nys: The Arts in a Digital Age, Palisades Conference Center, NY
-Site of Asia/Body of Site: Contemporary Asian Women Artists, Taipei Gallery, NYC, catalog
-FotoFest 98: Selections from the Permanent Collection, Museum of Fine Arts/Houston

1996

-Stories from the Faultline, Sheppard Art Gallery, University of Nevada/Reno (solo)
-Re:Collectivity, Side Street Projects, Santa Monica, CA
-One: Inaugural exhibition, Foundation Arts Gallery/Rush Fine Arts, NYC, organized by Rénee Cox

1995

-Cultural Baggage, Rice Media Center, Rice University, Houston, organized by Bill Thomas
-1945, Side Street Projects, Santa Monica, CA
-(dis)ORIENTED: Images of Asian Women in America, Steinbaum Krauss Gallery & Henry Street Settlement, NYC, curated by Margo Machida, catalog

1994

-Beyond the Label, Joseloff Gallery, University of Hartford/CT, curated by Julia Ballerini, brochure
-Material Concerns, Rotunda Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
-Extreme Unction: HIV/AIDS, Ethnicity, Race, Panchayat, Old Spitalsfield Mkt, London

1993

-Will You Go Out With Me?, Hallwalls, Buffalo, NY
-Interior Dialogues, Montage 93: Int'l Festival of the Image, Pyramid Arts Center, Rochester, NY

1992

-Counterweight: Resistance, Alienation, Assimilation, Santa Barbara Contemporary Arts Forum
-en(Gendered) Visions: Race, Gender, Sexuality in Asian American Art, Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center, San Antonio, curated by Margo Machida, catalog

1991

-Forbidden Language: Beauty and Culture, Lindhurst Gallery, Univ. of Southern CA
-Images and Origins II: Reflections of Women Photographers, Bridge Gallery, City Hall, Los Angeles,
Pat Ward Williams, juror

1990

- Narrative Concerns: Contemp. Trends by Women Artists of Color, Women & Their Work Gallery, Austin, TX

- Faculty, International Center for Photography, Digital Media Lab, NYC

• New Media: Intersections & Interventions in Digital Art & Culture
• Digital Imaging for Photographers I & II
• Digital Darkroom: From Scan to Print
• Photoshop Intensive I & II
• Crafting an Online Portfolio
• Demystifying the Internet
• The Wild Wild Web: Creating for the Internet
• Photoshop Basics
• Imaging and the Web

2000-2005

1999-00

-Visiting Asst. Professor in Photography/Digital Imaging, University of Houston, Art Department

• Photo Block II (junior & senior-level photography students)
• Computer Imaging II (web design)
• Graduate Seminar in Photography

1995-96

1994-96

-Visiting Asst. Professor in Digital Imaging, Univ. of California-Irvine, Dept. of Studio Art

• Digital Imaging I & II
• Artists as Writers (writing seminar)
• Advanced Cultural Studies (museum studies seminar)

1993-94

-Adjunct Professor, New York University, Tisch School of the Arts, Photography Dept.

1996-97 - Curatorial Advisor, CEPA Gallery, Buffalo, NY. Uncommon Traits. Re/Locating Asia

1996 - Curator, Foundation Art Resources/Full Moon Gallery, Los Angeles, Anthem

1994 - Curator, Houston Center for Photography, Picturing Asia America

1993 - Co-curator, The Whitney Museum of American Art, The Subject of Rape

2010

-Panel Reviewer, Ohio Arts Council, Individual Artists Grants, Columbus, OH
-DesignInquiry '10, Participant, Vinalhaven, ME

2006

-Juror, Scholastic Region-at-Large Awards in Film/Video/Computer Art, New York, NY

2004

-Portfolio Reviewer, SPE National Conference, Newport, RI

2000

-Participant, American Photography Institute National Graduate Seminar, Symposia & Roundtable Discussion, New York University, A Curriculum for a New Millennium

1999

-Panelist, The Rocky Mountain Conference on Art & Technology, Denver, Developing Your Webs Site From Scratch

1997

-Artist Presentation, NYC Dept. of Cultural Affairs. One of 6 finalists for Open Door Senior Center Public Art Commission in Chinatown
-Keynote Speaker, Univ. of Michigan/Ann Arbor. Guest speaker for 10th annual Asian American Art Exhibition, Trotter House
-Artist Presentation, Wellesley College. 2-day series of lectures & demos for Art & Computer Science Depts.

1996

-Panelist, VISCOMM, NYC, A Designer's Overview of Multimedia
-Artist Presentation & Panel Discussion, The Public Theater/NYC, Beyond Butterfly: Asian & Asian American Women Today

1995

-Workshop Instructor, SPE Regional Conference, CalArts, Introduction to Writing HTML
-Panel Speaker, Deutsches Haus, New York Univ., (dis)ORIENTED: Transcultural Images of Asian Women in the United States

-Gallery Talk, New Museum of Contemporary Art/ NYC, From An Asian American Perspective: Re-reading the Work of Huang Yong Ping and Chen Zhen
-Panel Speaker, Institute of Contemporary Arts (ICA), London, Extreme Unction (with Sunil Gupta, Kim Mulji, Dan Kwong)
-Panel Speaker, Women in Photography Conference, Houston, Women & Autobiography

2007 - Portland Museum of Art, ME
2006 - Center for Maine Contemporary Art, Rockport
2005 -Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo
2004 - Aspen Center for Environmental Studies
2003 - Indiana University, Bloomington
2002 - University of Rhode Island
2001 - Anderson Ranch Arts Center
2000 - American Photography Institute-National Graduate Seminar, New York University
- Aspen Art Museum
- University of Nevada/Las Vegas, Lecture and grad studio visits
1999 - University of Southern California/LA
- University of Denver/CO
1998 - Lamar University, Beaumont, TX
- Williams College, Williamstown/MA
1997 - University. of Houston/TX
- University. of Michigan/Ann Arbor
- Wellesley College/MA
1996 - University. of Nevada/Reno
- Rhode Island School of Design, Photo Dept.
1995 - SUNY-Stony Brook/NY
- Cornell University, Lecture and grad studio visits
- University of California/Irvine
1994 -New York University, Tisch School of the Arts, Photo. Dept.
- University of Arizona/Tucson, Photo Dept.
1993 - University of California, Davis, Lecture and grad studio visits

Writings

-"Catherine Opie," California Institute of the Arts Alumni News, Summer, 2000
-"The Name Game," CEPA Journal, Part II for Uncommon Traits: Re/Locating Asia, CEPA Gallery, Buffalo, NY, Dec 6–Jan 23, 1998, 2
-"Teaching Digital Imaging," Magic Wand: An Exchange of Ideas for Instructors Teaching Digital Imaging, by Barbara London and Peggy Jones, HarperCollins Publishers, 1996, 18-28
-"Picturing Asia America: Communities, Culture, Difference," HCP Newsletter and brochure, Houston Center for Photography, Nov 1994
-"Tall Tales or True Stories: The Subject of Rape in Recent Video Art," The Subject of Rape, Whitney Museum of American Art, ISP Journal, 1993, 78-85
-"Esther Parada," Proceedings: American Photography Institute, National Graduate Seminar, June 7-27, 1992, NYU,Tisch School of the Arts, Photo. Dept., 1993, 197-198

Artwork

-Cultural History & Racial Memory, University of Oregon, School of Arch. & Allied Arts, Fall 99, journal and poster for inaugural lecture by Koehn Visiting Scholar, Stephen Greenblatt
-Alice Yang, "Disorienting Territories," Why Asia? Contemporary Asian & Asian American Art, New York Univ. Press, 1998, 76
-Grand Larceny, Vol. 3, Spring 1996, Irvine, CA, artist's page, 18-19
-Grand Larceny, Vol. 2, Spring 1995, Irvine, CA, artist's page
-California Institute of the Arts 25th Anniversary CD-ROM, Fall 1995
-Framework Magazine, LA Center for Photographic Studies, Vol. 7, Issue 3, Fall 1995, artists' page
-New Observations Magazine, Jul/Aug 1995, Issue #107, artists' page. 31

Work Cited (selected)

-Rose Safran, "Cutting-edge art at the Portland Museum of Art 2007 Biennial," The Independent, May. 23, 2007.
-Dagney C. Ernst, "Focus on the Midcoast ," Camden Herald, Apr. 24, 2007.
-Ian Paige, "Contemplating relationships," Portland Phoenix, Apr. 11, 2007.
-Matthew Nash, "2007 Biennial @ The Portland Museum of Art," Big Red Shiny, Apr, 2007.
-Avery Yale Kamila, "Contemporary art today: Nature and culture collide in PMA's 2007 Biennial," The Maine Switch, Apr. 10, 2007.
-Stewart Oksenhorn, "James Surls: 'Finding Balance',"The Aspen Times, Dec. 9, 2006.
-Eileen McClelland, "Surls curates an exhibition that questions patriarchal power," Houston Chronicle, Oct. 13, 2006.
-"Finding Balance in Houston," Aspen Magazine, Insider Arts, Midsummer.
-"Space 301 set to open a diverse photography exhibition," Mobile Press-Register, May 7, 2006, photo.
-Karyn Bonfiglio, "Relative China, now at The Livery", South Bend Tribune, Mar 5, 2006.
-Dean Sobel, video interview, Aspen Art Museum, November 2000
-Jim Baker & Dean Sobel, radio interview, "All About the Arts,", KJAX Radio, Aspen
-Aimee B.White, "Through her work, Chau reclaims her past," The Aspen Times, Nov 11-12, 2000, 3-B
-Aimee White, "New Artists New Direction," The Aspen Times Weekly, Sat/Sun, Oct 7 & 8, 2000. 1B
-Cynthia Nadelman,"Site of Asia/Site of Body," ARTnews, Summer 1998, p. 160
-Carrie Click, "Ranch exhibits find homes away from home," The Aspen Times, Apr 11-12, 1998, 9B
-"The Female Body: Taboo or Battleground," Currents, Chinese Information and Cultural Center, March/April 1998, No. 35.
-Jim Baker, "All About the Arts" interview, KAJX Radio, Aspen, CO, February 1998
-Heidi Hart, "Monica Chau at the Univ. of Reno, Nevada," Artweek, Dec 1996, 25
-Brad Summerhill, "Chinatown: An Art Exhibit Glimpses Into Reno's Forgotten Chinese Legacy," Reno News & Review, Oct 2, 1996, 21, repro
-José F.Aranda, , et. al. "Unpacking Postcolonialism," Afterimage, Jan/Feb 1996, 3
-Alice Yang, "Disorienting Territories," Asia Pacific Magazine, Feb 1996
-Pepe Karmel, Art in Review, New York Times, Jul 1995
-Sumi Sastri, "Asian-American artists celebrate life and death," Asian Times, London, May 3, 1994
-everything London Arts Magazine, No. 12, London, Feb/Mar 1994, 19, repro.

Books/Catalogs

-Portland Museum of Art Biennial, ME, artists' page, 2007
-Finding Balance: Reconciling the Masculine/Feminine in Contemporary Art & Culture, Houston Center for Contemporary Craft, artists' page, 2006
-Joe Ciaglia, Introduction to Digital Imaging, Prentice Hall, 2nd ed. 2005
-Joe Ciaglia, Introduction to Digital Imaging, Prentice Hall, 2002
-Fu-Chia Wen Lien, Site of Asia/Body of Site: Contemporary Asian Women Artists, Taipei Gallery, New York, 1998, repro.
-Krista Elrick & Kirsten Girdes, eds., Parallaxis: Fifty-five Points to View, (WESTAF), 1996, repro.
-Margo Machida, (dis)ORIENTED: Images of Asian Women in America, Steinbaum Krauss Gallery & Henry Street Settlement/NYC, 1995, repro.
-Joan Hugo & Sondra Hale, Counterweight: Resistance, Alienation, Assimilation, Santa Barbara ContemporaryArts Forum, 1992, repro.
-Margo Machida, en(Gendered) Visions: Race, Gender, and Sexuality in Asian American Art, Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center/San Antonio, 1992, 5, repro.
-Contemporary Art by Women of Color, Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center/San Antonio, 1990, repro.

2005 - Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo
1998 - Lamar University, Dept. of Studio Art
1997 - Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Photography/Digital Imaging
1997 - Wellesley College, MA