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SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2024
You Can Never Go Home Again. Triton Museum of Art. Santa Clara, CA
All That Glitters. Stanford Faculty Club. Stanford, CA
2023
All That Glitters. Slipstitch Studio. Seattle, WA
2020
All That Glitters. Commonwealth Club of California. San Francisco, CA
2018
Domestic. Politics. Ruth's Table. San Francisco, CA
2015
Gross Domestic Product. E-Moderne Gallerie. Philadelphia, PA.
2009
Entwined Excess. Hang Art Gallery. San Francisco, CA
2006
Futures Market. Google, Inc. Mountain View, CA
Consider It. Art In Storefronts. 984 Market St. San Francisco, CA. Curated by the San Francisco Arts Commission and Triple Base Gallery.
All The King's Men. Performance. Union Square. San Francisco, CA
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2021
Crocker Kingsley 2021. Blue Line Arts. Roseville, CA
2020
To Hear and Be Heard. Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, CA. Curated by Marianne McGrath
New Growth. Modern Eden Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Modern Portraiture. Pamela Walsh Gallery, San Francisco, CA
The Return. 111 Minna Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2019
Affordable Art Fair. Singapore, Artered Gallery
Small Works Art Fair. San Francisco, CA
2018
Night Garden. Modern Eden Gallery, San Francisco, CA
ART & ACTIVISM: Drawing The Line. Children’s Museum of the Arts. New York, NY
Affordable Art Fair. Battersea, Great Britain, Artered Gallery
Mermay. Modern Eden Gallery, San Francisco, CA
10 Years of Wonderland. 111 Minna Gallery, San Francisco, CA
FourSquared. Arc Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2017
With Liberty and Justice for Some? Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley, CA. Curated by Walter Macial and Monica Lundy
Affordable Art Fair. New York, NY, Artered Gallery
The Ceramic Showcase of Yuet Tung China Works and Artwork of Phillip Hua. Hugomento, San Francisco, CA
Flower Child. Modern Eden Gallery, San Francisco, CA
With Liberty and Justice for Some? San Francisco Arts Commission Gallery, San Francisco, CA. Curated by Walter Macial and Monica Lundy
Building The Art House. City College of San Francisco. San Francisco, CA. Curated by Emma Spertus and Katherine Connell
Affordable Art Fair. Hamburg, Germany, Artered Gallery
With Liberty and Justice for Some? Walter Maciel Gallery, Los Angeles, CA. Curated by Walter Macial and Monica Lundy
2016
Affordable Art Fair. New York, Artered Gallery
Blue Marble. San Luis Obispo Museum of Art. San Luis Obispo, CA. Juried by Patricia Watts, Founder and West Coast curator, Ecoartspace
Affordable Art Fair. Hong Kong, Cat Street Gallery
Salon At The Triton. Triton Museum of Art. Santa Clara, CA
More Than Your Selfie. New Museum of Los Gatos. Los Gatos, CA. Curated by Marianne McGrath
2015
Affordable Art Fair. Hamburg, Germany, Artered Gallery
Endangered. Euphrat Museum of Art. DeAnza College. Cupertino, CA. Curated by Hanna Regev and Diana Argabrite
Bearing Witness in the Drone Age: Surveillance and Snowden's NSA Leaks. Durden & Ray. Los Angeles, CA. Curated by Hanna Regev and Matt McKinley
Affordable Art Fair. Seoul, South Korea, Artered Gallery
Memory Sketches. Gray Loft Gallery. Oakland, CA
Signal 8. The Cat Street Gallery, Hong Kong
Affordable Art Fair. Hampstead, London, Cynthia Corbett Gallery
Affordable Art Fair. Hong Kong, Artered Gallery
Bearing Witness in the Drone Age. San Francisco International Arts Festival, Fort Mason, San Francisco, CA. Curated by Hanna Regev and Matt McKinley
Selections. SOMArts. San Francisco, CA. Juried by Deborah Rappaport, President, Rappaport Family Foundation, Matt Gonzalez, Artist & Chief Attorney, San Francisco Public Defender's Office, Michael Krouse, Owner of Madrone Art Bar, Kim Larson, Gallery Director & Co-Owner, Modern Eden Gallery, Gina Pell, Creative Director & Tech Entrepreneur, Heidi Roizen, Operating Partner, DFJ Venture
Living With Endangered Languages. Root Division. San Francisco, CA. Curated by Hanna Regev
2014
Affordable Art Fair. Singapore, Artered Gallery
Ebb / Flow: The Annual 2015. Pro Arts. Oakland, CA. Juried by Cesar Garcia, Director and Chief Curator, The Mistake Room, and Naima J. Keith, Assistant Curator, The Studio Museum
2014 Juried Art Show. Piedmont Center for the Arts. Piedmont, CA. Juried by Carin Adams, Oakland Museum of California, Associate Curator of Art & Material Culture and Caitlin Haskell, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Assistant Curator of Painting and Sculpture
Young Masters 2014. Sphinx Fine Art. London, UK
With A Vengeance. Wonderland SF. San Francisco, CA
Young Masters 2014. The Lloyds Club. London, UK
Launch. E-Moderne Gallerie. Philadelphia, PA
Flora and Form. Gray Loft Gallery. Oakland, CA
Emerging Artists of the Bay Area. Marin Museum of Contemporary Art. Marin, CA. Curated by Kenneth Baker, Art Critic, San Francisco Chronicle
Affordable Art Fair. Brussels, Artered Gallery
2013
Affordable Art Fair. Singapore, Artered Gallery
Cut + Paste Hang Art Gallery. San Francisco, CA
Phillip Hua, Kate Nartker, Zachary Royer Scholz CCSC Art Gallery. San Francisco, CA
2012
LA Art Show. Los Angeles, CA, Hang Art Gallery
Summer National Juried Exhibition. Marin Museum of Contemporary Art. Juror: Lucinda Barnes, Chief Curator and Director of Programs & Collections, Berkeley Art Museum & Pacific Film Archive
2011
Decay. Arc Gallery. San Francisco, CA
ArtPadSF Art Fair. San Francisco, CA, Hang Art Gallery
The End Is the Beginning Is the End. Google, Inc. Mountain View, CA
2010
Memory Upgrade. Center on Contemporary Art, Seattle WA. Curated by Juan Alonso.
Red Dot Art Fair. Miami, FL, Hang Art Gallery
Green. Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley CA.
2010 Bay Area Annual. Sanchez Art Center. Pacifica, CA. Curated by Betti Sue Hertz, Director of Visual Arts, Yerba Buena Center for Arts
Affordable Art Fair. New York, NY, Hang Art Gallery
Artopia: Finalists from the SFWeekly Masterminds Grant Project One Gallery. San Francisco, CA
American Pastiche: Choose Your Own Adventure Hang Art Gallery. San Francisco, CA
2009
(S)Edition: Prints as Activism. Urban Institute of Contemporary Arts. Grand Rapids, MI. Curated by Steve Samson, Exhibitions Manager at UICA and Mark Pascale, Curator of Prints and Drawings at the Art Institute of Chicago.
ReVisions: New Creations from scrap. SF Environment EcoCenter. San Francisco, CA. Curated by Meg Shiffler, Gallery Director for the San Francisco Arts Commission Gallery, Samara Rivers, and JD Beltran.
On The Cutting Edge. Coos Art Museum. Coos Bay, OR.
Scope Art Fair. Miami, FL , Micaela Gallery
COLD + HOT. Micaela Gallery. San Francisco, CA.
Top 40. California Museum of Photography. Los Angeles, CA. Curated by Rex Bruce.
AAF Contemporary Art Fair. New York, NY (Hang Art Gallery)
Top 40. Los Angeles Center for Digital Art. Los Angeles, CA. Curated by Rex Bruce.
EPIC. SOMArts Cultural Center. San Francisco, CA. Curated by Rico Reyes.
Time Lapse. Hang Art Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Beyond Boundaries. Seedcorn Gallery. The Greenlining Institute. Berkeley, CA.
Face. Chico State University Art Gallery. Chico, CA
2008
APAture. Kearny Street Workshop. San Francisco, CA
Give and Take.Hang Art Gallery, San Francisco, CA
ACE. Diego Rivera Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2007
I.O.U. Mission 17. San Francisco, CA
On the 13th Day... ART! Reaves Gallery, San Francisco, CA
ON/OFF: Art In the Digital Era. Cabrillo Gallery. Santa Cruz, CA
New Faces. Hang Art Gallery. San Francisco, CA.
Salon D'ete. Micaela Gallery. San Francisco, CA.
Xanh. Turkshop. San Franciso, CA.
Get Out Of Jail Free. San Francisco LGBT Center. San Francisco, CA.
2006
APAture. Kearny Street Workshop. San Francisco, CA
Colors of Life Belcher Studios Gallery. San Francisco, CA.
XanhArts Festival. Turkshop. San Francisco, CA.
9th Annual International Exhibition. Cornell Museum of Art and History. Delray, FL.
Urban Abstract. Backstage Gallery. San Francisco, CA.
2005
Ut Pictura Poesis. Cesar Chavez Art Gallery. San Francisco State University. San Francisco, CA.
Emerge. Belcher Studios Gallery. San Francisco, CA.
Paper! Awesome! Pigman Gallery. San Francisco, CA. Curated by Brion Nuda Rosch.
State of Abstraction. Belcher Studios Gallery. San Francisco, CA.
28th Annual Juried Art Show. Vacaville Art League. Vacaville, CA.
The Art of Dreaming. The Canvas Gallery. San Francisco, CA.
8th Annual International Exhibition. Artist's Gallery of Seattle. Seattle WA.
2004
10th National Fine Arts Exhibition. Memphis/Germantown Art League. Germantown, TN.
41st Annual Regional Show. Center for Creative Arts. Fairfield, CA.
2003
Bold Expressions. 48th Annual Open International Exhibition. Sacramento Fine Arts Center. Carmicheal, CA.
APAture. Kearny Street Workshop. San Francisco, CA.
AWARDS and HONORS
Voted "Best Local Artist," reader's poll, SFWeekly May 19-25, 2010
SFWeekly Mastermind Grant Finalist, 2010
First Place, "On the Cutting Edge," Coos Art Museum, Coos Bay, OR. 2009
Selected to exhibited in the Google corporate art program. 2009
Nominated to participate in the Florence Biannale. 2005, 2007, 2009
Savoir Faire Award. 2005
Third Place, Chip Express Industrial Art Contest. 2004
First Place, Experimental Art Category. Artist Magazine. January 2004
PRESS
2024
48Hills Phillip Hua lyrically links his long-gone rural San Jose to digital life, DeWitt Cheng, December 16, 2024
Metro Silicon Valley Phillip Hua’s Triton Museum Show Evokes an Edenic Paradise , Jeffrey Edalatpour, October 30, 2024
Patch Dublin Welcomes New Parking Garage Near BART Station, Michael Wittner, June 18, 2024
St. Thomas Newsroom Meet the Artists Behind the Schoenecker Center’s World-Class Art Collection, Abraham Swee, Spring 2024
2023
India Education Diary UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital Oakland Expands Care For Kids, June 9, 2023
Belvedere-Tiburon 94920 Worth Thinking About, Candice Fuhrman, May 2023
BART News Art at BART: The stories of the new artworks at modernized 19th Street Station in Oakland. April 3, 2023
StreetsblogSF Eyes on the Station: BART Celebrates 19th Street Modernization, Roger Rudick, January 23, 2023
2022
The Independent Dublin Residents Called Upon For Public Artwork Ideas, December 4, 2022
Bay Area Reporter Phillip Hua: artist expands his canvas, Jim Van Buskirk, November 22, 2022
San Francisco Examiner San Francisco to get a new public art stairway, this one focused on wisdom, James Salazar, January 13, 2022
2021
SFWeekly Uplifting Mural Painted on Imperial Garden Facade Veronica Irwin, March 3, 2021
2020
Kelly-Moore How Artist Phillip Hua Uses Color to Evoke Emotions Shannon Kaye, July 31, 2020
2017
Huffington Post Artists Mobilize: With Liberty and Justice for Some . . . An Exhibition Honoring Immigrants" Amy Pleasant, January 19, 2017
KQED “Portraits of an Immigrant-Filled Nation at Walter Maciel Gallery” Sarah Hotchkiss & Kelly Whalen. Feb 8, 2017
2016
Hoodline "Lower Polk Neighbors Finalizes Vision Plan For Neighborhood Alleyways" Nathan Falstreau, November 3, 2016
Orion Magazine "Gross Domestic Product" Orion Magazine, Barry Lopez. April 2016
Widewalls"Phillip Hua" Nicola Milosevic. Widewalls, April 2016
2015
San Francisco Chronicle "Muni Gets On Board With Art, Not Ads". Sam Whiting. November 19, 2015
SFWeekly "San Francisco Beautiful Chooses Winners of First Muni Art Project Contest" Jesse Phillips, July 23, 2015
Art Practical "Living with Endangered Languages in the Information Age" Nancy Garcia, January 25, 2015
The Temple News "New gallery seeks talent from abroad" Angela Gervasi, January 13, 2015
2014
Academy of Art University News "Digital imaging instructor creates art that honors tradition" Celeste Sunderland, December 2014
Novato Advance "Emerging Exhibition" March 5-11, 2014
2011
7x7 Magazine "Guide to Open Studios: 10+ Artists to Keep Your Eyes On" Allison McCarthy, September 30, 2011
Huffington Post "San Francisco Open Studios 2011 Preview" Tami Yu, September 29, 2011
SFWeekly "Degradation in Motion" Keith Bowers", August 24, 2011
San Francisco Chronicle "Phillip Hua: Birds, flowers mask fiscal statement" Kimberly Chun, September 1, 2011
2010
Vhcle magazine "Why Art?" Tim Sunderam, Issue 3, 2010
SFWeekly "Best of San Francisco 2010" May 19-25, 2010
SF Public Press "Newspapers are Art" John Liau, February 22, 2010
SFWeekly "Masterminds 2010" Reyhan Harmanci, February 17-23, 2010
San Francisco Chronicle "Don't miss: 'American Pastiche' at Hang Art" Mary Eisenhart, January 7, 2010
SFWeekly "Bee Have" Hiya Swanhuyser. January 6-12, 2010
American Artist "Transitioning from Snail Mail to Email" Daniel Grant, January 2010
Art ltd "Peering into Art in Storefronts" Cherie Louise Turner, January/February 2010
2009
Grand Rapids Press "Weighty Topics: UICA Exhibits Tackle Timely Social Issues" Molly Kimelman, December 17, 2009
California Home + Design Magazine "The Hit List 2009" November/December 2009
San Francisco Chronicle "Artwork to aid San Francisco's blighted streets" Rachel Gordon, October 24, 2009
7x7 Magazine "Fall Arts Preview" Allison McCarthy, September 2009
Interior Design Magazine"Good on Paper" Annie Block, August 2009
SF Art News "Time Lapse at Hang Annex" Michael Yochum. April 2, 2009.
San Francisco Arts Monthly, New York Times Sunday Edition "Hang Art Annex" April 2009
The Orion "University Gallery Focuses on Asian Art" Earl Parsons. March 11, 2009.
2008
Arteaser "Phillip Hua" Dormain Geyer, November 2008
San Francisco Chronicle "Window on the Artist's World" Delfin Vigil, October 12, 2008
Plastic Antinomy "A Day in the Life of ArtSpan Open Studios" Spring 2008
PersuAsian "A Commodity, Superimposed, on News" Winter 2007-08
2007
White Hot Magazine of Contemporary Art "Xanh" May 2007
2006
The San Francisco Bay Guardian "Picks" May 24-30, 2006
2004
Artist Magazine February 2004
EE Times Today (Cover Image) , March 31, 2004
VIDEOGRAPHY
ABC Local News. Artists help fill empty storefronts. Air Date 10/23/09
Inside City Limits. Air date 04/17/09
Intimate Portraits: Vietnamese-American Artists Directed by Barbara Grandvoinet. 2004
TEACHING
2009 - 2021. Adjunct Professor. Digital Media, Clothed Figure Drawing. Academy of Art University, San Francisco, CA
SELECTED COLLECTIONS
University of St. Thomas
City of Sunnyvale
UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital
Cisco Systems, Inc.
Baird, Inc.
Brown-Forman Corporation
Jim Beam Brands
Bank of America
Santa Clara Valley Medical Center
Kaiser Permanente Mission Bay
Kaiser Permanente Dublin
Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital
Boston Children’s Hospital
Imagery Estate Winery