Phong BUI

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BIO

Phong Bui (b. 1964 in Hue, Vietnam; lives and works in Brooklyn) is an artist, writer, independent curator, and former curatorial advisor at MoMA PS1, 2007 to 2010. He is also the Co-Founder, Publisher, and Artistic Director of the monthly journal the Brooklyn Rail and its imprint, Rail Editions. He is the Host and Producer of Off the Rail on Art International Radio. He is a board trustee of the Third Rail of the Twin Cities, the Miami Rail, the Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation, the Walentas/Walsh Sharpe Studio Program, the International Association of Art Critics (AICA), Anthology Film Archives, Studio in a School, Second Shift Studio Space of St. Paul, among others. He was a senior critic at Yale MFA, Columbia University MFA, and University of Pennsylvania MFA, 2012 to 2015. He has taught graduate seminars in MFA Writing and Criticism and MFA Photography, Video, and Related Media at the School of Visual Arts, 2012 to 2016.

 Since 2000, he has curated over 50 one-person and group exhibits. In 2013 he founded Rail Curatorial Projects, which aims to curate group exhibits that respond specifically to location, cultural moment, and economic conditions, with exhibitions at Mana Contemporary, the School of Visual Arts Chelsea Gallery, Paul Kasmin Gallery, Red Bull Studios, among others. Other recent projects include the River Rail, a free bi-annual publication focusing on environmental and climate change issues, and Occupy Rail, an ongoing endeavor to encourage and support motivated individuals to create their own Rail publication in their local communities.