Phil Chang received his MFA from The California Institute of the Arts and his BA from the University of California, Irvine. Solo exhibitions include Penumbra Foundation (2024), The Fulcrum (2023), M+B (2022, 2017, and 2014), The Suburban (2019), Praz-Delavallade (2015), The California Museum of Photography (2015), and LAXART (2012). Chang’s work has been included in group exhibitions at the Getty Museum, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, and the Eastman Museum. His work has been written about in Artforum, The New Yorker, the Los Angeles Times, Artforum.com, nonsite.org and has appeared in Aperture, Blind Spot, Photography Is Magic, and The Photograph as Contemporary Art. Chang’s publications include Four Over One, an artist’s book published by the Los Angeles County Museum of Art in association with Jonathan Maghen. Chang’s academic appointments include California State University, Bakersfield and the Milton Avery Graduate School of the Arts at Bard College. Phil Chang lives and works in Los Angeles.
2024
· Process, Object, Residue, Penumbra Foundation, New York, NY
2022
· Pictures, Pigment and Canvas, M+B, Los Angeles
· Pictures, Unfixed, The Fulcrum Press, Los Angeles
2019
· The Suburban, Milwaukee
2017
· Matte Black Marks, Matte Black Pictures, M+B, Los Angeles
2015
· Pictures, Chromogenic and Pigment, #2, Praz-Delavallade, Paris
· Monochromes, Static and Unfixed, California Museum of Photography, UCRARTS
2014
· Pictures, Chromogenic and Pigment, M+B, Los Angeles
2012
· Cache, Active, LAXART, Los Angeles
· Studio, Affect, Pepin Moore, Los Angeles
2024
· Nineteenth-Century Photography Now, Getty Museum, Los Angeles, CA, curated by Karen Hellman and Carolyn Peter
· Infra-thick, Nan Rae Gallery, Woodbury University, Burbank, CA, curated by AJ Collins and Kelly Wall
2023
· CMP at 50, California Museum of Photography, UCRARTS
2020
· Keeper of the Hearth: Picturing Roland Barthes’ Unseen Photograph, Houston Center for Photography, Houston, TX, organized by Odette England
2019
· The Occasional, Todd Madigan Gallery, California State University, Bakersfield, curated by Jedediah Caesar
· The Adjacent Possible, Muscarelle Museum of Art, College of William & Mary, Williamsburg, VA, curated by Elizabeth Mead
2018
· Form and Class: Origins and Ends of the Work of Art, Andrew Rafacz Gallery, Chicago, curated by Walter Benn Michaels
2017
· Four Person Summer Group Show, Roberts Projects, Los Angeles
· I Love L.A., Praz-Delavallade, Los Angeles
· Light Play: Experiments in Photography, 1970 to the Present, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, curated by Eve Schillo
· Where does the Future Get Made?, Lishui Photography Festival, Lishui, China
2016
· About Time: Photography in a Moment of Change, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, curated by Corey Keller
· Unfixed: The Fugitive Image, Transformer Station, Clevelando
· Rotation 2015: Recent Acquisitions, California Museum of Photography, UCRARTS
· A Matter of Memory: Photography as Object in the Digital Age, George Eastman Museum, Rochester, NY, curated by Lisa Hostetler
2015
· Lens Work: Celebrating LACMA’s Experimental Photography at 50, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, curated by Eve Schillo
· Human Apparatus, Klemm’s, Berlin
· Russian Doll, M+B, Los Angeles
2014
· Me and Benjamin, Galerie Xippas, Paris, curated by Benjamin Trigano
· Aggregate Exposure, George Lawson Gallery, San Francisco, CA, curated by Jennah Ward
· Tip The Wink, The Institute of Jamais Vu, London, curated by Short House
· Process, Photo Center Northwest, Seattle, WA
· Material Object, Charlie James Gallery, Los Angeles, curated by Justin Cole
2013
· Page 179, Artforum, September 2013, Brennan & Griffin, New York
· Influenced by the Sun, Cohen Gallery, Los Angeles, curated by Peter Bartlett
· Alchemical, Steven Kasher Gallery, New York, curated by Kevin Moore
· Endless Bummer II / Still Bummin,’ Marlborough Chelsea, New York, curated by Drew Heitzler & Jan Tumlir
· Inaugural Exhibition, Pepin Moore, Los Angeles, CA
· The Black Mirror, Diane Rosenstein Fine Art, Los Angeles, curated by James Welling and Diane Rosenstein, associate curator Farrah Karapetian
· Flicker, Control Room, Los Angeles, curated by Jan Tumlir
2012
· The Crystal Chain, Invisible Exports, New York, NY, curated by Matthew Porter and Hannah Whitaker
· Megabodega, Family Business, New York, NY, curated by Victoria Yee
· Woman, Laughing, Isolation Room/Gallery Kit, St. Louis, MO
2011
· Second Story | New Editions, Pepin Moore, Los Angeles, CA
· No More Reality, Creatures of Comfort, New York, NY, organized by Jonathan Maghen
· Sing Me To Sleep, Angles Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, curated by Soo Kim
2010
· Young Curators, New Ideas III, P•P•O•W, New York, NY
2009
· Beyond Process, Renwick Gallery, New York, NY
· The Awful Parenthesis, Cirrus Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, curated by Aram Moshayedi
· Palomar: Experimental Photography, Marvelli Gallery, New York, NY
· Ooga Booga Reading Room, The Swiss Institute, New York, NY, curated by Wendy Yao
2008
· The World Is All That Is The Case, Hudson Franklin, New York, NY
· When It’s A Photograph, Bolsky Gallery, Otis College of Art & Design, Los Angeles CA, curated by Soo Kim
· I Am I A Killer, Sam Lee Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
· Intersections, Outpost for Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA
2006
· Best Played With A Straight Face, Hudson Franklin, New York, NY
· Rose Bowl Flea Market Biennale, CLANCCO and Outpost For Contemporary Art, Pasadena, CA
· New American Talent: 21, Arthouse at the Jones Center, Austin, TX, curated by Aimee Chang
2005
· Supersonic 2005, Los Angeles Design Center, Los Angeles, CA
· Shipping & Receiving, Armory Northwest/965, Pasadena, CA
· FIVE, Scalo Project Space, New York, NY
· Some Notes On Personal Acts That Other People Perform, Lime Gallery, CalArt Valencia, CA
· Crossfade, Teoretica Gallery, San Jose, Costa Rica
2004
· After Komoru Shinako, Main Gallery, California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, CA
· MFA Mid-Residency Show, California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, CA
· GPS: Cypress Park, Los Angeles, CA
2003
· December Test, South La Brea Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
· November Test, D301 Gallery, California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, CA
2002
· Home Series, Grand Central Art Center, California State University Fullerton, Fullerton, CA
2021
· Gemma Padley, Look At This If You Love Great Photography, White Lion Publishing
· Kate Palmer Albers, The Night Albums: Visibility and the Ephemeral Photograph, University of California Press
· Hrishikesh Hirway, Interview, Platform
2020
· Charlotte Cotton, The Photograph as Contemporary Art, Thames and Hudson
· Odette England, Keeper of the Hearth: Picturing Roland Barthes’ Unseen Photograph, Schilt Publishing
· Roula Seikaly, “200+ Photographers, Artists and Writers Respond to Roland Barthes’ Winter Garden Photograph,” Humble Arts Foundation, March
· Stefan Vanthuyne, “Review of Keeper of the Hearth,” De Standaard Newspaper, April 17
· Cary Benbow, “Keeper of the Hearth: Picturing Roland Barthes’ Unseen Photograph by Odette England,” F-Stop Magazine, April 30
· Aline Smithson, “Keeper of the Hearth: Picturing Roland Barthes’ Unseen Photograph,” Lenscratch, March 9
2017
· Kate Palmer Albers, Default Delete: Photographic Archives in a Digital Age, Photography & Failure, Kris Belden-Adams, ed., Routledge
2016
· Thomas Roach, “The Beauty of a Social Problem – Interview with Walter Benn Michaels,” Objektiv, August 9
· Kelly Crow, “SF MOMA Stakes Out Photography,” The Wall Street Journal, April 28
2015
· Walter Benn Michaels, The Beauty of a Social Problem: Photography, Autonomy, Economy, The University of
Chicago Press
· Phil Taylor, “Phil Chang,” Artforum.com, Critics’ Picks, July
· Charlotte Cotton, Photography Is Magic, Aperture
· Charlotte Cotton, “The Solution is in the Problem,” C-Photo: Don't Call Me A Photographer, Volume 10
2014
· Charlotte Cotton, “Photographer’s File,” IMA Magazine, Autumn, Vol. 9
· Sharon Mizota, “The Focus Cleverly Blurs in ‘Soft Target’ at M+B,” Los Angeles Times, August 22
· Farrah Karapetian, “Theatrical Photographs,” nonsite.org, May 2
· Rebecca Robertson, “Expired Photo Materials Find New Life in Contemporary Photography,” ARTnews, February 17
· Jen Graves, “Currently Hanging: The Unveiling of Phil Chang’s Photogram,” The Stranger, May 8
· Michael Upchurch, “Photo Center NW’s ‘Process’ Is About More Than Images,” The Seattle Times, March 28
· Gina Luna, “Process: PCNW Welcomes New Photography Exhibition,” The Capitol Hill Times, March 13
· Matthew Porter, “X + I,” At Large, December
2013
· Charlotte Cotton, C-Photo: Photographicness, Volume 7
· Vince Aletti, “Goings On About Town: Art – Alchemical,” The New Yorker, July
· Travis Diehl, “The Black Mirror,” Artforum.com, Critics’ Pick, February
· Leah Ollman, “Black As Everything and Nothing at Diane Rosenstein,” Los Angeles Times, January 31
2012
· Sarah Lehrer-Graiwer, “Phil Chang,” Artforum, Summer
· James Welling, “Associations for Phil Chang,” nonsite.org, April 17
· Walter Benn Michaels, “Meaning & Affect: Phil Chang’s Cache, Active,” LAXART, March
· Carmen Winat, “Affective Turns?,” Artforum.com, Critics’ Pick, March
· Sharon Mizota, “Phil Chang at LAXART,” Los Angeles Times, March 23
· Jan Tumlir, “Dark-Side Minimalism,” X-Tra, Fall, Vol. 15, No. 1
· Blind Spot, Issue 45, May, edited by Matthew Porter and Hannah Whitaker
· Rebekah Modrak & Bill Anthes, Reframing Photography: Theory and Practice, Resources & Artists Listing, Routledge
· Christine Haroutounian, "In View of Affect: An Interview with Phil Chang," Graphite, April 6
· Catherine Wagley, “Phil Chang: Studio, Affect,” Snapshots, Photograph, July 31
· Geoff Tuck, “Notes On Looking,” April 7
2011
· Jane Herman, “Now Selling,” T Magazine, The New York Times, July 27
· Mia Kim, “No More Reality,” The Wild, July
· Noel Rodo-Vankeulen, “Books About Photo and Photos About Text,” iheartphotograph, April 13
· Geoff Tuck, “Notes On Looking,” January 5
2010
· Sarah Lehrer-Graiwer, “500 Words,” Artforum.com, May 13
· Sarah Bay Williams, “Three Photo Books and One Book On Photo,” Unframed, May 21
· Liu Congyun, “Phil Chang, Interview,” Photo World, Xinhua News Agency, September
· Geoff Tuck, “Notes On Looking,” November 11
2009
· Vince Aletti, “Galleries – Chelsea,” The New Yorker, June 22
· Aimee Walleston, “Photography Wow,” T Magazine, The New York Times, June 5
· Seth Curcio, “Palomar: Experimental Photography,” Daily Serving, June 5
2008
· When It’s A Photograph, Catalog, Otis College of Art & Design
· Kim Biel, “I Am I A Killer,” Artweek, October
· Nicholas Grider, “Interview with Phil Chang,” iheartphotograph, April 29
2007
· Chris Balaschak, “2007 Works”
2006
· New American Talent: 21, Catalog, Arthouse at the Jones Center, Austin, TX
2005
· Farid Matuk, “Less So The Man: Chang’s Some Notes On Personal Acts That Other People Perform”
2023
· Pictures, Unfixed, The Fulcrum Press
2010
· Four Over One, The Los Angeles County Museum of Art
2019 – Present
· Associate Professor of Reproducible Media, California State University, Bakersfield
2016 – Present
· Faculty, Milton Avery Graduate School of the Arts, Bard College, Annandale-On-Hudson, NY
2007 – 2015
· Visiting Faculty, Department of Art, University of California, Los Angeles
· Lecturer, Photography Program, Otis College of Art & Design, Los Angeles, CA
2024
· Artist Lecture, Occidental College, Los Angeles
2023
· Artist Lecture, Penumbra Foundation, New York
· Artist Talk with Sarah Lehrer-Graiwer, The Fulcrum Press, Los Angeles
2022
· Phil Chang and Brandon Lattu: On Images and Demonstrations About Questions of Commerce, California Museum of Photography, UCRARTS
· Artist Lecture, Photographic Arts Council Los Angeles
· Artist Lecture, The Begovich Visual Arts Lecture Series, California State University, Fullerton
· Panelist with Brandon Lattu and Josh Schaedel, Storefront, No Moon LA, Los Angeles
2021
· Artist Lecture, Fine Arts Visiting Artist Lecture Series, Otis College of Art & Design, Los Angeles
2020
· Panelist, Questioning the Protocols of Display, photo L.A.
· Artist Lecture, MFA Photography Program, Parsons School of Design, New York
2019
· Artist Lecture, Intermediate Photography, University of Southern California, instructor Julia Paull
2018
· Panelist, Two-Part Panel Discussion, Andrew Rafacz Gallery, Chicago
2017
· Artist Lecture, MFA Photography Program, Parsons School of Design, New York
· Artist Lecture and Panelist, Art and Politics, Marxist University, Waterloo, Belgium
2016
· Panelist, The Photographic Event, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
· Panelist, Photography is Magic, LA Art Book Fair
· Artist Lecture, Broken Windows course, California Institute of the Arts
2015
· Artist Lecture, UCLA-LACMA Art History Practicum Initiative
· Artist Lecture, California Museum of Photography, UCRARTS
· Panelist, Philosophy and Photography, Los Angeles County Museum of Art
· Panelist, Remembering Forward, LAXART
2014
· Panelist, Artists in L.A.: The Expanded Field and Photographic Possibilities, photo L.A.
· Panelist, Material Object, Charlie James Gallery, Los Angeles
· Artist Lecture, Department of Photography & Imaging, Art Center College of Design, Pasadena
· Artist Lecture, Advanced Photography, University of Southern California
· Artist Lecture, Department of Art and Art History, University of California, Davis
· Artist Lecture, Department of Art History, University of Mostar, Bosnia-Herzegovina
· Artist Lecture, Introductory and Intermediate Photography, University of Southern California
2013
· Office Hours, LAXART, Los Angeles
· Panelist, The Language of Photography, Palm Springs Photo Festival
· Artist Lecture, Advanced Painting Course, California State University, Los Angeles
2012
· Artist Lecture, Department of Art, University of California, Riverside
· Panelist, A Discussion On Aesthetics, Affect and Issues of Value in Contemporary Art, LAXART, Los Angeles
· Panelist, Exhibition Research Forum, Los Angeles
2011
· Artist Lecture, Los Angeles Art Now, Antioch University Los Angeles
2010
· Panelist with Britt Salvesen and Patterson Beckwith, Art Catalogues at LACMA, Los Angeles, CA
· Artist Lecture, Photography Now, University of California, Los Angeles Extension Program
2009
· Artist Lecture, Summer Art Institute, Department of Art, University of California, Los Angeles
· Artist Lecture, Photography Without A Darkroom, The City College of New York, New York
2008
· Artist Lecture, When It’s A Photograph, Otis College of Art & Design
· Panelist, 2008 Resident Artist and Architect Critiques, MAK Center for Art and Architecture
· Guest Lecture, Professional Practices, Otis College of Art & Design
2007
· Artist Lecture, Art Center College of Art & Design, Visiting Artist Course
2022
· “Art Not Art Yet: Phil Chang in Conversation with John Ziqiang Wu,” X-TRA, Volume 24, Number 1, Spring/Summer
2020
· “Protocols of Display,” Objektiv, March 27
2016
· “Pictures in an Inkjet Era: A Conversation between Phil Chang and Arthur Ou,” Objektiv #13
2013
· “Phil Chang: Cache, Active | Conversation with James Welling,” Aperture, Spring, #210
2011
· “Interview with Walter Benn Michaels on Photography and Politics,” nonsite.org, Issue 2
2010
· “1 Image 1 Minute,” X-TRA, Volume 12, Number 2, Winter
2009
· “Dead and Alive,” Words Without Pictures, Wallis Annenberg Photography Department, The Los Angeles County Museum of Art, May
2008
· “Conversation With Charlotte Cotton and Phil Chang,” When It’s A Photograph, Otis College of Art & Design
2014
· Soft Target, M+B, Los Angeles, CA, co-organized with Matthew Porter
2012
· Affective Turns?, Pepin Moore, Los Angeles, CA
2009
· Seeing Sight, LACE Benefit Art Auction, Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions, Los Angeles, CA
2005
· The Ahmanson Foundation Award
2003
· California Institute of the Arts Grant
2005
· M.F.A., California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, CA
1997
· B.A., University of California Irvine, Irvine, CA
· The Los Angeles County Museum of Art · San Francisco Museum of Modern Art · Transformer Station at the Cleveland Museum of Art · UCRARTS/California Museum of Photography