CHOR BOOGIE

INTERNATIONAL COMMISSIONS | MURALS AND PAINTINGS

CHINA

2008    Commissioned by Century Ginwa in Xi'an China to paint a mural for the Beijing Olympic Games

2008    Elementary school 90 foot mural project, Zhuhai, China and full body painting of two Toyota cars

AUSTRALIA

2008    Live painting | Commissioned mural for Melbourne Stencil Festival, Australia

2008    Famous When Dead Gallery, Sydney, Australia

dubai | UAE

2008   To beautify public space in Dubai, two public presentations of public space transformation

MEXICO

2008  Bordes Art Gallery, Mexico City, gallery show and exterior wall

2007  Orphanage in Tijuana, interior 15 feet wide x 10 feet high, Collaboration with POSE2

All commissioned murals were painted solo with no assistants unless otherwise noted.

PERMANENT COLLECTIONS

"Hip hop in the World we Live",  Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego, California.

"Dynamics", The New Children's Museum, San Diego, California. Collaboration with POSE2

PRIVATE AcQUISITIONS

2007                Portrait of Jay-Z, Gift to the artist, New York City

2007                Rock the Bells, Rage Against The Machine, 15 feet x 5 feet canvas

2007                Hugh Heffner Portrait, Playboy West Coast Representative Office

2006                Rock the Bells, Old Dirty Bastard Tribute, 6 feet x 6 feet canvas

TOURS 

CONCRETE ALCHEMY TOUR 2007

Group show, Ten Eleven Lounge, New York City

Wall, lower east side, New York City

Dream like reality group gallery show and live gallery wall painting, Philadelphia, PA

"Wordsbeatslife",  60 feet x 24 feet mural, Washington, DC

Art Wino gallery group show and panel discussion, Maryland

 
AWARDS

2007/8            
Featured Artist,  Best of the Bay, Installation both years at San Francisco Bay Guardian Awards Ceremonies


2007   Best Public Mural, The Merit Building, Minneapolis. 100 feet long, exterior wall

Collaboration with VULCAN, APEX and PHASE2


2006   "TNT" Thursday Night Throwback, Best Show of the Year, Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego


2005       Award from City of Vista for contribution to beautifying public space

 

PRESS

2008  Video "Chor Boogie in Sydney", Film from May Lane Art Project in Sydney, Australia featuring San Francisco-based artist Chor Boogie. By Kurt Iverson and Daniel Daley,

2008   Juxtapoz Art & Culture Magazine | http://www.juxtapoz.com "Peep this film from the July 2008 May Lane Art Project in Sydney, Australia, featuring San Francisco-based artist Chor Boogie."

2008  Video "Chor Boogie Hits Melbourne",  by the Wooster Collective

2008  Chor on SBS Radio, "Chor Boogie presents his artwork to the listeners of "Alchemy Talk Show" on SBS Radio in Australia. Wanting to distance himself from taggers, Chor regards himself as a color-therapist..."

2008   ABC Radio, Melbourne, Australia, Interview

2007    Interview for "Naked Happy Girls", Playboy Channel

2005  Article in The San Diego Union-Tribune, "San Diego artist Chor Boogie, a former resident of Vista..."

 

NATIONAL COMISSIONS | MURALS AND PAINTINGS

USA

2008    Commissioned by City of Vista, The Kites Project.  Entire building at public park, 30 feet long

2008    San Diego Art Academy, exterior wall, guest artist for mural project

2008    Mayze Lane Project, 3 Panel Mural for traveling museum tour in Australia, 10 feet wide x 8 feet high

2007    "Dynamics", The New Children's Museum, San Diego, California with POSE2

2007    Google Headquarters, Mountainview, California. 10 canvases hanging at Google.

2007   Zazzle.com, Commissioned Mural for corporate offices in Mountainview, California

2007    Hotel des Arts, Downtown San Francisco. Painted Suite 310 and Courtyard 50 ft wide x 30 feet high

2007    City of Vista commissioned a 195 foot mural, distant aerial view of Vista, Sprinter line commuter train

2007   The Merit Building, Minneapolis. 100 ft, exterior wall, collaborated with VULCAN, APEX +  PHASE2

2007   210 Studios, 70 feet wide x 8 feet high canvas, Collaboration with POSE2 and Joshua Maze

2006   City of Vista, Soccer theme mural, exterior wall in public park, 46 feet long x 10 feet high

2005    "Hip hop in the World we Live",  Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego, California.

2003   "Elements", 45 foot outdoor mural, curator, Writer's Block, San Diego

1999   Public Park, San Diego County Courthouse, Christmas theme

1997    Three story mural for Anthony Robbins, Mastery University, Laguna Beach, CA. Rock climbing course                
for participants in Mastery University courses.

 

GROUP SHOWS

2007    111 Minna Gallery, Group show, San Francisco

2007    The Light Gallery, Group show, Costa Mesa, California

2006    Hanger 1018, Group show, Los Angeles

2005    The Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego. 10 murals, 8 feet long, interior and exterior walls

 

leadership positions

Muralist Organizer

2003 - 2006  

Writer's Block, Non Profit Youth Organization, San Diego

Curator

2006 - 2007    

"TNT" Thursday Night Throwback, Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego

Organized live painting, interior and exterior murals, supervised over 10 murals and all participants

Painting Instructor

2005 - 2006

Manchester Elementary school, third grade, North County San Diego

Brief explanation on the history of the medium, taught the kids how to paint and created an experience where they could paint on canvas themselves.

Painting Instructor

2005 - 2006

Guajome National Academy

Teaching high school kids (11th grade) the medium and giving them hands on experience.