ABOUT
​Eugenie Chao is a New York-based Taiwanese American artist, educator, and musician who uses clay as her primary material for self-expression. Her practice in clay combines techniques in handbuilding and wheel throwing to create abstract sculptures, animated animal figures, rich sounding musical instruments, and user-focused tableware. Her fascination for this versatile and tactile earthy material stems from a deep appreciation of nature and simplicity which permeates her work. This material also offers a window to millennia of history and connects us back to prehistoric civilizations.
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She is currently building a series of musical instruments made of natural materials such as ceramic, wood, and metal. The group of instruments are to be shared with the public for communal gathering and ensemble soundscape creation so that we can create something beautiful collectively and embrace our shared humanity.
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EDUCATION
2024 Master of Fine Arts, Summa Cum Laude, City University of New York, Queens College, Queens, NY
2012 Master of Arts, Cum Laude, Performing Arts Administration, New York University, New York, NY
2003 Bachelor of Music, Cum Laude, Music Education, New York University, New York, NY
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TEACHING, WORKSHOPS, ARTIST LECTURES
2021-Present
Part-Time Bilingual Ceramics Instructor, Educational Alliance of Manny Cantor, New York, NY
Part-Time Ceramics Instructor, Potter’s Wheel, Queens, New York
2025 Teaching Artist, How to Make an Ocarina, Workshop, Queens College, Queens, NY
Guest Artist, Listen to the Sounds of Musical Instruments, Special demonstration of musical instruments from the
museum collection and artist talk, Godwin-Ternbach Museum, Queens, NY
Teaching Artist, Lantern-Making Workshop, Self-Help senior center, Korea Art Forum, Queens, NY
2024 Teaching Artist, The Sound of Clay, Workshop, BrickHouse Ceramic Art Center, Queens, NY
Teaching Artist, The Sound of Clay, Workshop, Queens College, Queens, NY
Teaching Artist, Shared Dialogue Shared Space, Community event in Inwood Park, Korea Art Forum, New York, NY
2023 Presenting Artist, How to Make Ocarinas and Interactive Sound Session, ArtCake Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Artist Lecture, Clay and Sound, Taoxichuan Art Center, Jingdezhen, China
Teaching Artist, Calligraphy Workshop, Selfhelp Community Services, Korea Art Forum, Queens, NY
Teaching Artist, Community Event: Shared Dialogue Shared Space, Community event in Inwood Park, Korea Art Forum,
New York, NY
Part-Time Wheel-Throwing Ceramics Instructor, DoClay NYC Ceramic Studio, New York, NY
2022 Teaching Artist, How to Make an Ocarina, Workshop, Queens College, Queens, NY
Teaching Artist, Clay Modeling at Public School 205x, Young Artist New York, New York, NY
Artist Lecture, 12th International Applied Ceramics Symposium (UAUSS), NevÅŸehir University, Avanos, Turkey
2012-2013
Full-Time Music Teacher: Inwood Academy Charter School, Grades 6-8, New York, New York
2003-2007
Full-Time Music & Band Teacher: New York City Department of Education, Public School 71, Grades K-8, Bronx, NY
SOLO EXHIBITION
2024 Playground, Solo MFA Thesis Exhibition, Klapper Gallery, Queens College, Queens, NY
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2025 Microtonal Music Studios Research and Study Programme, Helsinki, Finland
2024 Porcelain of China, Azure of the Sky, Jingdezhen Vocational University of Art, Jingdezhen, China
Honestly, ArtCake Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2023 Queens College Annual Gala, New York, NY
Taoxichuan Fall Art Festival, Group Exhibition, Taoxichuan Gallery, Jingdezhen, China
Thomas Chen Family/Crystal Windows Endowment Exhibition, Klapper Gallery, Queens College, Queens, NY
Manny Cantor Faculty Exhibition, Ernest Rubenstein Gallery, New York, NY
Clay on the Wall, Ernest Rubenstein Gallery, New York, NY
Becoming Unbound, Culture Lab LIC at Plaxall Gallery, Long Island City, NY
2022 International Applied Ceramics Exhibition, Güray Museum, Cappadocia, Turkey
Form & Surface, Klapper Gallery, Queens College, Queens, NY
2021 Salt, Wood, Fire, Klapper Gallery, Queens College, Queens, NY
AWARDS AND SYMPOSIUM
2024 Scholarship, Thomas Chen Family/Crystal Windows Endowment, Queens, NY
Selected Artist, Microtonal Music Studios Research and Study Programme, Helsinki, Finland
Scholarship, Sugar Maples School of Craft, Sugar Maples, NY
Scholarship, Peters Valley School of Art, Layton, NJ
2023 Fellowship, Social Practice City University of New York, New York, NY
Scholarship, Sugar Maples School of Craft, College Scholarship, Sugar Maples, NY
Scholarship, Peters Valley School of Art, College Scholarship, Layton, NJ
2022 Symposium, 12th International Applied Ceramics Symposium (UAUSS), NevÅŸehir University, created outdoor sculpture in
the park, Avanos, Turkey
OTHER WORK EXPERIENCES
2021-2023
Full-time, Senior Program Coordinator, Humanities Research Center, Duke Kunshan University, Kunshan, China (remote）
2015-2023
Freelancer, Event and Marketing Manager, Arts Brookfield, New York, NY
2019-2020
Full-time, Pastry Chef, Bouchon Bakery of Thomas Keller, New York, NY
2018-2019
Full-time, Auction Manager, Manhattan Art & Antiques Center, New York, NY
2015-2017
Full-time, Account Manager, OASIQ Luxury Furniture, New York, NY
2013 Full-time, Gallery Manager, Anavian Gallery, New York, NY
CERTIFICATIONS
2010 Kodály Method Certification (music education certification), American Kodály Institute, New York University
2007 New York City Department of Education Certified Music Teacher K-12
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