C.J. Phu graduated from the University of
Massachusetts Dartmouth with a Bachelor of
Fine Arts major in Painting and Illustration.
His paintings are in private collections form
Massachusetts to Rhode Island, New York,
Baltimore, California to Hong Kong.
His paintings were honored in the College of Visual
and Performing Arts Dean’s List from 1989-1993.
Education
1993 Bachelor of Fine Arts in Painting and Illustration,
University of MassachusettsDartmouth, North Dartmouth, MA
Awards & Honors 1993 Graduated Cum Laude,
Bachelor of Fine Arts in Illustration and Painting.
1990 College of Visual and Performing Arts, Art Auction Scholarship .
1989–1993 Deans List–College of Visual and Performing Arts.
1988 The Boston Globe Scholastic Art Awards.
1988 Nominated in United States National Art Award.
Solo Exhibition
2014 "Geometry In Nature", Multicultural Art Center, Cambridge, MA.
2010 Tao Water Art Gallery, Provincetown, MA
2009 "Scraping the Landscape of Nature", Cambridge Multicultural Art Center, Cambridge, MA
2008 Multicultural Art Center, Cambridge, MA.
2002 Cambridge Common, Boston,MA.
2000 Claremont Café, Boston,MA.
1998 1369 Coffee House, Cambridge,MA.
Selected Group Exhibition
2017 "Blank Canvas"- Designer Show House, Belmont, MA
2017 South End Open Studio - Gallery @ Art Block, Boston, MA
2016 “Synergy”, Bates Artists Celebration Show - Gallery @ Art Block, Boston, MA
2015 South End Open Studio - Gallery @ Art Block, Boston, MA
2015 Cell Signaling Technology, Beverly, MA
2015 Cell Signaling Technology, Denvers, MA
2014 "Warm Winds, Cool Waters" Alpers Fine Art, Andover, MA
2011 "Group Matter" Scollay Square Gallery, Boston City Hall, Boston, MA
2011 New England BioLabs INC, Ipswich, MA
2010 Tao Water Art Gallery, West Barnstable, MA
2010 "Here (Now)" Higgins Art Gallery, West Barnstable, MA
2008 South End Open Studio, Boston, MA
2007 "Nature's Gems", Roxbury, MA
2007 "The Fixed & The Fluid", Easy Street Gallery, Nantucket, MA
2007 "From The Ground Up" Alpers Fine Art, Andover, MA
2007 "Winter Show" Alpers Fine Art, Andover, MA
2007 South End Open Studio, Boston, MA
2006 ArtBlock, South End, Boston, MA
2006 South End Open Studio, Boston, MA
2006 "Spring Forward: Visions of Renewal" Alpers Fine Art, Andover, MA.
http://www.alpersfineart.com/pages/anewshow.html
2004-‘05 “In Nature’s Company”, Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, MA.
http://www.pem.org/exhibitions/exhibition.php?id=46
2005 “In Season” Contemporary Florals by Nine Artists”, Alpers Fine Art, Andover, MA.
http://www.alpersfineart.com/pages/phu1a.html
2005 "Lunar New Year Banquet & Fundraiser for South Asia
Tsunami Relief Efforts”, Organization of Chinese Americans New England- Silkscreen Print Fundraiser, Boston, MA.
http://www.ocanewengland.org/print.htm
2005 “Sanctuary”, Massachusetts Audubon Society, Sharon, MA.
2004-05 “6 of a Kind”, Hynes Convention Center, Boston, MA.
2004 “Museum Council Summer P(art)y” Silent Art Auction, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA.
2004 “Works on Paper”, LynnArts Inc, Lynn, MA.
2003 “Energy”, juried by Carl and Portia Belz, Cambridge Art Association, Cambridge, MA.
2003 “Plant, Number & Text”, Hynes Convention Center, Boston, MA.
2003 "10th Anniversary Celebration of Silk Road Gala Auction", Boston, MA.
http://www.atask.org/Events_SilkRoadGala_2003.htm
2003 “The 6th Annual NAA Regional Juried Show”, Newburyport, MA.
2003 “The Quality of Quantity”, curated by Joanna Kao, Art Space @ 16, Malden, MA.
2003 “Malden Art Now 2003”, Art Space @ 16, Malden, MA.
2003 Tremont Gallery, Boston, MA.
2002 "Home-Made" pioneers & public art, The Revolving Museum, Lowell, MA.
2002 "The First Attempt", curated by Lauren O'Neal, Art Space @16, Malden, MA.
2002 "Ambiance", MATV Gallery, Malden Access TV, Malden, MA.
2002 "Small Works" by 32 artists, Art Space @ 16, Malden, MA.
2002 "Birdhouses & other Flights of Fancy", Shelter Inc. Auction Event,
The Castle at Park Plaza, Boston, MA.
2002 "Possibilities", Lynn Arts Inc., Lynn, MA.
1998-2001 Fort Point Open Studio-Boston, MA.
2000-01 Creiger Associates, Health Works,
Contemporary Art Exhibition, Boston, MA.
2001 "Group Show", Fort Point Arts Community Gallery, Boston, MA
2001 "All Natural", Space @ 16, Malden, MA.
2001 "Arts & Ends", Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, Boston, MA.
2001 "CRE-Asian", Boston Center for the Arts, Boston, MA.
2001 "I-Witness", Artana Gallery, Framingham, MA.
2000 "Color and Contrast", Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection, Boston, MA.
2000 Mayor's Office of Cultural Affairs and Boston Open Studio Coalition, juried exhibition.
New Chardon Street Court House, Boston MA.
2000 "Refugees and Immigration", Gallery of Social/Political Art. Boston, MA.
2000 National Boston, Brookline, MA.
1999-00 Creiger Associates, Office Environments, Contemporary Art Exhibition, Boston, MA.
1999 C Duell Arts, Boston, MA.
1999 "Animals in Art", benefit the MSPCA's Angell Memorial Fund,
The Cyclorama at Boston Center for the Arts, Boston, MA.
1998 S.T Gallery, Boston, MA.
1998 “Comets in Clothing”, The Revolving Museum, Boston, MA.
1998 The White Box, The Revolving Museum, Boston, MA.
1997 “Trailer Park Memoirs & Shotgun Weddings”, The Revolving Museum, Boston, MA.
1997 1369 Coffee House, Boston, MA.
1996 Bella Luna Restaurant, Jamaica Plain, MA.
1996 “Collidoscope”, the Distillery, Boston, MA.
1993 Gallery 244, New Bedford, MA.
1993 Marion Art Center, Marion, MA.
1993 Purchase Street, New Bedford, MA.
1992 Silver City Galleria, Taunton, MA.
1992 University of Massachusetts Dartmouth Art Gallery, North Dartmouth, MA.
private collectors
New England BioLabs INC, Ipswich, Massachusetts
Fidelity Investments, Boston, Massachusetts
Epstein Becker & Green, Boston, Massachusetts
Monotype printings - Assisted in book project title "Monotype / Monoprint" :
History and Techniques of printmaking, By Kurt Wisneski, 1993.
http://www.umassd.edu/cvpa/faculty/kurt_wisneski/work05.html
Experience working with youth after school programs:
Community Workshop Art Instructor/ Councilor
the Revolving Museum, Boston, MA 1997 -1998.
Wonders of the World III: "Public Art Alley"
collaborated with Quincy School Community Council, Youth Center and City Year Youth.
"Tunnel Mural Project"
collaborated with the New England Aquarium Youth Program and the City Year Youth.
"Crumbs"
collaborated with Jerry Beck, Artistic Director of Revolving Museum.
