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Artist Statement:
Rodney Chang, better known as
the Internet's Pygoya, Webist,
was the first digital artist
to exhibit in Honolulu, back
in 1985. He has exhibited
around the world, including
Paris, New York City, Chicago,
Las Vegas, the U.S.S.R.,
England, Vienna, Budapest,
Frankfurt, Australia, Seoul,
Japan, China and India. His
1988 solo show at Shangahi Art
Museum was China's historic
first computer art exhibition.
He organized India's first
ever international digital art
exhibition (1999). In the
1980s and 1990s he promoted
his concept of Pixelism, or
the conversion of pixels into
paint, by hand and on canvas,
to mirror (as art history) the
digital quality of crude early
low resolution monitor
imaging. He also co-founded
Webism, the art movement to
create and exhibit art online
for the sake of the global
cyber-culture and audience.
In the 1980's Dr. Rodney Chang
gained national notoriety as
NBC's Real People Show's
"Disco Doc" - filmed dancing
in his Honolulu dental
clinic's discotheque reception
area, complete with staff DJ.
He danced on syndicated TV
(NBC "Real People Show")
around the world.
The artist is also recognized
in Who's Who in America and
Ripley's ...
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Artist Exhibitions:
Honolulu Academy of Arts,
Artists of Hawaii,
1986,'88,'91
U.S.S.R.-solo exhibition,
Tartu State Art Museum (now
Estonia),'90; "2nd Emerging
Expression Biennial"-Bronx
Museum, NewYork'87;"20year
Retrospective",RamsayMuseum,Haw
aii'87;Solo,NishiNohoGallery,Ne
wYork,NY'87;Shanghai Art
Museum,China,'88; Solo
exhibition, Las Vegas ...
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Artist Galleries:
New Zone Gallery, Eugene,
Oregon
Rodney Chang Gallery of
Digital Art, Honolulu, Hawaii
Salon V, 96 E. 7th St., New
York, NY
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Artist Reviews:
http://www.lastplace.com/page41
.htm (inclusive listing)
Shanghai Art Museum solo
exhibition, 1988-
"Artist With A Cause Start
Revolution"-
http://www.lastplace.com/shangh
aishow.htm
The International Visual
Language of Rodney Chang,
Manhattan Arts Magazine-
http://www.lastplace.com/Journa
l/manhattanarts1990.htm
Las Vegas Art Museum review -
http://www....
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Collections:
Shanghai Art Museum, Shanghai,
P.R. of China
American Culture Center,
Kolcutta, India
Mr. & Mrs. Ben Cayetano,
former Governor of State of
Hawaii
Ramsay of Ramsay Museum,
Honolulu, Hawaii
Las Vegas Art Museum, Las
Vegas, Nevada
East Hawaii Cultural Center,
Hilo, Hawaii
Michael Jackson, USA
Dr. Joachim Bahrs, Sonthofen,
Germany
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