Bo (Boyang Hou) creates/collaborates/curates in Boston.
b. Xi'an, China
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS *solo/featured
2024 Templates for Public Art (TFPA) Volume 7 in conjunction with Ulises: Assembly. Tufts Unitversity Art Galleries Boston, MA
curated by Laurel V. McLaughlin
2023 * Boston Art Book Fair. Boston, MA. Commission to design central gathering space.
Wassaic Project. Wassaic, NY. Haunted Mill and Monster's Ball.
Mana Contemporary Chicago. Chicago, IL. Convictions. Curated by Rodrigo Lara
2022. * Boston Art Book Fair. Boston, MA. Limited Time Engagement Booth.
Boston Center for the Arts: Mills Gallery. Boston, MA. Snapshot. Curated by Julia Szejnblum.
2021 * Seven Openings, 062, Chicago, IL. curated by S.Y. Lim
2020 Another Year in the Republic, Studio Nine Dee, New York, NY. curated by Jan Dickey
Artists Run Chicago 2.0, Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, IL. in conjunction with Compound Yellow
ALAC 2020, Ruschman Booth, Los Angles, CA. curated by Eric Ruschman
1988, Anthony Gallery, Chicago, IL. curated by Easy Otabor
* Round After Round, Stanley Brown Jewelist, Chicago, IL. curated by Seth J. Hunter
2019 Chicago Art Book Fair as Limited Time Engagement, Chicago, IL.
* Something Will Happen, The Hoxton Hotel, Chicago, IL. curated by Whim
Only Connect Osaka, Creative Center Osaka (CCO), Osaka, JP. curated by Soshi Matsunobe
Chicago Grid, 68 Projects, Berlin, DE. curated by Jan Tichy
2018 Chicago Art Book Fair as Limited Time Engagement, Chicago, IL.
One Last One, Fernwey Gallery, Chicago, IL.
* Destroy Your Eyes, Baby Blue Gallery, Chicago, IL. curated by Caleb Beck
Luminarts Visual Arts Exhibition, The Union League of Chicago, Chicago, IL.
2017 Chicago Art Book Fair as Fernwey Editions, Chicago, IL.
The Year is Now, Babs Contemporary, Johnson, VT.
Dangerous Professors, Triumph, Chicago, IL. curated by Ruslana Lichtzier
Poster, Black Ball Projects, Brooklyn, NY
2016 Jenny from the Color Block, Art Academy of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH. curated by Eric Ruschman
A Well Trodden Path, Chicago Printmakers Collaborative, Chicago, IL. curated by Erik Beehn
* T.V. Buddha, Paris London Hong Kong, Chicago, IL. curated by Dan Devening
Luminarts Visual Arts Exhibition, The Union League of Chicago, Chicago, IL.
Dustsceawung, DEMO Projects, Springfield, IL. curated by Adam Farcus
2015 * FIN, Lease Agreement, Baltimore, MD.
2014 The Condition of the Frog is Uncertain, President’s Gallery, Harold Washington College, Chicago, IL.
curated by Jaxon Pallas
PROFESSIONAL PROJECTS
2024 - present Studio Advisor for Low Residency MFA in Studio Arts Maine College of Art & Design
2021 - present Part-time Lecturer Department of Painting and Drawing SMFA @ Tufts University
2021 - present Adjunct Lecturer Department of Studio Foundations Massachusetts College of Art and Design
2018 - present Co-Director, LTE (Limited Time Engagement) Press, Chicago, IL.
2014 - 2018 Co-Founder and Director, Fernwey Gallery, Chicago, IL.
INSTITUTIONAL COLLECTIONS
The Art Institute of Chicago. Chicago, IL.
SMFA Artist’s Books Collection. SMFA at Tufts, Boston, MA.
DePaul Art Museum. Chicago, IL.
Joan Flasch Artists Books Collection. Chicago, IL.
Stolbun Collection. Houston, TX.
Prudential PLC. Newark, NJ.
Ace Hotel. Chicago, IL.
Stanley Brown Jewelist. Chicago, IL.
EDUCATION
School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL.
MFA Painting and Drawing 2014.
New York University, New York, NY.
BFA Studio Art 2010.
RESIDENCIES, AWARDS & PUBLICATIONS
2022 When Basketball Inspires. Studio Agnès Dahan. Paris, France.
2021 Boston Center for the Arts Artist in Residence
Common Practice: Basketball and Contemporary Art. SKIRA Art Books. Milan, Italy.
2020 NIAD Art Center Guest Curator
Lumpen Magazine. “Artists Run Chicago 2.0” September, 2020.
Chicago Reader. “Artists Still Run Chicago.” S. Nicole Lane. August 2020.
Artsy. “In Chicago, Artist-Run Spaces Remain the Lifeblood of the Art Community.” Kerry Cardoza.
March, 2020.
2019 Compound Yellow Press in Residence (as Limited Time Engagement aka LTE)
Ace Hotel Chicago Artist in Residence
Rogers Art Loft Selection Panel
2018 Lighthouse Works Selection Panel
Luminarts Visual Arts Finalist
UNTITLED (House), The Diane and Browne Goodwin Collection Catalogue. Lauren Ball, Robin
Dluzen, Eric Wenzel, Gwen Zabicki. October, 2018. Print.
WLPN: Lumpen Radio.“Episode 642: Closing Fernwey, DL-44 and the Chicago Print Crawl.” Bad @
Sportscenter. Live Broadcast. June, 2018.
This Moment Here. “Season 4: An Interview with Bo Hou.” Podcast. February, 2018.
2017 Vermont Studio Center Artist in Residence
Chicago Artist Writers. “Interviewing Fernwey.” Brit Barton. December, 2017.
Chicago Reader. “At Triumph Gallery, more than 150 artists counteract a GOP watch list.” Kate
Sierzpotowski. May, 2017.
Dangerous Professors: exhibition text. “Concerns from a Dangerous Professor.” Ruslana Lichtzier.
May, 2017. Print.
Newcity Art. “Pizza, Basketball and Twenty-First-Century Irony. A Review of Boyang Hou at Paris
London Hong Kong” Alan Pocaro. June, 2016.
2016 Dave Bown Projects Award of Excellence
New American Paintings #125 Midwest Issue
Luminarts Visual Arts Finalist
2015 New American Paintings #117 MFA Annual Issue
BmoreArt. “A Fitting End: Boyang Hou at Lease Agreement.” Terence Hannum. August, 2015.
2014 ACRE Artist in Residence
