Biografie von MOY Seong (1921-2013)

Birth place: Canton, China

Addresses: NYC

Profession: Painter, graphic artist, teacher

Studied: St. Paul Sch. Art with Cameron Booth, 1936-40; ASL with Vaclav Vytacil, 1941-42; Hofmann Sch. with Hans Hofmann, 1941-42; Atelier 17, New York, 1948-50.

Exhibited: MMA, 1950; WMAA, 1950, 1952, 1958, 1956; Univ. Illinois, 1951, 1953-54; PAFA Ann., 1951; CI, 1952 & 1955; New York World's Fair, 1964-65. Awards: John Hay Whitney Found. grant, 1950-51; Guggenheim fellowship, 1955-56.

Member: ASL; AFA; Artists Equity Assn.; College AA Am.; Fed. Modern P&S

Work: MoMA; Brooklyn Mus.; MMA; PAFA; NYPL. Commissions: three ed., Int. Graphic Arts Soc.; New York Hilton Hotel.

Comments: (also known as Eddy Moy) Teaching: Univ. Minnesota, 1951; Indiana Univ., 1952-53; Smith College, 1954-55; Seong Moy School Painting & Graphic Arts, Provincetown, MA, summers 1954-; Univ. Arkansas, 1955; Vassar College, 1955; Cooper Union Arts School, 1957-70; Columbia Univ., 1959-70; ASL. 1963-; City College NY, 1970-.

Sources: WW73; Falk, Exh. Record Series.