>circa 1974 Vancouver, Canada >education Cooper Union School of Art, New York, sculpture graduate University of Toronto, architecture, third-year transfer Emily Carr Institute of Art, Vancouver, transfer >general work Cappellini, New York, art consultant Troy, New York, collections curator Parsons, New York, guest blah-blaher Bound & Unbound, New York, projects director Prada/OMA, New York, conceptual consultant Reflux Editions, New York, project director Terminal-NYC, project consultant The Apartment, New York, conceptual consultant Cite Design Corp, New York, conceptual director Hermes, Vancouver, visuals Bing Thom Architects, Vancouver, intern >exhibitions solo Commitment, Moss, NYC Comme des Garcons, CMC, Tokyo Colette, Paris Puzzled at Capp, Cappellini, NYC Property of Tobias Wong, Property, NYC On/Off, various sites, NYC On/Off, Deisell Denim Gallery, NYC Consumption, Cooper Union, NYC Shelving Studies, Cooper Union, NYC group Triennial Cooper Hewitt National Design Museum, NYC Jeffrey Deitch Paper Art Store, Art Basel Miami Out of True, Byblos Gallery, Art Basel Miami Swarovski Crystal Palace, Art Basel Miami Modernism, Brooklyn Museum The Collectibles, Contemporary Art Museum, St. Louis Safe: Design Takes on Risk, MOMA Safety Nest, Rio, Brazil Biennale Saint-Etienne, France Terminal Five, JFK, NYC Surface to Air, ISE Gallery, NYC A.C., Elizabeth Dee Gallery, NYC Design Mai, Berlin, Germany 7 x 7 Moma in Berlin, Germany Living Space, Brooklyn, NYC Hype Gallery, London, UK Eispavillon, Switzerland Canary in a Coal Mine, Gallery 91, NYC Update, DRNY, NYC 888, 888 Broadway, NYC Biennale Saint-Etienne, France T for Troy collection, Troy, NYC InTransit 2, Terminal, NYC Troy, Off-site, NYC Bside, Prospects, NYC InTransit (ICFF), Terminal, NYC Project 2, Elga Wimmer Gallery, NYC Design 21, Felissimo, NYC/Paris >awards Forbes Tastemakers 2007 (USA) Brooklyn Museum's Young Designer of the Year 2006 (USA) Athena/RISD award finalist 2005 (USA) OUT 100 of the year 2005 (USA) ArtForum Top 10 - T5 JKF 2004 (USA) Wallpaper* Young Designer of the Year 2004 (UK) Surface 10 Future - Tenth Anniversary 2004 (USA) Core77 Top Picks + Honorable Mention 2004 (USA) Curiously Strong 2004 (USA) Spiewak Modernist Art Hero of the month 2003 (USA) Wallpaper* Best Show 2002 (UK) Village Voice Best of NYC 2002 (USA) Biennale Saint-Etienne 2002 (France) City Mag Top Ten 2002 (USA) Design 21 / Felissimo 2001(France) Frame Expert's Choice #1 (UK) Cooper Union School of Art (USA) full-tuition scholarship >collaborative projects with / commisions for Greg Krum Cooper Hewitt work in progess Sony for Wallpaper* Josee Lepage of Commissaires Ultra Violet for Lite Brite Swarovski Crystal Palace Redstr/Collective Ju$t Another Rich Kid Item Idem - Cyril Duval Areaware ColettemeetsCommeDesGarcons.com Cappellini Suite for Surface Hotel NYC Altoids Mogu Soft Collection DUPD / Carlos Salgado United Bamboo with Terance Koh (APB) Jenny Holzer/Polaroid Studio for women's charity Troy holiday collection '02 George Maciunas "Let It Snow" holiday card Cappellini "On/Off" light-switch box Mel Chin various projects Bound and Unbound “and Sound” for NYC Artist’s Book Fair Mel Bochner “For Reproduction Only” Bochner Retrospective Hi-Beam “do beam” Palm PDA, program art direction Dean MacGregor “Sleeping Project” at agnes b. Reno Dakota “tobi hiding” in Nest Magazine article >products/works at Loveless Tokyo - ... Cooper Hewitt Museum Shop - .... MoMA Shop - moma.com LACMA - ... Paul Smith - paulsmith.com Black Block / Palais de Tokyo - palaisdetokyo.com MOMA in Berlin - www.tba Moss - mossonline.com Colette - colette.fr The Future Perfect - thefutureperfect.com Cappellini - cappelliniNewYork.com Troy - troysoho.com Property - propertyfurniture.com Terminal - terminal-NYC.com Printed Matter - printedmatter.org Twentieth LA - twentieth.net Burberry - burberry.com >profile editorials (not updated for 2006) ArtForum (USA) review 02.05 New York Times Magazine (USA) "Underminer" 04.05 Frame (UK) "Protect Me From What Tobi Wants" 02.05 Wallpaper (UK) Awards Issue 01.05 SPUR (Japan) Black vs. Diamonds 12.04 Time Out NYC (USA) JFK Shop 09.04 Interni (italy) NYC Story Matchbook 07.04 Clear (USA) "Doing Wong" Profile 07.04 Rice Paper (Canada) Feature Profile 07.04 Le colette 5 (France) JFK Terminal 5 Exhibition 06.04 VICE (USA) Tidbits Killer Ring 06.04 The Architects Newspaper (USA) "Bending the Rules" 05.04 Vogue (germany) Profile 03.04 Black Book (USA) " Consumer Art: The Wong Way" 03.04 BON (Sweden) "Wong Place, Right Time" Profile 01.04 SOMA (USA) 12.03 Art Press (France) 11.03 Abitare (Italy) Gunbook 07.03 Icon (UK) New York Design Fair 07.03 Wallpaper* (UK) "World Gone Wong" Profile 03.03 ELLE (USA) Spring's Hip Parade 03.03 MIXT(E) (France) "Detournements mineurs" Profile 03.03 Surface (USA) The House of Troy 03.03 Bazaar (USA) Bazzar's Best 02.03 New York Times (USA) Warhol gift-wrap 12.02 Interni (Italy) "Highlight of the show..." Gunbook 09.02 Core77.com (USA) "Interview with Tobi" Profile 09.02 Surface (USA) "Shock Star" Profile 09.02 Wallpaper* (UK) "The Best Show" InTransit 2 08.02 Elle Deco (Japan) Profile 08.02 Surface (USA) “Peacemaker?” Profile City Magazine (USA) “The Best in Design 2002” Frame (Netherlands) “Experts' Choice” for “THIS IS A LAMP” 09.01 Interni (Italy) "Giovanni Designers” 09.01 Marie Clair (France) “Art-Mement” 12.00 Time Out (USA) “You know you want it!” 07.00 + others (product featured editorials are not listed) |
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