Albert Chong's creative work is based in the mediums of photography and installation art, with occasional forays into other media such as video and sculpture. His works have addressed issues of ethnic, national, political, and cultural identity. Other themes include spiritual, environmental, and sociopolitical conceptualizations. His work has very strong connections to African-American, Afro-Caribbean, Chinese Caribbean, Afro-Asian Jamaican, Asian-American, and Jamaican cultures. His creative work has sought to reveal the untold histories inherent in the stories, memories, mementoes, and, most importantly, in the familial photographs that are the evidence and residual legacy of these histories. The photomontage-like process that Chong employs to the creation of his still life assemblages uses old family photographs as the basis of the visual narrative structure of the image. These works have become Iconic in the field of contemporary art and contemporary art photography. My creative work is represented in the canon of art, specifically the history of photography, the history of African American Photography, the history of Photography in Colorado, the history of Jamaican Art, the history of Caribbean Art, the history of Black Art, and the history of Asian-American Art.
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photography, photographic processes, contemporary art photography, digital photographic processes, installation art, assemblage sculpture, environmental and social justice issues as expressed in various mediums of contemporary art
ARTS 2191 - Photography 2
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Fall 2019 / Fall 2020 / Spring 2021 / Fall 2021 / Spring 2022 / Fall 2022 / Spring 2023 / Fall 2023 / Spring 2024
Explores more sophisticated technical and conceptual skills to the creative process.
ARTS 3171 - Photography 2
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Fall 2024 / Spring 2025 / Fall 2025 / Spring 2026
Explores more sophisticated technical and conceptual skills to the creative process.
ARTS 3191 - Photography 3
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Spring 2018 / Fall 2018 / Fall 2019 / Fall 2020 / Spring 2021 / Fall 2021 / Spring 2022 / Fall 2022 / Spring 2023 / Fall 2023 / Spring 2024 / Fall 2024 / Spring 2025 / Fall 2025 / Spring 2026
Continues the exploration of the possibility of individual photographic expression. Students are encouraged to discover and develop a personal position in relation to the medium. May be repeated up to 6 total credit hours.
ARTS 4161 - Photography 4
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Spring 2018 / Fall 2018 / Spring 2019 / Fall 2021 / Spring 2023 / Fall 2023 / Spring 2024 / Fall 2024 / Spring 2025 / Fall 2025 / Spring 2026
Explores advanced techniques and concepts of photography as art. Emphasizes photography as a means to formal and expressive ends. May be repeated up to 12 total credit hours.
ARTS 4717 - Studio Critique
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Fall 2018 / Spring 2024
Consists of consultations with faculty on individual studio problems and projects. May be repeated up to 6 total credit hours. Department consent required.
ARTS 5161 - Graduate Photography
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Fall 2018 / Fall 2025 / Spring 2026
Explores the creative process through lens-based conceptual work with a concentration on individual critique. Students are encouraged to work across traditional media boundaries as they address themes such as identity, place, spirituality, politics, and consumerism. Possibilities include individual and collaborative studio projects, as well as relevant readings and writings. May be repeated for up to 18 total credit hours. For Non-ARTS or Non ARTH Grads, permission of instructor required.
ARTS 5717 - Graduate Studio Critique
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Spring 2024
May be repeated up to 6 total credit hours with any single faculty member.
