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"Stephanie Syjuco: Strange Objects & Unnatural Histories (Misproductions)"
Catalog of collected works spanning ten years

"Comparative Morphologies: Complete Variations"
Companion catalog to the 2001 complete print series

"Perspectives 164: Stephanie Syjuco: Total Fabrications
Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, 2008
"Exposure: The Journal of the Society for Photographic Education"
2008



2009

Alvik, Clara, and von Busch, Otto, "Handarbeta for En Battre Varld," exhibition catalog (in Swedish) for "Craftwerk 2.0" exhibition; published by the Jonkoping lans Museum, Jonkoping, Sweden.
Aspden,
Peter, "Frieze Art Fair: Mix of worldly and weird," The Financial Times, London, UK, October 15, 2009.
Artdaily.org,
“Stephanie Syjuco: Total Fabrications at the Contemporary Arts Museum Houston,” January 4, 2009.

Carlson, Michelle, “Small Encampments: Stephanie Syjuco Searches for Home,” Art In America online edition, April 29, 2009.
Cornwell, Tim, "Frieze Frame," The Scotsman, Edinburgh, Scotland, October 16, 2009.
Cotter, Holland, "Art Review: 1969; The Year of Tumult," The New York Times, Art & Design section, October 29, 2009.
Crow, Kelly, "Frieze Art Fair Opens to Steady Sales, Gray Art," The Wall Street Journal, Life & Style, October 15, 2009.
Domus Web, "Stephanie Syjuco: Copystand," www.domusweb.it, Art section, Italy, October 19, 2009.
Douglas, Sarah, "Faking It at Frieze," www.artinfo.com, October 17, 2009.
Dritto Rovescio (exhibition catalog), Milan Triennale, Triennale Design Museum, Milan, Italy.
Ferguson, Benjamin, "Frieze Projects by Frieze Foundation," ARTslant New York, www.artslant.com, October 19, 2009.
Finnegan, Molly, “Common Threads,” the Online NewsHour, Art Beat section, www.pbs.org., March 23, 2009.
Gayer, John, “Review: Stephanie Syjuco: Dublin + Galway, Ireland,” Art Papers, September/October 2009.
Guardian.co.uk: Audio-visual gallery (online), "Frieze art fair: your very own private view," London, UK, October 14, 2009.
Higgins, Charlotte, "Roll up for moody modern masterpieces: it's the Frieze art fair," The Guardian UK, Art & Design section, London, UK, October 14, 2009.
Hobart, Erica, “Stephanie Syjuco: The Village (Small Encampments),” Seattle Weekly, Events section, April 9, 2009.
Johnson, Paddy, "Iteration: The Most Telling Statement of the Fair?" Art Fag City, www.artfagcity.com, Thursday, October 15, 2009.
Jury, Louise, "A-Listers flock to Frieze Art Fair," London Evening Standard, London, UK, October 14, 2009.
Mahoney, Donald, "The art of imitation," The Irish Times, Life & Culture Features section, October 23, 2009.
Matthews, Anita, “’Inappropriate’ re-envisions appropriation,” The Brown Daily Herald, Brown University, Providence, RI, April 14, 2009.
McKay, Alastair, "An artist's guide to Frieze," London Evening Standard, Arts & Exhibitions News, London, UK, October 16, 2009.
Muir, Kate, "Scenes from Frieze Art Fair in an age of austerity," The Times UK, Arts & Entertainment, London, UK, October 17, 2009
The New York Times online: Image slide show, "Frieze Art Fair 2009," October 16, 2009.
The New York Times online: Image slide show, "The Art of 1969," October 30, 2009.
Orendorff, Danny, “Profile: Stephanie Syjuco,” Art+Culture (online), April, 2009.
Sawyer, Miranda, "Dealers are not deaf to the times," The Observer, London, UK, October 18, 2009.
Schulze, Troy, “Capsule Art Review: Perspectives 164: Stephanie Syjuco,” Houston Press, Houston, TX, February 2009.
Soderman, Braxton, catalog essay, “Inappropriate Covers,” published by Brown University, Providence, RI, April 2009.
Syjuco, Stephanie, “On Letting Them Do It Themselves: Activated Anarchy vs. Designed Intentions,” SFMOMA Open Space (online blog), January 27, 2009.

Vogel, Carol, "Cunning After Caution at London Art Fair," The New York Times, Art & Design section, New York, October 16, 2009.
Vogel, Carol, "Notes from the Frieze: Imitation as Art (and Commerce), The New York Times (online), Arts Beat, The Culture at Large, October 16, 2009.
Wakefield, Neville, "Frieze Projects Interview: Stephanie Syjuco," Frieze Art Fair Yearbook 2009-10, Frieze Publishing Ltd, London, UK (catalog).

2008

Baker, Kenneth, "Review: We are women, hear us roar at YBCA," San Francisco Chronicle, Arts & Culture section, Wednesday, April 9, 2008.
Cheng,
DeWitt, "Gray Area: We Interrupt Your Program looks at those important messages," East Bay Express, Arts & Culture section, January 30, 2008.
Cornell, Lauren, "We Interrupt Your Program at Mills College," Rhizome.org, January 23
Gaston, Diana, "Diana Gaston in Conversation with Jo Whaley and Stephanie Syjuco,” Exposure: The Journal of the Society for Photographic Education, February, Volume 40:2.
Goldsmith, Meredith, catalog essay: "Stephanie Syjuco: Total Fabrications," Contemporary Arts Museum Houston.
Golonu, Berin, catalog essay, "The Way That We Rhyme: Women, Art & Politics," Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, CA, March 2008.
Graves, Jen, "Hold Still: Message in a Bottle at James Harris Gallery," The Stranger, Seattle, WA. Visual Arts section, February 19, 2008.
Gschwandtner, Sabrina, "Let 'em Eat Cake," American Craft, August/September issue, 2008.
Honigman, Anna Finel, "Style File: Knit Wit," www.style.com, March 27, 2008.
Klanten, Robert (editor), "Tactile: High Touch Visuals," hardcover, Dvg publications, Germany.
KPIX, CBS Channel 5, Bay Sunday segment interview, "Women, Art & Poltics," original air date April 13, 2008.
KQED, Spark television documentary episode, "Salimpour, Syjuco, and Yi," original air date May 7, 2008.
Ladia, Lian, "Pinay & Proud: Stephanie Syjuco," Marie Clare Philippines, August 2008.
Leaverton, Michael, "Bag Ladies," SF Weekly, San Francisco, CA, April 9, 2008.
Levine, Faythe, & Heimerl, Cortney, "Handmade Nation: The Rise of DIY Art, Craft, and Design," (paperback book), Princeton Architectural Press, Princeton, NJ, October 2008.
Levine, Faythe, & Heimerl, Cortney, "Handmade Nation: The Rise of DIY Art, Craft, and Design," (documentary film), November 2008.
Myers, Julian, "We interrupt Your Program," Frieze, May 2008, Issue 115.
SF Camerawork Journal, cover image, San Francisco, CA, February.
Tanner, Marcia, "We Interrupt Your Program" exhibition catalog published by Mills College Art Museum, Oakland, CA. January 2008.
Troup, Christina, "Women Artists Talk Politics," The San Francisco Examiner, 3/27/08
Van Proyen, Mark, "We Interrupt Your Program at Mills College Art Museum," Artweek, May 2008, Volume 39, Issue 4, Palo Alto, CA.
Vogel, Traci, "YBCA women's show revives the F word," SF Weekly, Arts & Entertainment section, April 16, 2008.
Whiteside, Amber, "Watch What She Makes: "The Way That We Rhyme" hurls feminist art into the present," San Francisco Bay Guardian, Arts and Entertainment Section, Wednesday, April 16, 2008.

2007

Bishop, Janet, "Take 2: Women Revisit Art History" exhibition catalog, published by Mills College, Oakland, CA.
Dumancas, Pedro, "'Galleon Trade,' Fil-Am exodus back to the motherland," Phiiippine Inquirer, August 6, 2007, Manila, Philippines.
Everman, Victoria, “Stephanie Syjuco: Capitalism’s Worst Enemy,” Pearl Necklace, Vol. 2, Issue 2.
Goe, Tara, "Portfolio: Stephanie Syjuco: Counterfeit Artist" Kitchen Sink Magazine, Oakland, CA, January 1.
Haggarty, Clare, "Artist Interview," Faction Zine, published by the California College of the Arts in conjunction with the exhibition "Faction" at Playspace Gallery, San Francisco, CA
J., Stephanie, "Designing Women," BUST magazine, March 2007
Johnson, Garth, "The Counterfeit Crochet Project," Craft: Transforming Traditional Crafts, Volume 2, January 2007.
Klanten, Robert, "Tactile: High Touch Visuals," (hardcover book) DGV Publications, Germany.
Maggio,
Meg, "Review: Forged Realities, Universal Studios, Beijing," Flash Art, October.
Martin, Stacy, "Review: Take 2: Women Revisit Art History," San Francisco Bay Guardian, Feb. 14, 2007.
Nguyen, Duc Qui, "Artists Riff on Knockoffs," Pacfic Time (radio broadcast), May 10, 2007, KQED
Teruya, Weston, "Do Pirates Dream of Pixelated Sheep? Asian American Identity & Pirate Futurism in Contemporary Art," Sightlines, published by the Visual Criticism Dept., California College of the Arts, San Francisco, CA
Von Busch, Otto, "Hackers and Haute Couture Heretics," catalog essay, Garanti Gallery, Istanbul, Turkey.
Yao, Pauline, "Forged Realities: Stephanie Syjuco," Contemporary Art & Investment, Beijing, China, April.

2006

Baysa, Koan Jeff, "Alimatuan: The Artist as American Filipino," exhibition catalog published by the Contemporary Museum Honolulu. HI.
Bing,
Alison, "Review: Past Lives and Personal Exorcisms" Artweek, February.
Cash, Stephanie, "New and Now," Art In America, January, 2006.
Fillip Review, artist insert, Issue #4, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Gonzalvez, Theo, "Alimatuan: The Artist as American Filipino," exhibition catalog published by the Contemporary Museum Honolulu. HI.
Harmanci, Reyhan, "Four on One: The curator's role has become influential. This show puts the spotlight on them." The San Francisco Chronicle, Datebook Section, Art Picks, Thursday, August 10.
Jana, Reena, "It Takes a Village," Art on Paper, New York, NY, Sept/Oct.
ibid, "Alimatuan: The Artist as American Filipino," exhibition catalog published by the Contemporary Museum Honolulu. HI.
Johnson, Stephanie, "Designing Women," BUST magazine, Fall Fashion issue, August.
Leaverton, Michael, “Curator Vs. Curator,” SF Weekly, August 1.
Morse, Marcia, "Point of Departure," Honolulu Weekly, July 19, 2006.
Sevier, Emily, "Practice Makes Perfect," exhibition catalog, published by Southern Exposure Gallery, San Francisco, CA.
Throwell, Zefrey, “Frank Prattle,” radio interview, Neighborhood Public Radio, October.
Winn, Steven, "It's Hard to Tell Where Pixels End and Reality Begins" The San Francisco Chronicle, Datebook Section, Culture Column, September 6.

2005

Alba, Victoria, “Sino Ka? Ano Ka,” published in “Pinay Power: Peminist Critical Theory,” Routledge, 2005.
Aubin, Allison, "Paper Pushing the Fun Way," The California Aggie, Davis, CA, Sept. 30.
Chanse, Samantha, "Pirated: A Post-Asian Perspective," catalog essay published by Kearny Street Workshop, San Francisco, CA.
Enriquez, Lucia, "Stephanie Syjuco: Black Market," International Examiner, October 4, 2005, Seattle, WA.
Hackett, Regina, "Photos Bridge a Culture Gap Uniquely," Seattle Post-Intelligencer, Sept. 16, 2005, Seattle, WA.
Harper’s Magazine, "Findings," August 2005.
Mudede, Charles, “Redacting Capital: The Post-Global Art of Stephanie Syjuco," The Stranger, Sept 15-21, 2005, Seattle
The New Yorker, "Goings On About Town," January 1-10, 2005
Pritikin, Renny, "Paper Pushers" catalog essay, Richard L. Nelson Gallery, UC Davis, Sept 2005

2002

Armstrong, Elizabeth, “2002 California Biennial,” catalog introduction, published by the Orange County Museum of Art.
Baker, Kenneth, "On the Verge: Young Bay Area Artists Who Are Ready to Rock. Profile: Stephanie Syjuco," The San Francisco Chronicle, Datebook Section, August 25, 2002.
Cash, Stephanie, “Report from San Francisco: Surviving and Thriving,” Art In America, New York, NY, November, 2002.
Frank, Peter, "Review: 2002 California Biennial," LA Weekly, August 30-September 5, 2002
Hackett, Regina, “Things Change: Art Is Becoming in a Material Way,” Seattle Post-Intelligencer, Seattle, WA, January 11, 2002.
Hamlin, Jesse, "First Impression: Turning High Tech Into Visual Art" San Francisco Chronicle, Datebook section, March 6, 2002.
Hofmann, Irene, “2002 California Biennial,” catalog essay, published by the Orange County Museum of Art, CA.
Johnstone, Mark, "Epicenter: Bay Area Art Now" Chronicle Books, San Francisco, 2002
Krasny, Michael, radio interview, KQED.
Myers, Julian, "Review: Stephanie Syjuco at Haines Gallery," Frieze, June 2002
Pagel, David, “California Biennial is on the Right Laugh Track,” The Los Angeles Times, July 2002.
Scott, Andrea, "California Biennial 2002," exhibition catalog published by the Orange County Museum of Art, CA.
Spalding, David, "The Missing Link: Art, Biotechnology, and the Disappearance of Difference," Artweek, October 2002, San Jose, CA.
Tabios, Eileen, “My Romance,” Giraffe Books, 2002.
Tripwire: A Jounal of Poetics, “Pacific Theater of Operations 1941-45,” portfolio spread, San Francisco, CA, Fall 2002.
Walsh, Daniella, “Review: 2002 California Biennial,” Orange County Register, June.

2001

Bonnetti, David, "Eureka Exhibition Much Improved: Terrific show of award winners in San Jose," The San Francisco Chronicle, February 1, 2001
Golonu, Berin, "Review: Lifelike at New Langton Arts," www.stretcher.org, 2001.
Greene, Josh, "Rebuttal to Golonu Review: Lifelike at New Langton Arts," www.stretcher.org, 2001.
Helfand, Glen, “Artificial Instigators: Man vs. nature vs. art goes nine rounds in “Lifelike,” San Francisco Bay Guardian, July 11, 2001.
Lo Forti, Laura, “Lifelike, Natura e Artificio,” Art & Job Magazine, Italy.
Rapko, John, “Reviews: ‘Lifelike’ at New Langton Arts,” Artweek, September 2001.
Tabios, Elieen, "How Homogenization Becomes a Form of Hybridization," maARTe online journal (www.maarte.org), July 2001

2000

Decarlo,
Tessa, “Laying Bare the Uncertain Underside of the Truth,” The New York Times, Sunday Arts and Leisure, April 9, 2000.
Hamlin, Jesse, "Technology Up Against the Wall: Artists words cover Yerba Buena building," San Francisco Chronicle, July 11, 2000.
Kabat, Nora, “Beyond Boundaries: Contemporary Photography In California,” catalog essay, published by Ansel Adams Friends of Photography Center, San Francisco, CA.
Kelley, Jeff, "Crossings," 1998, catalog essay, published by AT Kearney, San Francisco, CA.
Kimball, Cathy, “Eureka Awards Show,” catalog essay, San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose, CA.
Shank, Will, “Tales From the Crypt: Report from San Francisco Galleries in July,” Bay Area Reporter, July 19, 2001.
Tabios, Eileen, "Stephanie Syjuco: New Work," ReviewWest: The Critical State of Visual Art, November 2000.

1999

Carvalho, Denise, “Fairytales,” catalog essay for symposium, New York, NY
Cohn, Terri, "Earth: Artist Interviews," ArtWeek, February, 1999, San Francisco, CA.
Hartman, Jacob, “Reviews: Stephanie Syjuco at Haines Gallery,” the editors of this publication take no responsibility for the contents within, San Francisco, CA.
Heartney, Eleanor, “Archipelago and Diaspora,” Art In America, New York, NY, September 1999.
Helfand, Glen, “Goldie Award Winner: Stephanie Syjuco,” San Francisco Bay Guardian, September 1999.
Young, Dede, “Stephanie Syjuco: Set-Ups & Spoils,” catalog essay, Delaware Center for the Contemporary Arts, Wilmington, DE.

1998

Baysa, Jeff, “At Home and Abroad,” catalog essay, The Asian Art Museum, San Francisco, CA
Bell, J. Bowyer, “Exhibitions: Selections Winter ’98,” Review, February 1, 1998, New York, NY
deGuzman, Rene, “To Be Real,” catalog essay, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, CA.
Friis-Hansen, Dana, “At Home and Abroad,” catalog essay, The Asian Art Museum, San Francisco, CA
Helfand, Glen, “Review: Landscape and Memory,” San Francisco Bay Guardian, June 10, 1999.
Jana, Reena, “At Home Abroad,” Asian Art News, August/September 1998.
Ibid, “”Flash Asia,” Flash Art, June/July 1998
Ibid, “Reviews: To Be Real,” Flash Art, April/May 1998.
Kelley, Jeff, "Crossings," exhibition catalog, published by AT Kearney, San Francisco, CA
Lagaso, Trisha, “Sino Ka/Ano Ka? Exhibit: Inner Landscapes,” Filipinas Magazine, San Francisco, March 1999.
Pritikin, Renny, “To Be Real,” catalog essay, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, CA.

1997

Jana, Reena, “Reviews: Stephanie Syjuco at John Berggruen Gallery,” Asian Art News, October.
Jenkins, John, “Another Time, Another Place,” Bay Area Reporter, July.

1996

Porges, Maria, “Reviews: San Francisco,” Sculpture Magazine, July/August
Roche, Harry, “Eight Days a Week,” San Francisco Bay Guardian, March.
Zyzzyva, “Artist Portfolio,” San Francisco, CA.

MEDIA

Vernissage TV, "Stephanie Syjuco: Copystand / Frieze Projects, Frieze Art Fair 2009 / Interview," online video interview, www.vernissage.tv

ArtReview.com,
"Close Encounters: Frieze Projects 2009," video interview, www.artreview.com, October 23, 2009, by Oliver Basciano and JJ Charlesworth.

BBC2 Newsnight Review,
"Taking the temperature at Frieze,"television broadcast, London, UK, October 16, 2009. By Martha Kearney.

Watch
KQED's SPARK* video documentary segment, aired May 2008

"Artists Riff on Knockoffs," by Nguyen Qui Duc, Pacific Time, KQED radio broadcast May 10, 2007. Listen (RealMedia stream)

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