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2013

Los Angeles Magazine:
Lower, Jenny, "So You Want a Dior Handbag? Make it Yourself" March 1.
SF Arts Quarterly:
Smith, Stephanie and Ariel Rosen, "Stephanie Syjuco," Issue 13, San Francisco, April.

2012

Abitare (online): "Mind the System, Find the Gap at Z33" May 30.
Art Practical
(online): Zarobell, John, "Review: International Orange," June 2012.
Betabeat (online): Kelly Faircloth, "For Real? Betabeat Goes Shopping for Made-Up Brands,"November 19.
Boing Boing
(online): Doctorow, Cory, "Imaginary Orange Gift Shop for Golden Gate Bridge," , June 6.
The California Report (audio): Shafer, Scott, "Commemorating the Golden Gate Bridge in Art," May 18-20
Honolulu Star Advertiser: Kam, Nadine, "Crafty Counterfeiters," Honolulu, Hawaii, June 21.
KQED Arts (online): Farr, Kristin, "Stephanie Syjuco's International Orange: A Proposition," May 22.
KQED Arts (online): Frock, Christian, "FOR-SITE Foundation Celebrates Golden Gate Bridge with International Orange," June 2.
New Scientist (online): Giles, Jim, "Visualizing the Hidden Networks of Silicon Valley, September.
The New York Times: Kino, Carol, "A Bridge's Golden Years," June 7.
San Francisco Chronicle: Whiting, Sam, "International Orange Commemorative Store as Art," Sunday Arts Section, May 20.
Surface Asia: Jao, Carren, "Black Market Economist," February
Wired (online): Swaby, Rachel, "Painting the Store Red," June 5.
Z33 Contemporary Art Space, "Mind the System, Find the Gap" exhibition catalog, Hasselt, Belgium.

2011

Artforum: Allen, Gwen, "Review: Stephanie Syjuco at Catharine Clark Gallery," October 2011.
Artforum:
Bryan-Wison, Julia, "Sewing Notions," pp 73-4, February 2011.
Art Practical
(online): Malouk, Elyse, "American Road Signs: Landfill Part 3: Landfill Quarterly," San Francisco, June.
Columbus Museum of Art: Adamson, Glenn and Lisa Dent, "Pattern Migration," exhibition catalogue, Ohio, September.
Crafts Magazine: Adamson, Glenn, "Firestarter: William Morris, Then and Now,"Crafts Council UK, London, May/June issue.
Dailyserving (online): Haas, Maggie, "Counter-Invasion: Stephanie Syjuco at Catharine Clark," June 13.
SFMOMA Open Space Blog
(online): Brown, Brandon, "Bohemia of Finances, Pt. 5," April.
San Francisco Bay Guardian:
Sussman, Matt, "Fake Out," June 29.
Zyzzyva (online): Bigman, Alexander, "From a Treasured Vase to a Cutout: Stephanie Syjuco's Solo Show 'Raiders'," June 8.

2010

7x7 Magazine (online): Berger, Shoshana, "SFMOMA's Pop-Up Shadowshop" November 30, 2010.
Artforum: Hudson, Suzanne, "Review: 1969 at P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center," March issue, New York.
Artforum.com (online): Ise, Claudine, "Critics Pick: Chicago: Stephanie Syjuco, Gallery 400,"October 2010.
Art Practical (online): Mallouk, Elyse, "Review: Beg/Borrow/Steal," May, Issue #14, San Francisco.
Art Practical (online): Maloney, Patricia, "Review: Shadowshop, Stephanie Syjuco,"November, Issue #2.6.
Art Practical (online): Quick, Genevieve, "Year One: Best Of," August 2010, San Francisco.
Art Practical: Yap, Christine Wong, "Year One: Best Of," August 2010, San Francisco.
Artillery Magazine: Vikram, Anuradha, "Bay Area Emergent: Galleries & Artists put San Francisco Back on the Map," May Issue, Los Angeles.
The Chicago Tribune: Waxman, Lori, "Things, Thingys, Thingies Made Real," October 15, 2010.
DesignNet Korea:
July issue, Seoul, Korea.
KQED Arts online: Farr, Kristin, "Shadowshop at SFMOMA," December 9, 2010.
Newcity Art blog: Golden, Regen, "Review: Stephanie Syjuco/Gallery 400," September 20, 2010, Chicago.
San Francisco Bay Guardian: Young, Spencer, "Color Forms: Three artists use copyedit, counterfeit, and tech to tease art out of context," Visual Arts section, May 4, 2010.
Time Out Chicago: Pearson, Laura, "Review: Stephanie Syjuco," September 29, 2010.
Visual Arts Ireland: cover image, March-April, Issue 2, published by Visual Artists Ireland, Dublin.

2009

Art+Culture (online): Orendorff, Danny, “Profile: Stephanie Syjuco,” April, 2009.
Art Fag City
(online): Johnson, Paddy, "Iteration: The Most Telling Statement of the Fair?" Thursday, October 15, 2009.
Art In America
(online): Carlson, Michelle, “Small Encampments: Stephanie Syjuco Searches for Home,” April 29, 2009.
Art Papers: Gayer, John, “Review: Stephanie Syjuco: Dublin + Galway, Ireland,” September/October 2009.
Artdaily.org (online): “Stephanie Syjuco: Total Fabrications at the Contemporary Arts Museum Houston,” January 4, 2009.
Artinfo.com (online): Douglas, Sarah, "Faking It at Frieze," October 17, 2009.
ARTslant New York (online): Ferguson, Benjamin, "Frieze Projects by Frieze Foundation,"October 19, 2009.
The Brown Daily Herald: Matthews, Anita, “’Inappropriate’ re-envisions appropriation,” Brown University, Providence, RI, April 14, 2009.
Brown University: Soderman, Braxton, catalog essay, “Inappropriate Covers,” Providence, RI, April 2009.
Domus Web, "Stephanie Syjuco: Copystand," www.domusweb.it, Art section, Italy, October 19, 2009.
The Financial Times: Aspden, Peter, "Frieze Art Fair: Mix of worldly and weird," London, UK, October 15, 2009.
Frieze Publishing Ltd: Wakefield, Neville, "Frieze Projects Interview: Stephanie Syjuco," Frieze Art Fair Yearbook 2009-10, London, UK (catalog).
The Guardian UK: Higgins, Charlotte, "Roll up for moody modern masterpieces: it's the Frieze art fair," Art & Design section, London, UK, October 14, 2009.
The Guardian UK (online): Audio-visual gallery, "Frieze art fair: your very own private view," London, UK, October 14, 2009.
Houston Press: Schulze, Troy, “Capsule Art Review: Perspectives 164: Stephanie Syjuco,” Houston, TX, February 2009.
The Irish Times: Mahoney, Donald, "The art of imitation," Life & Culture Features section, October 23, 2009.
Jonkoping lans Museum: Alvik, Clara, and von Busch, Otto, "Handarbeta for En Battre Varld," exhibition catalog (in Swedish) for "Craftwerk 2.0" exhibition, Sweden.
London Evening Standard: Jury, Louise, "A-Listers flock to Frieze Art Fair," London, UK, October 14, 2009.
London Evening Standard: McKay, Alastair, "An artist's guide to Frieze," Arts & Exhibitions News, London, UK, October 16, 2009.
The New York Times: Vogel, Carol, "Cunning After Caution at London Art Fair," Art & Design section, New York, October 16, 2009.
The New York Times (online): Vogel, Carol, "Notes from the Frieze: Imitation as Art (and Commerce), Arts Beat, The Culture at Large, October 16, 2009.
The New York Times: Cotter, Holland, "Art Review: 1969; The Year of Tumult," Art & Design section, October 29, 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.
The Observer: Sawyer, Miranda, "Dealers are not deaf to the times," London, UK, October 18, 2009.
The Online NewsHour: Finnegan, Molly, “Common Threads,” Art Beat section, www.pbs.org., March 23, 2009.
SFMOMA Open Space (online): Syjuco, Stephanie, “On Letting Them Do It Themselves: Activated Anarchy vs. Designed Intentions,” January 27, 2009.
The Scotsman: Cornwell, Tim, "Frieze Frame,"Edinburgh, Scotland, October 16, 2009.
Seattle Weekly: Hobart, Erica, “Stephanie Syjuco: The Village (Small Encampments),” Events section, April 9, 2009.
The Times UK: Muir, Kate, "Scenes from Frieze Art Fair in an age of austerity," Arts & Entertainment, London, UK, October 17, 2009
Triennale Design Museum: Dritto Rovescio (exhibition catalog), Milan Triennale, Milan, Italy.
The Wall Street Journal: Crow, Kelly, "Frieze Art Fair Opens to Steady Sales, Gray Art," Life & Style, October 15, 2009.

2008

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

2007

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

2006

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

FOR-SITE Foundation documentary, "International Orange Commemorative Store (A Proposition)," (4:34) April, 2012

SFMOMA artist interview: "Artist Stephanie Syjuco on Counterfeiting," February 2010, (5:52)

SFMOMA
Podcast on Shadowshop, April 2011
(16:19)

SFMOMA artist interview:"Beyond Institutional Critique," November 2010 (1:46)

Seven on Seven Conference, Rhizome at the New Museum, New York "Stephanie Syjuco and Jeremy Ashkenaz," (20:42) April, 2012

Z33 exhibition tour "Stephanie Syjuco: FREE TEXTS" (1:31) June, 2012

SFMOMA audio tour segment for Shadowshop, November 2010.

SFMOMA 75 Reasons to Live:"Stephanie Syjuco on Sherrie Levine," gallery talk, January 2010, (5:15)

Artist lecture, Portland State University, April 12, 2010, 1:19:00

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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