ALICE WONG

Born 1980, Hong Kong
Has practiced at Creative Growth since 2003

Alice Wong was born in Hong Kong in 1980, and came to Creative Growth in 2003 when she moved to California with her family. Wong concentrated on drawing and ceramics until 2013, when she began painting on vintage photographs using enamel and acrylic markers. Wong has since become known for her photographic transformations. Using blocks of color to enhance or obscure her subjects, an approach reminiscent of Baldessari’s work, Wong forces the viewer to search for contextual clues and meaning by both orienting the viewer and suggesting abstraction. Vividly saturated, Wong’s interpretations of vintage and historical photographs breathe new life into static compositions. With a preference for Victorian and mid-century subject matter, Wong transforms the concept of nostalgia into living documentation.

Alice Wong nació en Hong Kong en 1980 y llegó a Creative Growth en 2003 cuando se mudó a California con su familia. Wong se concentró en el dibujo y la cerámica hasta 2013, cuando comenzó a pintar sobre fotografías antiguas usando marcadores de esmalte y acrílico. Desde entonces, Wong se ha hecho conocida por sus transformaciones fotográficas. Usando bloques de color para intensificar u oscurecer a sus sujetos, un enfoque que recuerda el trabajo de Baldessari, Wong obliga al espectador a buscar pistas contextuales y significado al orientar al espectador y sugerir abstracción. Vívidamente saturadas, las interpretaciones de Wong de fotografías antiguas e históricas dan nueva vida a las composiciones estáticas. Con preferencia por los temas victorianos y del siglo medio, Wong transforma el concepto de nostalgia en documentación viva.

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

2021
The Nostalgia Show, online exhibition, Sage Studio, Austin

2020
Outsider Art Fair, New York
Felix Art Fair, Los Angeles

2019
TAN LINES, Summertime Gallery, New York

2018
New Art Dealers Alliance Fair, New York
D’Dessin Paris Contemporary Drawing Fair, Paris
Outsider Art Fair, Paris

2017
Outsider Art Fair, New York
D’Dessin Paris Contemporary Drawing Fair, Paris

2016
Outsider Art Fair, Paris
Art Osaka, Osaka
Art Fair Tokyo, Tokyo
D’Dessin Paris Contemporary Drawing Fair, Paris
Outsider Art Fair, New York

2015
Groupings, Park Life Gallery, San Francisco
The Heart Is A Lonely Hunter, Fraenkel Gallery, San Francisco, curated by Katy Grannan
Outsider Art Fair, New York
Art Fair Tokyo, Tokyo
D’Dessin Paris Contemporary Drawing Fair, Paris
The Apartment, Vancouver
New Art Dealers Alliance Fair, Miami

2012
Different and Special, Gyeonggi Museum of Modern Art, Korea