Caroline Wong
Caroline Wong‘s work is deeply connected to femme and queer culture. Her art primarily centers on the study and celebration of female desire, while also challenging traditional Asian gender roles. Wong‘s portrayals are vivid and dynamic, capturing the essence of life, joy, and desire without reservation. Her large-scale pastel drawings serve as a canvas for themes related to femininity, queerness, anxiety, and the assertion of female pleasure.
Wong graduated with an MA in Fine Art from City and Guilds of London Art School in 2021. She also obtained a Diploma in Contemporary Portraiture from The Art Academy in 2018. Selected solo exhibitions include Gallery Belenius, Stockholm, SE (upcoming, 2024), Galleria Alessandro Albanese, Milan, IT (upcoming 2023), A Many-Splendoured Thing, Rusha & Co., Los Angeles, US (2023), Artificial Paradises, Soho Revue, London, UK (2022), and Cats and Girls, Soy Capitán, Berlin, DE (2022). Selected group exhibitions include You Were Bigger than the Sky, You Were More than Just a Short Time Gallery Belenius, Stockholm, SE (2023), In the Land of Cockaigne, Quench Gallery, Margate, UK (2022), Drawn Out, Drawing Room, London, UK (2021), Drawing Biennial 2021, Drawing Room, London, UK (2021). Awards include the Drawing Room Biennial Bursary Award (2021), The Society of Women Artists Derwent Art Prize (2018), and the Liberty Specialty Markets Art Prize (2018).
Caroline Wong, born 1986 in Malaysia, lives and works in London.
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Exhibitions
Press
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To Stomach A Full Heart • Interview
C-print, 03/2023
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Hybrid Power by Milou Allerholm
Kunstkritikk, 03/2023
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Caroline Wong’s drawings of women eating like cats challenge expectations of “restraint and decorum” by Olivia Hingley
It's Nice That, 03/2023
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Feasting with Caroline Wong by Madeleine Pollard
Plinth Magazine, 10/2022
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Noch Hingehen: Caroline Wong mit "Cats and Girls"
Tagesspiegel, 10/2022
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Was tun zur Berlin Art Week? 7 Ausstellungen, die wir euch ans Herz legen können: Caroline Wong bei Soy Capitán, by Julia Meyer-Brehm
BEIGE, 09/2022
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Caroline Wong Cats and Girls
Berlin Art Week, 09/2022
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11 Kunst-Highlights im September, die ihr nicht verpassen solltet: Caroline Wong's Cats and Girls by Insa Grüning
Mit Vergnügen, 09/2022
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Berlin Art Week Openings
Berlin Art Link, 09/2022
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MUST SEE: Caroline Wong at Soy Capitán
ARTFORUM, 08/2022
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Caroline Wong: Cats and Girls
Berlin.de: The Official Website of Berlin, 08/2022
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"London Roundup" by Orit Gat
Art Agenda, 05/2022
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"London Gallery Weekend: the emerging galleries shaking up the capital’s art scene" by Ben Luke
Evening Standard, 05/2022
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"In Conversation with Caroline Wong"
New Normal Projects, 02/2022
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Drawing around Food • A Socio-political & Cultural Exploration
Drawing Room Panel Discussion, 07/2021
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"Elephant’s Pick of October’s Essential Artists"
Elephant, 10/2021