Su-en Wong


Born 

1973 
Singapore 


Education

1997
M.F.A., Painting and Drawing; The School of the Art Institute of 
Chicago; Chicago, IL

1994 
M.A., Art History; University of Wisconsin-Madison; Madison, WI

1993
B.A., Magna cum Laude; University of Puget Sound; Tacoma, WA

1990 
L.R.S.M., piano performance; The Royal School of Music, U.K.

1989 
L.T.C.L., piano performance; The Trinity College of London, U.K.

Solo Exhibitions

2003 
Shoshana Wayne Gallery; Santa Monica, CA. 
Zolla/Lieberman Gallery; Chicago, IL. 
Savage Gallery; Portland, OR. 

2002 
Deitch Projects; New York, NY 

2001 
Savage; Portland, OR

2000 
The Art Gallery of Ontario; Toronto, Canada

1999 
Stefan Stux Gallery; New York, NY The Chicago Cultural Centre; Chicago, IL

1997 
Lyons-Wier Gallery; Chicago, IL

1995 
The Contemporary Art Workshop; Chicago, IL 

Group Exhibitions

2005
"Contemporary Erotic Drawing"; Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, Ridgefield, CT.

2003 
Marella Arte Contemporanea, Milan, Italy. 
"Women on Women"; White Box, New York, NY. 

2002 "Proper Villains"; Space Untitled, New Haven, CT.
"Bootleg Identity" Caren Golden Fine Art, New York, NY
"Luscious Too"; Zolla/Lieberman Gallery, Chicago, IL.
The Dubrow Biennial; Kagan Martos Gallery, New York, NY.
"Artist to Artist: Celebrating the Marie Walsh Sharpe Foundation"; 
Ace Gallery, New York, NY

2001 
"Peppermint"; Smack Mellon, Brooklyn, NY.
"Buying Time: Granting Inspiration"; New York Foundation for the 
Arts/ Sotheby"Luscious"; Zolla/Lieberman Gallery, Chicago, IL

2000 
Exit Art, Collectors Curate; New York, NY
Galerie Schuster; Frankfurt/Berlin, Germany
"Nude and Narrative"; P.P.O.W. Gallery; New York, NY
"Private Worlds"; Art in General; New York, NY
The Kwangju International Biennale, North American Section; Kwangju, Korea
The Frankfurt Art Fair, with Galerie Schuster; Frankfurt, Germany
The Armory Show 2000, with Stefan Stux Gallery, New York, NY
Zolla/Lieberman Gallery; Chicago, IL 

1998 
"Riley, Wong & Shore"; The Lamont Art Gallery; The Phillips Exeter 
Academy; Exeter, NH
"Wong & Maakestad"; Tobey Gallery; Memphis College of Art; Memphis, TN

1997 
"Figure Eight"; The Rockford Art Museum. Rockford, IL
"Coming Attractions"; Zolla/Lieberman Gallery; Chicago, IL
"Dilemma"; Asian American Showcase 1996 
"New Works Four Artists"; Art Saint Louis; Saint Louis, MO
"1996 International Juried Show"; New Jersey Center for Visual Arts; 
Summit, NJ
Spring Selections, Gallery 2; The School of the Art Institute of 
Chicago; Chicago, IL

1995 
"Regional 95" Juried Exhibition; Indianapolis Art Center; Indianapolis, IN
The Philip Morris "Singapore Art Awards 1995" Exhibition; 
Takashimaya Art Gallery; Singapore 

Fellowship/Residencies/Grants

2000 
Artist Grant, The Joan Mitchell Foundation; New York, NY
Artist Grant, New York Foundation for the Arts; New York, NY

1998 
The Space Program, The Marie Walsh Sharpe Art Foundation; New York, NY
The Millay Colony for the Arts; Austerlitz, NY

1997 
Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture; Skowhegan, ME

1994 
The Vilas Graduate Fellowship; University of Wisconsin-Madison, WI 

Academic/Visiting Artist Positions

2002 
Visiting Artist; Maryland Institute College of Art

1999
Visiting Artist; Association of Independent Colleges of Art and 
Design; New York, NY

1998 
Visiting Artist; The Phillips Exeter Academy; Exeter, NH

1997 
J.R. Hyde Visiting Artist-in-Residence; The Memphis College of Art; Memphis, TN

1995 
Instructor; Painting and Drawing Department, The School of the Art 
Institute of Chicago, IL
Instructor; Early College Program, Continuing Studies, The School of 
the Art Institute of Chicago, IL 

Reviews/Publications 

2004
Black Book magazine, Fall 2004.

2003 
Charles Reeve, "From Anger to Vulgarity"; Art Papers 
January/February 2003.

2002 
Kimberly Mora, "Restrain Yourself: Pornographic Imagery in Feminist 
Context", NY Arts Magazine.
Brooks Barnes & Robert J. Hughes, The Wall Street Journal, April 5.
Charlie Finch, "The Prisoners of Sex"; Arnet.com Magazine.
Sarah Valdez, Time Out New York, March 14.
Steven Vincent, "Su-en Wong's Naked City"; Art & Auction, April.
David Hsieh, World Journal New York.

2000 
Barcellano, Rose, "Painting Outside the Lines"; The Asian Reporter, 
Portland, OR

2000 
Frank Hoffmann, "Report from Kwangju: Monoculture and Its 
Discontents"; Art in America, November
Gillian McKay, "Sexual Stereotypes Stripped Down"; The Toronto Globe 
and Mail, Toronto, Canada
Thomas Hirschmann, "Not so Innocent"; The National Post, Toronto, Canada
Tom Finkelpearl, "Man + Space"; The Kwangju International Biennale 
Kwangju, Korea

1999 
Ann Landi, Art News, November Anthony DiMaggio, Review Magazine, New 
York, NY, October 1
Ken Johnson, The New York Times, Art Guide September 17

1999 
Michael Macinnis, The New York Art World Margaret Hawkins, "Bodies 
are Canvases for Exhibit1998 
Painting as a Language I; Harcourt Brace College Publishers

1997 
Anna Wilson, The New Art Examiner, Chicago, IL, October
New American Paintings Midwestern States Edition; The Open Studio 
Press, Wellesley, MA
Mark Swartz, "Torn Between Two Cultures"; The Reader, Chicago, IL

1996 
John Wright, "Four Ground"; The Riverfront Times, Saint Louis, MO
Carmen Vendelin, "Valkyrie Valtair/Su-en Wong"; The New Art 
Examiner, Chicago, IL, December Eileen Watkins, "Exhibition Provides 
a Judgmental Perspective"; The Sunday Star Ledger, NJ
William Zimmer, "How a Curator Temporarily Turns into a Judge"; The 
New York Times, April 7

1995 
Margaret Hawkins, "Second Look tell the Story of VisionsSharon 
Calhoon, "The Golden Touch: Whitney Curator Explores Identity 
Issues", "Nuvo", Indianapolis, IN

Born in Singapore in 1973, Su-en Wong grew up with aspirations of becoming a ballerina. At age 16 she left Singapore and traveled to the US to embark on a career as a concert pianist. She soon discovered stage fright, as well as an affinity and true love for painting and drawing. In 1997 she received her MFA in Painting from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, and went on to finish studio residencies at the Marie Walsh Sharpe Art Foundation, New York and the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Maine. Her solo exhibitions have appeared at Stefan Stux Gallery, New York (1999) and the Chicago Cultural Centre (1999). Stunning group exhibitions were held at the Kwangju International Biennale, Korea (2000), Zolla/Lieberman Gallery, Chicago (2000), and the Tobey Gallery, Memphis College of Art, (1998). Su-en is represented by Deitch Projects, New York and Shoshana Wayne Gallery, California. As recently as Spring 2003 she simply took the State of Oregon by storm in a show at Portland's Savage Gallery. Now, in September of 2003, she is working like mad for her LA and Chicago shows, which are very close to each other, in November and December. This awesome creature is currently living and working in the fortunate environs of Williamsburg, Brooklyn, New York. One can only ask, " What world will she conquer next?"