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Eric Wong
About
Los Angeles based visual artist, curator, coordinator and self-proclaimed tratist. I am currently working on a long term multidisciplinary educational program. Much more in-the-works!
Eric Wong is a Los Angeles based multidisciplinary artist whose work has been exhibited in numerous contextual, alternative, public spaces and galleries. His work is in many private collections. He was born in the Los Angeles district of Silverlake, CA in 1970. He moved to San Diego, CA in 1979 and lived there for many years. In the mid eighties he discovered the punk scene, which set the stage for a very abrasive and dynamic path. At an early age he was exposed to mature social and human issues of which he was compelled to confront. This adopted subculture provided him with a means of expressing thoughts and feelings not commonly accepted or even allowed at the time. His experiences with racism as a young Chinese, Scottish, Irish, American made it a fluid transition into this newfound alienation. A subculture that had no particular ties other than a fellowship of conflict, diatribe, disdain, creativity, dialogue and music was the adhesive. He felt a sense of freedom and empowerment in this unorganized movement that considered ideas outside of the box. During this time Wong began to write poetry, prose, lyric and short essays. Which included a self-published fanzine Tales from the Positive Side. He painted and designed leather jackets and other very conceptual accessories. His ideas and concerns at this time unfortunately seemed to evoke a great deal of aggression and even violent response.
In the late eighties/early nineties he enrolled at San Diego City College without commitment to a major. Here he studied painting and life drawing for many years with artist Debra Babylon. Wong took obsessive numbers of studio, social/political science, literature and philosophy at other community colleges prior to attending Art School. He then majored in Painting/New Genres at the San Francisco Art Institute, Sculpture/New Genres at Otis College of Art & Design and Fine Art Painting at the Art Institute of Southern California, Laguna.
Eric Wong has developed a body of work in painting, drawing, constructs, writing, video, social sculpture, installation and as a curator. In his work Wong explores automatism, conceptual art and process based practices. Something he often refers to as tra(the why that precedes the what). He is concerned with issues of intentions or his origin of individual purpose for a creative action, resulting image and/or object. Wong is above all drawn to painting, color, scrawl and non-objective abstraction.
Eric Wong has organized numerous Expositions and Educational Projects that are important extensions of his work as an artist. He has exhibited and collaborated with hundreds of artists, critics, organizations and creative individuals both nationally and internationally. … Read More
- Location
- Los Angeles, United States
- Website
- http://ericwong.traspace.org
South Western College, Fine Art Painting
San Diego City College, Fine Art Painting
San Diego Mesa College, Fine Art Painting
Otis College of Art and Design, Sculpture/New Genres
Art Institute of Southern California, Laguna: Fine Art Painting
San Francisco Art Institute: Painting/New Genres
Extended Studies:
Artist As Citizen, San Francisco Art Institute, SF, CA
How To Get There From Here Practical Considerations for the Working Artist: Public Artist Ray Beldner and Gallery Owner Catherine Clark focus on business writing for artists, documentation, organization, residencies, survival, public speaking and included important guest speakers from various fields in the arts. -San Francisco Art Institute
Public Art: Public art, project conception, planning, process, budgets, and completion -San Francisco Art Institute
Gallery Exhibition Skills: museum studies, San Diego Mesa Community College, San Diego, CA
Life Drawing Workshops with Debra Babylon, San Diego Art Institute, San Diego, CA
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2008 Building Blocks, The Ruth Chapman Theater, Chula Vista, CA
2007 Life Stage, The Boardwalk, Venice Beach, CA
2002 Re-development, Retrospective & performance, Sushi Performance & Visual Art, San Diego, CA
2001 Post 9/11, Cal State San Marcos, San Marcos, CA
2001 Post 9/11, 4th Ave & Market St., downtown San Diego
2001 Beautiful Beauty, Sony Art Walk, downtown San Diego, CA
1999 Half Breed, Gallery R.I.Q., downtown San Diego, CA
1998 Shape & Form, Nordstrom (The Rail-Horton Plaza), San Diego, CA
1998 Shape & Form, Acme Gallery, Del Mar, CA
1998 Shape & Form, Wall Street Gallery, La Jolla, CA
1997 Shape & Form, Roma Gallery, San Diego, CA
1997 Transitions, The Mission Gallery, La Jolla, CA
1996 Transitions, Zanzibar Gallery, Pacific Beach, CA
Selected Group Exhibitions
2005 Art Around Adams, Book Burning Installation/action in a car wash stall, North Park, CA
2004 Art Around Adams, Building Blocks installation/demonstration, North Park, CA
2003 Hotels/Motels, Potato installation, The Travelodge Motel, downtown San Diego, CA
2002 Rhythm, Verse, & Composition, The Ruth Chapman Theater, Eastlake, CA
2001 The Blurred Line Between Art & Life, Found Images, Kitsch installation, Sushi Performance & Visual Art, San Diego, CA.
2001 The Lab (public not private exhibition), downtown San Diego, CA
2001 The Lab (On Broadway), Broadway & 7th downtown San Diego, CA
2001 The Lab @ Sushi, Sushi Performance & Visual Art, San Diego, CA
2001 AR Exposition series I, II, III, Free Art series, Gallery Wong installation, Beyond Baroque Los Angeles, CA, Sushi Performance & Visual Art, San Diego, CA, Giorgio Santini Gallery, Baja, CA
2001 Untitled group exhibition, Jims House installation, Bolsky Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2000 Hotels/Motels, Construction/Deconstruction, The Motel 6, downtown San Diego, CA
1999 The Art of Word, Gallery R.I.Q., downtown, San Diego, CA
1999 Untitled Group Exhibition, Wired Gallery, San Diego, CA
1996 Round The Bend, Seventh Ave Studios, downtown San Diego, CA.
1995 Relativity, International Gallery, downtown San Diego, CA.
Curatorial Projects and Expositions
2008 Building Blocks Project, The Ruth Chapman Theater, Chula Vista, CA
2004 Year of The Monkey, The Center For Moving and Performing Arts, San Diego, CA
2003 Hotels/Motels, The Travelodge Motel, downtown San Diego, CA
2002 Rhythm, Verse, & Composition Exposition, The Ruth Chapman Theater, Eastlake, CA
2001 The Blurred Line Between Art & Life: Exposition, Sushi Performance & Visual Art, San Diego, CA.
2001 The Lab (public not private exhibition), downtown San Diego, CA
2001 The Lab (On Broadway), Broadway & 7th downtown San Diego, CA
2001 The Lab @ Sushi, Sushi Performance & Visual Art, San Diego, CA
2001 AR Exposition Series I, II, III, Beyond Baroque/Sparc, Los Angeles, CA, Sushi Performance and Visual Art, San Diego, CA, Giorgio Santini Gallery, Baja, Mexico.
2000 Hotels/Motels, The Motel 6, downtown San Diego, CA
2000 Dia de los Artes (Project consultant, art instructor), San Francisco, CA & Baja, CA.
2000 Video Series, Gallery R.I.Q., downtown San Diego, CA
2000 Flight New Works by Hironobu Shimomura, Gallery R.I.Q., downtown San Diego, CA
2000 Understand Works by Vi Nguyen, Gallery R.I.Q., downtown San Diego, CA
2000 Jeff Brady, Gallery R.I.Q., downtown San Diego, CA
1999 The Art of Word, The R.I.Q. Gallery, downtown, San Diego, CA
1999 Half Breed, Gallery R.I.Q., downtown San Diego, CA
1999 The New Bohemian Project, The Bohemian, San Francisco, CA
1999 Wheels of Steel, Sushi Performance & Visual Art, downtown San Diego, CA.
1998 Student Aspirations Benefit Exposition & Educational Workshops, R.I.Q. Gallery, downtown San Diego, CA
1996 Round The Bend, Seventh Ave Studios, downtown San Diego, CA.
1995 Relativity, International Gallery, downtown San Diego, CA.
Professional Affiliation
2003-2009 Eastlake High School, Chula Vista, CA
1998-2003 Sushi Performance & Visual Art, San Diego, CA
2003 The Center for the Moving and Performing Arts, San Diego, CA
2001 San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA
2001 Beyond Baroque Literary Arts Center, Venice Beach, CA
2001 InSITE 2000-01, San Diego, CA and Tijuana, Mexico
2001 LA Theater Works, Venice Beach, CA
2001 The San Diego Childrens Museum, San Diego, CA
2001 The World Beat Center, San Diego, CA
2001 Activists San Diego, San Diego, CA
1998 The San Diego City College Foundation, San Diego, CA
1998-2000 Gallery R.I.Q., downtown San Diego, CA
Press
The Reviewer, Hotels/Motels @ The Travelodge Hotel, January 2004
Fahrenheit San Diego, Art Attack, Hotels Motels, December 10, 2003
KPBS The Lounge Interview with Dirk Sutro, San Diego, CA 2002
San Diego Reader, Blurt, Review by Randy Hoffman, 2001
San Diego Reader, Scene, Review by Randy Hoffman, 2000
Editorial
2002-03 Art News San Diego A Reactionary, Critical and Informative Look Into The Arts in San Diego"
Two Editions: The Dude edition and Speed Bumps.
Teaching: Projects in Education
2008 Building Blocks Demonstration, Eastlake High School, The Ruth Chapman Theater, Chula Vista, CA
2004 Building Blocks Demonstration, Art Around Adams, North Park, CA
2003 Rhythm, Verse, & Composition Exposition, Demonstration and speaker, The Ruth Chapman Theater, Eastlake High School, Chula Vista, CA
2001 Dot-To-Dot Project, Los Angeles, San Diego, Mexico; Art Instructor
1998 Student Aspirations Career Building, painting and life drawing workshops, lecture, fundraising, San Diego area Colleges
1997 Painting Teacher, private instruction, 7th Street Studios, San Diego, CA
1996 Guest Lecture: Art Orientation, City College, downtown San Diego, CA
Honors, Awards, Commissions
Merit Scholarship, Otis College of Art and Design, Los Angeles, CA
Merit Scholarship, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA
Merit Scholarship, Art Institute of Southern California, Laguna, CA
San Diego City College Foundation Scholarship & Jurors Choice Award, San Diego, CA
Painting Commission: Mission Beach Cantina, San Diego, CA
Painting Commission: Falkner Architects, San Diego, CA
Painting Commission: Security Pacific Bank, San Diego, CA
Administrative Background
Artistic Director and Independent Curator from1998-present for contemporary art projects and Expositions.
Over ten years
experience working with artists, collectors, educators, art organizations, businesses and community leaders on numerous projects. Background responsibilities: exhibitions, event planning, coordinating, project management, art handling, proposals, press releases, public relations, art administration, production, scheduling, sound, lighting, design, instruction, moderator, consultation, sales and marketing in San Diego, Los Angeles, San Francisco and Mexico., … Read More
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