Alexandra Yan Wong (b.1993)
Materiality underpins Alexandra Yan Wong’s work, which arises from her interest in understanding the psychology of perception and aesthetics in the modern world. Formally a linguist with a background in German literature and philosophy, she swaps words for paint, stain, paper, fabric, wood amongst other materials. Their spatial arrangement, concealment and destruction highlight their tactility and the work’s narrative form. The cross-cultural influences in Wong’s works can be seen in her use of colours and brushstrokes reminiscent of calligraphy. The combination of expressive marks and considered repetition attests to the tension inherent in perception, reflecting a similar tension which maintains the balance in the symbiosis between our being and the wider world.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2024 - ‘Two Worlds’, Gallery At Home, UK
2024 - ‘Alexandra Yan Wong’, Hitonoto, Japan
2023 - ‘Bildung’, Gallery At Home, UK
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024 - ‘Wabi Sabi Lab’, Atmosphère d’Ailleurs, France
2024 - ‘Time Spent’, Gallery 57, UK
2022 - Wabi-Sabi, Gallery At Home, UK
2022 - Spring/ Summer Show, M.A.H Gallery & Béton Brut, UK
2022 - The Other Art Fair London, UK
2021 - London Art Biennale, UK
2021 - ‘VII’, New Art Project, online
PRESS
‘Case Study, Dissonant Beauty’, Ark Journal vol. XI, 2024
‘Pavilion in Dialogue’, Imagicasa, Winter 2023
‘A London Renaissance’, Identity, Issue 225, November 2022
The Flux Review, 5th edition, July 2021
EDUCATION
BA (Hons) Modern Languages, University of Oxford (German Literature, Philosophy, Old Norse)