Brent Wong
| Brent Wong | |
|---|---|
| Born | Otaki, New Zealand |
| Nationality | New Zealander |
| Known for | Painting, music composition |
| Movement | Surrealism |
Brent Wong (born 1945) is a New Zealand surrealist painter and music composer.
Early life
Originally from Otaki, Wong's family moved to Wellington in 1949, where he has subsequently lived.[1] As a child, he had difficulty reading, which led him towards drawing as an alternative means of self-expression.[1]
Art career
Wong's first solo exhibition was in 1969 at the Rothmans Gallery in Wellington when he was 24. The exhibition "excited extravagant critical attention: and overnight established the previously unknown Brent Wong as an important painter in the local context."[1]
See also
References
- 1 2 3 Rowe, Neil. "Brent Wong". Art New Zealand. Retrieved 6 June 2014.
External links
- Brent Wong – painter, website cataloguing his early artworks
- Page on the Te Papa website
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