Suling Wang

Suling Wang
Born 1968
Taichung, Taiwan

Suling Wang (Chinese: 王淑鈴) born in Taiwan in 1968, is an internationally recognized painter and contemporary artist, known predominantly for her large scale abstract works. She currently lives and works in London, UK.

Biography

Suling Wang grew up in rural Taiwan and in 1993 moved to London to study fine art at Central St. Martins College of Art and Design. She completed her master's degree in painting from the Royal College of Art in 1999.[1] In 1998, she was the recipient of the Studio Award from Cité Internationale des Arts and the John Crane Travel Award. Three years earlier, she received the Swiss National Tourism/Tate Gallery Travel Award.[2] Wang's art is inspired by Taiwanese oral tradition from her childhood[3] and her exploration of identity within Eastern and Western cultures. Her work is composed of meticulously created layers of painted calligraphy and cartoon-like forms overlaid atop other shapes that suggest trees, sterns, and mountains.[4]

Exhibitions

Wang's work has been exhibited internationally in solo and group exhibitions. She has held solo exhibitions at Inception Gallery, Paris(2013);[5] Eslite Gallery, Taipei(2011);[6] Pékin Fine Arts, Beijing (2007);[7] Soledad Lorenzo, Madrid (2006);[8] Lehmann Maupin, New York (2005);[9] and Victoria Miro Gallery, London (2005).[10] She has also been included in group exhibitions such as Red Hot: Asian Art Today from the Chaney Collection at the Museum of Fine Arts Houston;[2] Passion for Paint at The National Gallery in London,2006;[11] The Guggenheim Collection: 1940s to Now at the National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Australia, 2007;[1] and In Turner's Footsteps at the Tate Gallery and Kings College Gallery at Cambridge.[2]

Museum collections

The work of Suling Wang is also represented in the permanent collections of important museums, particularly in USA, where her paintings are included in several museum collections including The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York;[12] the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles;[13] the Cincinnati Art Museum;[14] The Utah Museum of Fine Arts;[15] and the Rubell Family Collection, Miami.;[16] White Rabbit Gallery, Australia.;[17] SK Collection, Taipei.; Pizzuti Collection, Ohio.[18]

References

  1. 1 2 Hillings, Valerie L., Guggenheim Collection: 1940s to Now, National Gallery of Victoria, 2007.
  2. 1 2 3 Suling Wang Biography
  3. ↑ Comis, Guido, “Suling Wang,” Tema Celeste, May/June 2005.
  4. ↑ “Suling Wang” The Guardian Guide, 19 February
  5. ↑ Inception Gallery
  6. ↑ Eslite Gallery, Suling Wang
  7. ↑ "Archive", Pekin Fine Arts
  8. ↑ "Exhibitions 2005 - 2006", Galeria Soledad Lorenzo, Suling Wang
  9. ↑ Lehmann Maupin, Suling Wang
  10. ↑ "Past Exhibitions", Victoria Miro, Suling Wang
  11. ↑ "A Global Art Explosion", Apollo: International Magazine of Art and Antiquities, August 2006.
  12. ↑ Raymond Gill, "A Show of Strength: The Guggenheim Collection 1940s to Now", The Age, Australia, 28 June 2007
  13. ↑ Chelsea Mason, "Contemporary Chinese Art: Generating Debate and Sometimes Staggering Prices" US China Today, 8/11/2008 and "MOCA's Chinese Future",Suzanne Muchnic, 29/08/2007, Los Angeles Times.
  14. ↑ 2010 Report to the Community, Cincinnati Art Museum.
  15. ↑ UMFA Press, Past Exhibitions
  16. ↑ Rubell Family Collection, Browse the Collection
  17. ↑ White Rabbit Gallery ,Browse the Collection
  18. ↑ Pizzuti Collection

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