Zoe Wong used to call herself an artist but now she’s not really sure anymore. Sometimes she likes to exhibit art, sometimes she likes to write, sometimes she even likes to take a few photos between meals. One thing is for certain though: Zoe Wong is definitely GAY and definitely half Chinese. This comes up A LOT in whatever she makes or writes. She used to describe her practice as “De-Orientalising” which was basically just a smart ass way of saying that she liked to pick apart imagery of China as seen from a Western perspective. She has a lot of feelings about “what it means to be half Chinese” and “what it means to be a Lesbian” and more specifically “what it means to be a half Chinese Lesbian”. Representation is SUPER important to Zoe, so whatever she creates, whether it be screenplays, poetry, abstract sculptures or fully sick installations; she will always reflect her experiences in the hopes of connecting to others like her.
Interviews
Agenda on FBi Radio by Katie Winton & Isabelle Hore-Thorburn
Grazia magazine interview by Nicholas Carolan
Antidote magazine interview by Grace Partridge
CV:
Zoe Wong
b. 1992, Sydney
zwongy@gmail.com
www.zoewong.com.au
Education
2016 - Bachelor of Design in Photography & Situated Media (Honours), University of Technology Sydney, NSW, Australia
2014 - Bachelor of Design in Photography & Situated Media, University of Technology Sydney, NSW, Australia
Solo Exhibitions
2019 - Oriental Futures, Boxcopy, Brisbane QLD
Selected Group Exhibitions
2022 - Inlandsee, Grafton Regional Gallery, Grafton NSW
2022 - New Energy, 4A Centre for Contemporary Asian Art, Sydney NSW
2021 - Disobedient Daughters, Counihan Gallery, Melbourne VIC
2020 - Unleash The Dragon, Tributary Projects, Canberra ACT
2020 - This is Who I Am, Verge Gallery, Sydney NSW
2019 - Unleash the Dragon, Firstdraft, Sydney NSW
2019 - Speak softly, tread heavily, Peacock Gallery, Sydney NSW
2019 - Peach Blossom Spring, Firstdraft, Sydney NSW
2019 - Unleash the Dragon, Seventh Gallery, Melbourne VIC
2019 - Do you hear the people sing?, Metro Arts, Brisbane QLD
2018 - Les Misérables '18, Kudos Gallery, Sydney NSW
2018 - Disobedient Daughters, Metro Arts, Brisbane QLD
2017 - Verge Festival, USYD Graffiti Tunnel, Sydney NSW
2017 - Could all this be it?, Cold Cuts Project Space, Sydney NSW
2017 - Real Life Fantasies, West Space, Melbourne VIC
2017 - Gertrude Street Projection Festival - Feminographies, Seventh Gallery, Melbourne VIC
2017 - You're my number 1, Firstdraft, Sydney NSW
2017 - The Galeries Emerging Artist Award, The Galeries, Sydney NSW
2017 - No Woman is an Island, Blindside Gallery, Melbourne VIC
2017 - Standing, Gaffa Gallery, Sydney NSW
2016 - PSM Honours 2016, Alaska Projects, Sydney NSW
2016 - The Artist and Her Work, Stacks Projects, Sydney NSW
2015 - A Room of One's Own, Gaffa Gallery, Sydney NSW
2015 - Apathetic Zine Launch, China Heights Gallery, Sydney NSW
2015 - SHE, Create or Die Studios, Sydney NSW
2014 - Subtext, Central Park, Sydney NSW
2014 - IPF: 2014, Strange Neighbour Gallery, Melbourne VIC
2014 - Lapse: An Exhibition, The Tate Gallery, Sydney NSW
Awards
2017 - Finalist, KAAF Art Prize 2017, Korean Australian Arts Foundation, Sydney NSW
2017 - The Galeries Emerging Artist Award, The Galeries, Sydney NSW
2014 - Graduate Exhibition Award, UTS, Sydney NSW