Wang, Kelly

Wang's work examines and redefines Asian American identity and considers the reality of being a diasporic artist. Her visual and conceptual practice is rooted in personal experience, Chinese art history, and material experimentation. She earned an MA in Art History from Columbia University and a BA in Art History from CUNY Hunter College. Kelly has been experimenting with calligraphy and traditional Chinese painting practices and techniques since 2010 while developing her own artistic practice. She has lectured about Chinese art and Western abstract painting at CUNY Hunter College.



A multidisciplinary artist, Wang combines contemporary and pre-modern materials integrating collage, mixed media, painting, sculpture, found objects, and installation. Her work explores the tension between dimensions as well as hard, defined edges and soft organic forms. Wang's unconventional, pioneering techniques push the boundaries of what "ink art" can be. Five of her works were acquired by Princeton University Art Museum, where she had a solo exhibition entitled "Between Heartlands: Kelly Wang", in 2022. She has exhibited at the Asia Society Houston in 2023 and China Institute NY in 2024. Her work has also been collected by the Asian Art Museum San Francisco, Smith College Museum of Art, and Washington & Lee University Art Museum.