Anna Wong (artist)

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Anna Wong
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Wong at Pratt Graphics Center studio (1971)
Born
Anna Chek Ying Wong

1930 (1930)
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Died2013 (aged 82–83)
NationalityCanadian
Other namesAnna Chou Ying Wong[1]
EducationLingnan School
Alma materVancouver School of Art
OccupationPrintmaker

Anna Chek Ying Wong (1930 – 2013) was a Canadian artist, master printmaker and educator.[1] She taught for 20 years at the Pratt Graphics Center.[2]

Early life and education[]

Wong was born in 1930 and raised in the Chinatown district of Vancouver, British Columbia Canada.[2] She belonged to a large family who ran the successful business Modernize Tailors.[3]

In 1957 Wong travelled to Hong Kong to study Chinese painting for one year under the notable artist Chao Shao-an of the Lingnan School.[4] In 1966, Wong received an undergraduate degree in printmaking at the Vancouver School of Art (now Emily Carr University of Art and Design).[4]

In 1967, she moved to New York City to complete Master's studies at the Pratt Graphics Center (later part of Pratt Institute starting in 1986). She was hired as a Professor in Studio Arts at the Pratt Graphics Center, working until 1984.

Exhibition history[]

During her career Wong held solo exhibitions at the Consulate General of Canada, New York City (1975),[5][6] the National Art Museum of China, Beijing (1980), the Royal Ontario Museum (1986), the Richmond Art Gallery (1987), and Equinox Gallery, Vancouver, among others.

She was included in notable group exhibitions such as Contemporary Canadian Prints: A Survey, alongside works by Gordon Smith, John Esler, Toni Onley, Margot Lovejoy, Richard Lacroix, and others, at the Pratt Graphics Centre;[7] as well as Canadian Contemporary Printmakers at the Bronx Museum of the Arts (1982). In 1982, her work was included in China Today, an exhibition at the Floating Foundation of Photography in New York City.

In 1984, her work represented Canada at the Republic of China International Print Exhibition at the Taipei Fine Arts Museum in Taiwan.[8] The Vancouver exhibition and research project Chinatown Modern (2002), curated by Steven Tong at Centre A: Vancouver International Centre for Contemporary Asian Art, included Anna Wong, and addressed the "lack of public recognition of Asian Canadian artists who emerged in Vancouver during the 1960s and 1970s."[9] Wong's work was included in the exhibition The Ornament of a House: Fifty Years of Collecting, at the Burnaby Art Gallery in 2017, and within a publication of the same title.[10]

The retrospective exhibition Anna Wong: Traveller on Two Roads[11][12][13][14][15] will tour Canadian galleries between 2018-2021, accompanied by a publication of the same title.

Collections[]

Anna Wong's work is held in public collections in Canada, including the Vancouver Art Gallery, Burnaby Art Gallery,[16] Confederation Centre Art Gallery, Dunlop Art Gallery,[17] and the Art Gallery of Guelph.

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b McMann, Evelyn de Rostaing (2003). Biographical Index of Artists in Canada. Toronto: University of Toronto Press. p. 247. ISBN 9780802027900.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b Woodend, Dorothy (2018-11-16). "Looking at the Magnificent Art of Anna Wong". The Tyee. Retrieved 2021-07-24.
  3. ^ Fisher, Gavin; Chau, Elaine (9 April 2016). "Chinatown tailor shop honoured as a pillar in Vancouver Chinese-Canadian community". CBC News. Archived from the original on 29 April 2018. Retrieved 2018-02-22.
  4. ^ Jump up to: a b "Anna Wong at the Art Gallery". Richmond Review. 1987-07-10. p. 20. Archived from the original on 2018-09-21. Retrieved 2018-02-22 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ New York Media, LLC (28 April 1975). "Art". New York Magazine. 8 (17): 36.
  6. ^ "Print Review Magazine", Number 4, 1975, New York: Pratt Graphics Centre and Kennedy Galleries, Inc., Pg.32
  7. ^ New York Magazine, 17 July 1972, Pg. 14
  8. ^ "Exhibits of Contemporary Works By a Group of Canadian Chinese Artists". Richmond Review. 1986-03-12. p. 31. Archived from the original on 2018-09-21. Retrieved 2018-02-22 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "Chinatown Modern | Centre A". centrea.org. Archived from the original on 2018-09-21. Retrieved 2018-07-25.
  10. ^ Cane, Jennifer, Ed. and Ellen van Eijnsbergen, The Ornament of a House: Fifty Years of Collecting, Burnaby: Burnaby Art Gallery, 2017, Pg. 80. ISBN 9781927364239
  11. ^ "Anna Wong: Traveller on Two Roads – Canadian Art". Canadian Art. Archived from the original on 2018-09-21. Retrieved 2018-07-25.
  12. ^ "Anna Wong: Traveller on Two Roads spans a life of work that's visually and emotionally arresting". Georgia Straight Vancouver's News & Entertainment Weekly. 2018-09-20. Archived from the original on 2018-09-20. Retrieved 2018-09-20.
  13. ^ staff, NOW. "Learn about this master Canadian printmaker in a new Burnaby Art Gallery exhibition". Burnaby Now. Archived from the original on 2018-09-21. Retrieved 2018-09-20.
  14. ^ "Anna Wong Art Exhibit Burnaby Art Gallery". Global News. Archived from the original on 2018-09-21. Retrieved 2018-09-20.
  15. ^ "Exhibition illuminates the life and legacy of Chinese Canadian artist, Anna Wong | Ricepaper Magazine". ricepapermagazine.ca. Archived from the original on 2018-09-21. Retrieved 2018-09-20.
  16. ^ "Anna Wong". City of Burnaby. Archived from the original on 2018-09-21. Retrieved 2018-02-23.
  17. ^ "Dunlop Art Gallery". collection.dunlopartgallery.org. Archived from the original on 2018-09-21. Retrieved 2018-07-19.
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