1992 Born in New York, USA
EDUCATION
2014 – 2016 Masters in Arts (Art History with a focus on Chinese Paintings), Columbia University,
New York, USA
2011 – 2014 Bachelors in Arts (Art History), Hunter College, City University of New York,
New York, USA
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2022 "Between Heartlands: Kelly Wang", Art@Bainbridge, Princeton University Art Museum, New Jersey, USA
2021 "Dialectics of Abstraction", VillageOne Art, New York, USA
2018 “Recluse Studio Series and Other Works”, Walter Wickiser Gallery, New York, USA
2017 “DIMENSIONS: Paintings by Kelly Wang”, Piermont Flywheel Gallery, New York, USA
2016 “Works on Paper”, CORE: Club, New York, USA
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024 "All Together Now: Celebrating AAPI Voices in Contemporary Art," Quaila Contemporary Art, San Francisco
2024 "Asian American Abstraction: Historic to Contemporary," Hollis Taggart, New York
2024 "Shan Shui Reboot: Re-Envisioning Landscape for a Changing World," China Institute, New York
2024 "Material Investigations: Kelly Wang & Ren Light Pan," INKStudio & INKinstitute, New York
2024 "Landscape as Metaphor: Contemporary Voices," Alisan Fine Arts, New York
2024 "In the Mood for Love," VillageOne Art, New York
2024 "Living Paper," Galerie du Monde, Hong Kong
2023 "Ink Alchemy: Beyond Tradition", Alisan Fine Arts, Hong Kong
2023 "In the Mood for Love", VillageOne Art, New York
2023 "Summoning Memories: Art Beyond Chinese Traditions", Asia Society, Houston, Texas, USA
2019 – 2020 “Blue-Green Realms in Chinese Painting”, Princeton University Art Museum, New Jersey, USA
2019 “Surface Visions”, VillageOne Art, New York, USA
2019 “LA Art Show”, Walter Wickiser Gallery, California, USA
2018 “Purity of Mind”, Fu Qiumeng Fine Art, New York, USA
2017 “Winter Works”, Piermont Flywheel Gallery, New York, USA
2016 “TWO+”, Rockwall Studios, Brooklyn, New York, USA
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Princeton University Art Museum, Asian Art Museum San Francisco, Washington & Lee University Art Museum
LECTURES AND DEMONSTRATIONS
2024 Artist Talk, China Institute, New York
2023 Panel Discussion at Alisan Fine Art, Hong Kong
2023 Panel Discussion at Asia Society Texas Center, Houston TX, USA
2022 Artist Demonstration and conversation with PhD student Samuel Shapiro, live-streamed via Zoom. Princeton University Art Museum.
2022 Conversation with artist Zhang Hongtu, live-streamed via Zoom. Princeton University Art Museum.
2020 Hunter College, City University of New York, USA
2018 Hunter College, City University of New York, USA
China Institute, New York, USA
2017 Hunter College, City University of New York, USA
Gallery Levy-Gorvy, New York, USA
2016 Hunter College, City University of New York, USA
Asia Society, New York, USA
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITY
2019 Consultant, Chinese Paintings Department, Christie’s New York, USA
2016 – 2017 Teaching Assistant, Hunter College, City University of New York, New York, USA
2016 – 2017 Adjunct, Hunter College, City University of New York, New York, USA
2015 – 2016 Gallery Assistant, J. J. Lally & Co., New York, USA
PRESS
2023 Susan Beningson, "Summoning Memories: Art Beyond Chinese Traditions," Arts of Asia,
Summer Edition. Read excerpt here
2023 Fine Art Connoisseur
2018 Princeton University Art and Archaeology Newsletter, Fall issue, New Jersey, USA
2018 CANS News Magazine, China
2018 Art.Investment Magazine, China
WRITING & RESEARCH
2016 “The Four Birds: An Ink Painting by Emperor Song Huizong”, Master’s thesis,
Columbia University, New York, USA