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The pull between his eastern ancestry and living in a western culture is the influence for the art work of Michael Wong, a University of Minnesota graduate art student who will be exhibiting his work at the University of Wisconsin-Marathon County.
Describing himself as a “draughtsman,” Wong uses mixed media that employ the traditions of drawing and two-dimensional representation to create sculptural dioramas and installations that “navigate current ideas in ethnic identity and world history.”
“As an American artist of Chinese descent, I identify myself as the other outsider, one who is neither grounded in western or eastern identity, and employ my feelings of cultural alienation and isolation to create new representations of identity and history,” explains Wong.
According to Wong, the tradition of political satire and cartoon plays a central role in the content of his work, “inspiring me to use subtle social commentary to investigate contemporary events.”
Michael Wong is currently in the Master of Fine Arts program at the Regis Art Center at the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis. He has exhibited nationally and internationally, including in Beijing, New York, Philadelphia, and Minneapolis. Originally from Honolulu, Hawaii, he has lived and worked in Minneapolis since 2000.
UWMC’s Ahrnsbrak Gallery is located at 518 South 7th Avenue in Wausau. Wong’s exhibition is free and open to the public. .
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