Christine Wang (b. 1985, Washington D.C.) is an artist living and working in San Francisco. Wang received her BFA from The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Art and Science in 2008 and her MFA in painting from UCLA in 2013. Wang also attended the Central Academy of Fine Arts, Mural Painting department for two semesters in 2006. Solo and two-person exhibitions include #cryptomemes: women and Leo DiCaprio at Ever Gold [Projects] (San Francisco, 2018); Crypto Rich at Galerie Nagel Draxler Kabinett (Berlin, 2018); Relocation Tarot at Ever Gold [Projects] (San Francisco, 2018); Actions Speak Louder Than Fonts at Galerie Nagel and Draxler (Berlin, 2017); Gaseous Abstraction with Kelley Lowe at the Hamad Bin Khalifa University Student Center Gallery; Devotional Art for Your Home at Night Gallery (Los Angeles, 2016); and I Want That Bag at Night Gallery (Los Angeles, 2014). Selected group exhibitions include [On Approval] Beta Launch at Ever Gold [Projects] (San Francisco, 2019); The Privilege Show at Control Room (Los Angeles, 2013), Pushing Painting Paradigms at Rutgers University (New Brunswick, 2012), Shock and Awe at Gatov Gallery (Long Beach, 2010), and California State University Long Beach (2009). Her work is in the collection of LACMA (Los Angeles County Museum of Art). Wang is currently an Assistant Professor in Painting at California College of the Arts in San Francisco.
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Christine Wang
HODL, 2019
Acrylic on canvas
60 x 48 inches
Christine Wang
Leo Yacht, 2019
Acrylic on canvas
96 x 72 inches
Christine Wang
401k, 2019
Acrylic on canvas
60 x 72 inches
Christine Wang
Leo Groceries, 2019
Acrylic on canvas
60 x 48 inches
Christine Wang
Vitalik Jesus II, 2019
Acrylic on canvas
72 x 60 inches
Christine Wang
WiFi, 2018
Acrylic and phosphorescent pigment on canvas
36 x 48 inches
Christine Wang
Ten of Swords, 2017
Acrylic on canvas
64 x 36 inches
Christine Wang
Ten of Cups, 2017
Acrylic on canvas
64 x 36 inches
Christine Wang
Three of Hearts, 2017
Acrylic on canvas
64 x 36 inches
Christine Wang
Devil, 2017
Gouache and ink on paper
14 x 11 inches
Christine Wang
Empress, 2017
Gouache and ink on paper
14 x 11 inches
Christine Wang
Wheel of Fortune, 2017
Gouache and ink on paper
14 x 11 inches
Exhibitions with Ever Gold [Projects]:
[On Approval] Beta Launch
Andy Warhol, Mark Flood, Petra Cortright, Kour Pour, Adam Parker Smith, Ken Taylor, Samuel Stabler, Zachary Armstrong, William Buchina, Marc Horowitz, Sandy Kim, Jonathan Edelhuber, Guy Overfelt, Drew Bennett, Christine Wang, Casey Gray, Saif Azzuz, Facundo Argañaraz, Mieke Marple, Jeffrey Alan Scudder, Brion Nuda Rosch, and Oliver Hawk Holden
July 13 – August 24, 2019
Christine Wang
#cryptomemes: women and Leo DiCaprio
May 11 – June 22, 2019
Gold Standard: Ten Year Anniversary Exhibition
Zachary Armstrong, Korakrit Arunanondchai, Mario Ayala, Sadie Barnette, Chris Burden, Frédéric Bruly Bouabré, Serge Attukwei Clottey, Petra Cortright, Mark Flood, Kate Groobey, Brian Harte, Marc Horowitz, Paul Kos, Jasmine Little, Mieke Marple, Shaina McCoy, Barry McGee, MOCA (Museum of Conceptual Art), Oscar Murillo, Guy Overfelt, Cameron Platter, Kour Pour, Sterling Ruby, Ed Ruscha, Tom Sachs, Adam Parker Smith, Takis, and Christine Wang
January 12 – February 24, 2019
Christine Wang and Mieke Marple
Relocation Tarot
January 10 – February 24, 2018
CHRISTINE WANG
Born 1985, Washington D.C.
Lives and works in San Francisco, CA
Education
2013
MFA (Painting), University of California Los Angeles
2008
BFA, The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Art and Science
2006
The Central Academy of Fine Art, Mural Painting Department, Beijing, China
Solo Exhibitions
2019
#cryptomemes: women and Leo DiCaprio at Ever Gold [Projects] (San Francisco, CA)
2018
Crypto Rich at Galerie Nagel Draxler Kabinett (Berlin, Germany)
Twilight at Magenta Plains (New York, NY)
2017
It is the holes which make it useful at New Positions, Galerie Nagel Draxler, Art Cologne (Cologne, Germany)
Actions speak louder than fonts at Galerie Nagel Draxler (Berlin, Germany)
2016
Devotional Art for Your Home at Night Gallery (Los Angeles, CA)
2015
LA:FURN at Reiseburogalerie, Galerie Nagel Draxler (Cologne, Germany)
2014
I Want That Bag at Night Gallery (Los Angeles, CA)
2012
Repetition Compulsion at Night Gallery (Los Angeles, CA)
2007
Paintings That I Made In China But That Are Not About China at The Cooper Union (New York, NY)
Two Person Exhibitions
2019
Climate Change is Real. Stop Procrastinating! with Mark Dion at Galerie Nagel Draxler (Munich, Germany)
2018
Two person presentation with Grant Levy-Lucero at Independent Art Fair with Night Gallery (New York, NY)
Relocation Tarot with Mieke Marple at Ever Gold [Projects] (San Francisco, CA)
2014
Gaseous Abstractions with Kelley Lowe at Hamad Bin Khalifa University Student Center Art Gallery, Education City, Doha, Qatar
2008
Just Painted, with Thompson Harris at The Cooper Union (New York, NY)
Selected Group Exhibitions
2019
art berlin with Nagel Draxler (Berlin, Germany)
[On Approval] Beta Launch at Ever Gold [Projects] (San Francisco, CA)
Gold Standard: Ten Year Anniversary Exhibition at Ever Gold [Projects] (San Francisco, CA)
2018
Tears then Holes, curated by Pam Lins at Rachel Uffner Gallery (New York, NY)
Skiptracer I at M. LeBlanc (Chicago, Illinois)
2017
True Lies at Night Gallery (Los Angeles, CA)
Silhouette at Et Al. Etc. Minnesota Street Project (San Francisco, CA)
Reconstitution, curated by Catherine Taft and Hamza Walker at LA> A History Show at Foxy Productions (New York, NY)
2016
Arresting Patterns: Perspectives on Race, Criminal Justice, Artistic Expression, and Community at African American Museum in Philadelphia (Philadelphia, PA)
Global Terror at Galerie Nagel Draxler, Berlin, Germany
Pipe Dream, organized by Night Gallery and Rachel Uffner at 170 Suffolk St (New York, NY)
White Columns Benefit at White Columns (New York, NY)
Fruit at Produce Model (Chicago, Illinois)
2015
Awkward Threesome at Alter Space, San Francisco, California
2014
Strange Wonders: VCUQ Faculty Exhibition, curated by Catlin Doherty at Msherieb Enrichment Center (Doha, Qatar)
The Last Brucennial at The Bruce High Quality Foundation (New York, NY)
2013
Good Intentions: Re-Imagining Rockwell’s Boy Scouts, curated by Andrew Pogany and Ben Lee Ritchie Handler at Subliminal Projects (Los Angeles, CA)
Privilege Show, curated by William Kaminski and Evelena Ruther at Control Room (Los Angeles, CA)
More Young Americans, curated by Susanne Van Hagen at L’Enclos de Bernardins (Paris, France)
2012
INVAGINATION, curated by Cara Benedetto at Night Gallery (Los Angeles, CA)
MFA 2013 Exhibition at New Wight Gallery UCLA (Los Angeles, CA)
Pushing Painting Paradigms, curated by LaToya Ruby Fraizer at Mason Gross Gallery, Rutgers University, New Jersey
Invagination: Hunger is Real, curated by Cara Benedetto at H.E.N.S. Gallery/Nail Salon/Solidarity Center (Brooklyn, NY)
2011
A Blithedale Romance at Chashama (New York, NY)
Skowhegan at 92YTribeca: An Alumni Exhibition curated by David Goodman, Wes Miller, and Kate Werble at 92YTribeca (New York, NY)
2011 LACE Benefit auction at LA Mart (Los Angeles, CA)
2009
Third National Juried Exhibition at Prince Street Gallery (New York, NY)
Shock and Awe: Where the Abject and the Sublime Converge at Gatov Galleries, California State University Long Beach
2010
A Failed Entertainment, curated by Sam Ekwurtzel at LeRoy Neiman Gallery, Columbia University (New York, NY)
Residencies
2019
Headlands Center for the Arts (Sausalito, CA)
2013
Artist in Residence, Virginia Commonwealth University in Qatar
2010
Studio LLC Jamaica Center for Arts and Learning (Queens, NY)
2010
June Chashama North Resident (Pine Plains, NY)
2007
The Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture (Skowhegan, ME)
Honors, Awards, Grants, and Nominations
2019
Nomination for SFMoMA’s SECA Award
2017
Paulo Cunha E Silva Art Prize (nominated by Susanne Titz)
2014
Faculty Research Grant, Virginia Commonwealth University in Qatar
2013
Toby Devan Lewis Fellowship, University of California Los Angeles
2012
Edna and Yu-Shan Han Award, University of California Los Angeles
2010
Van Lier Fellowship, Jamaica Center For Arts and Learning, Studio LLC (Queens, NY)
2008
The Sara Cooper Hewitt Fund Prize for Excellence in Art, The Cooper Union (New York, NY)
2007
Alex Katz Fellowship, Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture (Skowhegan, Maine)
Collections
LACMA (Los Angeles Country Museum of Art)