The aRT of sUSIE wONG ::: about :::




	Wong Susie
		Painter, curator, art critic, art educator.

	Statement
		Susie Wong is an art writer, curator and artist in Singapore. She is a curator in contemporary art and collaborative art practices. For her practice as an artist, she is a painter, and she often works with the figure as a subject for her work. She has written for numerous publications on art since the late 1980s. She is a member of AICA (International Association of Art Critics- Singapore Chapter).

	Education
		MAFa, Lasalle College of The Arts/ The Open University.

		Bachelor of Laws (LLB Honours), National University of Singapore (NUS), Singapore.

	Selected Exhibition & Activities
		2007, Southeast Asian Contemporary, Borobudur Auction, Singapore.

		2006, Signed and Dated Our 10th anniversary, VWFA, KL.

		2005 popularart, from Nehru’s democracy to the networked multitude, the Nehru Centre, London, UK.

		2005 The Whole Woman, Portraits of Blossoms, collaborative installation with members of SGH Breast Cancer Support Group, Singapore General Hospital.

		2004, Little India residency, p-10.

		2004 As It Is, group exhibition, Utterly Art, Singapore.

		2004 Pink, Art-2 Gallery, Singapore.

		2004 Portraits, group exhibition, Valentine Willie Fine Art Gallery, KL.

		2004 Precious, CityLink Mall, Singapore. Group exhibition in a shopping mall of five women artists, co-curated by Susie Wong. An installational work in vinyl signage, entitled Bring Home a Village/I have made a Doily for You.

		2003 Still Lives, Utterly Art, Singapore. 5th solo exhibition of portraits and still lifes (oils on canvas).

		2003 Still Lives, Valentine Willie Fine Art Gallery, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. 4th solo exhibition of portraits and still lifes (oils on canvas).

		2001 Wrapped, short film (17mins), directed and produced by; screened at Aesthetically Wrapped Fragments of Minah, [names changed to protect the innocent] program, The Necessary Stage, Singapore.

		2001 Histories Identities Technologies Spaces, Nokia Singapore Art 2001, Singapore Art Museum (SAM), Singapore. Appointed co-curator; exhibited recent paintings.

		2001 Women Beyond Borders (WBB), Sculpture Square and Kandang Kerbau(KK) Women’s And Children’s Hospital, Singapore. Co-curator for; Over 200 exhibits (boxes) were submitted by women in Singapore and exhibited at Sculpture Square; some were then moved to and exhibited at KK Hospital. WBB was an extension of Women Beyond Borders that had its inception in USA (California).

		2001 women art & community, forum, The Substation, co-curator for.

		2000 HOPE: w.a.p. (women artists’ project), CHIJMES, Singapore.

		1999 Corporeity, 3rd solo exhibition, The Substation Gallery, The Substation, Singapore.

		1998 Art-2 Feature, Art-2 Gallery, The Substation, Singapore.

		1997 Soul & Flesh, a Joint Exhibition, Valentine Willie Fine Art Gallery, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

		1997 Art Power, group event, The Substation event, Caldwell House, CHIJMES, Singapore.

		1996 Imaging the Contemporary Body, group exhibition, Petronas Gallery, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

		1996 XXX: Personae 2, group exhibition, Kandang Kerbau (KK) Women’s And Children’s Hospital, Singapore.

		1995 River, 2nd solo exhibition, The Substation Gallery, The Substation, Singapore.

		1994 Personae I, group exhibition, Pacific Plaza shopping mall, Singapore.

		1993 Art-in-Asia, curated section, National Museum Singapore, World Trade Centre, Singapore.

	1993 Portraits and Places, 1st solo exhibition, National Museum Art Gallery, Singapore.

	1990 Exhibition of Three Artists, The Shopping Gallery, Hilton International Singapore, Singapore.

	1989 Drawing exhibition, Artists’ Village, Singapore.

	1988 IBM, Selected Work, Singapore.

	1987 Shell Discovery Art Exhibition, Singapore.