Suling Wang
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Suling Wang (王淑鈴) is an internationally recognized painter and contemporary artist, known predominantly for her large scale abstract works. In 2023, Wang was awarded the Medal of Artshttps://art.state.gov/medal-of-arts/ by the United States Department of State. The medal was presented by Jill Biden at The White House in Washington DC.https://www.moc.gov.tw/en/News_Content2.aspx?n=467&sms=10708&s=173797
Wang's art is inspired by Taiwanese oral tradition from her childhoodComis, Guido, “Suling Wang,” Tema Celeste, May/June 2005. and her exploration of identity within Eastern and Western cultures. Her work is composed of meticulously created layers of painted calligraphy and cartoon-like forms overlaid atop other shapes that suggest trees, stems, and mountains.“Suling Wang” The Guardian Guide, 19 February
Early life and education
Wang grew up in rural Taiwan and in 1993 moved to London to study fine art at Central St. Martins College of Art and Design. She completed her master's degree in painting from the Royal College of Art in 1999.Hillings, Valerie L., Guggenheim Collection: 1940s to Now, National Gallery of Victoria, 2007.
Exhibitions
Wang's work has been exhibited internationally in solo and group exhibitions. She held solo exhibitions at Eslite Gallery, Taipei(2011);https://aaa.org.hk/en/collections/search/library/suling-wang Pékin Fine Arts, Beijing (2007);https://www.artlinkart.com/en/space/art/be1atC/e51ctAr Soledad Lorenzo, Madrid (2006); https://artouch.com/viewing-room/en/online-view-room/suling-wang Lehmann Maupin, New York (2005);https://www.lehmannmaupin.com/exhibitions/suling-wang and Victoria Miro Gallery, London (2005).https://www.victoria-miro.com/exhibitions/362/ She was included in group exhibitions such as Red Hot: Asian Art Today from the Chaney Collection at the Museum of Fine Arts Houston; Passion for Paint at The National Gallery in London, 2006"A Global Art Explosion", Apollo: International Magazine of Art and Antiquities, August 2006. and The Guggenheim Collection: 1940s to Now at the National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Australia, 2007.
Museum collections
Her work is represented in the permanent collections of important museums, particularly in USA, where her paintings are the collections of Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York;Raymond Gill, "A Show of Strength: The Guggenheim Collection 1940s to Now", The Age, Australia, 28 June 2007 the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles;Chelsea Mason, "Contemporary Chinese Art: Generating Debate and Sometimes Staggering Prices" US [http://www.uschina.usc.edu/w_usci/showarticle.aspx?articleID=12273&AspxAutoDetectCookieSupport=1 China Today], 8/11/2008 and "MOCA's Chinese Future", Suzanne Muchnic, 29/08/2007, Los Angeles Times. the Cincinnati Art Museum;2010 Report to the Community, Cincinnati Art Museum. The Utah Museum of Fine Arts;UMFA Press, Past Exhibitions and the Rubell Museum, Miami;Rubell Family Collection, [http://www.rfc.museum/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=67&Itemid=195 Browse the Collection] and the Pizzuti Collection (Columbus Museum of Art), Ohio.[http://www.pizzuticollection.com/exhibitions-main/artists?pid=79&sid=180:Suling-Wang Pizzuti Collection]
Internationally her paintings can also be found in the collections of Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid, Spain;https://www.museoreinasofia.es/en/collection/artwork/untitled-sin-titulo White Rabbit Gallery, Australia;White Rabbit Gallery,[http://www.whiterabbitcollection.org Browse the Collection] and the Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Taiwan.https://www.tfam.museum/Exhibition/Exhibition_Special.aspx?id=777&ddlLang=en-us
Awards and commissions
In 1995 Wang received the Swiss National Tourism/Tate Gallery Travel Award.[https://www.sulingwang.tw/_files/ugd/8beb60_aeccf9857deb4a0ea81bdc1e066413ae.pdf] In 1998, she was the recipient of the Studio Award from the Cité internationale des arts in Paris and the John Crane Travel Award.
In 2018, Wang was commissioned to make a 9 metre painting title The Singing River 2 for the new building of the American Institute in Taiwan in Taipei for the permanent collection of the United States Department of State.https://www.chinigallery.com/en/load_page/get_exhibition_content/70
In 2019, Wang was chosen to be an honouree by the Hirshhorn Museum, Washington DC for the museum's New York Gala.https://www.si.edu/newsdesk/releases/hirshhorn-gala-honor-42-contemporary-artists-21-pairs-intergenerational
In 2023, Wang was awarded the U.S. Medal of Arts in recognition of her artistic achievements and her promotion of cultural diplomacy.https://art.state.gov/portfolio/taiwanese-artist-receives-u-s-medal-of-arts-award/
See also
References
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External links
- [http://www.sulingwang.tw Official Website of the Artist Suling Wang]
- [https://www.guggenheim.org/artwork/artist/suling-wang Guggenheim Museum]
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Category:Taiwanese contemporary artists