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9. William Wang
Previous Works
“The Writings Of The Flies” | Acrylic, multi-media paper | 4’ X 6.3’ | 2023 |
“The Writings Of The Vultures”| Acrylic, watercolor, japanese papers | 4’ X 6.3’| 2023 |
Artist Information
Biography:
“William Wang (b.2004) is a Chicago-based, occasional Multidisciplinary artist who mainly works in the medium of paintings. The artist was born in China and was raised in a city called Zhengzhou, which,(allegedly) at the time was still in the mix of pure concrete utilitarian infrastructure and fragments of architecture from the decade before. His family then moved to Irvine, California by 2017 (also allegedly) through a school oriented summer camp that was part of his parents supposedly years-long-untold plan to immigrate to The United States for a purpose that is still unclear to the artist nor the parents themselves (of course, allegedly). By 2021 the artist has moved to Chicago and is currently studying (Painting and Drawing department) at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago for a BFA degree.
Recent exhibition: First Petal, Tossarose Collective, Chicago, IL (2024).”
Artist Statement:
“My works base their foundation on exploring the relationship between one's depth of self and those peripheral physical layers of skin and motions that forever paradoxically yet logically comprise all of an individual's inwards. So, to express that which inspires me, I see my works as that gesture to unveil all those truths hidden and covered too long in the corner of our deepest selves where imprisoned aspects of one's psyche are seemingly lost and forgotten yet continue to grow like mold. And to convey that which attracts me, they are nevertheless an imagined mirror in an attempt to imagine a landscape without the confinement of subjectivity of life itself.
However, regardless of the trajectory I envision for my projects, my work's fundamental principle and goal lie in the purpose of connection. Although for others to entirely understand my works is not my highest aim, it is my goal for them to find comfort, if not relatability, in them. For the quest to express authenticity cannot be achieved if that pursuit originates not from a place of understanding."