Suling Wang () is an internationally recognized painter and

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, known predominantly for her large scale abstract works. She currently lives and works in

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and Taichung, Taiwan. Wang's art is inspired by Taiwanese oral tradition from her childhood and her exploration of identity within Eastern and

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s. 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.

Early life

Wang grew up in rural

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and in 1993 moved to London to study

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. She completed her

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in painting from

the Royal College of Art The Royal College of Art (RCA) is a public research university in London, United Kingdom, with campuses in South Kensington, Battersea and White City. It is the only entirely postgraduate art and design university in the United Kingdom. ...

in 1999.Hillings, Valerie L., Guggenheim Collection: 1940s to Now,

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, 2007. In 1995 she received the Swiss National Tourism/Tate Gallery Travel Award.Suling Wang Biography
/ref> In 1998, she was the recipient of the Studio Award from the

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in Paris and the John Crane Travel Award.

Exhibitions

Wang's work has been exhibited internationally in solo and group exhibitions. She held solo exhibitions at Eslite Gallery, Taipei(2011);

Pékin Fine Arts Pékin Fine Arts ( Chinese: 北京艺门), is a contemporary art gallery in Beijing established in 2005, with a Hong Kong branch gallery opened in 2012.

, Beijing (2007); Soledad Lorenzo, Madrid (2006); Lehmann Maupin, New York (2005); and Victoria Miro Gallery, London (2005). 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

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, 2006 and ''The Guggenheim Collection: 1940s to Now'' at the

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, 2007.

Museum collections

Her work is represented in the permanent collections of important museums, particularly in USA, where her paintings are exhibited at The

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, often referred to as The Guggenheim, is an art museum at 1071 Fifth Avenue on the corner of East 89th Street on the Upper East Side of Manhattan in New York City. It is the permanent home of a continuously exp ...

, New York; the

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; the

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; The

Utah Museum of Fine Arts The Utah Museum of Fine Arts (UMFA) is the region's primary resource for culture and visual arts. It is located in the Marcia and John Price Museum Building in Salt Lake City, Utah on the University of Utah campus near Rice-Eccles Stadium. Wor ...

; and the

Rubell Museum The Rubell Museum, formerly the Rubell Family Collection, is a private contemporary art museum with locations in the Allapattah neighborhood of Miami, Florida, and the Southwest Waterfront neighborhood of Washington, D.C. Opened to the public in ...

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, Australia and the Pizzuti Collection, Ohio.Pizzuti Collection
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References

External links

Official Website of the Artist Suling WangGuggenheim Museum
{{DEFAULTSORT:Wang, Suling Taiwanese painters Taiwanese contemporary artists Living people Alumni of Central Saint Martins 1968 births Taiwanese women painters

Early life

Exhibitions

Museum collections

See also

References

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