About
Jessi Wong is an artist working and living in Melbourne, Australia.
Education, Grants and Residencies
2020 Myer Foundation National Assistance Program for the Arts
2019 Red Gate Residency, Beijing China
2011 Art Start Emerging Artist Grant, Australia Council for the Arts
2010 Collie Print Trust Postgraduate Scholarship, Australian Print Workshop
2009 Master of Fine Art, RMIT University
2005 Bachelor of Fine Art (Printmaking), RMIT University
Selected Exhibitions and Award Exhibitions
2022 Water Scuola di Grafica Internazionale, Venice
2022 Critical Limit: An Urgent Call for Collective Climate Action, CLIMARTE Gallery, City of Yarra. With Alice Duncan, Michael Fikaris, Kathy Holowko, Leila Jeffries, Kent Morris, Felix Wilson, Alexis Beckett, Extinction Rebellion, Sally Gabori, Silvi Glattauer, Christine Johnson, Cameron Robbins, Wendy Stavrianos, and John Wolseley.
2022 The Other Art Fair presented by Saatchi Art, Meat Market, North Melbourne
2021 Aftermath and Rebirth Printmaker Gallery, Fitzroy
2020 Quite Contrary with Helen Kocis Edwards, Bargoonga Nganjin, North Fitzroy Library
2020 Water Studio 21, Artery Co-op
2018 Art Wall City of Yarra Richmond Library, Victoria
2018 Papercutz Red Gallery, Fitzroy North
2017 Platinum 20 years APW Collie Print Trust scholarships Project Space, RMIT
2015 Youth Plus MOCA Museum, Beijing
2015 National Focus: Art from the Australian Print Workshop G.R.A.I.N. store, Nathalia
2015 Art Central Art Fair Hong Kong
2014 Tactile Pleasure, Apollo Bay VIC
2013 1000 Tears with Helen Kocis Edwards, Fracture Gallery, Federation Square Melbourne
2013 Cataclysm solo exhibition, Anita Traverso Gallery
2013 Sofia paper art fest, Bulgaria
2013 Northern Lights Bundoora Homestead Art Centre
2013, 2011 Burnie Print Prize Burnie Regional Art Gallery, TAS (finalist)
2012 Future Visions Festival d'Australie group show, Divonne-les-Baines, France
2012 Fremantle Print Award WA (finalist)
2012 The Map's Vocabulary Red Gallery, Fitzroy North VIC
2012 Before the Storm Anita Traverso Gallery, Richmond VIC
2012, 2010 Swan Hill National Print and Drawing Award, Swan Hill Regional Art Gallery, VIC (finalist)
2011 Drowning Port Jackson Press little window of opportunity VIC
2011 Weapons of Mass Consumption Hawthorn Town Hall Gallery VIC
2011 Port Jackson Press Graduate Printmaking Award (highly commended)
2009 Eight Ways of Being Here Chinese Museum VIC
2008 Silk Cut Award VIC (finalist)
Collections
Beijing Peninsula Hotel Art Collection, Beijing CHINA
Cathay Pacific First Class Lounge, Hong Kong Airport, HONG KONG
City of Yarra, Town Hall, Melbourne AUSTRALIA
Copelouzos Family Art Museum, Athens GREECE
Crowne Gold Coast, Queensland AUSTRALIA
Deakin University Art Collection, Melbourne AUSTRALIA
National Gallery Australia (Australian Print Workshop "Impressions" Collections) AUSTRALIA
Ontario College of Art and Design, Ontario CANADA
RMIT University, AUSTRALIA
Tyler School of Art, Philadelphia USA