Spotlight Artist

Chelsea Ryoko Wong

Pacific Coast
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It’s Mah Jong Time!

Four people playing mahjong at a table, colorful background with plants and lanterns.

acrylic on canvas

Anniversary in the Desert

Children playing among rocks and desert plants at sunset with mountains in the background.

acrylic on canvas

Last Run of the Day

Children skiing down a snowy hill at sunset, wearing colorful winter clothes.

acrylic on canvas

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Artist Statement

 Chelsea Ryoko Wong’s vibrant figurative compositions reflect the diversity and style of her home in San Francisco. Her brightly colored and heavily stylized paintings beam with the beauty and vitality of interpersonal connections. Her scenic vignettes demonstrate sociality and joy as forms of resistance and empowerment; they portray energetic crowds, often praising sisterhood and community spirit. Moving through the artist’s own memory, heritage, and a grand social and political vision for the world, Wong’s layered compositions use a commanding sense of color and form to celebrate the most tranquil ideals of communal existence.

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