LILY WONG
b. 1989, Seattle, WA
Lives and works in Brooklyn, NY
Education
2020
MFA, Hunter College, New York, NY
2011
BFA Printmaking, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
Solo and Two-Person Exhibitions
2025
Time, as a Symptom, Lyles & King, New York, NY
2024
The Echo’s Return, Galleria Poggiali, Milan, Italy
2023
Own Vortex, Lyles & King, New York, NY
2022
I Will Wade Out, Various Small Fires, Los Angeles, CA
The Beginning Place, Galerie LJ, Paris, France
2021
I Wasn’t There, Kapp Kapp, Philadelphia, PA
Lunations, two-person exhibition with Ian Faden, Harper’s Gallery, New York, NY
2020
Built For Love, Kapp Kapp, New York, NY
Selected Group Exhibitions
2025
Tomorrow Is Already Behind Us, Lyles & King, New York, NY
UFO - Unforeseen Feelings Observed, Ruttkowski;68, New York, NY
2024
Alien, David Castillo Gallery, Miami, FL
Phantom Rooms, Newchild Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium
TEACH ME HOW TO FISH, Art Intelligence Global, Hong Kong
2023
Red Thread, Latitude Gallery, New York, NY
The Minotaur’s Daydream, Semiose, Paris, France
2022
Wonder Women curated by Kathy Huang, Jeffery Deitch, Los Angeles, CA
Wonder Women curated by Kathy Huang, Jeffery Deitch, New York, NY
Women of Now, Green Family Art Foundation, Dallas, TX
I is Other, Lyles and King, New York, NY
2021
In the Margins curated by Anne Laure Lemaitre, Kapp Kapp, New York, NY
Home Cooking curated by John Yau, Laisun Keane, Boston, MA
Universes 4 curated by Sasha Bogojev, Galerie Droste, Paris, France
Towards a More Beautiful Oblivion, Fredericks & Freiser, New York, NY
Queerness Out T/Here, Tong Art Advisory, New York, NY
Friend Zone, Half Gallery, New York, NY
2020
12 Artists, Harper’s Apartment, New York, NY
Quixotic, Ramp Gallery, London, England
Al Fresco, New Release Gallery, New York, NY
Melancholympics, Plus One Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium
No Time Like the Present, online exhibition, Public Gallery
2019
Jet Lag, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY
2018
Wild at Hand, HVW8 Gallery, Berlin, Germany
Bonjour Tristesse, Barney Savage Gallery, New York, NY
SKINS, Greenpoint Terminal Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Bathing, Planthouse, New York, NY
A World of People, Underdonk Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
LOVE 2018: Purple Hearts, LeRoy Neiman Gallery, New York, NY
2017
SOFT ANIMAL, Field Projects Pop-Up, New York, NY
2016
Weird Women Who Draw, Windhorse Gallery, Kansas City, MO
Awards and Residencies
Silver Art Projects Resident, 2024
FST Studio Project Grant Recipient, 2022
NYSCA/NYFA Fellowship in Painting, 2021
Public Collections
Bowdoin College Museum of Art, Brunswick, Maine, USA
Fundación MEDIANOCHE0, Granada, Spain
Institute of Contemporary Art Miami, Miami, Florida, USA
Museu Inimá de Paula, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil
Rhode Island School of Design Museum, Providence, Rhode Island, USA