Amy Wing-Hann Wong | |
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Born | 1981 (age 42–43) Toronto, Canada |
Alma mater | Concordia University |
Known for | visual artist |
Website | Official website |
Amy Wing-Hann Wong, or Amy Wong, is a Canadian visual artist of Cantonese Chinese descent from Toronto specializing in oil painting exploring culture, identity politics, and feminism.[1][2] She holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Concordia University, a Master of Fine Arts at York University, and has lived and work in Amsterdam, Xiamen, Brooklyn, Barcelona and Miami.[3] She is an instructor at the Art Gallery of Ontario.[3][4]
Wong is the founder of the Angry Asian Feminist Gang (AAFG) an artists' group focusing on Asian feminist concerns[5][6][7] and proponents of artists who are mothers.[4] She is also involved and teaches with the Girls’ Art League (GAL), an organization empowering women through visual arts.[8][9]