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KATARINA WONG [email protected] www.katarinawong.com
ABOUT THE WORK:
In my current ceramic work, I use animals, in particular chimpanzee heads, to symbolize the mysterious, primal aspects of human nature and our fundamental desire for connection. Made of glazed cast clay slip, the heads reference both the internal mental noise we experience (what Buddhists call “monkey mind”), as well as the external cacophony we create as we compete to be heard. For me, this tension raises the question: how do we shift from co-creating noise to truly listening to and connecting with one another?
The glaze choices are inspired by bronze and gun metal, as well as Ming Dynasty blue and white export porcelain.
KATARINA WONG [email protected] www.katarinawong.com
ABOUT THE ARTIST:
Katarina Wong is visual artist and curator based in NYC. Her work has been shown nationally and internationally, including at (but not limited to) El Museo Del Barrio and the Bronx Museum in New York, NY; The The San Antonio Art Museum; the Fowler Museum, Los Angeles, CA; the Nobel Museum, Stockholm, Sweden and Fundacion Canal in Madrid, Spain.
Katarina has received numerous awards including the Cintas Fellowship for Cuban and Cuban-American artists and a Pollock-Krasner grant, as well as residencies at Skowhegan; Ucross Foundation; Ragdale Foundation, the Kunstlerhaus in Salzberg, Austria; and the Open Art Residency in Eretria, Greece. Her work is in numerous collections including the Scottsdale Museum of Art and the Frost Art Museum in Miami, FL.
Katarina has a Master of Fine Arts from the University of Maryland at College Park and a Master in Theological Studies from the Harvard Divinity School, focusing on Buddhist Studies. She studied classics at St. John's College, splitting her undergraduate years between both campuses in Santa Fe, NM and Annapolis, MD. An intrepid traveler, Katarina has co-authored two Let's Go! guidebooks (Nepal/India and Washingon, DC). She is proud to call herself a first-generation Cuban-Chinese-American.
Monkey Mind/Monkey Mound (White & Blue Buddha. Ceramic (glazed cast clay slip), 7.75"H x 5.5"x 9", 2014
Monkey Mind/Monkey Mound (B/W/R): Porcelain (glazed cast clay slip), 17"H x 15" x 14"; 2014
Monkey Mind/Monkey Mound: Ceramic (glazed cast clay slip), 9.5"H x 12" x 15"; 2014
Monkey Mind/Monkey Mound (Golden Pile): Porcelain (glazed cast porcelain slip), 5.5"H x 10" x 8"; 2014
Army of Me (Monkey Mind): Ceramic (glazed cast clay slip), each 3.75" x 5.75" x 3.75"; 2013-14
Monkey Mind (Talismans): Ceramic (glazed cast clay slip), except for gold piece (2nd row, right): porcelain. Each apprx. 2”H x 3.5”x2.5”; 2014
