Solo Exhibitions

2014 Botanical Poetry, Town of Chapel Hill Juried Exhibitions Series. Chapel Hill Public Library, Chapel Hill, NC

2009 Dialogues: A Collection of Recent Drawings and Paintings, First Thursdays on Main series, Frame of Mind, Columbia, SC

2007 East Meets West, BFA Honors College Thesis Exhibition, McMaster College Passage Gallery, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC

Honors, Scholarships, & Awards

2022 The Puffin Foundation Visual Arts Grant, Teaneck, NJ

2022 Honoree, Elevating Voices, Greenlight Maine and Bangor Savings Bank, Bangor, ME

2022 Monson Arts Workshop Scholarship, Maine College of Art, Portland, ME and Monson Arts, Monson, ME

2021 Project Grant for Artists, Maine Arts Commission, Augusta, ME

2021 MECA MFA Fellowship & Residency Award, Assets for Artists at MassMoCA, North Adams, MA

2021 Monson Arts Workshop Scholarship, Maine College of Art, Portland, ME and Monson Arts, Monson, ME

2021 Resilience Artist Grant, Maine Arts Commission, Augusta, ME

2020 Rising Together Micro-Grant, College Book Arts Association, Starkville, MS

2019 Professional Development and Creative Entrepreneurship Grant, Maine College of Art, Portland, ME

2019 Murray Scholarship, Albert K. Murray Fine Arts Educational Fund, Adamsville, OH

2017-2018 Dean’s Scholarship Award, Maine College of Art, Portland, ME

2017-2018 Hildreth Family MFA Endowed Scholars, Maine College of Art, Portland, ME

2016 Honorable Mention, Flowers and Gardens, a juried regional exhibition, 311 Gallery,Raleigh, NC (jurors: Susan Jones, Linda Eddins, Janie Johnson)

2015 2nd Place, 58th National Multi-Media Juried Art Exhibition, Maria V. Howard Arts
Center, Rocky Mount, NC. (juror: Edie Carpenter, Director of Curatorial and ArtistsPrograms, Green Hill Center for NC Art, Greensboro, NC)

2010 Best of Show, South Carolina State Fair Fine Arts Exhibit, Columbia, SC

2007 First Place in Open Media Category, South Carolina State Fair Fine Arts Exhibit, Columbia, SC

2007 Award of Merit, University of South Carolina Annual Student Art Competition, Columbia, SC

2003-2007 Palmetto Fellows Scholarship, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC

2003-2007 University Scholars Award, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC

2003-2007 Trustees Endowment Scholarship Award, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC

Residencies

2022 Hewnoaks Artist Residency, Lovell, ME

2021 Studios at MassMoCA Residency, North Adams, MA

2021 Artist Resident Program, Ellis-Beauregard Foundation, Rockland, ME

2020 Artist Residency Program, School of Visual Art and Design, University of South Carolina at Stormwater Studios, Columbia, SC

Collections

Joanne Waxman Library, Maine College of Art, Portland, ME.

South Carolina State Fair Administration, State Agricultural and Mechanical Society of South Carolina, Columbia, SC

Memberships

2021-current Member, Pickwick Independent Press, Portland, ME
2018-2019 President, Baroque As Art Is MFA Collective, Maine College of Art. Portland, ME
2015-2017 Member, South Carolina Arts Alliance.
2015-2016 Director, South Carolina Behance Portfolio Reviews.
2014-2016 Volunteer Frame Shop Consultant, Tapp’s Art Center. Columbia, SC
2008-2009 Member, Rosewood Arts Guild. Columbia, SC

Demonstrations & Talks

2022 Celebrating the Mid-Autumn Festival with a Book, Kate Cheney Chappell ’83 Center for Book Arts, University of Southern Maine, Portland, ME

2022 A Conversation on Sustaining a Creative Practice, Center for Book & Print, Colby College, Waterville, ME

2021 What Is Resilience?, Maine College of Art, Portland, ME

2021 Conversations with Maine Artists in a _____ Time (February), Portland Museum of Art, Portland, ME

2019 The Model Minority Myth, Artist’s Talk and Zine-Making Workshop, BFA First-Year Seminar, Maine College of Art, Portland, ME

2019 On Filial Piety, MFA Thesis Presentation, Institute of Contemporary Art at Maine College of Art, Portland, ME

2018 Basic Matting and Framing for Your Artwork, Family Weekend, Maine College of Art, Portland, ME

2018 Basic Matting of Artwork for MFA Students, Maine College of Art, Portland, ME

2016 Career Considerations for Aspiring Artists, Brookland-Cayce High School,Cayce, SC

2015 Going Social with Behance & Community Engagement in the Arts, School of Visual Art and Design, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC

2015 Tools and Materials Experimentation for Drawing, Artfields, Lake City, SC.

2014 Research and Experimentation in Finding Romanticism Among GrungeSeries, Crooked Creek Art League, Columbia, SC

2012 On Finding Romanticism Among Grunge, Log Cabin Arts Guild, Columbia, SC

2009-2012 unearth Arts Festival at Saluda Shoals Park, Columbia, SC

2007 East Meets West, BFA Thesis Talk, Passage Gallery, School of Visual Art and Design, South Carolina Honors College with the University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC

Teaching Experience

2022 – present, Adjunct Assistant Professor, Maine College of Art, Portland, ME
Printmaking 240, The Book as a Visual Object
Printmaking 213, Selling Out: Making Money Marketing Multiples
     Printmaking 241, Bound and Unbound Narratives: The Scroll, the Codex, and Beyond

2022 Instructor, Kate Cheney Chappell 83 Center for Book Arts, University of Southern Maine, Portland, ME
     7 Japanese Book Bindings in 7 Hours

2022 Instructor, Center for Book & Print, Colby College Museum of Art, Waterville, ME
 Making Handmade Paper for Easy Japanese Book-Bindings, a two-day workshop for the Educators Professional Development series for the City of Waterville for professional development credits.
Handmade Accordion Books, a workshop for central Maine middle school students enrolled in the Gifted & Talented Visual Arts program.
     A Place for All of Us Community Day, with the Common Threads Project, supported in part by the National Endowment for the Arts and the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and realized in partnership with the Colby College Museum of Art and its Lunder Institute for American Art.

2022 Instructor, Waterville Creates, Waterville, ME

Making Your Own Handmade Seed Paper, with the Center for Book & Print at Colby College

     Sharing Your Story with Handbound Books, with the Common Threads Project, supported in part by the National Endowment for the Arts and the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and realized in partnership with the Colby College Museum of Art and its Lunder Institute for American Art.

2021 Technical Assistant, Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Deer Isle, ME
     Graphic Design – Screenprinting Workshop

2021 Artist in Residence, Ellis-Beauregard Foundation, Rockland, ME
     Intro to Basic Bookbinding Structures Workshop

2020 Artist in Residence, SVAD Studio at Stormwater Studios, University of South Carolina
     Basic Bookbinding Structures Workshop
     Traditional Asian Book Bindings Online Workshop
     Zine-Making with Recipes Online Workshop

2019 Instructor, Continuing Studies Program, Maine College of Art, Portland, ME.
Asian Book Bindings
     Introduction to Chinese Embroidery

Teaching Assistant, Maine College of Art, Portland, ME
     Pre-College Program: Painting Studio, Summer 2019
     BFA Printmaking 230: Topics in Print: Artist PUBLICations, Spring 2019
     BFA First-Year Initiative 100: Collecting Dust: The Constructed Archive, Fall 2018
     BFA Foundations 115: Three-Dimensional Design, Spring 2018
     BFA Printmaking 240: Book As a Visual Object, Fall 2017

Frame Shop Manager, Hobby Lobby, Columbia, SC
2008-2011 Provided frame shop tools, equipment, materials, design, safety, and technical training to frame shop staff at local and regional stores throughout South Carolina.

Press/Media

2023 Art Seen: What’s up at the CMCA Biennial?, Portland Phoenix, February 1, 2023

2023 Artist Says Rockland Museum’s Placement of Lunar New Year Work Was Racially Insensitive, Portland Press Herald, January 31, 2023

2021 Five Minutes with Evelyn Wong, Winter 2021, Maine Homes by DownEast Magazine

2019 Professional Development and Creative Entrepreneurship Grant at Maine College of Art, May 21, 2019

2019 “Master of Fine Arts Thesis Exhibition,” April 9, 2019.  Art & Education.

2016 “Evelyn Wong’s Moody Botanical Illustrations of Nature,” March 24, 2016.
Hi-Fructose, The New Contemporary Art Magazine.

2016 “Rose Mallow,” January 2016. Robert Johnson Films.

2015 “Behance Portfolio Review Offers Critique, Networking for Visual Artists,”
May 15, 2015.  Free-Times of Columbia, SC.

2011 “Digital Graffiti,” November 2010-February 2011. Artrageous, Pocket Productions.

2009 Osom-blog, November 2009. Molly Harrell Photography.

2009 “Frame of Mind Evelyn Wong Exhibition,” December 2009. Columbia Wink Magazine.

Publications

2020 “Mooncakes for Democracy.” Artist’s book.

2019 “Filial Piety.” Artist’s book

2019 “What Is Home?” Artist’s book.

2019 “A Field Guide to Uncommon Occurrences of Wildlife, Maine Edition.” Zine.

2018 “My Grandma Doesn’t Love Me.” Artist’s book.

2018 “My Uncle Is Dead.” Artist’s book and printed publication.

2017 “Not a Model Minority.” Guerrilla art campaign and website. www.notamodelminority.blogspot.com

Administrative and Creative Experience

2019-present Owner & Designer, Fireball Bookbindery

2019-2020 Marketing Assistant, Simons Architects, Portland, ME

2015-2017 Graduate Student Services Coordinator, School of Visual Art and Design,University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC

2011-2015 Administrative Assistant, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC

2008-2011 Frame Shop Manager, Hobby Lobby, Columbia, SC

2003-2008 Framer, Hobby Lobby, West Columbia, SC

2002 Framing Assistant, Carolina Pottery, West Columbia, SC

Languages Spoken

English, full professional proficiency
Cantonese Chinese, basic native spoken proficiency

Skills/Interests

Custom Framing: extensive knowledge in shop safety, artwork handling practices, materials, and customer service. Tools and equipment knowledge in: mitre saw, miter trimmer (Fletcher Fillet Chopper), sanding (Logan F200-2 Precision Sander), V-nailer (Cassese Underpinner and Logan Studio Joiner), mat cutters (Wizard 8000 CMC Mat Cutter and Logan 650-1 Framer’s Edge Elite Cutter), glass cutting (Fletcher 3000 Multi-Material Wall-Mounted Cutter), drymounting (Bienfang Vacuseal 4468H heat vacuum press), pneumatic nail and staple guns.

Publications: experience in proofreading, copywriting, editing, and design layouts for annual newsletters and recruitment materials (2011-2015 as an Editor for the Department of Physics and Astronomy publication, Quantum Leap, and 2015-2017 for the School of Visual Art and Design at the University of South Carolina)

Adobe Creative Suite: Photoshop, InDesign, Acrobat Pro, Lightroom

Google Office Suite: Mail, Drive, Docs, Sheets, Slides, Forms, Sites, Calendar. Blogger

Social Media: Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Behance

Education Tools: Blackboard, Class Climate