Alison Wong was born in Illinois and raised by two Chinese weasels named
Simon and Margaret. The wise weasels Wong taught Alison everything she
needed to know to go out into the world. She studied at the Maryland Institute
College of Art and then went on to the Cranbrook Academy of Art. The weasels
always supported her through all her endeavors from exhibiting her weasely work
across the U.S. and abroad to making a career as a curator.
ALISON WONG
1259 Humphrey Avenue
Birmingham, MI 48009
alisonwongart@gmail.com
EDUCATION
2004-2006 Cranbrook Academy of Art Bloomfield Hills, MI
M.F.A. / Painting
2000-2004 Maryland Institute College of Art Baltimore, MD
B.F.A. / Painting Major, Liberal Arts Minor
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2006-Present Anton Art Center Mount Clemens, MI
Exhibition / Events / Education Coordinator
2006-2008 ArtWorks DaimlerChrysler Metro Detroit, MI
Curator for traveling exhibition
2006 Cranbrook Art Museum Bloomfield Hills, MI
Serious Moonlight Art Auction Coordinator
2006 Cranbrook Summer Institute Bloomfield Hills, MI
Instructor –Painting in a World of Color
2006 The Art Center Mount Clemens, MI
Exhibition Committee
2004-2006 Cranbrook Art Museum Bloomfield Hills, MI
Preparator’s Assistant
2004-2006 Network Gallery (CAA Alumni Gallery) Bloomfield Hills, MI
Gallery Assistant
2002-2004 Zolla Lieberman Gallery Chicago, IL
Gallery Intern / Seasonal Assistant
2000-2002 Contemporary Museum of Art Baltimore, MD
Exhibitions Volunteer
LECTURES / WORKSHOPS / SEMINARS
2009 “Successful Submissions” Seminar, Anton Art Center Mount Clemens, MI
2008 “Changing Cities” Artist Talk, Three Walls Chicago, IL
2006 “Studio Practice and Progress” Lecture, Cranbrook Bloomfield Hills, MI
2005 Artist Lecture, Cranbrook Academy of Art Bloomfield Hills, MI
2004 Artist Talk, Homewood Flossmoor High Flossmoor, IL
AWARDS / GRANTS
2008 Daimler Artist Travel Grant
2004-2006 Cranbrook Academy of Art Scholarship
2003-2004 Competitive Merit Scholarship
2003 Winifred M.Gordon Foundation Grant
2001-2004 Language and Literature Scholarship
2000-2004 Academic Honors Scholarship
2000-2004 Presidential Scholarship
2000-2004 Maryland Institute College of Art Scholarship
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2010 Animal Farm Gallery Project Ann Arbor, MI
2010 Blooms, Bugs, Beasts Scarab Club Detroit, MI
2010 Something Everything Butter Projects Royal Oak, MI
2010 In Spite of the Evidence Gallery Project Ann Arbor, MI
2010 Presence/Absence Paint Creek Center for Art Rochester, MI
2009 The Trace of Memory and Archive The Butchers Daughter Ferndale, MI
2009 Actual Size Contemporary Art Institute of Detroit Detroit, MI
2009 Vienna Art Fair Vienna, Austria
2009 Collected Anton Art Center Mount Clemens, MI
2009 Pure Detroit Art Channel Beijing, China
2008 Made in Detroit Galerie Eva Bracke Berlin, Germany
2008 Changing Cities: Bregenz Lisi Hammerle Bregenz, Austria
2008 Holiday Objects Up & Down Paint Creek Center for Art Rochester, MI
2008 People’s Art Festival Russell Industrial Center Detroit, MI
2008 BUY THIS Anton Art Center Mount Clemens, MI
2008 Moving Walls: Berlin MONA Pontiac, MI
2008 Drawn Together Community Arts Gallery Ferndale, MI
2008 A Spring Happening Next Step Studios Ferndale, MI
2008 Souvenir Gescheidle Gallery Chicago, IL
2008 HatchBack Juried Show 1923 Hamtramck, MI
2008 Changing Cities: Detroit Three Walls Gallery Chicago, IL
2008 Mailed & Mounted The Art Center Mount Clemens, MI
2007 Pin Up Museum of New Art Pontiac, MI
2007 Art Execution The Art Center Mount Clemens, MI
2007 Actual Size Contemporary Art Institute of Detroit Detroit, MI
2007 Moving Walls Museum of New Art Pontiac, MI
2007 Mi Casa es Su Casa VCU Residency Studio Richmond, VA
2006 Degree Exhibition Cranbrook Art Museum Bloomfield Hills, MI
2006 n-tûrprt Northville Art House Northville, MI
2006 Just a Squirrel Tryin’ to Get a Nut Forum Gallery Bloomfield Hills, MI
2006 Cheap Trick Forum Gallery Bloomfield Hills, MI
2006 A Real Allegory Contemporary Art Institute of Detroit Detroit, MI
2005 Beggars Can’t Be Choosers Berkley Front Berkley, MI
2005 Actual Size Contemporary Art Institute of Detroit Detroit, MI
2005 Tiny Billboards Forum Gallery Bloomfield Hills, MI
2004 Summer Love Zolla Lieberman Gallery Chicago, IL
2004 Valentines Exhibition OXOXO Gallery Baltimore, MD
2004 Thesis Show Maryland Institute College of Art Baltimore, MD
2003 Holiday Invitational OXOXO Gallery Baltimore, MD
2003 International Exhibition Center for Art and Culture Aix-En-Provence, France
2003 Mobility Exhibition Meyerhoff Gallery Baltimore, MD
2003 Painting Exhibition Woodward Gallery Baltimore, MD
