About
Elaine Wong is a self-taught intuitive artist and painter from Malaysia.
Elaine’s paintings can be described as intuitive and expressive, combined with symbolism, doodles, mysticism, semi abstract, psychedelia, illustrations and whimsicality. She is building an eclectic style derived from her own art explorations, integrating subjects like animals, femininity, botanicals and dreamscapes.
Through her paintings, Elaine strives to confront her personal shadows, bringing light to the dark. She believes that one way to achieve well-being, healing and personal freedom is to be aware of our own shadow archetypes.
Elaine’s work is very much about her self-expression and self-discovery. Her art practice serves as an extension of her quest to get to know herself deeper and through it cultivates a more intimate connection within & with the universe as a whole. She loves to creatively use her own experiences to make a point, illustrate concepts, and hopefully, stimulate insightful response from others. Using colours and poetic words to convey her feelings and reflections of personal growth as a human, her process involves listening to messages, insights, lessons, nudges, and daily blessings as they appear in her awareness, meditations, dreams, journeys and in nature.
Elaine's work is grounded in self-determinism, the belief that art can deliver healing messages to the beholder, and that the act of creating serves as a medium for inquiry into infinite possibilities.
The scenes she often includes in her paintings can be seen as an intentional set-up, and she hopes that, upon encountering her work, she can transport the viewer into the magical world she created where healing, manifestations and transformations transpire.
Elaine currently lives and works in Subang Jaya, where she runs a conscious creative coworking & coliving space called The Hatchery Place, at which her art studio is also located.
BODY OF WORK
COLLECTION:
THAT
BLACK
CAT
COLLECTION:
THE INTUITIVE WORKS
past PARTICIPATIONS
2010 Art For Grabs, Annexe Gallery, Central Market, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (Bazaar)
2011 In Between Midnights, Small Talk With The Moon Gallery of Art, PJ, Malaysia (Solo)
2012 Random hangings at Fingerprints Kreativ, Munich, Germany (Shop)
2015 The Cats Are Out, Werkstatt-Galerie, Munich, Germany (Solo)
2015 Deer's Friends Market, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (Bazaar)
2016 Once Upon A Midnight, Minut Init Art Social, PJ Selangor, Malaysia (Group)
2017 KL Biennale '3Belas', National Visual Arts Gallery, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (Group)
2018 The POD (EuGrow), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (Solo)
2018 Love & Care Charity Art Exhibition, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (Group)
2018 I Can Care by Celcom Art Exhibition, in support of animal welfare, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (Group)
2019 Resurrected: A Radiant Awakening, Tin Alley Art Gallery, Ipoh, Malaysia (Solo)
2020 Liberty: An Exhibition of Expression by Nadia Nizamudin & Elaine Wong, KL City Art Gallery, Malaysia (Duo)
2020 The Intuitive Spirit: A Pop-Up Mini Solo Exhibition, Ampang Community Gallery, Malaysia (Solo)
NOTABLE EXHIBITIONS
LIVE PAINTING
in Tin Alley Art Gallery, Ipoh
INTERVIEWS / PRESS / MEDIA
Interview by About.me - The Artistic Journey of Elaine Wong
Interview by Launchpad (English) - The Hatchery Place - Inspiration Has A Destination
Press Interview (Malay) by Kosmo media on 3Belas KL Biennale show - Refleksi perasaan tiga artis wanita
Press Interview (Malay) by Harian Metro media on 3Belas KL Biennale show - Lubang Sakit Hati
Live TV appearance for NTV7 Malaysia's Feel Good Show
Interview by EdgeProp Malaysia (English) - Live and work at The Hatchery Place
Own Your Story Interview with Isabelle Thye: Come alive doing what you love
Interview by Ipoh Echo, Malaysia (English) - Elaine’s Solo Exhibition
Interview by BFM Radio Station - Hatching Creativity Through Coliving
Interview by The Edge Markets, Malaysia (English) - Cover Story: The appeal of community living
Interview by Malay Mail, Malaysia (English) - Malaysian woman gives up software career in Germany, returns to pursue life as artist
Resurrection: A Radiant Awakening, 2019 Tin Alley, Ipoh, Malaysia.
SOCIETY TAKES BIRTH FROM PEOPLE. SO BY AFFECTING INDIVIDUALS, YOU CAN MAKE CHANGES IN THE SOCIETY AND, THROUGH IT, IN THE WORLD. YOU CANNOT CHANGE IT, BUT YOU CAN MAKE CHANGES. THE FIGHT IN INDIVIDUAL MINDS IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE WARS.
SO IF YOU CAN TOUCH PEOPLE, YOU CAN TOUCH THE WORLD.”
— Amma (Mata Amritanandamayi)
in the STUDIO
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