Bio
Working across a range of mediums such as sculpture, installation, and video, Wengio (Yoyo) Wong reflects on how we deal with the inevitable changes in human behaviors and emotions in the contemporary digital era, by weaving together the fragmented memories, history, mythology and architectural elements referencing the cultural heritage of her hometown Macao.
Wong holds a Bachelor of Fine Art with First Class Honours at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, Australia (2015) and obtained an MA in Sculpture at the Royal College of Art, UK (2024). She is the recipient of the Harlow Sculpture Town Artist in Residence (2024-25), the Gilbert Bayes RCA Award (2024), shortlisted for the New Blood Art Emerging Art Prize (2024), longlisted for Aesthetica Art Prize (2025), and has been awarded the 8th Orient Foundation Art Award (2019).
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Education
2023-24 MA Sculpture, Royal College of Art, London, United Kingdom
2012-15 Bachelor of Arts (Fine Art) (Honours) with First Class Honours, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, Australia
Selected Group Exhibitions
2025 ‘Hey, what brings you here?’ Art Macao: Macao International Art Biennale 2025, curated by Feng Boyi, co-curated by Liu Gang & Wu Wei, Macau Art Museum
2025 ‘Believe In A River’, curated by Chang Chan, Lam Sio Man, Francisco Lo, Lotus Art Space
2025 ‘On view’, Gallery Rosenfeld, London, United Kingdom
2024 ‘ArtWorks Open’, BAGT ArtWorks Project Space, selected by Rudy Loewe & Phoebe Collings-James, London, United Kingdom
2024 ‘NOW 2024’, Gerald Moore Gallery, London, United Kingdom
2024 ‘XYZ Group Show’, Residency Programme, London, United Kingdom
2024 ‘Serendipity’, curated by Professor Guiyan He, Riverside Art Centre, Chongqing, China
2024 ‘Ripples’, Hypha Studios, curated by LADRA Collective, London, United Kingdom
2024 The Muse Gallery Residency Shortlisted Show, London, United Kingdom
2024 RCA Grad Show, Studio Building, London, United Kingdom
2024 ‘Model Village 2.0’, WIP Gallery, London, United Kingdom
2023-24 ‘What sea do I see from my language?’, curated by BABEL Cultural Organisation, Armazém das Artes and Central-Periférica, Alcobaça; Casa Garden, Macau; Centro Cultural do Mindelo, Cape Verde
2022 ‘Video Art Sector’ Unit, 2022 FLAME TP Video Art Fair, curated by Yin-Jhang Li, HOTEL COZZI Zhongxiao, Taipei
2021 ‘Interference Project’ Unit, “Resistance: An Experiment in Speed”, curated by ARTDBL, “Boomerang” OCAT Biennale 2021, Shenzhen
2021 ‘Truly False, Exploring Factualness from Macau’, Casa degli Artisti di Milano, Milan, Italy
2021 ‘Art Macao: Macao International Art Biennale 2021 – Selected Works by Local Artists’, Former Municipal Cattle Stable, Macao, China
2021 ‘Thousand Mirages’- The Mixc Culture and Art Season, The Mixc, Shenzhen, China
2020 ARTFEM 2020: International Women Biennial of Art of Macau, Former Municipal Cattle Stable, Macao, China
2019 The 3rd Shenzhen Biennale of Contemporary Art, Shenzhen UNESCO Gallery, The Sea World Culture and Arts Centre, Shenzhen, China
2019 ‘Pontes Aladas’- Exposição Colectiva de Arte Contemporânea Portugal-China, Official Residence of the Consul-general of Portugal in Macao and Hong Kong, Macao, China
2018 Hong Kong-Macau Visual Art Bienniale, Beijing Minsheng Art Museum, Zhejiang Art Museum, Dunhuang International Convention and Exhibition Centre, China
2018 Annual Arts Exhibition between China and Portuguese-speaking Countries: Penetrate, Macao, China
2018 Women Artists 1st International Biennial of Macao, Macao Museum of Art, Macao, China
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2020-21 ‘All the Memories will be Good in the End’, Post – Ox Warehouse Experimental Site, Macao, China
2019 ‘Confusion of Confusions II: Chaos’, 1844 Macau Photography Art Space
2018 ‘I Upload Therefore I Exist’, Casa Garden, Macao, China
2017 ‘Confusion of Confusions I’, Ox Warehouse, Macao, China
Awards/ Grants/ Bursary/ Residencies
2025 Longlisted, Aesthetica Art Prize 2025
2024–25 Freelands Foundation Artists’ Bursaries
2024–25 Sculpture Town Artist In Residency Award, Harlow, UK
2024–25 XYZ Residency Programme, Holborn, UK
2024–25 Royal College of Art + South Thames College Group (STCG) AiR
2024 Gilbert Bayes RCA Award
2024 Shortlisted, New Blood Art Emerging Art Prize
2022-23 The Iaohon Residency Programme, The Funny Old Tree Theatre Ensemble, Macao
2021 Selected Works by Local Artists Award, ‘Art Macao: Macao International Art Biennale 2021’
2019 The 8th Orient Foundation Art Award
2018 Excellent Artwork Award, the ‘Collective Exhibition of Macau Visual Arts’
2015 Vice Chancellor’s List Award for Academic Excellence, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology
2015 Arts funding individual recipient, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology
Professional Experiences
2024 Workshop at Eltham College, UK
2024 Visiting Tutor, University of the Creative Arts, Farnham, UK
2024 Artist Talk, Stevens Buildings, RCA Neurodiversity Society, UK
2024 Artist Talk, ‘Transnational ways of knowing, unlearning’, Hypha Studios, UK
Selected Curatorial Projects
2021 Co-curator of the Macao Pavilion, ‘Creative City Pavilions’ sector, ‘Art Macao: Macao International Art Biennale 2021’
2019 Co-curator, ‘No Where There – Works by Tang Jing’, 1844 Macau Photography Art Space
2018 Co-curator, ‘Vietnamese Boat People in Macao’ by Chan Weng Hon’, 1844 Macau Photography Art Space
2018 Co-curator, ‘The Language of Events – Works by Wong Sang’, 1844 Macau Photography Art Space
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