Dr. Mary Wong

Biography

Mary Sui Yee Wong is a multidisciplinary artist and part-time faculty in Studio Arts at Concordia University. She holds both a Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) and a Master of Fine Arts (MFA), having completed her studies in Sculpture and Fibres at Concordia in 1991 and 2003, respectively. Wong’s artistic practice spans various disciplines, including sculpture, installation, video, and performance, where she explores identity and social constructs by drawing from personal memory, cultural history, and familial legacy. Her work has been exhibited extensively in Canada and abroad. In 2025, a retrospective of her works will be featured at the Richmond Art Gallery, titled “Restless Nature: Mary Sui Yee Wong 1990-present.” Wong is also known for her multi-media performance “Sing Juk Sing,” which was part of the exhibition “Examining Chinatown Gazes: Art, Archives, Collections” in North Vancouver in 2020. Her notable installations and performances, such as “Yellow Apparel,” have been showcased in various exhibitions like “Fashionality: Dress Identity in Contemporary Canadian Art” and the DMZ festival in Korea. Wong remains an active member of the arts community and has served on the board of organizations such as Oboro and Articule. Additionally, she co-founded a BFA in Socially Engaged Arts at Goddard College in Vermont, USA. In 2015, she presented a paper on her research regarding Orientalism and hybrid identity at the Anglo-American Conference of Historians in London, England.

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