Beth Wong (b. 1998, Hong Kong)

Email: bethwongky@gmail.com

I am a collector of poetic fragments drawn from the urban fringe. Built on painterly and calligraphic foundations, my practice explores the theme of longing for belonging through the observation, recollection, and translation of my immediate surroundings. Sparked by the need to reconcile emotional desires, I embrace intuition, softness, and minimalism, bringing forth nuanced narratives of quietude through visual metaphors that invite reflection. Positioned between literality and abstraction, ambiguity and transparency, and indirectness and sincerity, I construct a garden where preserved moments and subtle perceptions blossom.

Education

2021–2023
Frank Mohr Institute at Minerva Art Academy (Hanze UAS), Groningen
Master of Arts in Fine Art and Design — Painting

2015–2019
The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Bachelor of Arts — Fine Arts, Modern Art Studio

Selected Solo Exhibition

2024

• The Wall #4, Kunstpunt Groningen — Groningen (NL)
  

Selected Group Exhibitions

2025

• LI-MA Presents: New Art on Screen & Bring Your Own File, Media Art Friesland — Leeuwarden (NL)

2024

• Echoes of the Biotope, KEL 30 — Haren (NL) 
• Knollenland, Het MOW — Bellingwolde (NL) 
• midseason’23: long grass, short life 'a recipe for clumping’, het resort— ATV Piccardthof, Groningen (NL) 
• SPBH Space: Short Encounters, SPBH Space — Milan (IT) 
• VHDG Expo: City Structures, Kunstinitiatief VHDG — Leeuwarden (NL) 
• Pictura Wintersalon 2024, Pictura — Groningen (NL)

2023

• You matter!, Hanze University of Applied Sciences — Groningen (NL)
• In Line Out of Sight; In Sight Out of Line, Pictura — Groningen (NL)
• Minerva Graduation Show 2023, Academy Minerva — Scheemda (NL)
• RE: Present 2023 #1, RE:Search: Gallery, Plateau NP3 — Groningen (NL)

2022

• Rebirth, 2nd Floor — Groningen (NL)
• May the Art World Tear Us Apart Til We Meet Again, Struggling Art Space — Bierum (NL)

Residencies

2025 (Upcoming)

• Oerol Festival — Terschelling (NL)
• Stichting Nyengaerde — Dwingeloo (NL)

2024

• Are you home?, Bierumer School — Bierum (NL)
• Green is site-specific, Farm Art — Bellingwolde (NL)

Selected Performances

2025

• SPUD! A Manifestation, Stichting ARTisBOOK — Groningen (NL)

2023

• DIHAN’23 No #5, Does It Have A Name — Groningen (NL)
• A Collection of Urban Nothingness, Het Wilde Weten — Rotterdam (NL)
• Untitled, The One Minutes, ROZENSTRAAT — Amsterdam (NL)
• Creating homes, Squish, WORM — Rotterdam (NL)

2022

• DIHAN’22 No.1- Duration, Does It Have A Name — Groningen (NL)

Selected Art Fairs

2025

• Minerva X ESNS, De Nieuwe Editie — Groningen (NL)

2024

• Untitled, Art Projects Gallery, Art Central 2024 (Booth D09) — Hong Kong (HK)
• Ongekend Young Masters @ Auction, Adams Amsterdam Auctions, Kersgallery — Amsterdam (NL)
• Huidenclub Spring Design Market, Huidenclub, Ninngouu — Rotterdam (NL)

2023

• SUPERMARKET ART FAIR 2023, Struggling Art Space — Stockholm (SE)

2022

• An Art Showcase Unlike Any Other, Art Project Gallery — The Landmark Mandarin Oriental, Hong Kong (HK)

Selected Award Nominations

• Nominee, Groninger Visual Arts Stipends: Land 2024 — Academy Minerva (NL)
• Nominee, Sluijters Painting Prize 2024 — Stichting Kunst aan de Dijk in Kortenhoef (NL)
• Nominee, Artist in Space: trajectory Lucht 2024 — Noordenaars (NL)
• Nominee, Ceremony UMCG Thomassen á Thuessink Jonge Makers Aankoopprijs 2023 — UMCG Art Committee (NL)
• Finalist, The Outstanding Student Artist Award of Hong Kong 2015 — art-at-all (HK)

Professional Development

2024

• PRO-Program, Kunstpunt Groningen — Groningen (NL)

2023

• Talent development program Midseason, het resort, Groningen (NL)

Selected Commissions

• Four landscape paintings of the North Netherlands for Minerva Art Academy (2024)
• Two artworks for the Opening Academic Year, Hanze University of Applied Sciences (2023)

Other

• Member of the EAT Collective (joined in 2024), a group with an open structure that explores knowledge related to food practices and the dynamics of working together.