Victor Wang - Profile

ArtistVictor WangResidesUnited States
Websitevictorwang.netMediumOil
Print Shopvictorwang.net/shopEmailart4victor@gmail.com
Representing
Gallery
Duane Reed Gallery
St. Louis, MO. USA

Odon Wagner Gallery
Toronto, ON. Canada

Gallery Victor
Chicago, IL. USA

Cinema Gallery
ThemesExpressive and symbolic
Figurative
Contemporary narrative 
Mythology
Spirituality
Mood and emotion portraiture
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About the artist

Victor Wang is a Chinese American artist based in the United States. He earned his BFA from the Lu Xun Academy of Fine Arts in China and his MFA from Fontbonne University in the U.S. Currently residing in St. Louis, MO, Wang is a full professor at Fontbonne University, where he teaches painting, drawing, and graduate critique classes.

Victor has exhibited his work widely across the country and internationally, receiving various awards for excellence in both painting and art instruction. His work has been showcased in museums and galleries worldwide. 

Victor Wang is the 1st prize winner of the RAYMAR Traditional Art Award, Beautiful Bizarre Art Prize 2024

Artwork Themes & Subject Matter

Victor Wang’s figurative paintings act as vehicles to convey the human experience, capturing the emotional tension and psychological drama of life’s pivotal moments. Themes such as nostalgia, harmony, passion, agony, sadness, and pleasure are all evident in his recent body of work, developed over the past two decades. His art, often inspired by childhood memories and past experiences, frequently tells a recurring story.

Victor’s painting technique combines heavy impasto on the light areas with transparent applications on the shadows, creating a striking physicality and perceptual depth.

Press

Victor Wang’s paintings have been featured in notable magazines and online sources including American Art Collector (2019, 2014 and 2008), Fine Art Connoisseur 2019, MUSEUM 2018, Beautiful Bizarre Magazine, and Edge of Humanity Magazine,

Upcoming Exhibitions

WhenExhibitionGallery
November
2024
Group exhibition: “Paracosmic Escape”
curated by Beautiful Bizarre and art direction of Musonium Gallery
Modern Eden Gallery
San Francisco, CA. USA

2025
Solo exhibition: ‘To be announced’Duane Reed Gallery
St. Louis, MO. USA

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Selected Solo Exhibitions

2024

Duane Reed Gallery, St Louis MO. United States

2023

Duane Reed Gallery, St Louis MO. United States

2021

Duane Reed Gallery, St Louis MO. United States

2020

The Mitchell Museum, Mount Vernon, IL. United States

Duane Reed Gallery, St Louis MO. United States

2017

Yuhsiu Museum of Art, Taiwan

2016

Cinema Gallery, Urbana, IL. United States

Selected Group Exhibitions

2022

Small works Invitational Exhibition, Duane Reed Gallery, St Louis MO. United States

Echoes of Nature, Invitational show, Studio Channel Islands, Los Angeles, CA. United States

Art Market San Francisco 2022, San Francisco, CA. United States

2021

The Human Condition, AnArt Gallery, San Antonio, TX. United States

2020

Painting The Figure Now, Wausau Museum Of Contemporary Art, WI. United States

2019

Toronto International Art Fair, Toronto, Canada

A Survey of Excellence 2019 show, Heartland Art Club, Kirkwood, MO. United States 

Secondary Meanings: Figural Diptychs, The Zhou B Art Center, Chicago, IL. United States

12th Annual Contemporary Figurative Art Show, Hilliard Gallery, Kansas, MO. United States

Art Market San Francisco, San Francisco, CA. United States

2018

The Human Condition, AnArt Gallery, San Antonio, TX. United States

Toronto International Art Fair, Toronto, Canada

Painting The Figure Now, Wausau Museum Of Contemporary Art, WI. United States

We The People, The Mesa Contemporary Art Museum, AZ. United States

2017

Sofa Chicago 2017, Chicago, IL. United States

Toronto International Art Fair, Toronto, Canada

Figure 8, Victor Armendariz Gallery, Chicago, IL. United States

Group Show, Victor Armendariz Gallery, Chicago, IL. United States

2016

Sofa Chicago 2016 Chicago, IL. United States

Art Hamptons, New York, NY. United States

Art Palm Beach 2016, Palm Beach, FL. United States

L A Art Show 2016, Los  Angeles, CA. United States




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