Holly Wong
Hang Time
Bridgette Mayer Gallery Presents: Hang Time
June 6 – July 29, 2023
Artist Reception & Happy Hour: Thursday, June 8th, 5:00 – 7:30pm
Philadelphia, PA – May 9, 2023. Bridgette Mayer Gallery is thrilled to announce Hang Time, a new summer group exhibition. Inspired by the exhilaration and excitement of the HangTime roller coaster at Knott’s Berry Farm in California, the exhibition brings together bright, innovative work by eight California and coastal artists. Hang Time will be on view from Tuesday, June 6 to Saturday, July 29, 2023, with an opening reception and happy hour on Thursday, June 8 from 5:00 – 7:30pm at Bridgette Mayer Gallery.
Hang Time featured in Dosage Magazine
HANG TIME GROUP EXHIBITION AT BRIDGETTE MAYER GALLERY
By Allan Lane / June 6, 2023
Hang Time is a vibrant summer group show with an exciting lineup of West Coast artists whose works span various mediums and scales.
Bridgette Mayer Gallery is delighted to announce the arrival of Hang Time. This exciting new summer group exhibition captures the exhilaration and joy of the HangTime roller coaster and Knott’s Berry Farm in California. This captivating exhibition combines a collection of bright and innovative works by eight talented California and coastal artists.
Holly Wong Joins Bridgette Mayer Gallery
Holly Wong Joins Bridgette Mayer Gallery
Philadelphia, PA – October 25, 2023. Bridgette Mayer, Owner of Bridgette Mayer Gallery, announced today that the gallery will begin representing Holly Wong. In November 2024, Bridgette Mayer Gallery will present a curated exhibition at its Philadelphia gallery bringing together Wong’s fiber, drawing-based installations, assemblages, and video work.
Holly Wong Featured in Maake Magazine
Holly Wong was featured and interviewed in Maake Magazine, Issue 16! In this interview Holly reflects on her artistic practice, influences, and inspiration. Holly creates fiber and drawing-based installations and assemblages that explore grief, mourning, and resilience.
Holly Wong on the cover of New Visionary Magazine
Holly Wong's work "Keeper of the Secrets 4" was recently featured on the cover of New Visionary Magazine, Issue 9. The magazine also featured her paintings "Amulet 1" and "Spell Charm 1" in a 2 page spread as well as a brief writeup on her artistic practice and inspiration!
Bridgette Mayer Gallery announces Converge: 9th Benefit Exhibition
Bridgette Mayer Gallery Announces Converge: 9th Benefit Exhibition, Supporting HelpUsAdopt.org and the Dina Wind Art Foundation
Philadelphia, PA – April 23, 2024. Bridgette Mayer Gallery is proud to announce the return of its Benefit Exhibition this summer with Converge, on view from Tuesday, June 11 to Saturday, August 3 at Bridgette Mayer Gallery. There will be an opening reception on Thursday, June 13 from 4:30 – 7:30 PM.
Holly Wong: Mending Body / Mending Mind video
The Maui Arts & Culture Center presents a look back at the recent solo exhibition Holly Wong: Mending Body / Mending Mind, which took place in the Maui Arts & Cultural Center's Schaefer International Gallery from September 12 – October 28, 2023. Based in San Francisco, Holly Wong creates installations of fiber and drawn materials that straddle fragility and strength, harnessing memory, myth, and trauma to find beauty in brokenness.
Holly Wong featured in The Chautauquan Daily
In Chautauqua Visual Art’s ‘Passion for Paper,’ artists innovate, explore with everyday material
by JULIA WEBER on JULY 11, 2024
“Passion for Paper,” curated by the Susan and John Turben Director of Chautauqua Visual Arts Galleries Judy Barie, on display in the first-floor gallery of the Strohl Art Center.
On the first floor of Strohl Art Center, paper — in many forms — has taken over.
Bridgette Mayer Gallery Presents: Trauma, Art & Transformation Discussion Panel at Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
Bridgette Mayer Gallery in partnership with the George Family Center for the Healing Arts of Rowan University is thrilled to announce a panel discussion: “Trauma, Art and Transformation,” featuring Gallery artist Holly Wong, Gallery Director Bridgette Mayer, Artist Dr. James George, and Inaugural Director of the George Family Center for Healing Arts, Morgan Yacoe.
The panel will take place on Friday November 1st from 4:30 – 6:00pm at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Rhoden Auditorium.
Holly Wong featured in Dosage Magazine
Bridgette Mayer Gallery presents Incantations, a solo exhibition of collaged paintings, drawings, and installations that delve deep into themes of healing, resilience, and personal transformation by Holly Wong. Incantations is Wong’s first solo show with the gallery from October 29 to December 14, 2024. An opening reception is scheduled for Friday, November 1, from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.
Holly Wong, Trauma, Art, and Transformation, Panel Discussion at PAFA
Holly Wong, Trauma, Art, and Transformation, Panel Discussion at PAFA
Bridgette Mayer Gallery in partnership with the George Family Center for the Healing Arts of Rowan University were thrilled to facilitate a panel discussion: “Trauma, Art and Transformation,” featuring Gallery artist Holly Wong, Gallery Director Bridgette Mayer, Artist Dr. James George, and Inaugural Director of the George Family Center for Healing Arts, Morgan Yacoe at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Rhoden Auditorium.
The panel discussion is in celebration of Wong’s first solo exhibition at Bridgette Mayer Gallery, titled Incantations which features collaged paintings on shaped aluminum, drawings, and a room-sized installation that explores the themes of healing through mining of memory and the revealed beauty of personal transformation. Additionally, the panel will also celebrate the opening of the George Family Center for the Healing Arts of Rowan University and Dr. James George will have the chance to discuss the healing power of art and what this important institution will be doing for patients, caregivers, visitors, staff, and students. Gallerist Bridgette Mayer will share excerpts from her book, The Art Cure, and how art transformed and helped her to create a thriving life in the arts. Rounding out the panel, Morgan Yacoe will discuss art therapy and her experiences in art that she brings to her career and her life as the Director of the George Family Center for Healing Arts.
Art has the power to heal and transform those who have suffered from emotional and physical trauma by generating connection through shared stories. To showcase this potential, panelists will share how their relationship with art strengthened their ability to process, express, and overcome their past trauma and ultimately thrive in the world. The panel will also focus on the benefits of art therapy, by highlighting the programming of the George Family Center for the Healing Arts of Rowan University.
Holly Wong featured in Art Spiel
Art Spiel Picks: Philly Exhibitions in November 2024
November 25, 2024
By Claire Haik
Wong’s meticulous patterns are free-flowing, churning, and spiraling like ink in a glass of water. She cuts and layers tangled images from drawing and painting mediums to create twisting designs and tight-knit patterns. The integration of so many mediums is exciting, but it is the interplay of different rendering styles that draws me in. Meticulous line drawings, loosely painted turning forms, and watery blooms of paint are collaged together and integrated into one unified, undulating surface.