Annie Wang

Visual Art

Translating memory, emotion, and bodily experience into material form.

My studio practice begins with experiences that are difficult to explain in words: a familiar taste tied to a fading memory, the physical tension of waiting for a volleyball to fall, or the emotional weight carried by the body.

Working across drawing, painting, sculpture, installation, wearable art, photography, and stop-motion animation, I explore how materials can give these experiences a visible form. Rather than treating each medium as a separate discipline, I select materials according to what a subject requires—clay for weight, thread for tension, charcoal for movement, and stop-motion for the instability of memory.

Materials

Clay sculpture of a volleyball player reaching up to serve Two giant hands woven from red thread hanging in a white room Charcoal drawing of a person biting into a steamed bun Stop-motion puppet of a grandfather surrounded by fog

Selected Honors

  • Global Silver, Creative Artist International Youth Art Award
  • Global Silver Award, The Monet International Art Prix
Silver Award certificate, Creative Artist International Youth Art Award 2024

My Art Projects

Swim Until the Sea Turns Blue

  • Stop-motion animation
  • Scale models
  • Shadow play
Green shadow-play dream scene with a shrimp silhouette
Stop-motion puppet of a grandfather surrounded by fog Lighthouse model on rocks lit in red Miniature market street model, front view Red shadow-play dream scene with a shrimp silhouette Handmade grandfather puppet held in a palm Model of an old house, front view Dream house model in blue and violet light Interior set lit with warm light Detail of a snack shop in the market street model Shadow-play screen tested in red and blue light Annie with the finished models

Two Tides

  • Painting
  • Illustration
  • Installation
  • Wearable art
Overhead view of a body lying between red-thread hands
Two giant hands woven from red thread hanging in a white room Figure walking beneath two red-thread hands Oil painting of two women entwined with red thread A dancer holding a red-thread heart in front of two paintings Illustrated comic page in red and ochre Painting of a sleeping figure crossed by red thread Wearable crescent-moon piece beside a projected moon Performance with the moon-phase wearable in pink light Illustrated comic page with red hands Detail of red thread wrapped around a hand

The Eaten Day

  • Charcoal drawing
  • Oil painting
  • Sculptural relief
Pencil study of a bowl of noodles on kraft paper
Annie holding a torso relief that opens onto a meal Charcoal drawing of a person biting into a steamed bun Oil portrait of a young man surrounded by the food he ate in a day Charcoal drawing looking out from inside a mouth Gallery wall of food portraits and small dish paintings Oil portrait of an older man with a thermos and a meal Charcoal drawing of a diner alone at night Torso relief filled with packaged fast food Oil portrait of a young woman beside bowls of food Charcoal drawing of hands holding a bowl of soup Detail of painted dishes inside the torso relief

Before Falling

  • Sculpture
  • Figure drawing
  • Installation
Installation view of volleyball sculptures and drawings in a white gallery
Clay sculpture of a volleyball player reaching up to serve Figure drawing of a volleyball player in motion on kraft paper Sculpture of two raised arms blocking a ball Sculpture of a player diving to receive the ball Figure drawing of a player receiving the ball Detail of a sculpted hand and ball Study sketch for the serving sculpture Drawings on the wall with projected motion lines Close-up drawing of a player’s face looking up Wire armature for the serving sculpture Annie with the head sculpture