Chelsea Ryoko Wong
b. 1986, Seattle, WA
Lives and works in San Francisco, CA
Represented by Jessica Silverman Gallery
Solo and Two Person Exhibitions
2025 Ancestral Visions, Oakland Museum of California, Oakland, CA
2024 Nostalgia for the Present Tense, Jessica Silverman, San Francisco, CA
2022 Gravitational Pull, Jessica Silverman, San Francisco, CA
Manta (with Lilah Rose), New Image, Los Angeles, CA
2021 Poetry Afterall, Pt. 2 Gallery, Oakland, CA
The Sun’s Energy, Hashimoto Contemporary, NYC
2020 Channeling, New Image Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
The Pleasure of Joy, Legion SF, San Francisco, CA
2019 Maximalist in Motion, Zinc Contemporary, Seattle, WA
Modern Gal, Legion SF, San Francisco, CA
2018 Inspired, Legion SF, San Francisco, CA
2017 Sign of the Times (with Melissa Sims), Zinc Contemporary, Seattle, WA
2016 The Fish Jumped Laughing into a Net, Zinc Contemporary, Seattle, WA
Verse Verse Chorus (with Tim Cohen), Adobe Books, San Francisco, CA
For the Roses, Long Weekend, Oakland CA
2015 Hello At Last (with Mia Christopher), Legion SF, San Francisco, CA
Am I in a Trance, Stranger?, Zinc Art + Interiors, Edmonds, WA
2012. Everything Is Not Mundane, Kearny Street Workshop, San Francisco, CA
2011 Office Space, Mauve?, Berkeley, CA
2010 Scenes Throughout History, Irwin Student Center at CCA, Oakland, CA
Group Exhibitions
2024 About Place, de Young Museum, San Francisco, CA
Together To Gather, Hammons Weinstein Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
In Feast or Famine, Palo Alto Art Center, Palo Alto, CA
2023 Kids Without the Internet, Massey Klein Gallery, New York, NY
BAN9, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, CA
High Voltage 4, Nassima Landau, Tel Aviv, Israel
Old Friends/New Friends, Creativity Explored, San Francisco, CA
A Growing Season, Jessica Silverman, San Francisco, CA
Femmenology, Jessica Silverman, San Francisco, CA
2022 Art Basel Miami Beach, Jessica Silverman, Miami FL
Wonder Women, Deitch Gallery, Los Angeles and New York
Fog Art Fair, Jessica Silverman, San Francisco, CA
2021 Art Basel Miami Beach, Jessica Silverman, Miami, FL
Untitled Art Fair, New Image, Miami, FL
WOMEN 我們: From Her to Here, Chinese Culture Center, San Francisco, CA
Now Now, Breach Gallery, Miami, FL
Californisme, Bim Bam Gallery, Paris, FR
Something to Look Forward to, Legion Projects, Healdsburg, CA
2020 Community, Glass Rice, San Francisco, CA
Multiples, Hashimoto Contemporary, New York, NY
Somebody, Hashimoto Contemporary, San Francisco, CA
2019 CONTEXT Art Fair, Miami, FL. Hashimoto Contemporary
Seattle Art Fair, Seattle, WA. Zinc Contemporary
Picnic, Hashimoto Contemporary, San Francisco, CA
Dialogues, Modern Eden, San Francisco, CA
HIT Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2018 Art Market, San Francisco, CA. Kala Printmaking Studio
Fresh Waves, Swim Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2017 Art Market, San Francisco, CA. Kala Printmaking Studio
Free Trade, Chinese Cultural Center, San Francisco, CA
Bicycle, Back to the Picture, San Francisco, CA
Social Energies, Legion, San Francisco, CA
Unusual Business, Gravel and Gold. San Francisco, CA
2016 Within, MOR Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Intersections, Space 236, San Francisco, CA
Welcome to the Left Coast, The Luggage Store, San Francisco, CA
Not a Lemon, Scott Ellsworth Gallery, San Francisco, CA
SF Survivors, RVCA Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2015 CUT, Dreamers and Make Believers Salon, San Francisco, CA
#Strikeawayshow, Paxton Gate Curiousities, San Francisco, CA
Unseen, Unknown, Hound and Quail Gallery, Honolulu, HI
2014 Smile, NWVSF Gallery, San Francisco, CA
#Summer, Rare Device Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Something Completely Different, City Limits Gallery, Oakland, CA
Psychedelic Research, The Box Jelly, Honolulu, HI
Deciphering the Print, California College of Arts, Oakland, CA
2013 Sweetest Hangover, Moksha, Seattle, WA
2012 Mission Graffica Annual Exhibition, Mission Cultural Center, San Francisco, CA
Stretch & Expose, SFAC, City Hall, San Francisco, CA.
The Thin Line: Art & Design & Everything In Between, 687 Auahi St, Honolulu, HI
The LINK Gallery Show, Design Commission Gallery, Seattle, WA
Out to Lunch, Wire + Nail Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2011 In Brief: A Private Study, Adobe Books, San Francisco, CA
The Family Show, GOOD PRESS Gallery, Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom
MUSEUMS PRESS Anthology Show, Islington Mill, Salford, United Kingdom
Starline Social Club Benefit, Hatch Gallery, Oakland, CA
Impressions, Studio Quercus, Oakland, CA
2010 Awakening the Worlds of Objects and Nature, Ruth's Table, San Francisco, CA
We Haven't Felt This Way In Years II, Gallery Heist, San Francisco, CA
Stomach Pump Exhibition, Islington Mill, Salford, United Kingdom
Tree Show VI, Giant Robot, San Francisco, CA
Between Us, Internos Wine Cafe, San Francisco, CA
Baccalaureate Exhibition, CCA, San Francisco, CA
Littlest Things, Giant Robot, New York, NY
The Survival Annex, Curiosity Shop, San Francisco, CA
PAL Poor Artist League, Big Umbrella Studios, San Francisco, CA
Paper+Cloth Dream, Oliver Art Center at CCA, Oakland, CA and Osaka University of Art, Osaka, Japan
2009 Printed Matter 6, Giant Robot, Los Angeles, CA
Printed Matter 5, Giant Robot, New York, NY
PAL Poor Artist League, Big Umbrella Studios, San Francisco, CA
Art Read, Oliver Art Center at CCA, Oakland, CA
CCA Library Book Art Competition, Meyer Library at CCA, Oakland, CA
Tree Show V, Giant Robot, San Francisco, CA
2008 Printed Matter 4, Giant Robot, San Francisco, CA
Lectures
2021 Artist Talk at Art Center, Pasadena, CA
Artist Talk at USF, San Francisco, CA
2020 Artist Talk with People I’ve Loved x Juxtapoz Magazine x Chandran Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Add Oil, Chinatown with the Chinese Cultural Center x 100 days Action, San Francisco, CA
Representasian Panel Discussion with Facebook’s Analog Research Lab, San Francisco, CA
Poster Power Happy Hour Artist Talk with Facebook’s Analog Research Lab, San Francisco, CA
Artist Talk at Berekely City Community College, Berekely, CA
Artist Talk at University of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
Selected commissions
2021 Mural at Asana, San Fransico, CA
Mural at Jane Bakery, San Francisco, CA
Mural at La Cocina Municipal Marketplace, San Francisco, CA
2019 Mural for Mission High School, San Francisco, CA
2018 Mural for AIGA Link Art Program, Seattle, WA
Artwork for Batik Apartments for Vulcan, Seattle, WA
Mural for Serena Williams’s Yetunde Price Resource Center for OATH, Compton, CA
2017 Album artwork for Josh Kun's "Hit Parade" LP, commissioned by Public Knowledge, SFMOMA
Featured artist at SFMOMA's Birthday Bash Celebration
Artwork for Class Set, a project by Jessalyn Aaland
Residencies
2024 The Harker Fund Residency, Oakland Museum of California. Oakland, CA
Nick’s Cove, Tomales Bay, CA
2023 New Image Art’s Helios 28, Rhodes, Greece
2019 Mural for the Facebook AIR Program, San Francisco, CA
2010 Hamaguchi Emerging Artist Residency, Kala Printmaking Studio, Berkeley, CA
Bibliography
2025
Saint-Louis, Elodie. “San Francisco Art Fair | 85 Galleries to Present at Fort Mason Pavilion.” Flaunt. April 19, 2025.
Lewis III, Charles. “Chinese dresses, vivid paintings, personal histories in Oakland Museum’s ‘Ancestral Visions’.” Local News Matters. February 17, 2025.
2024
Bravo, Tony. “Must-see S.F. art exhibit of 2025 looks at two of France’s most important painters.” San Francisco Chronicle Datebook. December 26, 2024.
Wilson, Emily. “With Culture Forward, the Svane Family Foundation Nurtures the Arts – and Downtown San Francisco.” Nob Hill Gazette. December 20, 2024.
Blue, Max. “Bay Area artists take center stage in de Young exhibit.” San Francisco Examiner. August 27, 2024.
Heath, Shaquille. “Nostalgia for the Present Tense: An Interview with Chelsea Ryoko Wong.” Juxtapoz. August 8, 2024.
Gamboa, Carlota. “Chelsea Ryoko Wong’s Ode to Mindfulness at Jessica Silverman.” Art&Object. August 7, 2024.
Waddoups, Ryan. “Chelsea Ryoko Wong Finds Solace in Unknown Places.” Surface. August 7, 2024
Laster, Paul. “8 Must-See Solo Gallery Shows in August.” Galerie. August 2, 2024.
Bravo, Tony. “Nostalgia for the Present Tense at Jessica Silverman.” San Francisco Chronicle Datebook. July 26, 2024.
“Sense of belonging: Contemporary Bay Area artists showcased at de Young.” Mountain Democrat. July 26, 2024.
Wilson, Emily. “At de Young, local artists eye ‘The Peaceable Kingdom’–and US colonialism.” 48hills. June 25, 2024.
Binlot, Ann. “Highlights from Art Basel Hong Kong 2024.” Family Style. March 28, 2024.
2022
Wilson, Emily. “San Francisco Museums Acquire Works by 30 Bay Area Artists.” Hyperallergic. July 20, 2022
Hotchkiss, Sarah. “de Young Museum Acquires 42 New Works by Bay Area Artists.” KQED. July 11, 2022
Binlot, Ann. “Tired of being ‘fetishized and invisible,’ Asian artists are changing the narrative.” CNN Style. May 23, 2022
Piejko, Jennifer. “Audiences Can’t Get Enough of California Artist Chelsea Ryoko Wong’s Paintings of Simple, Everyday Joys.” artnet. May 9, 2022.
2020 Sam Whiting, SF Chronicle, August 7, 2020
Matt Gonzalez, “Painter of Optimism”, Juxtapoz Magazine, June 22, 2020
Tamsin Smith, “The Pleasure of Joy”, Juxtapoz Magazine, June 22, 2020
2019 Matthew Kanagas, “Chelsea Wong”, Visual Arts Source. April 6, 2019
Education
2010 California College of the Arts, Oakland, CA, BFA Printmaking
2004 Parsons School of Design, New York, NY. Integrated Design Curriculum