Holly Wong
Vanishing act, 2026
Sewn projection fabric, hospital gauze and cotton. 3 channel video projection with sound composition. 96"H x 180"W x 120"D
Vanishing Act (2026) is a three-channel video, fiber, and sound installation on enforced disappearance and bodily surveillance. In the installation, three video channels are projected onto five suspended panels of projection fabric and hospital gauze, so the images split, soften, and ghost as they pass through layered, translucent cloth.
Holly Wong
Mending Body/Mending Mind, 2024
Cotton, silk, lame and antique lace with invisible thread. 2 channel videoprojection with sound 132"H x 240"W x 180"D
Collaborators: Poem and audio composition by Aya Karpinska; Cinematography by Al Wong Photo credit: Matthew Sherman
Holly Wong
Lacuna, 2026
Nylon tulle and thread 53 x 85 x 2 inches
Nylon tulle sewn through with light reflective thread, hand sewn to a crinoline substrate. These works are a metaphor for memory and the workings of the mind.
Holly Wong
Shadow Body 5, 2026
Nylon tulle and thread 62" x 53" x 2"
Nylon tulle sewn through with light reflective thread, hand sewn to a crinoline substrate. These works are a metaphor for the aging body and passage of time.
Holly Wong
Nereid 3, 2025
Nylon tulle with light reflective thread, and finishing nails 60 x 48 x 3 inches
Holly Wong
Nereid 5, 2026
Nylon tulle with light reflective thread, and finishing nails 60 x 48 x 3 inches
Holly Wong
Thalassa, 2025
Lightfast colored pencil and graphite on acrylic, hand sewing, and finishing nails 55 x 58 x 4 inches
Photo credit: John Janca
Holly Wong
Hydra, 2024
Colored pencil and graphite on laser cut & heat molded acrylic 96 x 60 x 252 inches
This is suspended sculptural installation with 21 components of laser cut & heat molded acrylic. The patterning is drawn on by hand.
Holly Wong
Quilt Suspension 1, 2022
Silk, cotton and organza with LED lighting 5’H x 5’W x 1.5’D
I am drawn to quilted or pieced fabrics as a proxy for the body. I choose to manipulate synthetic materials such as cellophane and dichroic film with natural fibers of silk and cotton, because of their transparent qualities that, when layered, remind me of my layered sense of my past as well as permeable separation between the living and the dead. There are many stories and fact becomes permeable. These works incorporate LED strip lighting interacts with the transparent quilt fabric. The linear element of the light is a kind of drawing for me as it fluidly moves through the quilt block structure. Moreover, this combination of ephemeral materials with LED strip lighting and diffusion film serves as a proxy for her mother’s spirit. The layers of pieced fabric are suspended over this light-spirit as a shroud or mourning cloth. Inspired by Chinese funeral customs, the quilt layers become burial blankets that are offered by the children of the deceased and layered upon their loved ones.
Holly Wong
Quilt Suspension 2, 2022
Silk, cotton and organza with LED lighting 5’H x 5’W x 1.5’D
I am drawn to quilted or pieced fabrics as a proxy for the body. I choose to manipulate synthetic materials such as cellophane and dichroic film with natural fibers of silk and cotton, because of their transparent qualities that, when layered, remind me of my layered sense of my past as well as permeable separation between the living and the dead. There are many stories and fact becomes permeable. These works incorporate LED strip lighting interacts with the transparent quilt fabric. The linear element of the light is a kind of drawing for me as it fluidly moves through the quilt block structure. Moreover, this combination of ephemeral materials with LED strip lighting and diffusion film serves as a proxy for her mother’s spirit. The layers of pieced fabric are suspended over this light-spirit as a shroud or mourning cloth. Inspired by Chinese funeral customs, the quilt layers become burial blankets that are offered by the children of the deceased and layered upon their loved ones.
