Opal Mae Ong
Born 1994, Los Angeles, CA
Lives and works in Brooklyn, NY
Education
2021 Hunter College MFA Painting
2016 School of Visual Arts (SVA) BFA Illustration & Cartooning
Solo & Two- Person Exhibitions
2023 A Spell For Refusal, Solo Exhibition, curated by Anaïs Castro, Arsenal Contemporary, NY, NY
2022 Find Yourself Alone In The Middle Of A Forest, With Tyler Krasowski, Curated by Nora Boyd, Spring/Break Art Fair, Los Angeles, CA
2021 The Conditional, Solo Online Project and 205 Hudson Gallery, Arsenal Contemporary, NY, NY
2019 Half Past, With Justin Chance, Curated by Nick Fusaro and Nora Boyd, Three Four Three Four Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Hereafter, Solo Exhibition, The Spite Haus, Philadelphia, PA
Group Exhibitions
2024 (Upcoming) group show Soloway Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2022 NY to Milan, F2T Gallery, Milan, Italy
Twist & Shout, She BAM Art, Leipzig, Germany
Graphite Stew, Upper Market Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Drawer NYC, Drawer NYC, Curated by Corydon Cowansage, NY, NY
2021 There Was Only This World, This Looted, Ventriloquized Earth, Curated by Francesca Altamura in collaboration with HOOK ART
It Lives, 205 Hudson Gallery, NY, NY
2020 System Failure, Plastic Murs Gallery, Valencia, Spain
2019 Communion, QUAID Gallery, Tampa, FL
What We Emanate, Black Ball Projects, Brooklyn, NY
The Mnemonic Body, Hunter Gallery, NY, NY
2018 GIFC, Fisher Parrish Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2017 Hokey Pokey, three- person show with Trey Abdella and Michael Dispena, curated by Sammy Bennett, I.M.A.G.E Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2016 Crime and Punishment, SVA Chelsea Gallery, NY, NY
Residencies & Workshops
2024 Grief Studies Writing Workshop With Fariha Róisín
2022- 2023 Invitational Artist in Residence Arsenal Contemporary Art Residency, Montreal, Canada
Awards
2022 Leeman- Boskenbaum Endowment Graduation Award
2020 Stanton Grant
Publications
2023 Juxtapoz, Editor’s Pick, “Opal Mae Ong Has Created: A Spell For Refusal”
2023 Art Forum, Editor’s Pick, “MUST SEE”
2022 Art Net, Sarah Cascone, “In Pictures: The Best Art of Spring Break Los Angeles 2022, From a Hot Dog Rolling Machine to Personalized NFTs”
2022 Hyperallergic, Samantha Helou Hernandez, “The Spring/ Break Art Show Fills Up An LA Warehouse With Eccentric Visions”
2022 Art Observed, D. Creahan, “Los Angeles: Spring/Break LA at Skylight Culver City”
2022 Untitled Magazine, Maddie Street, “Highlights From Spring/Break Art Show Los Angeles 2022”
2022 Drawer NYC, online feature by Corydon Cowansage, NY, NY
2018 Art Maze Magazine Summer Edition Issue 8, Curated by Sara Maria Salome and Tyler Lafreniere, Founders and Head Curators of Mrs. Gallery NYC
2017 Graphis, New Talent Annual
2016 Pantyhoes Zine II, III, Curated by Hannah Palant in collaboration with Pantyhoes
Teaching & Assisting
2023- 2024 MFA Thesis Advisor/ Visiting Artist: School of Visual Arts, NY, NY
2023 Artist Assistant: Aaron Gilbert, Brooklyn, NY
2019 Artist Assistant: Ellen Berkenblit, Brooklyn, NY
2019 Artist Assistant: Jeremy Deprez, Brooklyn, NY
2017-2018 Artist Assistant: Michael Stamm, Brooklyn, NY
2016 Artist Assistant: Thomas Woodruff, NY, NY
2015 Artist Assistant: Duhirwe Rushemeza, NY, NY
Curatorial Projects
2023 Love’s Other Name, Group Exhibit, in Collaboration with The Spite Haus, Philadelphia, PA