Alex Z. Wang

Alex Z. Wang is GlogauAIR resident from October 2025 to December 2025. Q4

Colors drift and collide like light in motion, capturing shadows and emotions as they pass. His paintings are quiet thresholds—spaces where stillness, reflection, and escape can unfold. Through layered color, scraping and transparency, Alex reveals what is concealed to embody the unseen forces that shape us.

Meet the Artist

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Statement

Colors drift and collide like light in motion, capturing shadows and emotions as they pass. My paintings are quiet thresholds—spaces where stillness, reflection, and escape can unfold. Across oil, ink, and lens, I search for the fleeting made visible, moments suspended long enough to be felt anew.

I am drawn to the tension between permanence and impermanence. A brushstroke can hold energy long after it is made, yet the feeling it conveys may be unstable, evolving, or even contradictory. Through layered color, scraping, and transparency, I seek to reveal what is concealed, to embody the unseen forces that shape us.

Ultimately, my practice is an attempt to make motion tangible, to hold on to the intangible pulse of human experience.

GlogauAIR Project

During my GlogauAIR residency, I will develop a body of mixed media work that investigates the dialogue between light, shadow, and texture, and the emotions they stir. By layering oil, ink, acrylic, photography, and unconventional materials, I aim to create surfaces that shift with changing perspectives, evoking movement, tension, and release. This project seeks to translate intangible states of atmosphere into visual form, immersing viewers in moments of contemplation and sensory depth while expanding my own exploration of materiality.

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Education

Art Students League of New York, 2018-Present
Parsons School of Design, 2016-2020
The Cooper Union, 2017
Columbia University, MBA, 2016

Exhibitions

Group Exhibitions

We Are All Immigrants, Maison 10, New York, NY (2025-2026)
NYFW Group Pop-Up Show, Camp Fluff, New York, NY (2025)
ChromaFlux, EspaceSylvia Rielle, Paris, France (2025)
Highlights and Shadows, Raud Fine Art Gallery, Chicago, IL (2025)
Memento Mori: Time, Clarity and the Pursuit of Purpose, Equity Gallery, New York, NY (2025)
Urban Narratives, Bushwick Gallery, New York, NY (2025)
All the Lights I See, Van Der Plas Gallery, New York, NY (2025)
Summer City Idyll, Agora Gallery, New York, NY (2024)
Drawing to See, Tenuta di Spannocchia, Tuscany, Italy (2018)
Smart Space Group Show, New York, NY (2017)

Art Fairs

Group Booth, Contemporary Art Gallery/ Affordable Art Fair, New York, NY (2025)
Group Booth, Art Gotham / Hamptons Fine Art Fair, Long Island, NY (2025)
Solo Project, Art Santa Fe, Santa Fe, NM (2025)
Solo Booth, Clio Art Fair, New York, NY (2025)
Solo Booth, Superfine ArtFair, New York, NY (2025)

Projects

Alex Z. Wang: A Virtual Exploration of Ideas, ArtRewards / Artsy, Online (2025)
Cavity in the Sublime, site-specific solo installation, Greenwich Village, NY (2025–ongoing)

Upcoming

ChromaFlux, 67 York Street Gallery, London, United Kingdom (September 2025)
Solo Booth, Satellite Art Show, Miami, FL (December 2025)
Group Booth, Sims Contemporary / CONTEXT Miami, FL (December 2025)
Group Booth, Alessandro Berni Gallery/Aqua Art Miami, Miami, FL (December 2025)
Group Booth, Steidel Contemporary / LA Art Show, Los Angeles, CA (January 2026)

Residency

Online Artist-in-Residence, GlogauAIR, Berlin, Germany — 2025
Artist Residency Program, School of Visual Arts, New York, NY – 2025

Online Presence / Sales Platforms

Singulart – Online Gallery
ArtRewards / Artsy – Online Gallery
Saatchi Art – Online Gallery

Professional Affiliations

Young Patron of Major New York Art Museum and Dance Organizations (10+ years)
Preferred Artist, Visual Artists Association (VAA)
Member, New York Artists Equity Association
Member, Arts in Bushwick
Member, Smack Mellon

Additional Artistic Ventures

Honesty Brutal – An extension of Alex’s artistic vision where raw expression meets fashion; limited-edition drops transform his paintings into wearable canvases, allowing art to live beyond the gallery.

Practice Focus

Works across oil, ink, and lens
Interests include “the fleeting made visible”
Explores tension between permanence and impermanence through layered color, scraping, and transparency
Emphasizes light, shadow, motion, stillness, reflection, and escape as recurring themes