About + Contact
Selena Wong is an illustrator and artist, born in Hong Kong under the sign of the twins. Like the urban environment of her place of birth, Selena’s work reflects the petit surroundings, the places tucked away, forgotten, and removed from reality. Interested in superstition, folklore and the fantastical, Selena's meticulously detailed translations of her daydreams and nightmares are both playful and disturbing. She currently works and lives in Toronto with her Netherland dwarf rabbit.
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Email: selena (at) selenawong (dot) com
Curriculum Vitae
EDUCATION
2004 - 2009
Bachelor of Design, Illustration, Ontario College of Art & Design, Toronto
2007
Mobility/Exchange Program, Illustration, Rhode Island School of Design
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2011
Romance of the Wheel, Jet Fuel Coffee Shop, Toronto
Smiling AntiMatter, Steam Whistle Brewing Gallery, Toronto
Bless This Press, curated by Woweezonk Collective, Toronto Comic Arts Festival, Toronto
Toronto Hearts Japan, curated by Narwhal Art Projects, Gladstone Hotel, Toronto
2010
The Unicorn, Narwhal Art Projects, Toronto
A Wing Ding Zine Fair, Xpace, Toronto
Canzine, The Great Hall, Toronto
Memory of Enemies, Steam Whistle Brewing Gallery, Toronto
The Dazzle, Narwhal Art Projects, Toronto
Small Press Schooner, curated by Woweezonk Collective, Toronto Comic Arts Festival, Toronto
2009
Little Crowns, Narwhal Art Projects, Toronto
Curvy Show Launch, Magic Pony, Toronto
The Art of S. O. S., Project 165, Toronto
Zine Room, curated by Woweezonk Collective, Toronto Comic Arts Festival, Toronto
Life Drawing: Gallery Walkthrough, Narwhal Art Projects, Toronto
Life Drawing, Narwhal Art Projects, Toronto
Untapped Emerging Artist Exhibition, The Artist Project, Toronto
There are Stories, Fountain Gallery, Toronto
2008
Illustration Group Show, Studio 9, Toronto
Gifted, Show & Tell Gallery, Toronto
Canzine, Gladstone Hotel, Toronto
Zine Dream, Tranzac, TorontoLanded Film Jam 10, El Mocambo, Toronto
Illustration, Mozart Café, Toronto
Luminato Arts Festival, Mural, Toronto
OCAD Illustration Graduate Show, Toronto
2007
Wall Space, Mural, curated by Gary Taxali, Ontario College of Art & Design, Toronto
Phimedia Illustration Show, Phimedia Studios, Toronto
BIBLIOGRAPHY
The Dazzle: A Cabinet of Wonder, Narwhal Art Projects, Toronto, 2010
Woweezonk vol. 3, Koyama Press, Toronto, 2010
My First Netherland Dwarf Rabbit Mini Zine, Self-published, 2010
The Wilding 2, Koyama Press, Toronto, 2009
Yellow Zine, Self-published, Toronto, 2009
Sure Am Good, Toronto, 2008
Sketchbook Mini Zine, Self-published, Toronto, 2008
CLIENTS
The Walrus Magazine
PLANSPONSOR Magazine
Mammalian Diving Reflex
Little Otsu
imm Living Inc.
Luminato
ICON 5
Becks Fusion
AWARDS
2011
Lürzer’s Archive 200 Best Illustrators 2011/12
2009
National Magazine Awards, Honourable Mention, Illustration
3x3 Illustration Annual no. 6, Professional Show, Institutional
American Illustration, Chosen AL28
TD Insurance Meloche Monnex Scholarship, Illustration, Ontario College of Art & Design, Toronto
2008
Creative Quarterly 11, New Talent Gallery, Illustration Gold Medal and Merit
3x3 Illustration Annual no. 5, Student Show
American Illustration, Chosen AL26
2007
Ross Mendes Memorial Scholarship, Illustration, Ontario College of Art & Design, Toronto
Joubin-Selig Bursary Award, Illustration, Ontario College of Art & Design, Toronto
2006
Curry’s Art Store Prize, Illustration, Ontario College of Art & Design, Toronto
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