RESUME

Al Wong - Resume
Email: redfan94103@yahoo.com Website: alwongart.com 

1972
Master of Fine Art, San Francisco Art Institute 

1960-1962
Additional Coursework, Art Academy of San Francisco 

Employment:

1975-2004 (retired 2004)
Fine Art Professor, San Francisco Art Institute 

1990
Visiting Professor, Mills College 

1978
Associate Professor, State University of Sonoma, Art Department 

1975-1977
Lecturer, State University of Sacramento Art Department 

Grants: 

2023
California Arts Council Legacy Individual Artist Fellowship

2022
Sheridan Prize for Art Honorable Mention, Category: Experimental Art

2021
Lightpress Grant, Interbay Cinema Society

2018
National Film Preservation Foundation & UC Berkeley Pacific Film Archives Federal Grant Winner for preservation of “Twin Peaks” 

1997
Flintridge Foundation Visual Artist Award 

1986
John Simon Guggenheim Fellowship (for Light & Shadow) 

1983
National Endowment for the Arts (for New Genres)

1984
Rocky Mountain Film Center 

1975
American Film Institute 

Advisory Positions & Memberships: 

1979-1994
Zen Center, San Francisco, Member

1982-1990
New Langton Arts, San Francisco, Artist Member

1984-1986
The New Museum, New York, Artist Advisor Board

1989
Capp Street Project, Artist Advisor Board

1990
California Arts Council, Artist Advisor Board

1992-1995
Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, Artist Advisor Board

Selected One Person Shows: 

1975
F&F Schule Fur Experimentelle Gestaltung, Zurich, Switzerland 

1978
Millenium, New York City 

1980
The Museum of Modern Art, New York City
Gallery Tamura Nishifukuda-cho 2, Kanda Chiyoda ku, Tokyo, Japan 

1981
S.I.T.E., Inc., Film Installation, San Francisco 

1982
Nexus Foundation for Today’s Art, Installation, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 

1983
The Cooper Union, Visiting Artist Series, New York City 

1984
New Museum, Workspace Exhibition, Installation (one month), New York City 

1988
Whitney Museum of American Art, 11 Installations, New York City
San Francisco State Office Building, Light & Shadow Dome, Installation, San Francisco, California 

1991
Zen Center, San Francisco 

1994
Light Clouds, San Francisco Fire Station #2, 42’9′′L x 6’8′′D, Public Art Installation, medium: ceramic frit glass, San Francisco, California 

2001
“Al Wong,” Gallery Paule Anglim, San Francisco 

2013
“Al Wong; Twin Peaks,” San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, California 

2018
“Lost Sister,” University of California, Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archives 

2021
“Out of the Vault: Twin Peaks,” Solo Film Screening, Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archives

2023
“Al Wong: Still Moving,” Solo Film Screening, Roxie Cinema & Canyon Cinema Foundation, San Francisco, CA

Selected Group Exhibitions: 

1967
Expo 67, Montreal, Canada, Representing U.S.A., films by young people 

1975
V International Festival of Cinema, Quebec, Canada 

1976
Dallas / Fort Worth & San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Exchange DFW / SFO Pacific Film Archive, University Art Museum, Berkeley, California
Celebrating Americans Bicentennial, San Francisco Art Institute,
An American Essay (OTHERSOURCES) 

1977
FILMMUSEUM, Vienna, Austria
LaPAGODE, Paris, France
FILMMUSEUM IM STADTMUSEUM, Munich, Germany 

1980
The 1980 Asian American Film Festival, New York City 

1981
EXCHANGE Show, Installation, LACE in Los Angeles & S.I.T.E. in San Francisco 

1984
New Langton Arts, Film Installation, San Francisco, California
San Francisco Art Commission Gallery, Shadow Drawing, Great Gifts, San Francisco, California 

1985
Mini Galeria, Shadow Installation, Zurich, Switzerland Kunst Museum, Shadow Installation, Bern, Switzerland 

1989
Museo de Arte Moderno, Cartagena, Columbia, South America
Centro Colombo Americano, Madellin, Columbia, South America Centro Colombo Americano, Bogota, Bogota, Columbia, South America Museo Arquelogico La Merced, Cali, Columbia, South America
Centro de Arte Actual, Pereira, Columbia, South America
Mincher / Wilcox, San Francisco, California 

1991
The Museum of Modern Art, New York, “25 Years Millennium, Film: Tea for Two 

1992
25 Years Millennium, Barcelona, Spain 

1995
“Old Glory / New Story: Flagging the 21st Century,” CAPP Street Project, San Francisco, California
“Old Glory / New Story: Flagging the 21st Century,” Santa Monica Museum, California “Facing Eden: 100 Years of Landscape Art in the Bay Area,” DeYoung Museum, San Francisco, California 

1997
“On the Rim,” Transamerica Pyramid Lobby, San Francisco, California 

2000
“Light Fantastic,” Walter McBean Gallery, San Francisco, California 

2001
“Osaka Triennale 2001,” Contemporary Art Space Osaka, Osaka, Japan 

2002
“Wish You Were Here!” A.I.R. Gallery, New York, NY 

2003
“Wish You Were Here Too!” A.I.R. Gallery, New York, NY “20th Annual National Juried Exhibition, Berkeley Art Center, CA 

2004
“Wish You Were Here III!” A.I.R. Gallery, New York, NY 

2013
“Solid Concept,” Gallery Paule Anglim, San Francisco, CA 

2014
“Paris Photo,” Los Angeles Art Fair, Represented by Gallery Paule Anglim, Paramount Picture Studios, Los Angeles California 

2015
“RETROSPECTIVE – Paule Anglim (1923 -2015)”, Gallery Paule Anglim, San Francisco, California 

2016
“Long Shadows: Al Wong / Terry Fox / Gary Beydler,” Artists’ Television Access, San Francisco, California 
“LUX Salon: Found Yet Lost – Rare American Experimental Films in the LUX Collection.”  Sunday, January 17, 2016, LUX Distribution, London UK
 

2018
“Bay Way,” University of California, Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archives “Bay Way 2,” University of California, Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archives 

2020

“Congruence,” Summer 2020 online exhibition, I Like Your Work podcast.com

2021
“16th Curated Artist Registry Exhibition”, White Columns, New York, NY
“Sheffield Doc/Fest,” International Film and Arts Festival, Sheffield, England, UK

2022

“Twin Peaks,” University of Chicago, Film Studies Center, Chicago, IL
“Gan Jue,” South China Art Museum, online exhibition, Guangzhou, China
“Meeting of Makers,” Jack Olson Gallery, Northern Illinois University, Decatur, IL
“Desencadres” Filmoteca de Galicia, Centro Galego De Artes da Imaxe, A Coruña, Spain
“24 Frames a Second,” Emerson College, Boston, MA
“Recent Acquisitions Program,” Film Screening, Canyon Cinema Foundation, San Francisco, CA.

2023
“Meeting of Makers,” Murray State University, Clara Eagle Gallery, Murray, KY
“Magic Hour: Intersections of Contemporary Film and Fiber Art,” Saint Kate – The Arts Hotel, Milwaukee, WI (video collaboration with fiber artist Holly Wong)
“Paule Anglim Archive Room, 500 Capp Street Foundation, San Francisco, CA 
“Under the Same Sun; 2nd Annual Contemporary Art Festival,” Edge on the Square, San Francisco Chinatown.  
“Mending Body/Mending Mind,” Schaefer International Gallery, Maui Arts & Cultural Center, (video collaboration with fiber artist Holly Wong)
“Alternative Visions,” Film Screening, Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archives.

2024
“In Flux,” Presented by SF Artists Alumni at the Museum of Northern California Art, Chico, CA
“The Spring Invitational,” 500 Capp Street, San Francisco, CA
“Celluloid Synergy: Experimental Films from 1960s–Now,” 47th Asian American International Film Festival
“Mending Body/Mending Mind,” A.I.R. Gallery, Brooklyn, NY.  Collaboration with Holly Wong
“29th Annual Online Curated Artist Registry exhibition,” White Columns, New York, NY

Permanent Collection: 

1968
University of California at Berkeley, Sound Tape Composition 

1970
Yale University, Dr. Walter Brown, Film: Tea for Two 

1975
Firenze, Italy, Art Tape/22, Video Tapes of 5 Films 

1977
American Film Institute, Film: Twin Peaks, Los Angeles, California
John F. Kennedy Center for Performing Arts, Washington, D.C., Film: Twin Peaks 

1984
San Francisco Art Commission, Fence 42′ x 7′, Light and Shadow Installation, San Francisco, California
Lyn Gumpert, Former Curator of New Museum, New York, Drawing
Ann Hatch, Former Director of CAPP Street Project, Shadow Installation, San Francisco, California 

1986
San Francisco Zen Center, San Francisco, California 

1988
Ann Walker, Director of Artspace, San Francisco, California
San Francisco State Office Building, Van Ness & McAllister, Light & Shadow Dome Installation, 11′ x 15′, San Francisco, California 

1994
Light Clouds, San Francisco Fire Station #2, 42’9′′L x 6’8′′ D. Medium: ceramic frit glass 

1995
Richard Mendelsohn, member of the Board of Directors, CAPP Street Project, San Francisco, California 

2004
Mark Waskow, Private Collection, New York, New York 

2017
University of California, Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archives (64 photocollage series titled Lost Sister, work on paper Square Burn, and the following 10 films:
Discount House, 69 Cents a Pound, Tea for Two, Moving Still, Same Difference, Working Class, Screen, Projector & Film (film installation), Puddle (film installation), Twin Peaks, 24 Frames.