Tiffany Wong is an emerging artist based in Montréal, Canada. Her art practice is interdisciplinary and environmentally conscious. Combining painting, textile art and most recently sculptures, she opts for inks and paints that she makes from organic materials and natural earth pigments. Her abstract work uses a vocabulary of line, shape, colour and texture to explore themes of motherhood, childhood, dreams and nature. In 2012, Wong obtained a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Concordia University in Montreal. Following the birth of her first child in 2018, she began devoting herself full-time to her art practice. As of 2022, she is represented by Wishbone Art Gallery in Montreal. Her work is collected in homes across Canada and the USA.
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Which neighbourhood are you in?
I am from the Côte-des-Neiges neighbourhood. I’m grateful for the fact that much of Cote-des-Neiges remains ungentrified and that I am exposed to so many diverse cultures and foods every day.
What do you do?
I am a multi-disciplinary artist who started primarily as a painter. My artist practice has grown to include sculpture, textile and fiber art. As a way to reduce my environmental footstep, I use non-toxic art materials and I make inks and paints from natural sources. I am into “reusing” and reducing textile waste and often use discarded toys and textiles outgrown by my children and canvas trimmings from my studio. Beyond the obvious environmentally conscious reasons, I also reuse because I am also interested in the past lives of objects and materials that I transform into art. It’s so interesting to me how much importance an object can have (like my kid’s favourite stuffed animal) before it becomes textile waste. This transformation is the sort of alchemy that has been driving my art practice lately.
What are you currently working on?
Currently, I am working on a body of work that centres around the idea of aether, which is considered the fifth element in medieval and ancient science. For us, it’s basically outer space but for them, it was mystical and their connection to a higher power. The body of work will include more silk paintings, sculptures and fibre art. I will also continue to find ecological ways to make the work as I usually do.
Where can we find your work?
I have a solo show up at Wishbone until May 25th. The pieces on view right now are very special to me and they include paintings on canvas and silk and an installation of mobiles made of repurposed materials. We can find my work on Wishbone Art Gallery where I am represented or on my personal website. Follow @wishboneart and my account @tiffanywlart on Instagram for future events and to follow my art practice!
