Hope
Wang

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Hope Wang is a multimedia artist and creative entrepreneur based in Chicago, IL.

 

Her practice explores memory, loss, and longing in the ever-shifting architectural landscape. She is interested in capturing what always feels out of reach: the last seconds of the sun setting against the factory wall, the smell of asphalt baking in the summer heat, or the wavering space between an open storefront and a shuttered one.

Hope is also the founding director of LMRM “loom room,” a project space working to broaden access to digital weaving equipment for artists in Chicago. She is invested in equitable conditions for working artists, resource sharing, and moving at the speed of trust. She is a 2023 recipient of a Chicago Community Fellowship Fund from the Breakout Foundation for LMRM’s contributions to the city’s art community.

 

 

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Recent Highlights —

 


Solo Exhibitions

2025

 

(forthcoming)—Glass Curtain Gallery at Columbia College Chicago, IL

2024

Hope Wang—Degroot Fine Art, Chicago, IL

Step 1: rid the pomelo skin of bitterness—Chinese American Museum of Chicago, IL

Group Exhibitions

 

2024

Beyond: Tapestry Expanded—The Richard E. Peeler Art Center, Greencastle, IN

Holding Space—Chautauqua Visual Arts Galleries, Chautauqua, NY

Gateways—Roots and Culture, Chicago, IL

2023

Supernova—Villa Terrace Decorative Arts Museum, Milwaukee, WI

Awards & Recognition

 

2024

Fellowship Project Grant, Luminarts Cultural Foundation, Chicago, IL

project Funds granted toward the production of an upcoming solo exhibition in 2025 at the Glass Curtain Gallery of Columbia College Chicago.

2023

Chicago Community Fellowship Fund, Breakout Foundation, Chicago, IL

$10,000 Unrestricted grant. Gertie Chicago and Breakout Foundation Supports individuals and organizations dedicated to driving positive change, fostering connections, and creating lasting impact in Chicago.

Visual Arts Fellowship Grant, Luminarts Cultural Foundation, Chicago, IL

$10,000 Unrestricted Grant. The Luminarts Fellowship honors Chicago Artists for their excellence in Visual Arts, and provides Continued career support and future opportunities.

2021

Art Accelerator Grant, gener8tor Art, Milwaukee, WI

$15,000 Unrestricted Grant and A 12-week accelerator program. gener8tor Art helps artists With a social activism component to their practice achieve greater success by providing bespoke mentorship.

Featured Press

 

2023

Field Notes: Artist interview with Hope Wang

Warp and Weft Magazine, April 2023

 

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"In Wang’s practice, each material component is thoughtfully considered for its potential contribution to the overall concept. This aspect of her process is influenced by years of weaving, but also that of years in painting and photography, project managing for Chicago Textile Week, and collaboratively making through Spudnik Press. Now, she uses her artmaking knowledge and process to shape the infrastructure of her small business [LMRM]—growing slowly and moving toward pairings that feel right, layering newfound learnings with age-old self-knowing.”

Yesenia Bello, Practice Without Walls: Understanding the Artist-Administrator’s Creative Process