Elaine K. Ng - December, 2019
“I loved my studio space and its glorious view of the ocean and surf. Being able to watch the surf come in and the weather change each day - you would think this would be unproductive, but actually it gave me the peaceful and expansive mental space I needed to work. Surf Point has all the makings for an exceptional residency program: a legacy specifically in support of the artistic process, an intangible spirit of place, and a generous and supportive staff and organization. What more could an artist ask for?”
Elaine K. Ng explores the physical and psychological structures of site. Her multi-disciplinary practice uses material investigation, writing, and research to examine collective knowledge of place. It manifests as installations and sculptural objects that are often poetic in sensibility and play off the architecture of a space. Her most recent work has been focused on the patterns and materials that help define place and our relationship to it. Born in Dallas, Texas to immigrants, Elaine first trained as a classical musician and then studied pre-veterinary medicine and ceramics at the University of California, Davis. She went on to obtain an MBA and an MA in Arts Administration from Southern Methodist University. After a 10-year career in nonprofit management, she returned to the studio to focus on her own artwork and completed her MFA from Cranbrook Academy of Art in 2014. She exhibits internationally, has been a Visiting Professor at NSCAD University and a Visiting Artist at Tainan National University of the Arts, and has lectured at the China Academy of Art in Hangzhou, China. She is a 2019 Artist in Residence at the Djerassi Resident Artist Program and a 2019-20 Research Fellow with the Winterthur Museum, Garden and Library, and was recently named the Maine Arts Commission’s Visual Artist Fellow for 2020. In 2017-18, Elaine was awarded a U.S. Fulbright Fellowship for research in Taiwan. Elaine is currently showing work in a group exhibition at Able Baker in Portland.
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More of his work can be seen at www.elainekng.com.