Interview with Wowser Ng
Born in 1998, based in London. As a master's degree student at UAL currently. He got a letter of recommendation from Steve Brodner in 2019. His artwork is selected for the 5th Fida Awards Final list, jungle illustration award 2021-New Talent.
He exhibits globally, including in Shanghai, New York, and London. Wowser designed fashion illustrations for many brands, including SAINT LAURENT, L 'Oreal Paris and co-designed artwork《Mirror Garden》with Florentia Village in 2021.
Can you tell us about the moment you decided to pursue a career as an artist?
I don't know how I ended up being a professional artist. I just had artistic differences with my teacher at first when I as an undergraduate student. Maybe that helped shape my style. I remember that their worksexploref agrestic art, so my works are somehow very fashionable because of my rebellion. They like the high-grade gray of Giorgio Morandi, and I always choose the high saturated pop color in every homework. Maybe it is this very rebellious character that makes my works very different from others and makes me embark on this road. A true artist must have the rebellious spirit to break the rules, right?
What kind of an artist do you ultimately see yourself?
I think I'm very difficult to define, I have a very close relationship with the fashion industry, I'm a fashion artist to some extent. However, I will not be completely dependent on business. I will convey some social topics worthy of criticism through fashion, reflecting and criticizing the society. Most of my work is conceptual painting, so I am also a conceptual artist. Finally, I am not an artist using traditional media. Most of my works are digital paintings. To some extent, I am also a digital artist.
What do you want your art to convey to the people who see it? What is the meaning or creative motivation behind your work?
Through my art, I hope to convey to people that under the shadow of the Z era and consumerism, profound has been far away from our life. Our brains are dominated by fashion and superficial images. I reveal the topic of the relationship between commodities and people. Meanwhile, under the influence of Pop culture, commodity is further defined as the connotation of anti-art. I want to break that. My work is also a criticism and challenge to pop art and consumerism.
Can you tell us about the process you use to create your works? What is your typical workday routine?
I usually read a lot of books on philosophy and literature, combining my personal experience with current social issues worth discussing. Form a suitable text worth discussing. Then, by investigating various fashion products, I use these fashion products to form an appropriate context to convey my ideas.
Where do you find inspiration? What motivates you to create?
Most of my inspirations come from self-exploration and my own experience, through my connection with the society. Many of my works were created when I was very sad. For example, I had a lot of bad love experiences. Every time I was sad, I would have a special motivation to speak. Later, when I found speak cannot let out my emotions, I began to create art.
What has been your most outstanding achievement to date?
I'm still young, so I'm still working on it, and I probably haven't made any outstanding achievements yet. I currently completed my dream of a worldwide exhibition at the age of 23 and held my solo exhibition at the age of 24.
What are your ultimate career goals?
I have always been very ambitious. I research digital painting as a new medium, developing my own artistic language, and finding my crucial position in contemporary art with this new language and media
What are you working on now, and what can we expect from you soon?
I am now preparing for my first solo exhibition, which I think is very fashionable and thought-provoking. Information about the exhibition will be available soon.
