POW! WOW! Founder - Jasper Wong
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- čas přidán 10. 09. 2024
- Jasper Wong is an artist, illustrator, and curator. As an artist, he has exhibited worldwide, in places such as Japan, California, France, London, Mexico, New York, Hong Kong, Chicago, and Australia. He has also scored press in publications such as Communication Arts, Society of Illustrators, American Illustration, Taschen’s Illustration Now, Hypebeast, Booooooom, Arrested Motion, Hi-Fructose, Acclaim, Complex, Vice, Highsnobiety, VNA, Street Art News and Juxtapoz. Wong has been chosen as one of the HB100 multiple times. A list of Hypebeast's 100 most influential figures in the industry, which includes the likes of Kaws, Pharrel, Banksy, Jay Z and Kanye West. His clients include Hulu, NBA, Uniqlo, Versace, Microsoft, Bloomingdale's, Neiman Marcus, Toyota, Marvel, and others.
Jasper Wong is also the founder of a gallery in Hong Kong called ABOVE SECOND. In its existence, both Monocle magazine and CNN have chosen it as one of the best galleries in the city. He is the creator and lead director of World Wide Walls (formerly POW! WOW!), which is a non-profit organization of contemporary artists committed to community enrichment through the creation of art outreach programs, educational programs and engaging the community in the creation and appreciation of public art. We typically build walls to exclude, however, walls can also represent new zones of possibility, where true collaboration can take root. The festival has done projects in over 20 cities around the globe, such as Honolulu, Taipei, Tokyo, Nepal, Guam, Seoul, Helsingborg, Kathmandu, and others. He is also the co-founder of a creative community center called LANA LANE STUDIOS. He spends his free time teaching art classes at Palama Settlement, which is a community center in an underserved community. He recently co-founded and is the artist of a collection of 8,008 PFP NFTs called FOMO MOFO. Through his work as an artist and curator, Jasper Wong, has devoted his career to fostering new connections through art and reframing the conversations we have about space, both public and private, and how we can use art and NFTs as a tool to craft inclusive new communities.
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