Canadian. born, 1994 Beijing, CN
Lives and Works in New York, US
Contact
alicexgong@gmail.com
Education
2025 MFA, Sculpture, School of Art, Yale University, US
2016 BFA, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, US
Related Education
2019 MA Summer Intensive, Design Research, Writing, and Criticism, School of Visual Arts, US
Forthcoming
2026 Art Basel, Presented by Franz Kaka, Basel, CH
Solo & Two Person Exhibitions
2025
Heavy Fog, Franz Kaka, Toronto, CA
Sustain, Gallery Vacancy, Shanghai, CN
2024
Asymptote, circling, lower_cavity: CHAMBER, Holyoke, US
2023
Malar, House of Seiko, San Francisco, US
Group Exhibitions
2025
Eurhythmia, Silke Lindner, New York, US
Fourth River, Romance, Pittsburgh, US
Centrifugal, Island Gallery, New York, US
Time Thrift, Projects at Sheerly Touch-Ya Warehouse, Queens, US
To Save and To Destroy, Bank Gallery, New York, US
After (H)ours, Kiang Malingue, New York, US
(H)ours, MFA Thesis Exhibition, Yale School of Art, New Haven, US
2024
Nostalgic Mayfly, Stillife, Shanghai, CN
Can Thought Go On Without a Body?, Stilllife, New York, US
The Oil of Angels, Iowa, Brooklyn, US
Adaptation, Franz Kaka, Toronto, CA
2023
InSummer's Teeth, Silke Lindner, New York, US
why do i always fall out of bed at night?, Yale Art Gallery, New Haven, US
The Art of Access, New Collectors, New York, US
Embodied, Hercules Art Studio Program, New York, US
Mantle, Aminah Ibrahim Performance Series, New York, US
HOUSE, Hatch, New York, US
2022
Bury the Bridge, DUPLEX, New York, US
Rough Cuts, MASS Gallery, Austin, US
Looped \ Lykkjuo, Icelandic Textile Center, Blönduós, IS
The Patriot, O’Flaherty’s, New York, US
Merde!, Alyssa Davis Gallery Gala & Auction, New York, US
Titebond Infinity, 651 Woodward Ave, Brooklyn, US
Fairs
2026 Art Basel, Presented by Franz Kaka, Basel, CH *forthcoming
2025 Minor Attractions, Presented by Franz Kaka, London, UK
2024 NADA, Presented by Franz Kaka, New York, US
Residencies
2022 Icelandic Textile Center Ós Textile Residency, Blönduós, IS
2017 Autodesk Pier 9 Artist In Residence, San Francisco, US
2015 The Chipstone Foundation Object Lab 7.0, Milwaukee, US
Select Press & Art Writing
2026 “Heavy Fog”—Alice Gong Xiaowen. By Danica Pinteric. C Magazine, 29 January
2026 Heavy Fog, Wind on Steel. Fan Wu on Alice Gong Xiaowen. Franz Kaka, 7 Nov
2025 At Romance’s New Location, Pittsburg’s Fourth River Rises to the Surface. Petrichor. Zach Hunley, 15 July
2024 Adaptation at Franz Kaka, Toronto. By Terence Dick. Akimbo, February
2023 Cast iron dumpling sutures and winding graphite snakes in resonant ‘Malar’. By Bec Imrich. 20 June
Awards
AWARDS & FELLOWSHIPS
2025 Susan H. Whedon Award
2022 Canadian Council for the Arts Grant, Explore and Create: Professional Development for Artists
2015 John W. Kurtich Foundation Travel Fellowship: Crafting Contemporary Art in India
2012 School of the Art Institute of Chicago Creative Honors Scholarship
Lectures
2024 Moderator & Host, Sung Tieu Visiting Artist Talk, Yale School of Art, Department of Sculpture, US
2022 Visiting Artist Lecture and Symposium, On Display; The Infrastructure of Exhibition, Syracuse University,
School of Architecture, US
2021 Artist Talk, Multi-Disciplinary Design Lecture Series, University of Utah, Architecture & Planning, US