NEON LIGHTS Print by JASPER WONG
Details
- Size: 12" x 12"
- The original "Neon Lights" is a vibrant and dynamic mixed-media painting that showcases Jasper's innovative use of diverse materials, including acrylic paint, spray paint, paint sticks, colored pencils, graphite, markers, airbrush, and virtually anything he can get his hands on. The piece is richly layered with texture and color, capturing the essence of bustling urban landscapes that have deeply influenced his artistic journey.
- The painting pays homage to the iconic neon lights of Hong Kong, a city that holds profound personal significance for Jasper. It embodies the pulsating energy of the metropolis where his family originates and where he spent countless childhood summers and formative periods of his adult life. Through this work, Jasper seeks to celebrate the vibrant chaos and luminous beauty that define Hong Kong's streets.
About the Artist
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, and Jay Z. 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, and 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. 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.