Elaine K. Ng is an interdisciplinary artist who utilizes material investigation and process-based practices to explore our relationships to place and how we form knowledge. A first-generation American, she is influenced by her bilingual upbringing and thinks of her practice as an ongoing effort in translation. Her work examines the physical and psychological structures of site and the potential of our material environment to hold meaning. Her projects take shape around multi-faceted inquiries and span a broad range of media.
She is the recipient of a U.S. Fulbright Fellowship for research in Taiwan, and she has been a fellow at Winterthur Museum, Garden & Library, a resident at the Djerassi Resident Artist Program, and a Guest Artist at the Corning Museum of Glass. She exhibits internationally and has lectured and held visiting positions at NSCAD University, Tainan National University of the Arts, and the China Academy of Art. She holds a BA from the University of California, Davis, an MBA/MA from Southern Methodist University, and an MFA from Cranbrook Academy of Art.