Yuntong (Momo) Wu
Yuntong Wu
Yuntong Wu, go by Momo, is an interdisciplinary artist, educator, and a curator. Her work explores the impact of time on human culture and collective memory, incorporating ancient mythology and imagined mysticism. She graduated from the San Francisco Art Institute, then had her studio and teaching career in LA. She has exhibited and curated exhibitions at various museums and galleries, including Sasse Museum of Art, Chaffey Community Museum of Art, and Paul Williams Art Gallery. She was invited as visiting artist to give lectures and artist talks at Claremont Graduate University, the Rembrandt Club of Pomona College, and the Brookfield Asian Professional Network at Victoria Gardens. She recently moved to Sacramento, and will continue to develop her art practice.
EXPERIENCE
2026-now Education Associate, Verge Center for the Arts, Sacramento, CA
2023-2026 Owner and Teacher, Ginkgo Arts
2022-2023 Director of Exhibition Committee, Chaffey Community Museum of Art
2020-2022 Gallery Director, Progress Gallery, Pomona, CA
2019 Resident Artist, Grünewald Guild, Leavenworth, WA
2018 Event and Project Assistance, International Art Museum of America, CA
EXHIBITIONS
Solo Exhibition
2025 Random Thoughts on Lives, Twinkle Monster Art Gallery, Diamond Bar
2022 Cycles of Cosmos, Paul Williams Gallery, Ontario
2021 The World in Between, Downtown Pomona Owners Association, Pomona
2021 Familiar Strangeness, Progress Gallery, Pomona
2019 Contemplations of the Infinite, International Art Museum of America, San Francisco
2016 Water and Wild, Book and Job Gallery, San Francisco
Curatorial Exhibition
2024 Breaking Boundaries, Paul Williams Gallery, CA
2024 The Realm of Possibilities, Sasse Museum of Art, CA
2024 Spatial Dialogues, Chaffey Community Museum of Art, CA
2023 Beyond Words, Chaffey Community Museum of Art, CA
2023 In Another Language, Ontario Mills, Ontario, CA
2023 Cat and Other Mysteries, Chaffey Community Museum of Art, CA
2023 Once Upon a Time, Gong Art Gallery, New Port Beach, CA
2023 Time, Love, and Gravity, Gong Art Gallery, New Port Beach, CA
2022 Distorted Landscape, Sasse Museum of Art, Pomona, CA
2022 Diverse Voice of Hers,(Conjunction exhibition with the dA Center), Pomona, CA
2021 Body as a Portal, The Progress Gallery, CA
2021 Connecting Perspectives, The Progress Gallery, Pomona, CA
2021 Anti-Reality, The Progress Gallery, Pomona, CA
2020 On the Paper, The Progress Gallery, Pomona, CA
2018 Yugen, Diego Rivera Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2017 In the Realm of Possibility, Magoski Arts Colony, Fullerton, CA
Selected/Group
2022 Time, Love, & Gravity, The Pomona Arts Colony, CA
2020 16th Women International Show, Latino Art Museum, Pomona, CA
2019 The Power of Small Things, Port Angeles Fine Arts Center, Port Angeles, WA
2019 World of Abstraction, San Francisco Women Artists Gallery, CA.
2018 Open Book Show III, 1890 Bryant Studio, San Francisco, CA
TALK
2023 Visiting Artist Lecture, Claremont Graduate University, Claremont
2022 Artist as Curator, Brookfield Asian Professional Network, Victoria Garden, Ontario, CA
2022 Perceive the Unperceivables, Rembrandt Club of Pomona College & Claremont, CA
2021 Artist as Curator, Chaffey Community Museum of Art
2020 On the Paper, 3rd Saturday Art Talk with the Sasse Museum of Art
COLLABORATIVE PROJECT
2021 Airport Art Project, Ontario International Airport, Terminal 2, CA
2018 The Emergency Has Been Every Day, Diego Rivera Gallery & Carlsbad Museum of Art, CA & NM
SELECTED PUBLICATION/PRESS
2023 Rising Stars: Meet Yuntong Wu, Voyage LA, US
2021 Cross-cultural Impact: A Group Exhibition, ‘On the Paper’” On-line publication, The Pomonan, US
2020 Stories from the Art, Museum Catalog, Sasse Museum of Art, US
2020 Cover Art, Split Rock Review, Issue 14, US
2019 Murze Magazine, Issue 6, Guernsey
2017 Chinese New Art, On-line.
