Ellie Kayu Ng b. 1998

Ellie Kayu Ng (b. 1998, Hong Kong) is a Brooklyn-based painter exploring identity through self-portraiture. Ng holds a BFA in Illustration from the School of Visual Arts and an MFA in Painting from the New York Academy of Art. In her work, she embodies imagined identities by wearing the outfits she wishes to own, capturing these transformations on canvas. A recipient of the Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation grant, Ng had her first solo exhibition at VillageOne Gallery in New York in 2022. Her work has been featured in juried print exhibitions such as New American Paintings and Friend of the Artist, and has been included in group exhibitions across New York, Los Angeles, Brussels, Tokyo, Milan, and Paris.