Photography by Francisco Lopez de Arenosa
Hope Wang is a multimedia artist and creative entrepreneur based in Chicago, IL. She is the founding director of LMRM “loom room,” a project space working to broaden accessibility to weaving equipment for fiber artists in Chicago. Through LMRM, Wang develops events and collaborations that emphasize weaving as a contemporary art practice. Wang was also a founding organizer of Chicago Textile Week 2019 and 2021, a cross-disciplinary exposition connecting and strengthening textile communities throughout the city.
In the studio, her artwork explores memory, loss, and longing in the ever-shifting architectural landscape. Her practice encompasses painting, prints, photo collages, poetry, and textiles. Most recently in 2023, she was awarded a Visual Arts Fellowship from the Luminarts Cultural Foundation, as well as a Chicago Community Fellowship Fund from the Breakout Foundation. Wang was also a 2021 recipient of the gener8tor Art Accelerator Grant and a 2022 DCASE Chicago recipient of an Individual Artist Grant. Her work has been exhibited throughout the Midwest and beyond, which most recently includes the Villa Terrace Decorative Arts Museum in Milwaukee, WI and the Chinese American Museum of Chicago, IL. Wang holds a BFA from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago.
