ABOUT
Sudi Wang 王溯镝 is a printmaking artist based in Buffalo, NY, grow up in Yunnan, China. Working primarily in woodcut and relief printmaking, her work explores imagined mythologies, hybrid bodies, and monster imagery. Through slow, labor-intensive processes, she examines empathy, difference, and the ways societies define the human.
Artist Statement
When I was around six years old, my mother took me to Angkor Wat in Cambodia. I was deeply moved by the stone sculptures carved nearly 900 years ago. The figures were human-like, yet not quite human, and they sparked my curiosity about why and how these creatures were created. Behind these timeless works lies immense imagination and discipline. In today’s fast-paced world, it feels almost impossible to create with the same sense of patience and devotion.
In my printmaking practice, I create creatures born from imagined mythologies that reflect my inner world. I am drawn to the slow, repetitive process of wood carving and printmaking, which allows time for reflection and care. These creatures are not meant to inspire fear; instead, they invite contemplation and open conversations about how we recognize ourselves in others, and about the empathy required to accept difference.
We live in a world shaped by speed, efficiency, and digital culture. Through the slow process of printmaking, my work resists instant consumption. By working slowly, I reflect on modern anxiety and question how societies define the human—and how fear is often projected onto bodies that exist outside the norm.
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From Kunming, Yunnan, China. Now lives in Buffalo, NY.
EDUCATION
2024-2026 Master of Fine Art - Studio Art, University at Buffalo
2017-2021 Bachelor of Biology, minor in Visual Art, State University of New York at Fredonia
STUDIO RESIDENCY
2025 Artesumapaz, San Bernardo, Colombia.
2024 PILOTENKUECHE, Leipzig, Germany.
2022 Western New York Book Art Center, Buffalo, NY.
WORK
2025 - 2026 Instructor for Relief and Letterpress ART302 / University at Buffalo
2024 Instructor for 2D Concept ART105/ University at Buffalo
2022 - 2024 Woodblock Printmaking Workshop & Suminagashi Workshop/ Springville Center for the Art, Springville, NY.
2022 - 2024 Suminagashi Workshop & Woodblock Printmaking Workshop/ Western New York Book Art Center, Buffalo, NY.
2018 - 2020 Illustrator for SUNY Fredonia Newspaper ‘The Leader’/ SUNY Fredonia, NY.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2025 (Cancelled due to Funding cut) Beyond Relief, Castellani Art Museum, Niagara University, NY
2024 Monsterity/ Art Cafe, Springville, NY.
2023 Springville Monsterity Public Maul / Springville Center for art, Springville, NY.
2022 Monsterity/ Western NY Book Art Center Studio Gallery, Buffalo, NY.
2021 Monsterity/ SUNY Fredonia Printmaking Studio Art Department, Fredonia, NY.
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2025 Exposición / Artesumapaz, San Bernardo, Colombia
2025 Sequence - Nirvana / CEPA Gallery, Buffalo, NY
2024 Twins / Printmakers Guild of NY, Troy, NY
2024 SOY SAUCE / Emmitt-Christian Gallery, Fredonia, NY
2024 Monsterity - Mandala -mute BODY / Alte Handelsschule, Leipzig, Germany
2024 Monsterity - Little man - windy HOME / PILOTENKUECHE, Leipzig, Germany
2022 Monserity Serie Silent / “Daily Companion” exhibit, Online, McClain’s.com
2022 Monsterity Serie / Western NY Book Art Center, Buffalo, NY
2021 Monsterity Serie / Pine Apple Company, Buffalo, NY
ARTIST TALK
2024 PILOTENKUECHE, Leipzig, Germany.
2022 Western NY Book Art Center, Buffalo, NY.
2022 Springville Center for the Arts, Springville, NY.
PUBLICATION
2025 Beyond Relief: The Monsters of Sudi Wang, Castellani art museum by Castellaniart In Featured Artist
2024 Mural by Sudi Wang in Springville, NY. By Tom The Backroads Traveller
2024 Monsterity PILTENKUECHE Magazin 2024
2024 Monsterity Serie at McClain’s Catalog 2024 edition
2021 Self Publish Zine ‘PolyChromatic Beige’
2021 Self-publish Zine 'Exchange Stories’
AWARDS
2025 The Frances Morrison Memorial Scholarship
2024-26 Teaching Assistant Scholarship - University at Buffalo Art Department
2023 New York State Senate - Artist Certificate of Merit
2019 Best illustrator for SUNY Fredonia Newspaper ‘The Leader’
EXPERIENCE
2024-2026 Printmaking Lab Monitor
2024-2025 Photo lab Monitor
2024-2026 Video editor for University department of Art Speaker Series
2022 Volunteer Screen Printing + Letterpress / Western New York Book Art Center, NY.
2022 Book Festive Vendor/ Western New York Book Art Center, NY.
2022 Art Market Vendor/ Strange Time Studio, Buffalo, NY.
2019-2021 Fredonia Student Art Sale Vendor/ SUNY Fredonia, NY.
