Ophelia Chong is an accomplished illustrator. A graduate of the Art Center College of Design, she has worked exclusively for Raygun Magazine and David Carson. As a creative director of The Workbook, she garnered five design awards for print by hiring talent and challenging them with a limited budget, but offering them an open field to create. She is represented by W+S+W/NYC for her illustration which has been in over six gallery shows and been published worldwide.
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Special thanks to Ophelia Chong for the beautiful collage.
22: First the background questions, where did you grow up and how did you get involved with art?
OPHELIA CHONG:I grew up in the wilds of Canada, in the city of Toronto. I remember my first collage, in grade five; it was a collage made of magazine bits and it was blue and green. During my formative years I was an explorer, I would ride my bike from mid-town to the lake and back; I would disappear for a whole day, exploring the city on my three-speed bike. I quickly outgrew Toronto and packed up and left for Los Angeles. I went to the Art Center College of Design and graduated with a BFA in Painting. I am an adjunct professor there in the Photography Dept.
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http://the22magazine.wordpress.com/2011/05/02/an-interview-with-ophelia-chong/
Ophelia Chong takes found ephemera and builds a story around the image using one simple shape, a swoosh, which comes from an Exacto No.11 blade, a simple turn of the wrist, a bit of glue and building upon layer upon layer of color to create an interpretation of the original found image. Chong received her BFA in painting from the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena and currently works and resides in Los Angeles, California.
Ophelia Chong
Her Love
14.5 x 17.5 inches, collage on paper, 2009
See more at: Mahan Gallery – Welcome