about

about

free, passionate and optimistic...
I am Rachel Wong ,黄彦嘉, artist, painter, illustrator and tattoo artist. I draw visual "poetry" with characters in imaginary landscapes.

origins

Born in Hong Kong and raised on the pencil from a young age, Rachel Wong turned her innate love of drawing into the beginning of a promising artistic career. At the age of two, she moved to Paris, becoming a Parisian at heart and soul. Rachel went on to study architecture at ENSA Paris Val-de-Seine, honing her talent for artistic creation and integrating art and drawing into her daily life.

Since middle school, Rachel's scrap paper has been a canvas on which she has let her imagination run wild. In high school, she introduced "grouillots" into her drawings, these characters that reveal the scale in architectural drawing. Her artistic journey has been enriched by participating in a one-year exchange at the Tianjin School of Architecture, thus delving deeply into her Chinese culture.

influences and inspirations

Her varied influences include architectural drawings, city plans, traditional Chinese shanshui 山水 paintings, the surrealist imagery of Magritte and the pastel tones of Monet. Today, she describes her works as "visual poetry", composed by figures in landscapes, figurative but non-realistic drawings, offering two distinct readings depending on the proximity of the viewer. She believes in the universe and every sign of life, finding inspiration in natural landscapes, mountains and waters, stars, the moon, rainbows and bamboo.

Her preferred medium is pencil, capable of delicately fading or more intense marking, as well as fine felt-tip pens accompanied by watercolors. Pastel colors, soft and poetic, permeate her creations, guided by her emotions and inspired by real or imaginary landscapes, love stories and moments of life lived. Each of Rachel's drawings offers a multitude of readings, reflecting her journey towards self-confidence, her evolution in life and above all, her feelings and emotions at the time of creation. Her works subtly capture the variety of her hypersensitive and dreamy personality, underlined by the diversity of the palettes, the finesse of the lines and the complexity of the whole.

dreams and aspirations

Her art, a true reflection of her journey, testifies to her status as a free, passionate, and optimistic artist. Rachel has rediscovered in the worlds she draws a form of reverie, the unexpected, the unstructured, the random, and the imaginary—a freedom she doesn't always have the leisure to allow herself in architecture and other areas of her life.

Today, Rachel shares her watercolor knowledge during workshops with Atelier Aquarelle Paris, which she founded with her friend/colleague Silvia Jimenez. She tattoos, illustrates professional projects, and shares her life as an artist on social media like a journal. Her dream is to share her art in all its forms, to evolve in symbiosis with her creativity, and to grow as an artist.
Through her art, she aspires to reveal to the world the smallness of human beings on Earth, simultaneously exploring the notions of cosmicity and the human capacity to create monumental ideas.

achievements

  • collaborations with/for:


    Sakura Color Products
    DONG HUONG
    Etagère Café
    IOKKO
    L'essentiel
    BUBBLE FEVER (Paris Fair)

  • exhibitions and pop ups

    Art Number 23 , online exhibition. December 2020.
    25 candles , Le Préau, Paris, solo exhibition. December 2022.
    Lechuchoo , Paris, collective pop-up. October 2023.
    Artistic Village , Centrale Supélec, collective event. November 2023.
    BARGELL x WONG , Espace 7, Paris, group exhibition. January 2024.
    Marguerite Charlie Souk , Saint-Denis, June 2024.
    HAPPY BLUE TEA , Paris, exhibition of creations, June-July 2024.
    IOKKO , Paris, collective pop-up. August 2024.
    EQUILIBRIUM , Paris, group exhibition. October 2024.
    Artistic Village , Centrale Supélec, collective event. November 2024.
    Let’s Unite Hearts , Paris, solidarity market. December 2024.
    Marguerite Charlie , Christmas Exhibition. December 2024.
    Marguerite Charlie , Solo Exhibition. January 2025.
    MyCowork Beaubourg , Paris, Personal exhibition. February 2025.

  • workshops and activities

    Paris Fair with Bubble Fever . Live painting traditional Chinese painting. May 2024.
    Paris Fair with Bubble Fever. Watercolor workshops. May 2024.
    Val House. Watercolor workshop. January 2025.
    Villiers-le-Mahieu Castle. Watercolor workshop. February 2025.
    The Social Hub Paris. Watercolor workshop. February 2025.
    Café Shelf. Watercolor workshops (regular) since 2023.
    Kawaa Daumesnil. Watercolor workshop. Since February 2025.