Hi! I am Mercedes.
I am a Hong Kong-born artist and painter.
Mercedes Ng was born and raised in Hong Kong and is now living in Salt Lake City, Utah. She was educated at University of Utah and later finished her Bachelor of Arts in Brigham Young University in 2020. She specializes in oil paintings that are associated with her upbringing and her identity as a BIPOC artist. She was a grant recipient of the New Beehive Show awarded by the Utah Division of Arts & Museums and the “I Am” project organized by the Center for LDS Arts.
Her oil paintings display her fascination with the grand skyline of Hong Kong and ordinary objects of everyday life. Sometimes, behind the whimsical and vibrant colors hides an uncanny reality of her home.
Mercedes' work is influenced by Wayne Thiebaud and Rackshaw Downes. In her practice, she tries to follow this motto by Thiebaud, "I think of myself as a beginner. Sometimes that's the whole joy. If you could just do it, there'd be no point in doing it."
In case you couldn't tell, she loves food and the randomness of life. She paints not only to educate others but also to outrun her boredom.
Education
2020
Bachelor of Art, Brigham Young University
Provo, Utah
Solo Exhibitions
2024
Solo Exhibition: The H City, Finch Lane Gallery (November 22, 2024 – January 3, 2025)
Salt Lake City, Utah
2023
Solo Exhibition: Recollection, Salt Lake Community College Edna Runswick Taylor Foyer (March 16- April 28, 2023)
Salt Lake City, Utah
2023
Solo Exhibition: In the Midst of Gods (February 25-26, 2023)
Itoshima, Fukuoka, Japan
2022
Solo Exhibition: Cognizance, Anderson-Foothill Library (August 13 - October 6, 2022)
Salt Lake City, Utah
2022
Solo Exhibition: Recollection, Likkle Gallery (April 26 - May 10, 2022)
New York City, New York
2020
Solo Exhibition: Fill in the Blank, BF Larson Gallery (July 6 - July 24, 2022)
Provo, Utah
Group Exhibitions
2024
100th Annual Spring Salon, Springville Museum of Art
(April 27- July 6, 2024 )
Springville, Utah
2024
Rooted in Our Roots, Weber State University
(April 2-30, 2024 )
Ogden, Utah
2024
Holladay Fine Art Show, Holladay Arts Council
(March 18-22, 2024 )
Holladay, Utah
2024
All Shapes & Sizes, JKR Gallery
(March 1-23, 2024 )
Provo, Utah
2024
Shades of Expression, Urban Arts Gallery
(February 6 - March 3, 2024 )
Salt Lake City, Utah
2023
President's Show, Salt Lake Community College South City Campus
(November 9-27, 2022)
Salt Lake City, Utah
2023
Art by Hong Kongers, Curated by Urban Poets, Markham Museum
(October 7-8, 2023)
Toronto, Canada
2023
Hong Kong Artists Pop-up Exhibition, Anderson Foothill Library
(October 7, 2023)
Salt Lake City, Utah
Publications
2022
Publication: All She Makes Magazine Issue 5
2020
Publication: 35x35 Project, Copelouzos Family Art Museum
Greece
Grants & Awards
2023
Artist Career Empowerment Grant, Salt Lake City Arts Council
Salt Lake City, Utah
2023
Strings of Diplomacy
Salt Lake City, Utah
2022
Holladay Arts Council Fine Art Show and Sale - Amateur Oil 2nd Place (March 18-25, 2022)
Holladay, Utah
2021
New Beehive Grant, Utah Division of Arts & Museums
Salt Lake City, Utah
2021
I AM Grant for BIPOC artists: Center for Latter-day Saint Arts
New York City, New York
2020
Annual Open Studio Award, Brigham Young University
Provo, Utah
2020
Talent Award, Brigham Young University
Provo, Utah
Artist Residencies
2023
Artist Residency: Studio Kura, Fukuoka, Japan (February, 2023)
Fukuoka, Japan
2019
Artist Residency: Collaboration with artists from Ireland, UK, New Mexico, Massachusetts, and Utah. Sponsored by the Brigham Young University Art Department (Summer, 2019)
Iceland
2023
Abstracted and Architected, JKR Gallery (August 4 - 18, 2023)
Provo, Utah
2023
BIPOC Women of Utah, JKR Gallery (July 10 - 30, 2023)
Provo, Utah
2023
The Art of Belonging, UVU Museum of Art (May 23 - Sep 16, 2023)
Orem, Utah
2023
48th Annual Statewide Competition, Bountiful Davis Art Center (May 12-July 15, 2023)
Bountiful, Utah
2023
99th Spring Salon, Springville Museum of Art (April 26 - July 8, 2023)
Springville, Utah
2023
Visions of Gaia, Urban Arts Gallery (April 4-30, 2023)
Salt Lake City, Utah
2023
Holladay Arts Council Fine Art Show and Sale (March 18-24, 2023)
Holladay, Utah
2022
5th Annual Public Art Show, Scera Center for the Arts (November 4- December 31, 2022)
Orem, Utah
2022
President's Show, Salt Lake Community College South City Campus (November 3-18, 2022)
Salt Lake City, Utah
2022
JKR Gallery Business Card Art Show (September 2-30, 2022)
Provo, Utah
2022
'Inherit’, Place|Lab Collective, Ballinglen Museum of Art (August 27- September 27, 2022)
Ballycastle, Ireland
2022
I AM: The Journey, Center for Latter-day Saint Arts (June 17-19, 2022)
Salt Lake City, Utah
2022
300 Plates, Art Access (May 19, 2022)
Salt Lake City, Utah
2022
98th Spring Salon, Springville Museum of Art (April 27 - July 2, 2022)
Springville, Utah
2022
Holladay Arts Council Fine Art Show and Sale - Amateur Oil 2nd Place (March 18-25, 2022)
Holladay, Utah
2021
Holiday Cultures, Ogden Union Station (December 3, 2021 - February 11, 2022)
Ogden, Utah
2021
Group online exhibition: Wonderful World, La Fenice Art Gallery (October 12 - November 11, 2021)
Hong Kong
2021
New Beehive Show, Eccles Gallery (July 8 - September 3, 2021) and Granary Arts (October 6, 2021 - January 21, 2022)
Salt Lake City, Utah
2020
B-66 Show, BF Larson Gallery
Provo, Utah
2020
Geneva Road, BF Larson Gallery
Provo, Utah
2019
Dis/ Place, Provo gallery
Provo, Utah
2019
Odd Nature, Santa Fe Community College
Santa Fe, New Mexico