Born 1994, Los Angeles, CA
Lives and works on Lenapehoking in Brooklyn, NY
Education
2021 Hunter College, MFA Painting
2016 School of Visual Arts, BFA Illustration & Cartooning
Solo Exhibitions
2026
Always Were, Plato Gallery, New York, NY
2023
A Spell For Refusal, Arsenal Contemporary, New York, NY
2019
Hereafter, The Spite Haus, Philadelphia, PA
Two-Person Exhibitions
2022
Find Yourself Alone In The Middle Of A Forest, with Tyler Krasowski, curated by Nora Boyd, Spring/Break Art Fair, Los Angeles, CA
2019
Half Past, with Justin Chance, Three Four Three Four Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Selected Group Exhibitions
2026
Provisional City, curated by Nina Piper and medievalist scholar Cynthia Hahn, Hunter College, New York, NY
Constellations of Difference, Tang Contemporary, Beijing, China
amuse-bouche, Hashimoto Contemporary, New York, NY
The Landscape of Infiltration, Tang Contemporary Art, Beijing 798 District No. 2, China
2025
Beyond the Present, Southampton Arts Center, Long Island, NY
Here’s Looking At You, Plato Gallery, New York, NY
Someone Is In My House, Galerie Lætitia Gorsy, Leipzig, Germany
Love Letter Show, Rusha & Co, Los Angeles, CA
Life, curated by Archie Raphulu, Future Fair, New York, NY
2024
The Seeds We Plant Today, Martha’s Contemporary, Austin, TX
SURVIVOR-GIRL, Ruby/Dakota, New York, NY
Vagabond Shoes, McBride Contemporain, Montreal, Canada
Game Over, Soloway Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2022
NY to Milan, F2T Gallery, Milan, Italy
Twist & Shout, She BAM Art, Leipzig, Germany
Graphite Stew, Upper Market Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2021
There Was Only This World, This Looted, Ventriloquized Earth, curated by Francesca Altamura in collaboration with HOOK ART, online
It Lives, 205 Hudson Gallery, New York, NY
2020
System Failure, Plastic Murs Gallery, Valencia, Spain
2019
Communion, QUAID Gallery, Tampa, FL
What We Emanate, Black Ball Projects, Brooklyn, NY
The Mnemonic Body, Hunter Gallery, New York, NY
Press
2026
Two Coats of Paint, Lucas Moran, “Opal Mae Ong: Worlds Weighing In”
PAPER Magazine, Lizard Chung, “The PAPER Guide to Downtown's Best Spring Art Shows”
BOOOOOOOM, Staff Feature, “Always Were”
Impulse Magazine, Charlotte Robertson, “amuse-bouche at Hashimoto Contemporary”
Art Spiel, Sara Aparicio, “Big Ideas, Tiny Work: Hashimoto Contemporary’s Amuse-Bouche Show Returns”
2025
Hypebeast, Erin Ikeuchi, “Plato Gallery’s Latest Shows Rewrite the Rules of Female Portraiture”
Art Viewer, “Someone Is In My House at Galerie Lætitia Gorsy, Leipzig”
The East Hampton Star, Mark Segal, “Celebrating a Collector’s Passion”
Observer, Elisa Carollo, “The Art Market Defies Doom & Gloom With Independent, Esther & Future Fair in Full Swing”
2023
Artforum, Critic’s Pick, “MUST SEE”
Juxtapoz, Editor’s Pick, “Opal Mae Ong Has Created: A Spell For Refusal”
2022
Artnet, Sarah Cascone, “In Pictures: The Best Art of Spring Break Los Angeles 2022”
Hyperallergic, Samantha Helou Hernandez, “The Spring/ Break Art Show Fills Up An LA Warehouse With Eccentric Visions”
Art Observed, D. Creahan, “Los Angeles: Spring/Break LA at Skylight Culver City”
Untitled Magazine, Maddie Street, “Highlights From Spring/Break Art Show Los Angeles 2022”
Drawer NYC, online feature by Corydon Cowansage, New York, NY
Special Projects
2025
Grief Studies, Contributing Artist & Writer. Collective self-published zine compiling works from Fariha Róisín’s first “Grief Studies” writing workshop, edited and designed by raya marie hazell and sierra stinson, with a foreword by Fariha Róisín.
2023
Love’s Other Name, Co-curator, The Spite Haus, Philadelphia, PA. Group exhibition exploring the intimacy of drawing with works by María Esthela, Sakura Maku, Miguel Martinez, and Phyllis Yao.
2021
The Conditional, Online Project, curated by Anaïs Castro, Arsenal Contemporary and 205 Hudson Gallery, New York, NY.
Residencies, Grants, Awards
2022 Invitational Artist in Residence, Arsenal Contemporary Art Residency, Montreal, Canada
2022 Leeman-Boskenbaum Endowment Graduation Award, Hunter College
2020 Stanton Grant
Teaching
2024 BFA Adjunct Assistant Professor, Hunter College, New York, NY
2023 MFA Thesis Advisor & Visiting Artist, School of Visual Arts, New York, NY
2023 BFA Visiting Artist Drawing, School of Visual Arts, New York, NY
2023 Teaching Artist, Studio In A School, New York, NY