Join Intuit Art Museum and artist Karla Wong to celebrate the opening of her solo exhibition, Karla Wong: Journeys of Being. 

Enjoy Mexican cocktails, bites, a live performance by world-renowned singer and friend of the Karla, Geo Meneses. After a toast to Karla and her work, make your way to the exhibition gallery for the grand reveal of Journeys of Being. 

The reception is free to attend. Registration is encouraged. 

Schedule 

5 pm: Reception in CLEO 

6 pm: Performance by Geo Meneses in CLEO and a toast to Karla’s exhibition 

6:30 pm: Exhibition viewing in the Robson Gallery 

About the Exhibition  

Karla Wong’s work is a love letter to her Mexican culture, drawing on her life experiences, her identity as a trans woman and the landscape of her dreams. Born in Veracruz in 1974 to parents from Oaxaca, Wong immigrated to the Chicago area in 2016. She maintains a strong connection to Mexico, continuously traversing between her native and adopted countries. 

Although she graduated from the Benito Juarez De Oaxaca University of Law, a lifelong interest in drawing led her to work as a forensic and witness sketch artist for the general prosecution and justice department, drawing facial reconstructions and composites. Wong’s interest-turned-passion led her to develop a more serious art practice, trading in her pencils for oil paints. Her artwork is a vivid blend of traditional Oaxacan elements with Victorian style influences; Surrealist in nature, the work explores themes of life and death, gender identity, self-discovery, and dream-like portal archways leading to mysterious places.