Alice Wang makes sculptures and experimental films that interrogate medium-specificity as both a conceptual schema and in the exploration of forms. Taking a phenomenological approach where the body is the site of knowledge production situated within a non-geocentric universe, Wang ventures to the Arctic, Biosphere 2, the Mayan Pyramids, and other geological, technological, and archaeological sites to investigate the uncanny dimensions of the natural world. Using metamorphic substances such as fossils, meteorites, electrons, plants, and heat, Wang engages the medium of sculpture as a critical framework to examine metaphysical questions about the nature of reality. Wang employs a post-minimalist process for object-making, combining geometric abstraction with material, form, scale, color, and texture, striking a balance between mathematical thinking and sensual physicality. Similarly, to short-circuit cognitive operations and reclaim the intelligence of the body, Wang’s structuralist approach to moving images calls attention to the perceptual qualities of the cinematic experience. Incorporating guided meditation, GoPro footage shot on the snowmobile and diving underwater, and found footage of clips released by the US Navy and other sources, Wang’s films unfold like surrealist objects, shapeshifting in time.

Upcoming group exhibitions include New Humans: Memories of the Future, curated by Massimiliano Gioni at the New Museum; Slow Revolution, film program curated by Yan Fang at the Department of Culture and Education of the German Consulate General, an associated presence of the Goethe-­lnstitut in Shanghai; Against Outer Space, curated by Zachary Korol Gold and Valerie Olson at The Beall Center for Art + Technology. Wang’s first institutional solo exhibition in New York will open in February 2026 at the International Studio and Curatorial Program, curated by Melinda Lang with an accompanying exhibition catalog featuring an essay by Bettina Funcke.