Shavonne Wong is a Singaporean new media artist working with 3D and AI. [1]
Shavonne Wong is a Singaporean new media artist working with 3D and AI. [1]
Wong was born in Singapore. She attended Temasek Polytechnic, where she graduated with a diploma in information technology. [2]
In 2014, she undertook a month-long residency at the School of Visual Arts in New York City. [3]
Wong began working professionally as a photographer in the early 2010s. In 2010, she co-founded Zhiffy Photography, a Singapore-based photography studio. [4] Her on-set style led to repeated invitations as a featured photographer on Asia's Next Top Model cycles in 2017 and 2018, giving her pan-regional visibility. [1]
When COVID-19 restrictions halted conventional shoots, Wong taught herself Blender and started sculpting digital humans that emphasise diverse Asian features as a new media artist and 3-D virtual model creator. The experiments grew into Gen V Agency, launched in August 2020, which supplies virtual models. [5] [6] In 2020, she was also included in the Forbes 30 Under 30 Asia list in the arts category. [4] In 2021, Wong began selling her work as NFTs. [1] Her first collection, "Love is Love," was released in November 2021 and consisted of 500 pieces themed around different types of relationships. [7] [8] The collection sold out within an hour, and actor Idris Elba later acquired three works on the secondary market. [7] [9]
In 2022, Wong worked with Lenne Chai on By Proxy, overlaying her virtual avatars onto Chai's photographs of Singapore neighbourhoods to evoke childhood memories. [7] Wong is also a co-founder of NFT Asia, a non-profit group supporting web3 artists across the region. [10] [11]
In 2023, Wong presented her first solo exhibition, The Ties That Bind, at Singapore's UltraSuperNew Gallery, where from 18 to 31 March she presented interactive augmented-reality installations and dynamic NFT works that invited reflection on human connection. [12] [13] [14]
In 2024, Wong debuted Meet Eva Here, an interactive installation built around a conversational AI companion named "Eva." It premiered in the ArtScience Museum Singapore, then was later shown in ART SG 2025 and Taipei Dangdai 2025. There was also a performance lecture about it at Art Central 2025 (HK). [15] Later, Wong's solo exhibition EVA was exhibited at The Columns Gallery, Singapore. [16] [17]
Wong's digital works have been shown at the Cameroon Pavilion of the 59th Venice Biennale (2022), Art Dubai (2022) and SEA Focus, Singapore (2022). [8] In September 2021, she and Dutch digital-fashion house The Fabricant created Vogue Singapore’s first NFT magazine cover, The RenaiXance Rising. [18] She also collaborated with Marie Claire Arabia in 2023 and created 3D art models of Arab women which were exhibited in Paris. [19] In 2025, she worked with Shu Uemura to create the first phygital collection. [20]
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