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Paul Wong is a Canadian musician, artist, and filmmaker. He is best known as the lead singer and guitarist of the Vancouver-based punk rock band, DOA. He is also the founder of the Vancouver New Music Society, which promotes experimental music and art.
Born on November 20, 1954, in Prince Rupert, British Columbia, Canada, Paul Wong is 66 years old as of 2021. He stands at a height of 5 feet 8 inches (1.73 m). He has a slim build with black hair and brown eyes.
Paul Wong is currently single. He was previously married to his longtime partner, artist and filmmaker, Barbara Adler. The couple had two children together.
Paul Wong has had a long and successful career in the music and art industry. He has released several albums with DOA, including Something Better Change (1980), War on 45 (1981), and Let's Wreck the Party (1982). He has also released several solo albums, including Paul Wong (1985), and Paul Wong and the All-Stars (1987).
In addition to his music career, Paul Wong is also an accomplished artist and filmmaker. He has exhibited his artwork in galleries around the world, and has directed several films, including the award-winning documentary, The Road to Nowhere (2006).
As of 2021, Paul Wong's net worth is estimated to be around $1 million. He has earned his wealth from his successful career in music, art, and filmmaking.
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In 2016 Wong was the recipient of the Audain Prize for Lifetime Achievement in the Visual Arts.
In 2014, Wong created "#LLL, Looking Listening Looping", and was the curator and artistic director of Thru the Trapdoor, an interdisciplinary art exhibition and event that took place from April 22 to 26, 2014. The event featured over 50 artists and curators.
In 2013, Wong created the #OMGSMAZ" social media art zones for the 2013 Main Street Car Free Day and the Kitsilano Music Festival, and "Year of GIF" for the City of Surrey's Surrey UrbanScreen.
In 2011, he curated 10 Seconds, another City of Vancouver Public Art Project that saw the commissioning of 10 artists creating new works for the Canada Line SkyTrain video screens in Vancouver.
He was the lead artist and curator of the "5" series, a major media art spectacle commissioned by the City of Vancouver for the 2010 Winter Olympics. These five site-specific events took place between February 13 to March 13, 2010, showcasing works from both Wong and selected guest artists. Produced by On Main Gallery, the event was part of Mapping and Marking Artist-Initiated Projects for Vancouver 2010.
In 2005, Wong was a recipient of a Governor General's Awards in Visual and Media Arts. Wong was the Canadian Spotlight Artist and also awarded Best Canadian Film or Video at the 2008 Toronto Reel Asian International Film Festival.
Wong plays the "Wiry Man" in Season 3, Episode 19 of The X-Files, Hell Money (originally aired 29 March 1996).
Wong was awarded the Bell Canada Award in Video Art in 1992. He was also the first recipient of the Transforming Art Award from the Asian Heritage Foundation in 2002. In 2003 he was the inaugural winner of the Trailblazer Expressions Award, created by Heritage Canada, the National Film Board of Canada and CHUM limited.
Wong is a founding member of several artists groups including the Video In / VIVO Media Arts Centre (Satellite Video Exchange Society 1973), and is a co-founding member of On The Cutting Edge Productions Society, which produced projects nationally and internationally from 1985 to 2007. These are archived at www.onedge.tv. On Edge was rebranded to On Main Gallery in 2007 www.onmaingallery.com. As Artistic Director/Curator, Wong shifted the focus back to Vancouver.
Wong, along with the other members of the Mainstreeters, is featured in Mainstreeters: Taking Advantage 1972-1982. Curated by Allison Collins and Michael Turner, and produced by grunt gallery, the exhibition surveys the history of a gang of Vancouver artists who lived and worked together.
Paul Wong, (born November 20, 1954 in Prince Rupert, British Columbia) is a Canadian multimedia artist. An award-winning artist, curator, and organizer of public interventions since the mid-1970s, Wong is known for his engagement with issues of race, sex, and death. His work varies from conceptual performances to narratives, meshing video, photography, installation, and performance with Chinese-Canadian cultural perspectives.
