About
Sudi Wang believes that through art, we can find common ground, share experiences, and foster empathy. Through her woodcut relief prints, she harnesses the power of storytelling. These stories harken back to her childhood growing up around South Asia, where various cultures, religions, and traditions meet and often include monsters. She refers to the combining of monsters and humanity as “Monsterity”. The monsters are not meant to instill fear, but to provoke contemplation and spark conversations about our shared humanity and the essence of our existence.
Having discovered print making at university, she finds it an organic process with each step in the process having its own significance. From the moment the blade cuts into the wood to the exposing of the print, there is a connection that goes deeper than the surface.
Written by Maeshelle West-Davies (Director at PILOTENKUECHE)
Artist Statement
My current project, "Monsterity" (Humanity + Monsters), explores the creation of monsters influenced by diverse cultural histories. The monster becomes a lens through which I examine civilization’s evolution, reflecting the socio-political and spiritual forces that shape societies. As Umberto Eco states, "Attributions of beauty or ugliness are often due not to aesthetic but to socio-political criteria." Through "Monsterity," I strive to portray the significance of monsters in shaping collective human behavior across time, embody societal fears and cultural hierarchies, representing the balance between good and evil, life and death.Woodcut printmaking, a mindful process where I dedicate great energy to completing each piece. The monsters I create reflect humanity’s formative fears, the nature of gods, and the celebration of life, ancestry, and imagination.
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From Kunming, Yunnan, China. Now lives in Buffalo, NY.
EDUCATION
2024-2026 Master of Fine Art - Studio Art, University at Buffalo
2017-2021 Bachelor of Biology, minor in Visual Art/ State University of New York at Fredonia
STUDIO RESIDENCY
2024 PILOTENKUECHE, Leipzig, Germany.
2022 Western New York Book Art Center, Buffalo, NY.
WORK
2025 Spring semester Teaching Assistant-Relief and Letterpress / University at Buffalo
2024 Fall semester Teaching Assistant-2D Concept / University at Buffalo
2022 - 2024 Woodblock Printmaking Workshop & Suminagashi Workshop/ Springville Center for the Art, Springville, NY.
2022 - 2024 Suminagashi Workshop & Woodblock Printmaking Workshop/ Western New York Book Art Center, Buffalo, NY.
2018 - 2020 Illustrator for SUNY Fredonia Newspaper ‘The Leader’/ SUNY Fredonia, NY.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2024 Monsterity/ Art Cafe, Springville, NY.
2023 Springville Monsterity Public Maul / Springville Center for art, Springville, NY.
2022 Monsterity/ Western NY Book Art Center Studio Gallery, Buffalo, NY.
2021 Monsterity/ SUNY Fredonia Printmaking Studio Art Department, Fredonia, NY.
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024 Twins / Printmakers Guild of NY, Troy, NY
2024 SOY SAUCE / Emmitt-Christian Gallery, Fredonia, NY
2024 Monsterity - Mandala -mute BODY / Alte Handelsschule, Leipzig, Germany
2024 Monsterity - Little man - windy HOME / PILOTENKUECHE, Leipzig, Germany
2022 Monserity Serie Silent / “Daily Companion” exhibit, Online, McClain’s.com
2022 Monsterity Serie / Western NY Book Art Center, Buffalo, NY
2021 Monsterity Serie / Pine Apple Company, Buffalo, NY
ARTIST TALK
2024 PILOTENKUECHE, Leipzig, Germany.
2022 Western NY Book Art Center, Buffalo, NY.
2022 Springville Center for the Arts, Springville, NY.
PUBLICATION
2024 Monsterity PILTENKUECHE Magazin 2024
2024 Monsterity Serie at McClain’s Catalog 2024 edition
2021 Self Publish Zine ‘PolyChromatic Beige’
2021 Self-publish Zine 'Exchange Stories’
AWARDS
2025 The Frances Morrison Memorial Scholarship
2024-26 Teaching Assistant Scholarship - University at Buffalo Art Department
2023 New York State Senate - Artist Certificate of Merit
2019 Best illustrator for SUNY Fredonia Newspaper ‘The Leader’
EXPERIENCE
2022 Volunteer Screen Printing + Letterpress / Western New York Book Art Center, NY.
2022 Book Festive Vendor/ Western New York Book Art Center, NY.
2022 Art Market Vendor/ Strange Time Studio, Buffalo, NY.
2019-2021 Fredonia Student Art Sale Vendor/ SUNY Fredonia, NY.
