Retiring art professor to share artistic process

A retiring art and design professor will discuss his artistic process in conjunction with an exhibit of his work commemorating his time at Grand Valley State University.

“An Artist’s Process: Ed Wong-Ligda on Creating His Work” will take place Wednesday, January 28 from 4-5 p.m. in the Art Gallery, room 1121, in the Performing Arts Center on the Allendale Campus.

Wong-Ligda’s professional painting career dates back to the early 1970s; he came to Grand Valley in 1996 when he was hired to develop and coordinate the Art and Design Department’s illustration emphasis. Two years later he became the coordinator and primary instructor of Illustration.

Wong-Ligda’s presentation complements his current exhibit, “Veracity, Distortion, Reduction: Visual Explorations by Ed Wong-Ligda,” which is on display in the Art Gallery through March 20.

“The title reflects my planning process,” Wong-Ligda said. “Part of the process is determining what balance or relationship of veracity, distortion and reduction I want in each concept and image.”

The exhibit features 15 oil-on-canvas paintings Wong-Ligda created during his time at Grand Valley. He will retire as Illustration coordinator in April.

Wong-Ligda completed his undergraduate work in advertising design and illustration at Art Center College of Design in Los Angeles and received a MFA in painting from the University of Tulsa.

For more information about the exhibit or Wong-Ligda’s presentation, visit www.gvsu.edu/artgallery.

For more information about Wong-Ligda, visit www.edwong-ligda.com.