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Hope Wang is an artist and creative entrepreneur based in Chicago, IL.
Through handweaving, photography, poetry, and printmaking, she develops what she calls (American) Midwest Melancholy as a visual language. In her work, she attempts to hold onto what is often already disappearing: the last seconds of the sun setting against a factory wall, the shadow of a locked gate cast by streetlights, or the wavering space between an open storefront and a vacant one.
Hope is also the founder and co-director of LMRM (loom room), a project space fostering opportunities for art-making, research, and community programming around digital weaving. She is invested in equitable conditions for working artists, resource sharing, and moving at the speed of trust. Hope is a two-time recipient of an Artists Run Chicago Grant from the Hyde Park Art Center, and a Chicago Community Fellowship Fund from the Breakout Foundation for LMRM’s contributions to the city’s art community.