Ellie Kayu NG
Lives and works in New York, NY
Ellie Kayu Ng is a painter working in oil, with a background spanning illustration and fine art. She holds an MFA in Painting from the New York Academy of Art and a BFA in Illustration from the School of Visual Arts, both in New York.
At VillageOneArt, Ng presented the solo exhibition Guilty Pleasure in 2022, and has since appeared in the group exhibition In the Mood for Love (2023), most recently returning for In The Mood For Love (2024) with the work Gentleman. In 2026, Ng presented the solo exhibition Catching the Big Fish at Twilight Contemporary, London.
Selected Works
Exhibitions at VillageOneArt
2024 — In The Mood For Love 2024 (group), March 8 – April 6, 2024
2023 — In the Mood for Love (group)
2022 — Guilty Pleasure (solo)
News
2023 — Ellie Kayu Ng Featured in Forbes
Education
2019 – 2021 — MFA, Painting, New York Academy of Art, New York
2015 – 2019 — BFA, Illustration, School of Visual Arts, New York
Selected Exhibitions
2026 — Catching the Big Fish, Twilight Contemporary, London (solo)
2025 — Bloom!, Latitude Gallery, New York (solo) · Love All, Glass Rice Gallery, San Francisco · Dress for Success, Oever Gallery, Oostende, Belgium
2024 — Art 021 Shanghai Contemporary Art Fair, Latitude Gallery, Shanghai · I Want You To Be Weak, As Weak As I Am, Tube Culture Hall, Milan · Intervals (two-person), Oever Gallery, Oostende, Belgium · In the Mood for Love, VillageOneArt, New York
2023 — NADA Miami, Latitude Gallery, Miami · Red Thread, Latitude Gallery, New York · A Happy Beginning, Latitude Gallery, New York · Genesis, Chambers Fine Art, Salt Point, NY · High Maintenance, Tchotchke Gallery, Brooklyn · Breathless, Myriam Chair Gallery, Paris · Hajimemashite!, Bridge Mogura Gallery, Tokyo · In the Mood for Love, VillageOneArt, New York · Sprout, Stems Gallery, Belgium
2022 — Guilty Pleasure, VillageOneArt, New York (solo) · If It’s Not Baroque, Don’t Fix it, Tchotchke Gallery, New York · All is not what it seems, Lorin Gallery, Los Angeles
2021 — Artists for Artists, Sotheby’s benefit auction for the New York Academy of Art · Summer Residency Exhibition, New York Academy of Art · With Genuine Eyes and Who We Are, virtual exhibitions, Susan Eley Fine Art · Apartment 3A, two-person virtual exhibition, Artfizz · Tribeca Ball Exhibition
2020 — Parallels and Summer Exhibition, New York Academy of Art · Here, There & Elsewhere: Exploring the Idea of Place, Visionary Art Collective · Society of Illustrators Student Scholarship Competition · Tribeca Ball Exhibition
2018 – 2019 — Deck the Walls, New York Academy of Art · Tales from the Crit #3, SVA Gramercy Gallery, New York · The Haves and Have Nots and Constellations, SVA Chelsea Gallery, New York
Awards
2022 — Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation Grant · Art Show International Gallery 3rd Figurative Competition, Merit Prize
2021 — Blue Review Art Prize, Honorable Mention
2020 — La Ceiba Gráfica Residency (Veracruz, Mexico), awarded 2020 for 2021 · New York Academy of Art Trustee Scholarship and Scholar Award · Creative Quarterly 100 Best 2019, Fine Art category
2019 — Creative Quarterly 58, Fine Art Professional Winner · New York Academy of Art Scholar Award · SVA Rhodes Family Award for Outstanding Achievement in Illustration · 3×3 International Illustration Annual No. 16, Merit (Professional) and Honorable Mention (Student)
Published
New American Paintings, Issue 164 (2023) and MFA Issue 147 (2021) · Creative Quarterly 100 Best 2019 · Friend of the Artist, Volume 11 (2020) · 3×3 Annual No. 16 (2020) · Visual Opinion, Volume 25 (2019)
Interviews & Features
2026 — East End Review · Art Plugged: Five Exhibitions to See in London in May · Art Plugged: Ellie Kayu Ng — Catching the Big Fish
2025 — Artsy: 6 Shows Celebrating Asian American Artists this AAPI Heritage Month
2024 — Bold Journey: Meet Ellie Kayu Ng
2022 — Booooooom: Artist Spotlight
2021 — Forbes: 5 Ways to Build Your Brand as an Art Collector · Cool Hunting: Tribeca Ball Program · Untitled Magazine: MFA Studio Preview
2020 — Li Tang: Express My Thoughts in Painting · Friend of the Artist: In Conversation with Angeliki Kim Jonsson · Juxtapoz: Getting Schooled in the Art Capital
2017 — Hyperallergic: SVA Students Reinterpret Intersectionality Through a Queer Lens
For inquiries regarding available works by Ellie Kayu Ng, please contact info@villageoneart.com.