Allura Fong
b. 1974, San Francisco ∙ CE artist since 1996
Photo by Peter Prato
Allura Fong has been a practicing artist at Creativity Explored for nearly three decades. She is best known for her immersive, abstract works, which she creates by organically layering acrylics and inks. She is a huge fan of metallic colors and often finishes off a piece by adding silver, gold, or copper with a fine-tip gel pen. Although she does not use source imagery, she often sees animals in her abstractions and will title her pieces after what she sees, such as “Dolphins” or “Flock of Birds.” She loves working alongside others, sharing her supplies, and giving suggestions to her fellow artists. Fong is motivated by sharing her artwork with others and stresses that her family and artist community are deeply important to her.
Fong has shown in over twenty exhibitions nationally and internationally, including France and Ireland.
Select Exhibitions & Projects
2017
E FOR EVERYONE, San Francisco Peephole Cinema, San Francisco, CA
2016
Natural History, Creativity Explored Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Perceptions 2016: the Art of Citizenship, Crawford Art Gallery, the CIT Wandesford Quay Gallery and Cork City Hall, Cork, Ireland
Ripe, Creativity Explored Gallery, San Francisco, CA
WATCH THIS Film Festival, Portland, ME
2013
Space, Creativity Explored, San Francisco, CA
West Coasts, Museum of La Creation Franche, Begels, France
2012
I have never really taken the time to look, Accident and Artifact, San Francisco, CA
2011
SMALL, Creativity Explored, San Francisco, CA
2010
Tiger Leaping Gold Mountain, Creativity Explored, San Francisco, CA
Where Are We?, Creativity Explored, San Francisco, CA
2009
Inscriptions, Creativity Explored, San Francisco, CA
TV and Me, Creativity Explored, San Francisco, CA
2008
The Untitled, Creativity Explored, San Francisco, CA
Fibrocosm, Creativity Explored, San Francisco, CA
2004
Gesture, Creativity Explored, San Francisco, CA
2003
LIT: Lamps, Lanterns, and Shadow, Creativity Explored, San Francisco, CA