“My work fosters self expression, critical thinking, and connection between people through arts and education.”

Chantal Wong is a curator and an educator. Until recently she was the director of culture at Eaton in Hong Kong, a purpose-driven hospitality brand where she led a culture and programming team to transform the property into a champion for creativity, artistic experimentation and safe-space for intersectional communities, in particular those who have been historically marginalized. Prior to this she worked with Asia Art Archive, a research center and archive of modern and contemporary art from Asia as head of strategy helping to build up an invaluable resource for the (re)writing of histories with post-colonial perspectives from the region.

Chantal is the co-founder of three charities: Things That Can Happen, an art space responding to the socio-political context of Hong Kong; Learning Together, empowering refugee and asylum seeker youth to take on leadership through access to education, scholarships, and leadership training; and Women’s Festival, a platform promoting gender awareness and equality through public discourse.

Vision: A world where systems limit people and their imagination requires platforms to hold space for elevating self-expression, nurturing critical thought, and safeguarding connection and meaningful engagement between people.