1936 Born in Dongguan, Guangdong Province, China
1938 Moved to Hong Kong
1940 Took refuge in China during the Sino-Japanese War
1946 Settled in Hong Kong
1958 Co-founder and chairman of the Modern Literature and Art Association, Hong Kong
1960 Organizer of the First Hong Kong International Salon of Paintings
1961 Studied at the Columbus College of Art and Design, OH
1963 Pursued graduate studies in painting at the Maryland Institute, College of Art, Baltimore, MD
1965 Received BFA and MFA degrees at the Maryland Institute, College of Art; returned to Hong Kong
1966 Organized art and design extramural courses at the Chinese University of Hong Kong
1967 Assistant Curator of the City Museum and Art Gallery, Hong Kong
1974 Senior Lecturer of the Department of Design, Hong Kong Polytechnic
Honorary adviser to the Hong Kong Museum of Art
1977 Principal Lecturer of the Swire School of Design, Hong Kong Polytechnic
1985 Visiting lecturer to the Department of Design, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 
Taught at the Columbus College of Art and Design, OH
1988 Visiting lecturer to the Lawrence Institute of Technology, MI
1989 Visiting lecturer to the Memphis College of Art, TN
1990 Juror for Visual Arts grants by the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, Harrisburg, PAY
1991 Visiting artist to the Saint John’s University, Collegeville, MN
Artist-in-residence at the Brandywine Workshop, Philadelphia, PA
1993 Visiting artist to the League of NH Craftsmen Spring Conference, Concord, NH
1994 Visiting artist to the Louisville Visual Art Association, KY
Speaker at the Conference on the Nature of Chinese Painting, University of East Anglia, Norwich, England
1996 Adjudicator for the Hong Kong Biennial 1996
1998 External Examiner, Escola de Artes Visuais, Instituto Politecnico de Macau 
Awarded Emeritus Fellowship by the Hong Kong Arts Development Council
Adjudicator for the Hong Kong Biennial 1998
1999 Part-time Lecturer, Fine Arts Department, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
2000 Honorary adviser to the Leisure and Cultural Services Department
Guest curator for Solitary Peaks, Contemporary Hong Kong Art Exhibition, Hong Kong Museum of Art
Speaker at the Brush and Ink Symposium presented by the Hong Kong Arts Development Council

Selected Solo Exhibitions
2010 Spirito do Ceu e da Terra, Gallery of Civic and Municipal Bureau, Macau
2009 Myriad Visions of Wucuis Wong, Art Institute of Chicago
2008 Spirit of Sky and Land, iPreciation Gallery, Singapore
2006 At the East-West Crossroads Retrospective Exhibition, Hong Kong Museum of Art
2004 Window Dreams, Grotto Fine Arts, Hong Kong
2002 City Dreams, Works on Paper and Fabric, Hanart TZ Gallery, Hong Kong
2001 Dialogue between Paper and Canvas, Hui’s Gallery, New Asia College, Chinese University of Hong Kong
2000 Goedhuis Contemporary, London
1999 Eastern Moods, Western Modes, Works on Canvas, Hanart TZ Gallery, Hong Kong
1998 Beyond Calligraphy, with C.C. Wang, Plum Blossoms International, Hong Kong and Singapore
1997 Visions of a Wanderer, Plum Blossoms International, Hong Kong and Singapore
1994 Hanart TZ Gallery, Hong Kong
1992The East-West Journey, Hsiung Shih Gallery, Taipei
Ancient Dreams, Godfrey Far Eastern Art, London, UK
New Works by Su Trembath and Wucius Wong, Godfrey Far Eastern Art and Midlands Contemporary Art, London
1991Alice R. Rogers Gallery, Saint John’s University, MN
Gallery 456, Chinese-American Arts Council, New York, NY
Ancient Dreams, Charlotte Horstmann & Gerald Godfrey, Hong Kong
1990 The Rotunda, Exchange Square, sponsored by Hong Kong Land, Hong Kong
1989River Dreams, Gerald Godfrey Far Eastern Art, London, UK
Water and Clouds, Hanart Gallery, New York, NY
1988 Hsiung Shih Gallery, Taipei
1987 Mountain Thoughts, Minneapolis Institute of Arts, MN
1986Charlotte Horstmann & Gerald Godfrey, Hong Kong 
Two Overseas Chinese Artists, with Chuang Che, National Gallery, Beijing
1983 Hui Arts, Minneapolis, MN 
1982 Printmakers’ Gallery, Taipei
1980 Gallery Eighties, Toronto, Canada
1979 Hong Kong Museum of Art
1975 Goethe Institute, Hong Kong
1962 Columbus Public Library, Columbus, OH
1959 The British Council, Hong Kong

Selected Group Exhibitions
2012A Tribute to Hong Kong Masters: Luis Chan, Irene Chou, Gaylord Chan, Liu Kuo-Sung, Chu Hing Wah, Wucius Wong, Leung Kui Ting", Hanart TZ Gallery, Hong Kong
2011 Shui Mo Hong Kong, National Museum of Art, Beijing, China
2010 Ink vs Ink. Shanghai Art Museum, Shanghai, China
2009 Ink Painting – Two Cities, Hong Kong Central Library, Hong Kong
Sixty Years- Art of New China, National Art Gallery, Beijing, China
Water – Ink – Colour, Hong Kong Central Library Exhibition Gallery, Hong Kong
2008 Asian American Modern Art – Shifting Currents, de Young Museum of Art, San Francisco, USA
New Ink Art: Innovation and Beyond, Hong Kong Museum of Art, Hong Kong
One World – Chinese Paintings of the UN Family, Geneva, New York and Other Cities
2007 Chinese Artists Painting Xinjiang, National Art Gallery, Hong Kong
China Onward ¬ - Chinese Contemporary Art, Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Denmark
2006 Contemporary Hong Kong Ink Painting Exhibition, Hong Kong and Shenzhen
Contemporary Ink Painting, Do Lun Art Museum, Shanghai, China
2004 Ink Painting Triennial, Jiangxu Art Museum, Nanjing, China
Third International Ink Painting Biennial Shenzhen, China
2003 Nationwide Oil Painting Exhibition, National Art Gallery, Beijing, China
2002 Second International Ink Painting Biennial, Shenzhen, China
2001 China without Borders, presented by Goedhuis Contemporary at Sotheby’s New York, USA
2000 Vision Beyond Forms--Contemporary Hong Kong Art Exhibition, Hong Kong Museum of Art, Hong Kong
Celebracao do Regresso de Macau Patria Exposicao de Arte Chinesa, Museu de Arte de Macau
International Chinese Painting Exhibition, Nanjing Arts Festival, Changzhou Art Museum, China
Twentieth Century Chinese Oil Painting Exhibition, National Art Gallery, Beijing, China
Contemporary Guangdong Oil Painting, Guangdong Museum of art, Guangzhou, China
The New Century of Chinese Ink Painting, presented by the Modern Chinese Ink Painting Association, Visual Arts Centre. Hong Kong
Modern Chinese Ink Painting in Hong Kong, Exhibition Gallery, Taichung Normal University, Taiwan
1999 China, 5000 Years, Guggenheim Museum, Bilbao, Spain
Celebracao do Regresso de Macau Patria Exposicao de Arte Chinesa, Museum of the Chinese Revolution, Beijing, China
1998 China, 5000 Years, Guggenheim Museum, New York, USA
Shanghai Biennial, Shanghai Art Museum, Shanghai
International Ink Painting Biennial of Shenzhen, China
1997 Hong Kong Art 1997 Exhibition, National Art Gallery, Beijing, and Guangdong Art Museum, Guangzhou, China
The Chinese Root: Works by Mainland and Overseas Chinese Artists, Shanghai Art Museum
Contemporary Chinese Painting, Shanghai Public Library, China
Asian Traditions/Modern Expressions--Asian American Artists and Abstraction, 1945-1970, Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Art Museum, Rutgers, State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick, NJ, travelled to New York, Chicago, Taipei, and Kao Hsiung, and various places in Japan and Korea
1996 Mutations of Ink and Paper--Exhibition of Works by Chinese-American Artists on the East Coast, Chinese Information and Culture Center, New York, USA
Tradition and Innovation--Twentieth Century Chinese Painting, Hong Kong Museum of Art, travelled to Singapore Art Museum, British Museum, and Museum fur Ostasiatische Kunst, Cologne, Germany
1995 Chinese Artists in the United States, The Rotunda, Exchange Square, Hong Kong
1994 The Beauty of Ink--Exhibition of Ink Paintings by Contemporary Master Artists in North America, Chinese Cultural Center, Westmont, IL, and Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago
Hong Kong Art, Kogashima Prefectural Museum of Culture, Reimeikan, Kagoshima, Japan
Beyond the Borders, Bronx Museum of the Arts, New York, USA
ORIENTations, David Adamson Gallery, Washington, DC, and Louisville Visual Art
Association, KT
1993 Visions in Between--Paintings by Chinese, Japanese and Korean Artists, Ise Foundation, New York, NY, travelled to Fukuyama Museum, Hiroshima, Japan; Walker-Hill Art Center, Seoul, Korea; and various galleries in Taiwan
Summer Exhibition, Royal Academy of Arts, London, UK
1992 Second International Ink Painting Exhibition, Shenzhen, China
Where the Streams Become a River--Contemporary Works from the Hong Kong Museum of Art, Vancouver Art Gallery, Canada 
1990 Metamorphosis--Modern Chinese Painting, Hong Kong Arts Centre, Hong Kong
In the Literary Tradition--Exhibition of l9th and 20th Century Chinese Paintings, Hong Kong Cultural Centre, Hong Kong
1989 Contemporary Chinese Painting, Lo Shan Tong, London, Hong Kong and Taipei
Beyond the Magic Mountains, Hanart Gallery, New York and Taipei
1988 Continuity and Change--Five Contemporary Chinese Artists, Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, USA
Aspetti della Pittura Chinese Contemporanea, Galleria Civica d’Arte Moderna, Ferrara, Italy
Ink Paintings by Hong Kong Artists, Barbican Centre, London, UK
International Ink Painting Festival, Wuhan, China
First International Ink Painting Exhibition, Beijing, China
Old Ink, New Brush--Contemporary Chinese Art, Kalamazoo Institute of Arts, Michigan, USA
1987 Chinese Paintings: Traces of the Brush, Minnesota Museum of Art, St. Paul, Minnesota, USA
1986 Contemporary Chinese Painting, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Development of Modern Chinese Painting--Retrospective Exhibition, Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Taiwan
1985 A Selection of Twentieth Century Chinese Painting, Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, BC, Canada
1984 Centennial Collection: Masterpieces for Minnesota, Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minnesota, USA
Twentieth Century Chinese Painting, Hong Kong Museum of Art, Hong Kong
1983 Overseas Chinese Artists Exhibition, Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Taiwan
International Contemporary Chinese Brush Painting, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
1982 International Contemporary Chinese Brush Painting, National Historical Museum, Taipei, Taiwan
Still Zensation, Galerie Henning, Hamburg, Germany
Contemporary Hong Kong Art, Metropolitan Museum of Manila, Philippines
First Exhibition of Asian Art, Bahrain
1977 Contemporary Hong Kong Art, Hong Kong Museum of Art, Hong Kong
1973 Five Contemporary Chinese Painters, Mavis Chapman Gallery, Sydney, Australia
1972 Contemporary Hong Kong Art, Pacificulture Museum, Pasadena, USA
1971 Art Now Hong Kong, organized by City Museum and Art Gallery, travelled to Bristol, Edinburgh, London & Manchester, UK
Contemporary Chinese Ink Painting, Lee Nordness Galleries, New York, USA
1964 Annual Exhibition, Baltimore Museum of Art, USA
1963 Columbus Art League Annual Exhibition, Columbus Gallery of Fine Arts, USA
1962 Fifth Moon Group Exhibition, Taipei, Taiwan
Saigon International, Vietnam
1961 Sao Paulo Bienal, Sao Paulo, Brazil
1960 Hong Kong International Salon of Paintings

COMMISSIONS
1982 Mural for the A & M University, Tallahassee, Florida, commissioned by the Chase Manhattan Bank, USA
1998 Mural for the Kerry Centre, Shanghai, commissioned by the Kerry Group, Hong Kong
1999 Mural for the Regal Airport Hotel, Chek Lap Kok, commissioned by the Paliburg Group, Hong Kong

Awards
2007 Bronze Bauhinia Star Medal, Hong Kong SAR Goverment
1998 Emeritus Fellowship, Hong Kong Arts Development Council
1970 John D. Rockefeller III Fund Grant

Selected Collections
American Express
Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Harvard University
British Museum
Chase Manhattan Bank
City University of New York
Heritage Museum, Hong Kong
Hong Kong Bank
Hong Kong Jockey Club
Hong Kong Land
Hong Kong Museum of Art
Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Minneapolis Institute of Arts
Minnesota Museum of Art
Morgan Guaranty Trust
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Museum fur Ostasiatische Kunst, Berlin, Germany
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
The Prudential, New York
Shanghai Art Museum
Standard & Chartered Bank
United Airlines
University of Hong Kong
The World Bank

Selected Publications 
The Tao of Chinese Landscape Painting, English Edition, Design Press, McGraw-Hill, New York, 1991
Principles of Two-Dimensional Design, English Edition, Van Nostrand Reinhold, New York, 1972,John Wiley, New York, 1998; Chinese Edition, Hsiung Shih, Taipei, 1980; Spanish Edition, Gustavo Gili SA. Barcelona; Indonesian Edition, Penedit ITB, Bandung, 1986.
Principles of Form and Design, English Edition, Van Nostrand Reinhold, New York, 1993, John Wiley, New York, 1998, Spanish Edition, Gustavo Gili, SA, Barcelona, 1996. 
Principles of Color Design, English Edition, Van Nostrand Reinhold, New York, 1987; Revised and expanded English Edition, Van Nostrand Reinhold, New York, 1997, John Wiley, New York, 1998. Visual Design on the Computer, English Edition, Design Press, New York, 1994; Revised and expanded English Edition, W.W. Norton, New York, 2001

Selected Bibliography 
Melissa Walt Thompson: The Paintings of Wucius Wong, catalogue introduction, Goedhuis Contemporary, 2000, pp.2-6 A Voyage between Cultures, Hilary Binks, Asian Art News, Hong Kong, May/June, 1999, pp.50-55 A Century in Crisis--Modernity and Tradition in the Art of Twentieth-Century China, Julia F. Andrews and Kuiyi Shen, Guggenheim Museum, 1998, p.286 Entering the Ring: Viewing Wucius Wong’s Art, Arnold Chang, Kaikodo Journal, Issue X, New York, 1998, pp. 18-21 Art and Artists of Twentieth Century China, Michael Sullivan, University of California, 1996, pp.197-198 Conjuring the Past, John Millichap, Asian Art News, Hong Kong, July/August, 1996, pp.50-51 At the Crossroads of Creation, Mark Roberti, Expression, Apr/May, 1995, Hong Kong, pp.28-33
The Meeting of Eastern and Western Art, Michael Sullivan, University of California Press, 1989, pp.199-200 Twentieth Century Chinese Painting, Ed. Mayching Kao, Oxford University Press, Hong Kong, 1988, p.41 Mountain Thoughts, Robert D. Jacobsen, Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minnesota, 1987, pp.6-16 Modern Art in Hong Kong, Petra Hinterthur, Myer Publishing, Hong Kong, 1985, pp.108-111