Shavonne Wong

Shavonne Wong is a Singaporean new media artist working with 3D and AI.^[1]

Shavonne Wong

Early life and education

Wong was born in Singapore. She attended Temasek Polytechnic, where she graduated with a diploma in information technology.^[2]

In 2014, she undertook a month-long residency at the School of Visual Arts in New York City.^[3]

Career

Wong began working professionally as a photographer in the early 2010s. In 2010, she co-founded Zhiffy Photography, a Singapore-based photography studio.^[4] Her on-set style led to repeated invitations as a featured photographer on Asia's Next Top Model cycles in 2017 and 2018, giving her pan-regional visibility.^[1]

When COVID-19 restrictions halted conventional shoots, Wong taught herself Blender and started sculpting digital humans that emphasise diverse Asian features as a new media artist and 3-D virtual model creator. The experiments grew into Gen V Agency, launched in August 2020, which supplies virtual models.^[5][6] In 2020, she was also included in the Forbes 30 Under 30 Asia list in the arts category.^[4] In 2021, Wong began selling her work as NFTs.^[1] Her first collection, "Love is Love," was released in November 2021 and consisted of 500 pieces themed around different types of relationships.^[7][8] The collection sold out within an hour, and actor Idris Elba later acquired three works on the secondary market.^[7][9]

In 2022, Wong worked with Lenne Chai on By Proxy, overlaying her virtual avatars onto Chai's photographs of Singapore neighbourhoods to evoke childhood memories.^[7] Wong is also a co-founder of NFT Asia, a non-profit group supporting web3 artists across the region.^[10][11]

In 2023, Wong presented her first solo exhibition, The Ties That Bind, at Singapore's UltraSuperNew Gallery, where from 18 to 31 March she presented interactive augmented-reality installations and dynamic NFT works that invited reflection on human connection.^[12][13][14]

In 2024, Wong debuted Meet Eva Here, an interactive installation built around a conversational AI companion named "Eva." It premiered in the ArtScience Museum Singapore, then was later shown in ART SG 2025 and Taipei Dangdai 2025. There was also a performance lecture about it at Art Central 2025 (HK).^[15] Later, Wong's solo exhibition EVA was exhibited at The Columns Gallery, Singapore.^[16][17]

Wong's digital works have been shown at the Cameroon Pavilion of the 59th Venice Biennale (2022), Art Dubai (2022) and SEA Focus, Singapore (2022).^[8] In September 2021, she and Dutch digital-fashion house The Fabricant created Vogue Singapore’s first NFT magazine cover, The RenaiXance Rising.^[18] She also collaborated with Marie Claire Arabia in 2023 and created 3D art models of Arab women which were exhibited in Paris.^[19] In 2025, she worked with Shu Uemura to create the first phygital collection.^[20]