Elizabeth Hong is a transdisciplinary designer and researcher. Often working on site-specific projects, her work looks into local materials, resources, craft, and the intertwining histories of land, humans, and animals. She designs and uses different forms of narration such as objects, material experimentation, celebrations, and writing, to explore ways to tell a story of a place, alternative futures, and the interconnectedness of our multi-species communities.
Elizabeth studied at the University of Washington where she completed her Bachelor of Arts in American Indian Studies and at ENSCI - Les Ateliers with a Master in Industrial Design.
She currently lives and works in Paris.
RESIDENCIES
2024 — TaDA - Textile and Design Alliance, Arbon, Switzerland
2023 — Ateliers Médicis, Création en cours, Castelnau-Magnoac, France
2023 — Aubrac Natural Regional Park, Saint-Chély-d'Aubrac, France (with Studio Idaë)
2022 — Villa Albertine, Marfa, Texas
2022 — Ateliers Médicis, Transat, Sadournin, France (with Marie Simon Thomas)
2021 — Stiftung Bauhaus Dessau, Bauhaus Lab 2021: Vegetation Under Power, Dessau, Germany
Exhibitions
2022 — Kreismuseum Bitterfeld Vegetation Under Power
2021 — Bauhaus Dessau Vegetation Under Power
2021 — La Villette Diplorama
2018 — Chiang Mai Design Week
Books / PublicationS
Bauhaus Taschenbuch #26: Vegetation Under Power The Movement of Lignite, Spector Books
conferences / Press
Stiftung Bauhaus Dessau Bauhaus Study Rooms 2023: Gestures of Performative Research
Centre Pompidou Planétarium #19: Depuis Marfa
Stiftung Bauhaus Dessau Vegetation Under Power Symposium
Dessin-Dessein Fauna