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Shavonne Wong

Shavonne Wong is a Singaporean new media artist whose work examines identity, representation and the role of AI in human experience. She began as a fashion photographer, co-founding Zhiffy Photography in 2010, and launched the virtual model agency Gen V Agency in 2020, the year Forbes included her in its 30 Under 30 Asia list for the arts. Her 2021 NFT collection Love is Love sold out within an hour, and the related work The Kiss was shown at the 59th Venice Biennale in 2022. In 2024 she debuted Meet Eva Here, an AI companion that held 2,363 conversations, and in November 2025 she presented After Ophelia in Paris. She works between Singapore and Bangkok and is developing Unsilvered, whose interactive AI installation The Sitting Room had its first public showing in October 2026.

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NFT Asia
Born
1990
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Timeline

  1. 2010s

    Fashion photography in Singapore

    She earns a diploma in information technology at Temasek Polytechnic and, in 2010, co-founds Zhiffy Photography, a Singapore-based studio. In 2014, she takes up a residency at the School of Visual Arts in New York City. Her photographs appear in Cosmopolitan Hong Kong, Glamour South Africa, Marie Claire and Vogue.

  2. 2020

    Launching Gen V Agency

    When COVID-19 restrictions halt conventional shoots, she teaches herself Blender and starts sculpting digital humans with diverse Asian features. The experiments grow into Gen V Agency, a virtual model agency launched in August 2020. In 2020, she is also included in the Forbes 30 Under 30 Asia list in the arts category.

  3. 2021

    Love is Love and NFT Asia

    In March 2021, she co-founds NFT Asia, a non-profit group supporting web3 artists across the region. She releases her first collection, Love is Love, in November 2021: 500 pieces on different types of relationships that sell out within an hour, and the actor Idris Elba acquires three works on the secondary market.

  4. 2022

    The Kiss in Venice

    The Kiss, a work related to Love is Love, shows at the 59th Venice Biennale in 2022 as part of the Cameroon Pavilion, the Biennale's first pavilion to include an NFT exhibition. Also in 2022, she works with Lenne Chai on By Proxy, overlaying her virtual avatars onto Chai's photographs of Singapore neighbourhoods.

  5. 2023

    The Ties That Bind

    In March 2023, she presents her first self-organized solo exhibition, The Ties That Bind, at UltraSuperNew Gallery in Singapore, with interactive augmented reality installations and dynamic NFT works on human connection. She is named to Prestige 40 Under 40 in 2023.

  6. 2024–2025

    Meet Eva Here, an AI companion

    In 2024, her interactive AI companion Meet Eva Here premieres at the ArtScience Museum Singapore, and the installation runs on Llama 3.1 8B with custom system prompts and ElevenLabs for voice. Between August 2024 and November 2025, approximately 2,200 people have 2,363 conversations with Eva across six exhibition sites and an online platform, producing a public diary of 100 Instagram entries. The Columns Gallery in Singapore presents her solo exhibition EVA in March 2025.

  7. November 2025

    After Ophelia in Paris

    In November 2025, she presents After Ophelia at Artverse Gallery in Paris, a two-part installation that reinterprets Ophelia from Shakespeare's Hamlet. In Ophelia, Retold, an AI-generated voice reads a collage of four centuries of commentary, and Ophelia, Reassembled is a single-channel video that rebuilds her likeness with 3D and AI tools.

  8. As of October 2026

    Unsilvered and The Sitting Room

    A new media artist working in AI, 3D rendering and interactive installation, she is based between Singapore and Bangkok, and her work examines identity, representation and the role of AI in human experience. She develops Unsilvered, a body of work exploring the discomfort of being watched too closely. Its interactive AI installation The Sitting Room has its first public showing in October 2026 at NAC Arts x Tech Lab, Aliwal Arts Centre, Singapore.

Career

  1. From 2021NFT AsiaCo-founder
  2. From 2020Gen V AgencyFounder
  3. From 2014School of Visual ArtsResident
  4. From 2010Zhiffy PhotographyCo-founder

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  1. Shavonne Wong - Wikipedia en.wikipedia.org. Checked 20 October 2026.
  2. EVA – Shavonne Wong Solo Exhibition — Kiaf SEOUL kiaf.org. Checked 20 October 2026.
  3. When the Era Calls for Digital Artists: Shavonne Wong Explores New Worlds with AI and NFTs verymulan.com. Checked 20 October 2026.
  4. About Shavonne Wong | Singaporean New Media Artist shavonnewong.art. Checked 20 October 2026.
  5. AI in Asia: Shavonne Wong – 'Each medium has taught me something different about creativity itself' | Branding in Asia brandinginasia.com. Checked 20 October 2026.
  6. Meet Eva Here, an AI companion artwork | Shavonne Wong shavonnewong.art. Checked 20 October 2026.
  7. Shavonne Wong's New AI Artwork Tackles The Fate Of Ophelia grazia.sg. Checked 20 October 2026.
  8. Unsilvered | Shavonne Wong shavonnewong.art. Checked 20 October 2026.