Henna Wang is an artist and sociologist whose work investigates the layered relationships between people and place—how memory, infrastructure, and belonging shape the ways we move through the world.

 

Raised between Taiwan and the United States, Wang brings a cross-cultural lens to her practice, attuned to the emotional and historical undercurrents that define our shared environments. Her sense of rootlessness has evolved into a methodology: noticing what is often overlooked, sensing the invisible architectures of pause, threshold, and transition.

 

She is the co-founder of Gesso, a creative studio and platform that produces immersive, site-specific audio walks. Through Gesso, she transforms streets, landmarks, and public spaces into living soundscapes—surfacing overlooked histories and amplifying the voices of artists, workers, and communities often excluded from institutional narratives.

 

Following the birth of her daughter, Wang returned to painting and expanded her practice into textiles and participatory works with families and local communities. Her recent explorations engage with creative health—working at the intersection of art, care, and wellbeing—and reflect on joy and its shadows: grief, tenderness, and transformation.

 

Her practice is rooted in presence, deep listening, and attention to what’s unsaid. She honors the quiet brilliance of people shaping a more just and generous world—often in unseen, everyday ways.