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curriculum vitae

Rong Wang

MFA Writing Candidate at Columbia University: Nonfiction & Translation track

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Educator & Art Administrator with an M.A. in Interdisciplinary Studies from New York University. Former fashion designer with a rigorous background in art history and literature. Previous Director of ROSEGALLERY. Perceptive educator. Communicative manager. Executes professionalism in demanding environments. Compassionate. Precise and adaptive.​

professional experience

Aug - Jul 2026

ROSEGALLERY

Director

Managing director at Santa Monica-based photography gallery ROSEGALLERY.

  • managing a team of two, working directly with the gallery owner, and overseeing the coordination of sales, consignments, acquisition, loans, and art fair participation; ensuring smooth operation of the gallery and the completion of galleryprojects from beginning to end; overseeing gallery front-of-house & client-facing operations; conducting periodicalteam building meetings, utilizing talent and allocating resources.

  • working directly with museums and institutions on acquisition projects; selecting and offering artworks with the galleryowner; delegating research and communicating with museums and institutions.

  • heading other business-related operations, including allocating gallery resources, hiring new employees, signing off on business and legal needs, and drafting long-term business direction with the gallery owner.

Dec 2025 - Aug 2026

ROSEGALLERY

Associate Director

Associate Director at Santa Monica-based international photography gallery ROSEGALLERY

  • acting as the key gallery liaison for artists, institutions, and clients; coordinating viewing, arranging artist payments,and scheduling artwork releases; communicating with various established institutions, such as the Getty, LACMA,Christie’s, and Phillips, on the gallery’s behalf, on acquisitions and consignment projects.

  • researching artworks and communicating with contemporary artists; writing wall labels and artwork descriptions; creating press releases for upcoming exhibitions; drafting artist bios and updating artist CVs.

  • working directly with clients and artists; advising clients in artwork selections; communicating with artists withconsignments and commission requests.

Aug 2025 - Dec 2025

ROSEGALLERY

Gallery Coordinator

Full-time Gallery Coordinator at Santa Monica-based international photography gallery ROSEGALLERY

  • working directly under the gallery owner, providing sales and administrative support to the gallery.

  • arranging all logistics surrounding the participation of art fairs.» working directly with clients and artists, seeing through sales, inquiries, and all other requests.

  • curatorial-related tasks including weighing in on curatorial decisions, writing press releases and artist bios, andleading gallery tours for collectors, cultural groups, and student visitors.

Jun 2023 - Dec 2023

The One You Feed Podcast

Research Assistant

Full-time temporary RA to Eric Zimmer – the host of One You Feed Podcast – on his upcoming non-fiction book.

  • gathering examples, anecdotes, and empirical evidence supporting Zimmer’s theories from the podcast databaseand external sources; keep up with the latest psychology and philosophy publications; sort through recent news,identifying relevant author profiles and media assets.

  • introduced Eric to an author whom was later invited to appear on the podcast.

Feb 2023

Christie's

Gallery Assistant

Full-time temporary Gallery Assistant supporting the Andre Leon Talley Sale at Christie’s New York Gallery.

  • providing exhibition/auction information for visitors; providing relevant background information on the exhibition, artworks, and the artists; connecting potential clients with sales specialists.

jul 2019 - mar 2020

One Jeanswear Group

Design Assistant

Design Assistant to the design teams for William Rast under One Jeanswear Group based in New York.

  • assisting in design development for both men’s and women’s; research competitive brands.

  • creating sketches, technical packets, and linesheets on schedule.

  • ensuring prompt communication with external buyers and teams within OJG; facilitate interdepartmental conversations; manage design sample archives.

teaching experience

2026 - 2027

Columbia University

Teaching Observation Fellow

  • attend and observe peer fellows’ teaching sessions, giving critical feedback, providing pedagogical support.

  • hold classroom teaching sessions with peer observation, receiving feedback and support.

  • strategize and reflect with the cohort of Teaching Observation Fellows.

  • act as CTL’s supplementary support at a university scale, providing feedback on student instructors’ and facultymembers’ teaching sessions.

Spring 2026, Fall 2027

Columbia University

CA/T Community Course Instructor

  • proposed six-week curriculum,The Myth of Sisyphus: Writing the Absurd and the Existential.

  • developing course syllabus, preparing course material and lesson plans for the six-week course

  • leading generative class discussions on philosophical material while incorporating craft-oriented questions

  • reviewing students’ creative and critical work and giving feedback tailored to students’ pursuits

2025 - 2026

Columbia University

CA/T Community Teaching Resident

  • developing community-driven creative writing curriculum that focuses on creative expression at the Forum with thegoal of building a safe and expressive community space for local K through 12 students.

  • co-teaching weekly after school sessions: leading students to engage in organized activities such as junk journaling, collage, exquisite corpse, experimental poetry writing, image-driven fiction writing; holding designated writing workshop/office hour slots to create opportunities where students can meet individually.

Oct 2023 - Oct 2024

Sinica Education

Education Consultant

  • working directly with high school and college students in the disciplines of English, Philosophy, Rhetorics, and ArtHistory; preparing lesson materials, writing lesson summaries and academic progress reports.

  • guiding students through academic projects; identifying students’ strengths; increasing their overall ability inconducting research and material comprehension; monitoring students’ overall performance.

  • communicating with students’ parents and advisors; reporting on students’ performance and progress.

  • relevant projects include: undergraduate-level Philosophy research paper on Freud and Nietzsche; undergraduate level Art History on Camp aesthetic’s localization in Asia.

publications

Aug 20, 2026

ASAP/Review

Photography's Memory of Fashion: Review of Yves Saint Laurent and Photography 

 Exhibition review: “Yves Saint Laurent and Photography” at International Center of Photography (Jun 11, 2026 - Sep 28, 2026).

education

2025 - 2027

Columbia University

MFA in Creative Writing (Nonfiction & Translation)

MFA Creative Nonfiction candidate at Columbia University, School of Arts.

  • creative focus: essay writing, art writing, cross-genre literary criticism, philosophical writing; gpa: 4.0

2021 - 2023

New York University

MA in Experimental Humanities & Social Engagement (Interdisciplinary Studies)

MA in Interdisciplinary Studies awarded by NYU.

  • research interests: art & literary studies, modernism, genre theory, rhetoric, feminist philosophy; gpa: 3.96

2016 - 2019

Parsons School of Design

BFA in Fashion Design; minor in Museum & Curatorial Studies

BFA in Fashion Design awarded by Parsons School of Design with minor in Museum & Curatorial Studies.

  • research interests: design theory, politics of design, contemporary art curation; gpa: 3.78

  • 2018 inductee of The National Society of Leadership and Success.

© Rong Wang 2026

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