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Peter Wong
Wong studied Fine Art Painting at Liverpool School of Art, and taught art at Secondary Schools for a number of years. He has built up over 20 years’ experience in political, Government, Arts, and voluntary sector service delivery. As a senior manager in the Civil Service in two different Government Departments he gained experience in stakeholder management and relationship building through a number of different roles: front line service delivery, project management, policy development, and HR decision making.
He currently serves as an elected councillor in Cardiff and as the Chair of Cardiff Council’s Economy & Culture Scrutiny Committee. These roles enable him to apply political skills and governmental experience to a long held commitment to art, navigating through local and Welsh Government policy, practice and culture.
He participated in the ‘Our Stories’ project (2024-5) led by the Chinese in Wales Association in collaboration with Swansea University, Amgueddfa Cymru National Museum of Wales and the National Library, capturing the Chinese community’s contributions to Wales, and exploring the lived experience of travelling and settling in a new country.
Biography
Wong studied Fine Art Painting at Liverpool School of Art, and taught art at Secondary Schools for a number of years. He has built up over 20 years’ experience in political, Government, Arts, and voluntary sector service delivery. As a senior manager in the Civil Service in two different Government Departments he gained experience in stakeholder management and relationship building through a number of different roles: front line service delivery, project management, policy development, and HR decision making.
He currently serves as an elected councillor in Cardiff and as the Chair of Cardiff Council’s Economy & Culture Scrutiny Committee. These roles enable him to apply political skills and governmental experience to a long held commitment to art, navigating through local and Welsh Government policy, practice and culture.
He participated in the ‘Our Stories’ project (2024-5) led by the Chinese in Wales Association in collaboration with Swansea University, Amgueddfa Cymru National Museum of Wales and the National Library, capturing the Chinese community’s contributions to Wales, and exploring the lived experience of travelling and settling in a new country.