Ting Wang

Ting Wang/Ting Wang-Hedges is a Chinese-born Associate Professor of Graphic Design at Oklahoma State University in Stillwater, OK. Growing up in Chengdu, China, she had a passion for art and the written word at a young age. She went through rigorous training in Chinese ink painting and calligraphy and published her work in newspapers in China. After receiving her BFA in Graphic Design from Sichuan Normal University, Wang immigrated to the United States in 2009 to pursue her MFA in Graphic Design at Kansas State University. She has taught graphic design courses in higher education at all levels in a career spanning over a decade.

Wang-Hedges's creative research revolves around two main interests. One focus is the study of typography, emphasizing using programming code to creatively re-imagine its shape and content. Another focus is the study of cross-culture design. Her recent generative typography has been published in Graphis-Typography 4 as Silver in the "Type in Use" category, and other typography work were awarded 2022 and 2023 STA(
Society of Typographic Arts) 100. Her posters were exhibited nationally and internationally.