Born in New Zealand in 1945, Brent Wong spent the early part of his life in the capital, moving north to the main commercial centre for a time, before settling on the west coast.

Brent Wong's work has variously been described as " surrealistic", "realist" and " visionary". While "surrealism" and "realism" may be attributed to certain phases of his work, the artist believes that there is a high level of symbolic content in most of his paintings - reflecting autobiographical material.

Over the past twenty years his interest in the meditative nature of the static image has deepened.

In 2008, Brent abandoned painting to explore music composition, a field that has interested him since the beginning of his painting career.