Benjamin Von Wong

Hi, I'm Benjamin Von Wong.

For the last decade, I've been building art that translates facts into feelings. Here are some of my projects.

WEF Young Global Leader 2025  ·  Guinness World Record  ·  The Independent Climate 100

8B+ impressions 10+ installations 5 UN summits 163 countries reached
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Thinker's Burden

Thinker's Burden

5.5B impressions · 2,200+ news outlets

INC 5.2 · Geneva · 2025
Biodiversity Jenga

Biodiversity Jenga

1.2B impressions · 300+ news outlets

COP16 · Cali, Colombia · 2024
Giant Plastic Tap

Giant Plastic Tap

Recreated in 10 cities · 193 countries

United Nations · Nairobi · 2022
Perpetual Plastic Machine

Perpetual Plastic Machine

Displayed at INC-2 · 1,500 delegates from 193 countries

Greenpeace · Paris · 2023
The E-Waste Generator

The E-Waste Generator

5,000+ lbs of E-Waste · Permanent Exhibition

Arcadia Earth · Toronto · 2023
Plastikophobia

Plastikophobia

18,000 cups · Sustainable Singapore Galleries

Singapore · 2019
A Truckload of Fashion Greenwashing

A Truckload of Fashion Greenwashing

Truckload of Clothing | Kunstverein

Kunstverein · Ludwigsburg, Germany · 2023
Strawpocalypse

Strawpocalypse

2M organic views · Guinness World Record

Starbucks · Ho Chi Minh City · 2019
#RethinkAndRecycle

#RethinkAndRecycle

7M organic views · Featured at SXSW

Dell · McKinney, Texas · 2018
Skull of Satoshi

Skull of Satoshi

1.5M views · Times Square deployment

Greenpeace · Montreal · 2023
Single-Use Hydra

Single-Use Hydra

280,000+ visitors · 2.91M+ impressions

Kiehl's · NYC High Line · 2024
Hand of Everest

Hand of Everest

60K+ tourists · 6 tons of waste removed

Kiehl's · Nepal · 2024
Biochar Phoenix

Biochar Phoenix

6-meter tall · 4 tons of carbon

Wong Phai · Thailand · 2024
World's Tallest Closet

World's Tallest Closet

300K organic views · 6,000 clothes donated

Nexus Summit · Cairo · 2018
Mermaids Hate Plastic

Mermaids Hate Plastic

37M organic views · 16K pledges

Tomra · Montreal · 2016
Shark Shepherd

Shark Shepherd

Front page of Reddit 3x · 80K petition signatures

Shark Stewards · Fiji · 2016
Billion Oyster Project

Billion Oyster Project

1 billion oyster goal · NYC Harbor restoration

NY Harbor School · NYC · 2017
#WalkingOnAir

#WalkingOnAir

Social entrepreneurs dangled 30 stories up

Nike · Manila · 2017
Toxic Laundry Monsters

Toxic Laundry Monsters

94% of US tap water contaminated · 30+ volunteers

Georgetown University · Washington D.C. · 2017
First World Child Hunger

First World Child Hunger

1 in 3 kids struggle with hunger in Silicon Valley

Second Harvest · Silicon Valley · 2017
Underwater Cormorant Fisherman

Underwater Cormorant Fisherman

30m underwater · Above a toxic hydrogen sulfide river

Ballantine's · Mexico · 2015
Surreal Stormchasing Portraits

Surreal Stormchasing Portraits

Supercell storms across 7 states

Climate Change · USA · 2015
Huawei P8 - Ignite Your Creativity

Huawei P8 - Ignite Your Creativity

Fire + smartphone + zero Photoshop

Huawei · Shanghai · 2015
Extinction Thermometer

Extinction Thermometer

Displayed at UN Biodiversity Conference

COP15 · Montreal · 2022
Cardboard Giant Plastic Tap

Cardboard Giant Plastic Tap

Free template · Global student access

Students Rebuild · 2024
Climate Equity Diorama

Climate Equity Diorama

Charcoal & paper · 100+ Photoshop layers

Data Visualization · 2022

Dear Crisis

The art creates the moment.
The community sustains the movement.

What happens after the monument comes down? Dear Crisis is Von Wong's NYC-based community — a space where activists, artists, and everyday people come together to turn climate anxiety into collective action. Weekly gatherings, collaborative projects, and real human connection.

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