Liyen Chong
Currently based in Auckland.
2002 Master of Fine Arts with Distinction in Design, University of Canterbury School of Fine Arts
2001 Bachelor of Fine Arts with First Class Honours in Design, University of Canterbury School of Fine Arts
1997-2000 Bachelor of Fine Arts in Painting, University of Canterbury School of Fine Arts
Selected Exhibitions
2008
2008 Wallace Art Awards Finalists Show, Aotea Centre Gallery, Auckland & TheNewDowse, Lower Hutt
New Victorians University Art Gallery, University of Sydney, Australia.
9, 64zero3, Christchurch (solo)
Coca Anthony Harper Award Exhibition, Centre of Contemporary Art, Christchurch
The Gravy Launch Exhibition, St Paul Street Gallery 3, Auckland
Drawing Wall, Te Tuhi Centre for the Arts, Manukau City
Back to Front, 64zero3, Christchurch
2007
HOT, 64zero3, Christchurch
Of Deities or Mortals, Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna O Waiwhetu, Christchurch
Art School 125, Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna O Waiwhetu, Christchurch
A Humid Day, The Gus Fisher Gallery, University of Auckland, Auckland (solo)(website)
Liyen Chong | Angela Singer | Sarah Smuts-Kennedy, Roger Williams Contemporary, Auckland
Auckland Art Fair, represented by 64zero3, Auckland
Ficciones, curated by Andrew Paul Wood, 64zero3, Christchurch
2006
Drawings I would like to sell you for the rest of my life, 64zero3, Christchurch (solo)
Recovered Memory, curated by Lara Strongman, The Suter Te Aratoi o Whakatu, Nelson
2005
Thread, 64zero3, Christchurch
2003
A Third Place, curated by Ewen McDonald, University of Canterbury School of Fine Arts Gallery, Christchurch
Selected Bibliography
Baker, Kriselle, The Enchantment of Irony, 9, Liyen Chong, 2008, exhibition catalogue/artist’s book
Boyce, Roger, Garden of Forking Paths, Art New Zealand, No. 124 2007, p. 38-40
Brettkelly-Chalmers, Kate, Untitled, 2007, exhibition catalogue
Strongman, Lara, Recovered Memory, The Suter Te Aratoi o Whakatu, Nelson, 2006, exhibition catalogue
Hall, Ken, Of Deities or Mortals, Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetu, Christchurch, 2007, exhibition catalogue
Wood, Andrew Paul, Ficciones, 64zero3, 2007, exhibition catalogue
McDonald, Ewen, A Third Place, University of Canterbury School of Fine Arts Gallery, 2003, exhibition catalogue
Watson, Aaron, Hair Style, Artzone, No. 18 2007, p. 29-35
Were, Virginia, Conjuring Tricks, Art News, Autumn 2008, p. 104-105
Selected Press/Media
Close Up TVNZ 1, Aired 7.28pm on 11 June 2008 (1 minute)
The Gravy TVNZ 6 Series 2, Episode 4, Aired 6 April 2008 (7 minutes)
Awards
2008 2nd Runner Up Award, The 17th Annual Wallace Art Awards
2004 The Ethel Susan Jones Travel Scholarship (sole recipient)
2002 The Ethel Rose Overton Scholarship
2001 The Seagar Prize in Fine Arts
The Ethel Rose Overton Scholarship
2000 Grant-Lingard Scholarship (full fees scholarship)
1999 The Bickerton-Widdowson Memorial Scholarship
1998 The Lonsdale-Edgar Junior Prize for Drawing
Selected Collections
The Chartwell Collection, Auckland Art Gallery, Toi o Tamaki, New Zealand
Private collections, Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch and the U.S.
Up and Coming Events
November 2008:
Auckland Art Gallery Art Suitcase Launch - an educational initiative involving the work of 5 Auckland artists.
December 2008:
64 group show at 64zero3, Christchurch.
January 2009:
Group Show "A Fragile State", Martin Browne Fine Art, Sydney. Works by Stuart Fleming, Liyen Chong, Charles Karubian, Kate Ellis & Roh Singh.
May 2009:
Inclusion in Seen This Century by Warwick Brown, published by Random House.
Works Online
A Humid Day Project: www.ahumidday.info
Artist's page at 64zero3: click here |