biography of Wong Hoy CHEONG (1960)

Personal data


Birth : 1960 - Georgetown, Malaysia
Sex : M
Nationality/Affiliation : Malaysia

Address

Petaling Jaya, Malaysia

Education

1982 : Brandeis University (BA (Magna cum Laude with Honors)) – 415 South Street – Waltham MA, United States
1984 : Harvard University (ME) – Dept of Fine Arts Sackler Museum 485 Brodway – Cambridge MA, United States
1986 : University of Massachusetts Amherst (MFA) – Department of Fine Arts Fine Arts Center – Amherst MA, United States

Professional data


Work and Life

Lives in Petaling Jaya, Malaysia


Other professions

Professor – Painting
London Institute – 65 Davies Street – London, United Kingdom

Professor – Painting
The Bandar Utama College – Malaysia

Professor – Painting
Malaysian Institute of Art – Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Professor
Center for Advanced Design – Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Work


Categorie and medium


Print-Multiple : Photocopy
Sculpture-Volume : Installation
Drawing-Watercolor : Charcoal - Collage
Audiovisual-Multimedia : Video
Performing Art : Performance - Theater

Subject

family
history/society
communities
plants

Solo Exhibitions (Selected)


Solo exhibitions

2002

General Release
John Hansard Gallery – University of Southampton – Southampton, Hampshire, United Kingdom
11/15/2002 – 12/20/2002

1996

Of Migrants and Rubber Trees: Drawings and Installations
National Art Gallery – Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
1996

1991

Selected Paintings and Drawings 1982-1991
The Gallery Theater Works Fort Canning Centre – Singapore, Singapore
1991

1986

New Works
NYU New York University – New York NY, United States
1986

In Search of Faraway Places
Herter Art Gallery – University of Massachusetts – Amherst MA, United States
1986

Group Exhibitions (Selected)


Group exhibitions

2000

Man + Space – Kwangju Biennale, n° 3
Kwangju, South Korea (Republic of Korea)
03/29/2000 – 06/07/2000

1999

Time for Tea
Ikon Gallery – Birmingham, West Midlands, United Kingdom
1999

Cities on the Move, n°4
Louisiana Museum for Moderne Kunst – Humlebæk, Denmark
1999

The 1st Fukuoka Asian Art Triennale
FAAM Fukuoka Asian Art Museum – Fukuoka, Japan
1999

Time for Tea
National Art Gallery – Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
1999

Cities on the Move, n°5
Hayward Gallery – London, United Kingdom
05/13/1999 – 06/27/1999

1998

Schools: Textual Works
Valentine Willie Fine Art – Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
1998

Rupa Malaysia
Brunei Gallery – London, United Kingdom
1998

Cities on the Move, n°2
CAPC Musée d’Art Contemporain de Bordeaux – Bordeaux, France
1998

1997

Glimpses into the Future : Art in Southeast Asia
Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art – Hiroshima, Japan
1997

Glimpses into the Future : Art in Southeast Asia
MOT Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo – Tokyo, Japan
1997

Cities on the Move, n°1
Wiener Secession – Vereinigung bildender Künstler – Vienna, Austria
11/26/1997 – 01/18/1998

1996

Imagining the Contemporary Body: Malaysia, Philippines & Singapore
Petronas Gallery – Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
1996

2nd Asia-Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art
Queensland Art Gallery – Brisbane QLD, Australia
1996

1995

Visions of Happiness: 10 Contemporary Asian Artists
Forum – The Japan Foundation – Tokyo, Japan
1995

1994

War Box, Lalang, Killing Tools
National Art Gallery – Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
1994

Vision and Idea: relooking Modern Malaysian Art
National Art Gallery – Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
1994

1993

What about Converging Extremes ?
Galleri Wan – Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
1993

1992

New Art from Southeast Asia
Fukuoka Art Museum – Fukuoka, Japan
1992

New Art from Southeast Asia
Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art – Hiroshima, Japan
1992

New Art from Southeast Asia
Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum – Tokyo, Japan
1992

1988

Contemporary Malaysia Art
Pacific Asia Museum – Pasadena CA, United States
1988

1987

Invitational Exhibition
Bank Negara Malaysia – Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
1987

Young Contemporary
National Art Gallery – Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
1987

30 Years of Malaysian Art
National Art Gallery – Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
1987

1986

Annual Exhibition
Museum of Fine Arts in Springfield Museums at the Quadrangle – Springfield MA, United States
1986

Bibliography (Selected)


On the artist


Exhibition catalogues

2000

Man + Space Kwangju Biennale
Publisher: Kwangju Biennale Press – San 151-10 – Kwangju, South Korea (Republic of Korea)
2000
ISBN : 8987719049

Legals