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
2009
Motel, Bartley and Company, Auckland
Black Candy, City Art Rooms, Auckland
Auckland Art Fair, represented by Martin Browne Fine Arts, Auckland
A Fragile State, Martin Browne Fine Arts, Sydney, Australia
2008
64, 64zero3, Christchurch
Art Suitcase, Auckland Art Gallery, Auckland
2008 Wallace Art Awards Finalists Show, Aotea Centre Gallery, Auckland & TheNewDowse, Lower Hutt
Bridge Art Fair, represented by City Art Rooms, Berlin
Contours + Conditions, City Art Rooms, Auckland
New Victorians, University Art Gallery, University of Sydney, Australia
9, 64zero3, Christchurch (solo)
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
Coca Anthony Harper Award Exhibition, Centre of Contemporary Art, 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
Clement, Tracey. “Dead Certain.” The Sydney Morning Herald Metro, 29 Aug. 2008: p21
“Close Up” Pre. Mark Sainsbury. TVNZ 1. 11 Jul. 2008
Shiels, Rosa. “Stitching in Hair.” The Christchurch Press, 9 Jul. 2008.
“The Gravy Series 2, Episode 4.” Dir. Simon Raby. TVNZ 6. 6 Apr. 2008.
McNamara, T.J. “The Galleries: History in the making.” The New Zealand Herald, 20 Dec. 2007.

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
National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, Australia
The Chartwell Collection, Auckland Art Gallery, Toi o Tamaki, New Zealand
University of Canterbury Fine Art Collection, New Zealand
Private collections throughout New Zealand, Australia and the U.S.

Works Online
A Humid Day Project: www.ahumidday.info