Wong Hoy Cheong

Born: 
1960
Place: 
Penang
Category: 
Mid-career
SOLO EXHIBITIONS

1985 | Recent Paintings and Prints, Wheeler Gallery, Amherst U.S.A

1986 | New Works – New York University, New York City, U.S.A

1991 | Selected Paintings and Drawings 1982 – 1991, The Gallery, Theatre Works, Fort Canning Centre, Singapore

1996 | Of Migrant & Rubber Trees: An Exhibition of Drawings and Installations, The Creative Centre, National Art Gallery, Kuala Lumpur

2002 | Whose Text?, Valentine Wille Fine Art, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

2002 | Selected Works 1994 – 2002, Bluecoat Gallery, Liverpool; Organisation for Visual Arts, London, UK

2002 | Selected Works 1994 – 2002, John Hansard Gallery, Southampton; Organisation for Visual Arts, London, UK

2003 | Selected Works 1994-2002, Djanogaly Gallery, Nottingham; Organisation for Visual Arts, London, UK

2003 | fact – fiction, Kunsthalle, Vienna, Austria

2004 | Slight Shifts, Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford, UK

2004 | Re: Looking, Alexander Ochs Galleries, Berlin, Germany

2004 | Selected Works 1984 – 2004, National Art Gallery, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

2006 | Bound for Glory, Valentine Wille Fine Art, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

2008 | Wong Hoy Cheong 2002 – 2007, NUS Museum and Gallery, Singapore

2010 | Days of Our Lives: Wong Hoy Cheong Selected Works 1998 – 2010, ESLITE Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan

 

 

EDUCATION

1982 | Brandeis University, USA, BA(Fine Arts Scholarship)
1984 | Harvard University, USA, Master in Education(Saltonstall Memorial Scholar)
1986 | University of Massachusetts, USA, MFA

 

 

HONOURS/AWARDS

1982 | Young Contemporary, National Art Gallery, Minor Award
1992 | Certificate of Recognition, Cornell University, USA, Outstanding Educator
1992 | “Hoy Cheong Wong Scholarship” established for Cornell University Undergraduates
1992 | Australian High Commission Australian Cultural Award

 
 
 

 

AUCTIONS

2007 Nov | Christie’s Southeast Asian Modern and Contemporary Art | In Between Two Victorias; In Between Tropics and Temperate, 2002 | charcoal on paper (72cm x 52cm), HK$ 93,750 (USD 12,105)

2012 Oct | Henry Butcher Art Auctioneers | Chronicles of Crime: Last Supper, 2006 | digital photography on Kodak professional paper, edition 2 of 8 (86cm x 121cm), RM 18,700

2013 Nov | Henry Butcher Art Auctioneers | Bukit Beruntung Factories, 2006 | charcoal on paper (100cm x 75cm), RM 33,000

2014 Apr | Henry Butcher Art Auctioneers | Bundle Boy (Migrant Series), 1994 | charcoal on paper (54.5cm x 38.5cm), RM 19,040