# Luise Fong

Luise Fong (born 1964) is a Malaysian-born New Zealand artist.
Fong was born in Sandakan, Malaysia and moved to Auckland, New Zealand at a young age. In 1983, she started study at the Wellington Polytechnic for textile design. She was later accepted into University of Auckland's Elam School of Fine Arts in 1986, and was graduated with Bachelor of Fine Arts in print-making in 1989.
Fong was lecturing at Elam School of Fine Arts between 1993-1994, and in 1994, she was granted artist-in-residence at University of Melbourne's Victorian College of the Arts.
In 1994, Fong was the joint Premier Award winners with Bill Hammond for the Visa Gold Art Award, the largest art prize in New Zealand at the time. Fong moved to Melbourne in 1995, and worked there until 2001, when she was made a lecturer in painting at University of Auckland's Elam School of Fine Arts. She was working there until 2005.
Her work was part of several important international exhibitions, including Cultural Safety: Contemporary Art from New Zealand, in Frankfurter Kunstverein in 1995 and Trans/fusion: Hong Kong artists' exchange, Hong Kong Arts Centre and Auckland Art City Gallery in 1996.
Fong has held many residency positions; including a residency at the Govett-Brewster Art Gallery in 1995, and University of Canterbury in 1999. Fong was artist in residence at the McCahon House Residency in Titirangi in 2008.
In 2020, Fong discovered a missing painting by Dame Louise Henderson, in Mount Albert Grammar School. Fong attended a function event, and was given a tour of their G J Moyal Collection. Art Galleries throughout Auckland and Christchurch were trying to locate April from The "Twelve Months" series for the exhibition Louise Henderson: From Life. Fong recognised the style and suspected it could be the missing painting, which it turned out to be.

## Collections

Her work is held in numerous private and major public collections throughout New Zealand, including Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, Auckland Art Gallery, Auckland War Memorial Museum, Dunedin Public Art Gallery, Govett-Brewster Art Gallery, Christchurch Art Gallery, Te Manawa Museum, University of Auckland, Fletcher Trust, Chartwell Trust, McCahon House Trust, University of Canterbury, and Dame Jenny Gibbs Collection.

## Selected Awards

* 1994: New Zealand Premier Award Winner, Visa Gold Art Award (with Bill Hammond)
* 1993: New Zealand Merit Award Winner, Visa Gold Art Award
* 1993: Ida Else Painting Award, Auckland Society of Arts

## Selected Residencies

* 2008: McCahon House Artist Residency, McCahon Trust, Titirangi, Auckland, New Zealand
* 1997: Artist in Residence, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand
* 1995: Artist in Residence, Govett-Brewster Art Gallery, New Plymouth, New Zealand
* 1994: Artist in Residence, Victoria College of the Arts, Melbourne, Australia

## Selected solo exhibitions

Source:
* 2024: Nexus, Bergman Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand
* 2019: Review, North Art Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand
* 2017: Interplay, Antoinette Godkin Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand
* 2015: Requiem, Antoinette Godkin Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand
* 2009: How to Talk Tree, Lopdell House Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand
* 2007: Jonathan Smart Gallery, Christchurch, New Zealand
* 2004: Elemental, Starkwhite, Auckland, New Zealand
* 2002: Turbo, Jonathan Smart Gallery, Christchurch, New Zealand
* 1999: Universe, McDougall Contemporary Art Annexe, Christchurch, New Zealand
* 1999: Transit, Robert Lindsay Gallery, Melbourne, Australia
* 1998: Recent Paintings, Anna Bibby Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand
* 1998: Sonar, John Batten Gallery, Hong Kong
* 1997: Chamber, Robert Lindsay Gallery, Melbourne, Australia
* 1995: More Human, Govett-Brewster Art Gallery, New Plymouth; Fisher Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand
* 1993: Chen, Claybrook Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand
* 1992: Speak (window installation), Auckland City Art Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand
* 1989: Past Presence, Fish Shop Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand

## Selected group exhibitions

Source:
* 2024: Generation X: 50 Artworks from the Chartwell Collection, City Gallery, Wellington, New Zealand
* 2024: Feminine/Abstract, Te Manawa Museum, Palmerston North, New Zealand
* 2024: Belonging: Stories of Contemporary New Zealand Asian Artists, Bergman Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand
* 2024: ABSTRAXT ABSTRAXT, North Art Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand
* 2024: Aotearoa Art Fair, Bergman Gallery, Viaduct Events Centre, Auckland, New Zealand
* 2023: Horizon, Bergman Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand
* 2023: A Place to Call Home - Contemporary New Zealand Asian Art, Bergman Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand
* 2016: Bodywork, Dunedin Public Art Gallery, Dunedin, New Zealand
* 2007: Painting: One. Two Rooms Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand
* 2007: Ae AM, Tinakori Gallery, Wellington, New Zealand
* 2005: Winter, Ngamatau Gallery, Queenstown, New Zealand
* 2004: HOME/GROUND-SCAPE Biennial 04, Christchurch, New Zealand
* 2003: Pressing Flesh: Skin, Touch, Intimacy, Auckland Art Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand
* 1999: Contemporary Melbourne Abstraction, Heide Art Gallery, New Plymouth, New Zealand
* 1996: Cultural Safety: Contemporary Art from New Zealand, Frankfurter Kunstverein, Germany
* 1996: Referencing, Robert Lindsay Gallery, Melbourne, Australia
* 1996: Trans/fusion: Hong Kong artists' exchange, Auckland Art Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand
* 1995: Trans/fusion: Hong Kong artists' exchange, Hong Kong Arts Centre, Hong Kong
* 1994: Taking Stock of the Nineties, Sarjeant Gallery, Whanganui, New Zealand
* 1994: Station to Station: The Way of the Cross, Auckland City Art Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand
* 1992: Light Sensitive, Artspace, Auckland, New Zealand
* 1992: After Dark, Wellington City Gallery, Wellington, New Zealand
* 1992: After Dark, Govett-Brewster Art Gallery, New Plymouth, New Zealand
* 1992: Shadow of Style: Eight New Artists, Wellington City Gallery, Wellington, New Zealand
* 1992: Shadow of Style: Eight New Artists, Govett-Brewster Art Gallery, New Plymouth, New Zealand
* 1992: Surface Tension: Ten Artists in the Nineties, Auckland City Art Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand
* 1991: Speaking Through the Crack in the Mirror, Artspace, Auckland, New Zealand
* 1990: Pandora’s Box, George Fraser Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand
* 1989: Fascination. Brooker Gallery, Wellington, New Zealand
* 1988: 20,000 Leagues, Fish Shop Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand