Luise Fong

Luise Fong (born 1964) is a Malaysian-born New Zealand artist.
Fong was born in Sandakan, Malaysia in 1964 and moved to New Zealand as a child. In 1983 she began studying textile design at Wellington Polytechnic. In 1986 she was accepted into Elam School of Fine Arts at the University of Auckland, graduating with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in print-making in 1989.
Between 1993 and 1994 Fong worked as a junior lecturer at Elam School of Fine Arts. In 1994 she was the artist-in-residence at the Victorian College of the Arts at the University of Melbourne and in the same year was the joint winner (with Bill Hammond) of the Visa Gold Art Award. In 1995 Fong moved to Melbourne and lived and worked there until 2001, when she was appointed lecturer in painting at Elam School of Fine Arts. She remained there until 2005.
Fong's work has been included in several important international exhibitions, including Cultural Safety: Contemporary Art from New Zealand, Frankfurter Kunstverein, 1995 and Trans/fusion: Hong Kong artists' exchange, Hong Kong Arts Centre and Auckland Art Gallery, 1996.
Fong has held a number of residency positions; in 1995 she was an artist-in-residence at the Govett-Brewster Art Gallery, and in 1999 she was the Visiting Artist at the University of Canterbury. In 2008 she was resident artist at the Colin McCahon House in Auckland.
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 Toi o Tāmaki, Chartwell Trust Collection, Dunedin Public Art Gallery, Govett-Brewster Art Gallery, Christchurch Art Gallery, University of Auckland Art Collection, Fletcher Trust Collection, and University of Canterbury Art 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 Arts, Melbourne, Australia
Selected solo exhibitions
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
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
References
1964 births
Living people
Malaysian emigrants to New Zealand
New Zealand people of Malaysian descent
New Zealand artists
Elam Art School alumni
Conceptual artists
Abstract artists