OWEN LEONG // MADE IN CHINA, AUSTRALIA at Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery

 

Image: Owen Leong, AUTOevacuation, 2005, digital video, 4:3, colour, silent, 4:29 minutes. 

Artereal Gallery Artist, Owen Leong, has artwork included in the touring exhibition MADE IN CHINA, AUSTRALIA, a two-year touring exhibition which is now on show at the Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery (QVMAG) in Launceston until 17 May 2015.

QVMAG marks the last stop of the two-year touring exhibition, which has traveled to 10 different venues across Australia.

Curated by Greg Leong, the exhibition questions how the work of Chinese Australian artists is affected by the particular Chinese Australian heritage and experiences they have had. Some of the artists in the exhibition were born here, others travelled here in the past and some are recent arrivals. The curator is interested in the subtle differences that arise in the artists’ work due to their particular relationship with the two cultures.

Made In China, Australia investigates contemporary art practices across a range of mediums and disciplines, genders and generations.

THE DETAILS: 

Made in China, Australia 

Gallery 4, Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery, Royal Park, Launceston A Salamanca Arts Centre Exhibition toured by Contemporary Art Tasmania.

OWEN LEONG // to complete artist residency at Swatch Art Peace Hotel, Shanghai

Image: Owen Leong, Aura, 2014

From Singapore and Sydney and now to Shanghai: it's been a busy year already for artist Owen Leong. This March, the artist will travel to Shanghai to complete the Swatch Art Peace Hotel's distinguished Artist Residency program, which he will undertake over a period of three months.

As part of the unique nature of the residency, the artist will live and work in studios located on the hotel premises for the duration of his stay.

Those accepted into the program practice across a broad range of artistic disciplines, with the selection process aiming to integrate artists in a spirit of openness and curiosity about creativity in its diverse forms and contexts.

At present, the members of the Artist Selection Committee are: Nayla Hayek, Chair of the Board of Directors, Swatch Group; Nick Hayek, CEO, Swatch Group; Esther Grether, Board Member, Swatch Group; George Clooney, Actor; François-Henri Pinault, Chairman and CEO, Kering; Mikhail Kusnirovich, Russian Entrepreneur and Chairman of the Strategic Development Committee of the Department Store GUM; Sir Francis Yeoh, Chairman of YTL Group.

At the end of the program, the residency requests that an artists leaves a 'trace' of their presence and time in the hotel as part of the residency, which usually takes shape via an artwork that becomes part of the Swatch Art Peace Hotel Collection.

In support of the artist's residency, Owen Leong was the successful recipient of both the Ian Potter Cultural Trust Grant and an Arts NSW Grant.