| | | | OWEN LEONG | | Born in Sydney 1979 | | Lives and works in Melbourne, Australia | | 2005 | Master of Fine Arts. College of Fine Arts, University of New South Wales, Sydney | | 2002 | Bachelor of Fine Arts (First Class Honours). College of Fine Arts, University of New South Wales, Sydney | | 2010 | Birthmark. Anna Pappas Gallery, Melbourne | | 2007 | Owen Leong. Ryan Renshaw, Brisbane | | | Owen Leong. Mori Gallery, Sydney | | 2006 | Ghost Heart. Chinese Arts Centre, Manchester | | | Owen Leong. The Prism, Westpac Corporate Art Collection, Sydney | | 2005 | Autofiction. Ivan Dougherty Gallery, Sydney | | 2004 | White Amnesia. Sherman Artbox / Sherman Galleries, Sydney | | | Crisis Tendencies. ROOM 35 / Gitte Weise Gallery, Sydney | | 2003 | Owen Leong. Gallery 4a, Sydney | | SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS | | 2010 | Melbourne Art Fair (with Anna Pappas Gallery), Melbourne | | | Group Show, Anna Pappas Gallery at The Depot Gallery, Sydney | | 2009 | William and Winifred Bowness Photography Prize. Monash Gallery of Art, Melbourne | | | NEXT Art Fair (with Über Gallery), Chicago | | | Surveying the Field. Counihan Gallery, Melbourne | | 2008 | Bridge Art Fair (with City Art Rooms), Berlin | | | Reflecting Skin. City Art Rooms, Auckland | | | Leading Lights. Ivan Dougherty Gallery, Sydney | | 2007 | Soft Power. Zendai Museum of Modern Art, Shanghai | | | Asian Attitude: Transit Forces. National Museum of Poznan, Poland | | | I’ll Be Your Mirror. Gallery Primo Alonso, London | | | Synthetic / Aesthetic. Asia-Australia Arts Centre, Sydney | | | Entanglement (with Shoufay Derz). Westspace, Melbourne | | | Churchie National Emerging Art Exhibition, Anglican Church Grammar School, Brisbane | | | Blake Prize. National Art School Gallery, Sydney | | 2006 | I’ll Be Your Mirror. Liverpool Biennial Independents, Liverpool | | | Video Easy. The Hart Center For Arts, Beijing | | | ...becoming as a hundred thousand. George Paton Gallery, Melbourne | | | Liquid Aesthetics. 2006 Midsumma Festival. BlackBox Arts Centre, Melbourne | | | Helen Lemprière Traveling Art Scholarship Exhibition. Artspace, Sydney | | 2005 | Asian Traffic. Esplanade Jendela Visual Art Space, Singapore; Today Art Museum, Beijing; Zendai Museum of Modern Art, Shanghai; OCTA Museum of Contemporary Art, Shenzhen; Hong Kong Arts Centre, Hong Kong | | | Contemporary Collection Benefactors Art Auction. Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney | | | Text Me: an exploration of body language. Sherman Galleries, Sydney | | | Room 35 turns 8, Gitte Weise Gallery, Sydney | | | Prospectus: projections in new media. Blankspace, Sydney | | | Helen Lemprière Traveling Art Scholarship Award Exhibition. Artspace, Sydney | | 2004 | Asian Traffic (curated by Binghui Huangfu). Asia-Australia Arts Centre, Sydney (Official Parallel Event of the Biennale of Sydney) | | | Res Artis (with Song Dong and Shen Shaomin). Artspace, Sydney | | | CCAS Contemporary Art Award, Canberra Contemporary Art Space, Canberra | | | Nightvision video projects. Asia-Australia Arts Centre, Sydney | | | New Q Cubed. 2004 Midsumma Festival. Counihan Gallery, Melbourne | | | Helen Lemprière Traveling Art Scholarship Award Exhibition. Artspace, Sydney | | 2009 | Asialink Visual Arts Residency | | | Art & Australia Contemporary Art Award (Highly Commended) | | | William and Winifred Bowness Photography Prize (People's Choice Award) | | 2008 | Australia Council New Work Grant | | | Art Gallery of NSW Moya Dyring Studio | | | Ian Potter Cultural Trust Grant | | 2007 | Art & Australia Contemporary Art Award (Highly Commended) | | 2005 | Australia Council New Work Grant | | 2003 | Australian Postgraduate Award | | 1998 | College of Fine Arts Undergraduate Scholarship | | 2009 | Tokyo Wonder Site, Tokyo | | 2008 | Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris | | 2006 | Chinese Arts Centre, Manchester | | | Artspace Visual Arts Centre, Sydney | | Stephen Grant and Bridget Pirrie, Sydney | | Private collections in Australia, New Zealand and United Kingdom | Lian Low, "Interview with Owen Leong", Peril Magazine, (20 June 2010)
Dan Rule, "Owen Leong: Birthmark", A2 - The Age, (Saturday 22 May 2010): 18
Damian Smith, "Birthmark", catalogue essay (April 2010)
Anna Edmundson. "But where are you really from?: The crisis of multiculturalism examined through the work of four Asian-Australian artists", Humanities Research, volume XV, no. 2 (2009): 93-113
Felicity Fenner. "Leading Lights", catalogue essay (November 2008): 22-23
Francis Maravillas. "Constellations of the contemporary: Art / Asia / Australia", Journal of Australian Studies, 1835-6419, volume 32, issue 4, 2008: 433 – 444
Naomi Gall. "The Taste of Race", Incubate Magazine, no.1 (Winter 2008): 52
Alan Cruickshank. "Asian Attitudes", Art & Australia, volume 45, no.3 (Autumn 2008): 362-363
Uros Cvoro. “Owen Leong”, Art & Australia, volume 45, no.2 (Summer 2007): 288
Jason Lingard. "Owen Leong", Nothing Mag, www.nothingmag.com, issue 16 (April 2007)
Margaret Mayhew. "Pink Bits and Milky", Art and Mayhem, www.artandmayhem.blogspot.com (5 March 2007)
Chris Long. "Man of Milk and Honey", BBC Online UK (23 June 2006)
Barbara Bolt. “Queer Spill”, RealTime, issue 72 (April/May 2006): 26
Annabel Pegus. “Unlimited Potential”, COFA Magazine, Issue 15 (Summer 2006): 22
Prue Gibson. “Busy Benefactors”, Australian Art Collector, issue 34 (October-December 2005): 94-95
Ella Barclay. “I link, therefore I am”, RealTime, issue 66 (April/May 2005): 32
Danielle Johnson. “Text Me”, catalogue essay (January 2005): 3
Gary Carsley. “Asian Traffic”, Broadsheet, volume 33, no.4 (December 2004): 22-25
Felicity Fenner. “Shifting Gears: Asian Traffic”, Artlink, volume 24, no.3 (December, 2004): 20-27
Lilly Wei. “South by Southeast”, Art in America (December 2004): 63
Aaron Seeto. “Flaccid momentums and tactical interventions”, EastWest, issue 1 (September-November, 2004): 108-109
Joanna Mendelssohn. "Owen Leong", Tema Celeste (Italy), issue 104 (July-August, 2004): 80
David Mills. "The Eyes Have It", blue, issue 51 (June-July, 2004): 6
Dominique Angeloro. “Owen Leong”, Metro – The Sydney Morning Herald, (May 14, 2004): 27 | |
