Liyen Chong :: Curriculum Vitae        
Currently based in Auckland, New Zealand.

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS         
2011
Crowning Glory, The Suter Gallery, Nelson
Of Positions and half Positions having several Marks at once, Gus Fisher Gallery, Auckland (solo)
Dasein (Being There.), Page Blackie Gallery, Wellington (solo)
Knitted & Knotted, The Dowse Art Museum, Hutt City
Auckland Art Fair, represented by Martin Browne Contemporary, Page Blackie Gallery, Melanie Roger Gallery
Photography - Liyen Chong | Derek Henderson & Tom Roberton | James Lowe | Richard Orjis | Patricia Piccinini, Melanie Roger Gallery, Auckland
Group Show, Melanie Roger Gallery, Auckland
2010
New Works, Page Blackie Gallery, Wellington (solo)
Txt: The Written Word in New Zealand Art, Te Manawa, Palmerston North
Liyen Chong | Richard Orjis | Heather Straka, Anna Bibby Gallery, Auckland
Melbourne Art Fair, represented by Martin Browne Fine Art, Auckland
Strangeland, Martin Browne Fine Art, Sydney, Australia
2009       
Recent Acquisitions, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, Australia
Motel, Bartley and Company Art, Wellington
Black Candy, City Art Rooms, Auckland      
Auckland Art Fair, represented by Martin Browne Fine Art, Auckland
A Fragile State, Martin Browne Fine Art, Sydney, Australia
2008       
64, 64zero3, Christchurch
Art Suitcase, Auckland Art Gallery, Auckland
2008 Wallace Art Awards Finalists Show, Aotea Centre Gallery, Auckland & TheNewDowse, Lower Hutt  
Bridge Art Fair, represented by City Art Rooms, Berlin
Contours + Conditions, City Art Rooms, Auckland
New Victorians, University Art Gallery, University of Sydney, Australia
9, 64zero3, Christchurch (solo)
The Gravy Launch Exhibition, St Paul Street Gallery 3, Auckland
Drawing Wall, Te Tuhi Centre for the Arts, Manukau City
Back to Front, 64zero3, Christchurch
Coca Anthony Harper Award Exhibition, Centre of Contemporary Art, Christchurch
2007       
HOT, 64zero3, Christchurch
Of Deities or Mortals, Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetu, Christchurch
Art School 125, Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetu, Christchurch
A Humid Day, The Gus Fisher Gallery, University of Auckland, Auckland (solo)
Liyen Chong | Angela Singer | Sarah Smuts-Kennedy, Roger Williams Contemporary, Auckland
Auckland Art Fair, represented by 64zero3, Auckland
Ficciones, curated by Andrew Paul Wood, 64zero3, Christchurch
2006       
Drawings I would like to sell you for the rest of my life, 64zero3, Christchurch (solo)
Recovered Memory, curated by Lara Strongman, The Suter Te Aratoi o Whakatu, Nelson
2005       
Thread, 64zero3, Christchurch
2003       
A Third Place, curated by Ewen McDonald, University of Canterbury School of Fine Arts Gallery, Christchurch

COLLECTIONS                                   
National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, Australia
The Chartwell Collection, Auckland Art Gallery, Toi o Tamaki, New Zealand
University of Canterbury Fine Art Collection, New Zealand
Private collections throughout New Zealand, Australia and the U.S. 

COMMUNITY PROJECTS
Threaded Stories, 4A Centre for Contemporary Art, Sydney, Australia (2010)

WEBSITE PROJECTS
www.ahumidday.info

PRESS/MEDIA
Clement, Tracey. “Dead Certain.” The Sydney Morning Herald Metro, 29 Aug. 2008: p21
“Close Up” Pre. Mark Sainsbury. TVNZ 1. 11 Jul. 2008
Shiels, Rosa. “Stitching in Hair.” The Christchurch Press, 9 Jul. 2008.
“The Gravy Series 2, Episode 4.” Dir. Simon Raby. TVNZ 6. 6 Apr. 2008.
McNamara, T.J. “The Galleries: History in the making.” The New Zealand Herald, 20 Dec. 2007.

SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
Baker, Kriselle, The Enchantment of Irony, 9, Liyen Chong, 2008, exhibition catalogue/
artist’s book
Brown, Warwick, Seen This Century, Random House, 2009, p. 64-67
Boyce, Roger, Garden of Forking Paths, Art New Zealand, No. 124 2007, p. 38-40
Brettkelly-Chalmers, Kate, Untitled, 2007, exhibition catalogue
Chong, Liyen, Medicine Packet, Landfall 211 ‘Borderline’, Issue 211 2006, p. 200
Hall, Ken, Of Deities or Mortals, Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetu, Christchurch, 2007, exhibition catalogue
Strongman, Lara, Recovered Memory, The Suter Te Aratoi o Whakatu, Nelson, 2006, exhibition catalogue
Wood, Andrew Paul, Ficciones, 64zero3, 2007, exhibition catalogue
McDonald, Ewen, A Third Place, University of Canterbury School of Fine Arts Gallery, 2003, exhibition catalogue
Watson, Aaron, Hair Style, Artzone, No. 18 2007, p. 29-35
Were, Virginia, Conjuring Tricks, Art News, Autumn 2008, p. 104-105
Boccalatte, Suzanne, and Jones, Meredith eds. Trunk; Volume One: Hair, Bocalatte Publishing, 2009, p. 92, 94

EDUCATION

 
Liyen Chong is represented by Martin Browne Fine Art in Sydney, Australia, Page Blackie Gallery in Wellington, and Melanie Roger Gallery in Auckland New Zealand.