{"id":11202,"date":"2017-04-17T13:06:09","date_gmt":"2017-04-17T05:06:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www2.weiling-gallery.com\/gallery\/?page_id=11202"},"modified":"2025-12-06T11:18:16","modified_gmt":"2025-12-06T03:18:16","slug":"wong-chee-meng-biography-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/weiling-gallery.com\/gallery\/artists\/wong-chee-meng-biography-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Wong Chee Meng &#8211; Biography"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-c8cfnm-0c6efac130575ba3b5db313917a139a8\">\n.avia-section.av-c8cfnm-0c6efac130575ba3b5db313917a139a8{\nbackground-color:#f2f2f2;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div id='av_section_1'  class='avia-section av-c8cfnm-0c6efac130575ba3b5db313917a139a8 main_color avia-section-small avia-no-border-styling  avia-builder-el-0  el_before_av_section  avia-builder-el-first  avia-bg-style-scroll  container_wrap fullsize'  ><div class='container av-section-cont-open' ><main  role=\"main\" itemprop=\"mainContentOfPage\"  class='template-page content  av-content-full alpha units'><div class='post-entry post-entry-type-page post-entry-11202'><div class='entry-content-wrapper clearfix'>\n<section class=\"av_textblock_section \"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock  '   itemprop=\"text\" ><h1 style=\"text-align: center; font-size: 30px; font-family: Open sans;\">Wong Chee Meng<\/h1>\n<\/div><\/section>\n\n<\/div><\/div><\/main><!-- close content main element --><\/div><\/div><div id='artists-title'  class='avia-section av-2dtvnya-dd427054c08194b7cff738d126e8b5fa main_color avia-section-default avia-no-border-styling  avia-builder-el-2  el_after_av_section  avia-builder-el-last  avia-bg-style-scroll  container_wrap fullsize'  ><div class='container av-section-cont-open' ><div class='template-page content  av-content-full alpha units'><div class='post-entry post-entry-type-page post-entry-11202'><div class='entry-content-wrapper clearfix'>\n<div class='flex_column av-25pseki-a30e794ed03037ffeefc56ef5e0fc9e6 av_one_full  avia-builder-el-3  el_before_av_hr  avia-builder-el-first  first flex_column_div '   ><section class=\"av_textblock_section \"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock  '   itemprop=\"text\" ><h3 class=\"p1\" style=\"font-family: 'eb garamond'; font-size: 14px; letter-spacing: 2px; text-transform: uppercase; text-align: left;\"><a title=\"Wong Chee Meng \u2013 Overview\" href=\"https:\/\/weiling-gallery.com\/gallery\/artists\/wong-chee-meng-overview\/\">overview<\/a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/weiling-gallery.com\/gallery\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Wong-Chee-Meng.pdf\">biography&nbsp;(CV)<\/a> |&nbsp;<a title=\"Wong Chee Meng \u2013 Exhibitions\" href=\"https:\/\/weiling-gallery.com\/gallery\/artists\/wong-chee-meng-exhibitions\/\">exhibitions<\/a>&nbsp;| <a title=\"Wong Chee Meng \u2013 Publications\" href=\"https:\/\/weiling-gallery.com\/gallery\/artists\/wong-chee-meng-publications\/\">Publications<\/a> | <a title=\"Wong Chee Meng \u2013 Press and News\" href=\"https:\/\/weiling-gallery.com\/gallery\/artists\/wong-chee-meng-press-and-news\/\">press and news<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-18fu49u-ba6208ac4717bdaf49303865214c87b9\">\n#top .hr.hr-invisible.av-18fu49u-ba6208ac4717bdaf49303865214c87b9{\nheight:30px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='hr av-18fu49u-ba6208ac4717bdaf49303865214c87b9 hr-invisible  avia-builder-el-5  el_after_av_one_full  el_before_av_textblock  '><span class='hr-inner '><span class=\"hr-inner-style\"><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<section class=\"av_textblock_section \"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock  '   itemprop=\"text\" ><p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Wong Chee Meng (b.1974)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">B. 1975, Perak, Malaysia<br \/>\nLives and works in Selangor, Malaysia<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Wong Chee Meng\u2019s view on the world is skewed by the blurring of lines and double images-the result of an accident that left him with permanent damage to his vision. Playing on the way he sees things, in multiple layers, sometimes crossing over and overlapping, his works are complex and multi-faceted. By meticulously painting layer upon layer of images, he camouflages many stories and hidden vistas, creating harmonious compositions that reveal deeper references, as we focus and look beyond the surface.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Wong Chee Meng\u2019s interest lies in the investigation of image-making through additive and subtractive transformation. He weaves random objects and subjects into intricate forms that are seemingly there, but fade into an absolution of colour chains. To him, art has a strange presence in our daily lives; it occurs anytime and anywhere. Through his paintings, which are often combined with techniques such as paper cut and stencil, he responds to social issues and cultural interventions that play on his subconscious, urging him to question and ponder their significance. Drawing on traditional symbolism, and subjects gleaned from fables of yore, he crystalizes his irreverent position and stance on the subject.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Through his exhibition \u2018Good Days Will Come\u2019 (2020), Wong Chee Meng worked with familiar visual elements including Chinese homophones, hidden numbers, lucky phrases and charms: iconic symbols found in Chinese culture, believed to carry positive energies and blessings. Hiding key elements within his paintings\u2019 multiple layers, the artist invites the audience to slowly reveal them. He was inspired by the science of optical illusion in applying the \u201canaglyph 3D\u201d effect to his paintings, achieved by encoding one image to one coloured filter. The result is a painting that reveals three different images, as seen through a red-tinted filter, cyan-tinted filter, or without a filter.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">His 2017 exhibition, \u2018Have You Ever\u2019, featured seven paintings, each depicting a familiar scene from everyday life yet fraught with deep underlying symbolism and meaning. In this series, beach balls \u2013 caught in mid-air or placed on higher planes, as they are tossed up and juggled \u2013 act as metaphors for new perceptions, actions, willingness, optimism and opportunities in life.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u2018Rasa Sayang\u2019 (2023) by Wong Chee Meng, which took inspiration from the titular Malay folk song, was an innovative body of work representing unity and love. His works explored the experiences of living in a multicultural environment and aimed to restore love and positivity towards forging a \u201cnew\u201d Malaysia while showcasing his unique exploration of cultural perception and artistic expression. Transcending traditional boundaries and flawlessly incorporating augmented reality (AR) components, \u2018Rasa Sayang\u2019 featured animations that came to life when scanned from a mobile app. Chee Meng showcased the integration of art and technology that not only propelled modern art forward but also developed a reinvigorated sense of national identity amidst the changing terrain of the \u201cnew\u201d Malaysia.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Active as an artist since 1996, Wong Chee Meng has been represented on numerous local and international art platforms. His work can be labelled as Contemporary Pop with a focus on Social Realism. He was selected as the artist in residence at the Mali Hom Residency in Penang in 2007 and represented Malaysia at an exposition of Malaysian art in Havana Cuba in 2006. His works have been widely collected by both private and public institutions and can be seen in the collections of Axiata, Rimbun Dahan, ABN Amro Bank, Fukuoka Asian Art Museum, Kuandu Museum of Fine Arts, and the National Visual Art Gallery in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Wong Chee Meng overview&nbsp;|&nbsp;biography&nbsp;(CV) |&nbsp;exhibitions&nbsp;| Publications | press and news Wong Chee Meng (b.1974) B. 1975, Perak, Malaysia Lives and works in Selangor, Malaysia Wong Chee Meng\u2019s view on the world is skewed by the blurring of lines and double images-the result of an accident that left him with permanent damage to his vision. 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