{"id":1570,"date":"2015-05-06T14:50:55","date_gmt":"2015-05-06T06:50:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www2.weiling-gallery.com\/gallery\/welcome\/?page_id=1570"},"modified":"2025-12-06T11:18:30","modified_gmt":"2025-12-06T03:18:30","slug":"wong-chee-meng-press-and-news","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/weiling-gallery.com\/gallery\/artists\/wong-chee-meng-press-and-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Wong Chee Meng &#8211; Press and News"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-bvhwpe-f34c37a88288fa7cca8290a510f91ab8\">\n.avia-section.av-bvhwpe-f34c37a88288fa7cca8290a510f91ab8{\nbackground-color:#f2f2f2;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div id='av_section_1'  class='avia-section av-bvhwpe-f34c37a88288fa7cca8290a510f91ab8 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-1570'><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-9f5lyq-6a1512e89f82761f26eb14ea5a7bd7fa 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-1570'><div class='entry-content-wrapper clearfix'>\n<div class='flex_column av-6vwi2q-98fb79981de53f0e3c2356974fef53ef 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 class=\"selected\" title=\"Wong Chee Meng \u2013 Press and News\" href=\"https:\/\/weiling-gallery.com\/gallery\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Wong-Chee-Meng-revised-2022.pdf\">press and news<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-4p0cpe-bf4b5af68abba859f14b9eb502e98a98\">\n#top .hr.hr-invisible.av-4p0cpe-bf4b5af68abba859f14b9eb502e98a98{\nheight:30px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='hr av-4p0cpe-bf4b5af68abba859f14b9eb502e98a98 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><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">18@8, 2007<\/span><br \/>\n<a title=\"Read 18@8 essay by Niluksi Koswanage for accompanying catalogue\/book\" href=\"https:\/\/weiling-gallery.com\/gallery\/portfolio-item\/read-188-essay-by-niluksi-koswanage-for-accompanying-cataloguebook\/\">Read 18@8 essay by Niluksi Koswanage for accompanying catalogue\/book<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"\u201cKlang Valley Streets: 18 reasons\u201d by Loke Poh Lin\" href=\"https:\/\/weiling-gallery.com\/gallery\/portfolio-item\/klang-valley-streets-18-reasons-by-loke-poh-lin\/\">&#8220;Klang Valley Streets: 18 reasons&#8221; by Loke Poh Lin<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"No central theme yet exciting by Vivienne Pal\" href=\"https:\/\/weiling-gallery.com\/gallery\/portfolio-item\/no-central-theme-yet-exciting-by-vivienne-pal\/\">No central theme yet exciting by Vivienne Pal<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aaa.org.hk\/WorldEvents\/Details\/9037\">Asia Art Archive<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Zero Degrees: Arts &amp; Culture\" href=\"https:\/\/weiling-gallery.com\/gallery\/portfolio-item\/zero-degrees-arts-culture\/\">Zero Degrees: Arts &amp; Culture<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">18@8 HEIRLOOMS<\/span><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.star2.com\/culture\/arts\/2015\/12\/20\/11-artists-create-heirlooms-for-the-future\/\">&#8220;11 artists create heirlooms for the future&#8221; by Terence Toh<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">18@8 RIGHT HERE! RIGHT NOW!<\/span><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.star2.com\/culture\/arts\/2017\/03\/01\/the-work-of-11-artists-in-a-single-show\/\">The works of 11 artists in a single show by Rouwen Lin<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.star2.com\/culture\/arts\/2017\/03\/01\/the-work-of-11-artists-in-a-single-show\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">ABSOLUT 18@8<\/span><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.star2.com\/culture\/arts\/2017\/03\/01\/the-work-of-11-artists-in-a-single-show\/\">Absolute 18@8 to Benefit SPCA SELANGOR<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/weiling-gallery.com\/gallery\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/188absolut-artmonthlyaustralia.pdf\">Art Monthly Australia<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kinkybluefairy.net\/2010\/12\/absolut-188\/\">Absolut18@8 at the Gardens<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thestar.com.my\/story\/?file=%2F2010%2F12%2F19%2Flifearts%2F7644154&amp;sec=lifearts\">Fascinating work of Art by Vivienne Pal<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Absolut-ly fascinating by Zuhaila Sedek\" href=\"https:\/\/weiling-gallery.com\/gallery\/portfolio-item\/absolut-ly-fascinating-by-zuhaila-sedek\/\">Absolut-ly fascinating by Zuhaila Sedek<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/weiling-gallery.com\/gallery\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/188absolut-harper.pdf\">In good spirits by Sunitha Thayaparan<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Octane Magazine\" href=\"https:\/\/weiling-gallery.com\/gallery\/portfolio-item\/octane-magazine\/\">Octane Magazine<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">A DECADE OF COLLECTING (PART II) &#8211; BRIGHT YOUNG THINGS<\/span><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bfm.my\/wei-ling-gallery.html\">Listen to BFM89.9 on Wei-ling Gallery&#8217;s 10th Anniversary<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"\u201cMy gallery cares about my masterpiece once it leaves the studio\u201d by Anurendra Jegadeva\" href=\"https:\/\/weiling-gallery.com\/gallery\/portfolio-item\/my-gallery-cares-about-my-masterpiece-once-it-leaves-the-studio-by-anurendra-jegadeva\/\">&#8220;My gallery cares about my masterpiece once it leaves the studio&#8221; by Anurendra Jegadeva<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"\u201cBeyond Collecting\u201d in conversation with Lim Wei-Ling by Gina Fairley\" href=\"https:\/\/weiling-gallery.com\/gallery\/portfolio-item\/beyond-collecting-in-conversation-with-lim-wei-ling-by-gina-fairley\/\">&#8220;Beyond Collecting&#8221; in conversation with Lim Wei-Ling by Gina Fairley<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Sleeve text for A Decade of Collecting\" href=\"https:\/\/weiling-gallery.com\/gallery\/portfolio-item\/sleeve-text-for-a-decade-of-collecting\/\"> Sleeve text for A Decade of Collecting<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.artmalaysiagroup.com\/arttalk\/detail\/83\/bright-young-things\">Read blog in Artmalaysia.com by Swee Chin Pan<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thestar.com.my\/story\/?file=%2F2012%2F9%2F22%2Fcentral%2F12045553\">Celebrating a decade in Art by Vincent Tan<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www2.nst.com.my\/life-times\/sunday-life-times\/an-exhilarating-decade-1.172693\">An Exhilarating Decade by Rachel Jenagaratnam<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">ART CAGED\/UNCAGED<\/span><br \/>\n<a title=\"Art of engaging the audience by Meera Murugesan\" href=\"https:\/\/weiling-gallery.com\/gallery\/portfolio-item\/art-of-engaging-the-audience-by-meera-murugesan\/\">Art of engaging the audience by Meera Murugesan<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/thestaronline.tv\/View.aspx?vid=7344&amp;cid=20\">Watch Art Caged\/Uncaged on TheStarOnline.tv<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">HO MIA<\/span><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/weiling-gallery.com\/gallery\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/peakpdf.pdf\">HELPING FROM THE (HE)ART. The Peak Article<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">THE SPACE BETWEEN<\/span><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.star2.com\/culture\/arts\/2015\/05\/03\/the-space-between-wei-ling-contemporary-does-a-double-take-on-malaysias-contemporary-artists\/\">&#8220;The Space Between: Wei-Ling Contemporary does a double take on Malaysia&#8217;s contemporary artists&#8221; by Rouwen Lin<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">18@8 RIGHT HERE! RIGHT NOW!<\/span><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/prestigeonline.com\/my\/Art-Culture\/News-Events\/Wei-Ling-Gallery-s-18-8-goes-introspective\">Wei-Ling Gallery&#8217;s 18@8 Goes Instrospective &#8211; Prestige<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.star2.com\/culture\/arts\/2017\/03\/01\/the-work-of-11-artists-in-a-single-show\/\">The works of 11 artists in a single show<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">HAVE YOU EVER<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bfm.my\/wong-chee-meng-have-you-ever.html\">Have You Ever\u2026? \u2013 BFM 89.9<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.star2.com\/culture\/arts\/2017\/04\/19\/wong-chee-meng-third-solo-exhibition\/\">A hopeful and optimistic show by Rouwen Lin \u2013 Star2<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/weiling-gallery.com\/gallery\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/PhotoGrid_1493695472563.pdf\">Circles of opportunity by Mae Chan \u2013 The Edge<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/weiling-gallery.com\/gallery\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/1.pdf\">Wong Chee Meng on Sin Chew Daily<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">RASA SAYANG<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thestar.com.my\/lifestyle\/culture\/2023\/08\/13\/visually-impaired-artist-uses-ar-to-celebrate-multi-layered-malaysia-stories\">Visually impaired artist uses AR to explore Malaysia&#8217;s multi-layered story by<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp; <\/span>Hanis Maketab, Star2.com<\/a><\/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 18@8, 2007 Read 18@8 essay by Niluksi Koswanage for accompanying catalogue\/book \"Klang Valley Streets: 18 reasons\" by Loke Poh Lin No central theme yet exciting by Vivienne Pal Asia Art Archive Zero Degrees: Arts &amp; Culture 18@8 HEIRLOOMS \"11 artists create heirlooms for the future\" [...]","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":23,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1570","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/weiling-gallery.com\/gallery\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1570","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/weiling-gallery.com\/gallery\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/weiling-gallery.com\/gallery\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/weiling-gallery.com\/gallery\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/weiling-gallery.com\/gallery\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1570"}],"version-history":[{"count":39,"href":"https:\/\/weiling-gallery.com\/gallery\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1570\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26143,"href":"https:\/\/weiling-gallery.com\/gallery\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1570\/revisions\/26143"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/weiling-gallery.com\/gallery\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/23"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/weiling-gallery.com\/gallery\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1570"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}