Photo by Kong Wee Pang
About
Public Artist: Creative Designer: Fine Art Artist
Kong Wee Pang moved to the United States in 2001 from multicultural Malaysia. She graduated from the Singapore Nanyang Academy of Fine Art. In 2001, she moved to the United States, where she received a degree in Fine Art and design and an MFA from the Memphis College of Art. In 2016, she co-founded Taropop Studio, focusing on public art and award-winning branding. She has shown her work in New York, California, and elsewhere in the United States, also Spain, Italy, Germany, Singapore, and Malaysia.
Selected Clients
Hilton
Adobe
The Link Denver Colorado
Starbucks
Sephora
Target
Planned Parenthood
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
Volunteer Odyssey
Downtown Memphis Commission
Dixon Gallery & Gardens: Art Museum
FedEx
Austin's Classical Radio Station
The Collegiate Hotel
Kenect Nashville
My Work
My work is concerned with transformation. Coming from Malaysia, I have learned to adapt to a new way of life here in the United States. I exist in a liminal state living in two worlds. I have focused on the notion of the original self, outside influences, and transmutation. Working with watercolor is meaningful to me. In Chinese, we have a saying which translates roughly to “When you drink water, remember the spring.” The abstracted figures give me a chance to face my new freedom while remembering where I come from. It is found in translation.