Photo by Kong Wee Pang
About
Public Art : Creative Designer : Interactive Mural Artist
Kong Wee Pang moved to the United States in 2001 from multi-cultural Malaysia & Singapore. She graduated 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. She currently works as a Associate Creative Director at the mid-south’s largest ad agency, Archer Malmo. In 2016, she co-founded Taropop Studio, focusing on public art and award-winning branding.
She has shown her work in New York’s Times Square, Spain, Italy, Berlin, Atlanta, Memphis, California and Malaysia.
Selected Clients
Hilton
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
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 upon the notion of 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.