Photo by Kong Wee Pang
about
Kong Wee Pang is a Designer/Artist from Malaysia. She graduated Singapore Nanyang Academy of Fine Art. In 2001 she moved to the United States. She received a degree in Fine Art and design and an MFA from the Memphis College of Art. She currently works as an art director at the mid-south’s largest ad agency, archer>malmo.
Recently she has shown her work in New York Time Square, Spain, Italy, Berlin, Atlanta, Memphis, California.
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.