Luise Fong

Luise Fong (born 1964) is a Malaysian-born New Zealand artist.

Fong was born in Sandakan, Malaysia in 1964 and moved to New Zealand as a child. In 1983 she began studying textile design at Wellington Polytechnic. In 1986 she was accepted into Elam School of Fine Arts at the University of Auckland, graduating with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in print-making in 1989.

Between 1993 and 1994 Fong worked as a junior lecturer at Elam School of Fine Arts. In 1994 she was the artist-in-residence at the Victorian College of the Arts at the University of Melbourne and in the same year was the joint winner (with Bill Hammond) of the Visa Gold Art Award. In 1995 Fong moved to Melbourne and lived and worked there until 2001, when she was appointed lecturer in painting at Elam School of Fine Arts, University of Auckland. She remained there until 2005.

Fong's work has been included in several important international exhibitions, including Cultural Safety: Contemporary Art from New Zealand, Frankfurter Kunstverein, 1995 and Trans/fusion: Hong Kong artists' exchange, Hong Kong Arts Centre and Auckland Art Gallery, 1996.

Fong has held a number of residency positions; in 1995 she was an artist-in-residence at the Govett-Brewster Art Gallery, and in 1999 she was the Visiting Artist at the University of Canterbury. In 2008 she was resident artist at the Colin McCahon House in Auckland.

In 2020, Fong discovered a missing painting by Dame Louise Henderson, in Mount Albert Grammar School. Fong attended a function event, and was given a tour of their G J Moyal Collection. Art Galleries throughout Auckland and Christchurch were trying to locate April from The "Twelve Months" series for the exhibition Louise Henderson: From Life. Fong recognised the style and suspected it could be the missing painting, which it turned out to be.

Collections
Her work is held in numerous private and major public collections throughout New Zealand, including Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, Chartwell Trust Collection, Dunedin Public Art Gallery, Govett-Brewster Art Gallery, Christchurch Art Gallery, Te Manawa Museum, University of Auckland Art Collection, Fletcher Trust Collection, McCahon House Trust Collection, University of Canterbury Art Collection, and Dame Jenny Gibbs Collection.

Selected Awards

 * 1994: New Zealand Premier Award Winner, Visa Gold Art Award (with Bill Hammond)
 * 1993: New Zealand Merit Award Winner, Visa Gold Art Award
 * 1993: Ida Else Painting Award, Auckland Society of Arts

Selected Residencies

 * 2008: McCahon House Artist Residency, McCahon Trust, Titirangi, Auckland, New Zealand
 * 1997: Artist in Residence, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand
 * 1995: Artist in Residence, Govett-Brewster Art Gallery, New Plymouth, New Zealand
 * 1994: Artist in Residence, Victoria College of Arts, Melbourne, Australia

== Selected solo exhibitions ==


 * 2019: Review, North Art Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand
 * 2017: Interplay, Antoinette Godkin Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand
 * 2015: Requiem, Antoinette Godkin Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand
 * 2009: How to Talk Tree, Lopdell House Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand
 * 2007: Jonathan Smart Gallery, Christchurch, New Zealand
 * 2004: Elemental, Starkwhite, Auckland, New Zealand
 * 2002: Turbo, Jonathan Smart Gallery, Christchurch, New Zealand
 * 1999: Universe, McDougall Contemporary Art Annexe, Christchurch, New Zealand
 * 1999: Transit, Robert Lindsay Gallery, Melbourne, Australia
 * 1998: Recent Paintings, Anna Bibby Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand
 * 1998: Sonar, John Batten Gallery, Hong Kong
 * 1997: Chamber, Robert Lindsay Gallery, Melbourne, Australia
 * 1995: More Human, Govett-Brewster Art Gallery, New Plymouth; Fisher Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand
 * 1993: Chen, Claybrook Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand
 * 1992: Speak (window installation), Auckland City Art Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand
 * 1989: Past Presence, Fish Shop Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand

== Selected group exhibitions ==


 * 2024: Belonging: Stories of Contemporary New Zealand Asian Artists, Bergman Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand
 * 2024: ABSTRAXT ABSTRAXT, North Art Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand
 * 2024: Aotearoa Art Fair, Bergman Gallery, Viaduct Events Centre, Auckland, New Zealand
 * 2023: Horizon, Bergman Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand
 * 2023: A Place to Call Home - Contemporary New Zealand Asian Art, Bergman Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand
 * 2016: Bodywork, Dunedin Public Art Gallery, Dunedin, New Zealand
 * 2007: Painting: One. Two Rooms Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand
 * 2007: Ae AM, Tinakori Gallery, Wellington, New Zealand
 * 2005: Winter, Ngamatau Gallery, Queenstown, New Zealand
 * 2004: HOME/GROUND-SCAPE Biennial 04, Christchurch, New Zealand
 * 2003: Pressing Flesh: Skin, Touch, Intimacy, Auckland Art Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand
 * 1999: Contemporary Melbourne Abstraction, Heide Art Gallery, New Plymouth, New Zealand
 * 1996: Cultural Safety: Contemporary Art from New Zealand, Frankfurter Kunstverein, Germany
 * 1996: Referencing, Robert Lindsay Gallery, Melbourne, Australia
 * 1996: Trans/fusion: Hong Kong artists' exchange, Auckland Art Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand
 * 1995: Trans/fusion: Hong Kong artists' exchange, Hong Kong Arts Centre, Hong Kong
 * 1994: Taking Stock of the Nineties, Sarjeant Gallery, Whanganui, New Zealand
 * 1994: Station to Station: The Way of the Cross, Auckland City Art Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand
 * 1992: Light Sensitive, Artspace, Auckland, New Zealand
 * 1992: After Dark, Wellington City Gallery, Wellington, New Zealand
 * 1992: After Dark, Govett-Brewster Art Gallery, New Plymouth, New Zealand
 * 1992: Shadow of Style: Eight New Artists, Wellington City Gallery, Wellington, New Zealand
 * 1992: Shadow of Style: Eight New Artists, Govett-Brewster Art Gallery, New Plymouth, New Zealand
 * 1992: Surface Tension: Ten Artists in the Nineties, Auckland City Art Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand
 * 1991: Speaking Through the Crack in the Mirror, Artspace, Auckland, New Zealand
 * 1990: Pandora’s Box, George Fraser Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand
 * 1989: Fascination. Brooker Gallery, Wellington, New Zealand
 * 1988: 20,000 Leagues, Fish Shop Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand