Let it be the lake district or hill towns in north-central Italy, the ancient Ming-Qing villages in northern China, the streets of her Quanzhou hometown, or simply a corner of the City Hall Bus Station in Taipei, Ngan Leong CHEUNG contemplates the nuances in the customs, climates and crafts of the places she visits, and transforms the landscapes in front of her eyes into monoprints and small oil paintings. The modernized yet culturally rich scenes in CHEUNG's works are more than faithful recreation of what she sees, but rather the externally inspired expression of her experiences and thoughts on people, herself, the surrounding, or even civilization and nature. Though drawn from cities of very different climates and geographies, the light source, atmosphere, people's postures, contrasting colors, and affective emotions are the foci of her paintings. This selective accentuation is especially evident in CHEUNG's oil paintings that illustrate her creative intention: "To infuse the pure landscape into the perceived human environment, and to inquire the intricate social forms to understand people and oneself."

• 1988 Born in Quanzhou, Fujian Province, China
• 1995 Moved to Hong Kong, China
• 2010 Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Exchange Programs, Boston, USA
• 2012 BA Hons Painting and Printmaking, The Glasgow School of Art, Glasgow, England
• 2015 MFA, Painting, Slade School of Fine Art, UCL, London, England
• Currently lives and works in Beijing, China

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2019
• “Aurae”, Yiiie Gallery, Chengdu, China

2017
• “Courtyard in A Nocturne”, Minority Space, Beijing, China

2011
• “Changing Land with Katrin Jaberg”, The Studio 41, Glasgow, England

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2019
• “Stance”, ESLITE GALLERY, Taipei, Taiwan
• “Have You Forgotten Me”, MAMALA Temple Fair 2019, Chen Gallery, Beijing, China

2018
• “Crack”, Zebravm, Beijing, China
• “SU Wong-shen with His Young Friends”, ESLITE GALLERY, Taipei, Taiwan
• “Elite Young Artists Program 2018”, Guofeng Art Museum, Shenzhen / Right View Art Museum, Beijing, China
• “Paperism”, Link Gallery, Beijing, China

2016
• “The First Hua Jiadi Biennale”, Hua Jiadi Residency, Beijing, China

2015
• “Prism”, Smart Art Room of LD Design Centre, Beijing, China
• “Off The Wall”, HQS Wellington, London, England

2012
• “New Firm”, Candid Arts Trust, Islington, London, England
• “Manifesto”, The Grace and Clark Fyfe Gallery, Glasgow, England

RESIDENCY

2015
• Stephenie Bergman Studio Residency, Taroudant, Morocco