| Vincent Leong graduated from Goldsmith’s College, London in 2004. In 2006, he was invited to participate in the Asian Cultural Content Creation Centre workshop in Gwanju, Korea and in 2007 he was artist-in-residence at Sculpture Square, Singapore. His solo shows include, The Fake Show, Reka Art Space, Kuala Lumpur, 2006; The Exhibition that Was, Valentine Willie Fine Art, Kuala Lumpur and Tropical Paradise, Sculpture Square, Singapore 2007. He has participated in group shows including: Selamat Datang ke Malaysia, Gallery 4A Sydney, The Independence Project, Galeri Petronas, Kuala Lumpur and Gertrude Contemporary Art Space, Melbourne, CAIS: Contemporary Art in School, Kuala Lumpur, The Jakarta Biennale, 2009, The Future of Exhibitions, ICA Lasalle, Singapore, 2010 and he was a resident artist of the Koganecho Baazar in Yokohama in 2009. Leong also curates and co-curated with Eva McGovern Ghost, by Roslisham Ismail @ Ise, Kuala Lumpur, 2010 and co-curated with Simon Soon Colour, Shape, Quantity, Scale by Liew Kwai Fei, Kuala Lumpur, 2010.
His next solo YOU ARE HERE will take place in June 2012 at Valentine Willie Fine Art Kuala Lumpur.
Exhibition Note:
The dying hibiscus (Malaysia’s national flower), sapped by the container of Malay nationalism as symbolised by the songkok headgear in Vincent Leong’s MeLayu is an allegory of the nation struggling under the burden of Malay nationalism, perhaps in reference to UMNO political party. What was once a movement that led the independence struggle now resorts to incite communal distrusts and racial tensions in order to stay in power.
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