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{{Infobox person |name = Liyen Chong |image = Liyen Chong.jpg |caption = Artist Liyen Chong at Black Lunch Table + Project Row Houses Juneteenth Photobooth, 2021 |website = https://liyenchong.com/ }} '''Liyen Chong''' (born 1979) is a New Zealand artist of Chinese-Malaysian descent.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=https://melanierogergallery.com/stockroom/liyen-chong/|title=Melanie Roger Gallery: Liyen Chong|website=melanierogergallery.com|access-date=14 May 2019}}</ref> Her work is held in the permanent collections of the Christchurch Art Gallery, the University of Canterbury and the National Gallery of Australia.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/artsonsunday/galleries/liyenchong|title=Liyen Chong {{!}} A Gallery from Arts on Sunday {{!}} RNZ National|website=RNZ |language=en-nz|access-date=14 May 2019}}</ref>
== Biography == Chong grew up in Malaysia and China, and migrated to New Zealand in her mid-teens. She completed a master's degree in fine arts at the University of Canterbury School of Fine Arts in Christchurch in 2003. In 2005, she moved to Auckland.<ref name=":0" />
In 2011, Chong was awarded the McCahon House Artist's Residency and was artist in residence at McCahon House in Titirangi, Auckland and Tylee Cottage, Whanganui.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.mccahonhouse.org.nz/Residency/MeettheArtists/LiyenChong.aspx|title=Liyen Chong McCahon House Artists Residency|website=www.mccahonhouse.org.nz|access-date=14 May 2019}}</ref> In 2012 and 2015, she received Asia New Zealand Foundation residencies at the Goyang Art Studio in Seoul, South Korea, and Cemeti Art House in Yogyakarta, Indonesia, respectively.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.watermarkprint.nz/artists/liyen-chong|title=Liyen Chong|website=Watermark Printworkshop|language=en-NZ|access-date=14 May 2019}}</ref>
Chong has become known for her detailed embroidered "drawings" that use human hair as thread; she also works with painted ceramics and prints.<ref name=":1" /><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/lifestyle/news/article.cfm?c_id=6&objectid=10732357|title=Liyen Chong's favourite things |author=Zoe Walker |newspaper=The New Zealand Herald|date=15 June 2011|access-date=14 May 2019|language=en-NZ|issn=1170-0777}}</ref><br />
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==External links== * {{Official website}}
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