Submitted by Owen on Sat, 2006-09-16 12:55.
Artist Statement
Owen Leong mobilizes aesthetics of race, liminal states, abjection and transformation in contemporary art. Working with video, sculpture and installation his works harness simple gestures of the performing body with materials such as milk, honey, prosthetic wounds, and sugar antlers.
The artist visualizes the structures that mark our bodies through race, gender and colour. His video performances blur the boundaries between real and fictional selves to explore how the body is physically, socially and culturally framed. His artistic practice explores notions of corporeal encoding and the disruption of hierarchical systems to elicit the diffuse, and often invisible, power of white hegemony.
Leong has exhibited extensively both locally and internationally. His work has been shown in London, Manchester, Liverpool, Beijing, Shanghai, Shenzhen, Singapore, Hong Kong, Melbourne and Sydney. In 2005 he was awarded an Australia Council New Work Grant. He recently completed a three-month artist residency at Chinese Arts Centre Manchester, United Kingdom. In 2008 he has been awarded the Moya Dyring Studio at the Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris.
Art Forms
Media arts
Performance
3 D (sculpture/installation/public art)
Web Site
http://www.owenleong.comContact Owen LEONG
