M E L C H E O N G
B I O G R A P H Y
Mel started as a designer and then shifted to develop herself in art. She won the Artist in Residence Award in the “6th Evora International Printmaking Competition” in 2009 and also held her first solo exhibition “Last Portrait” in the same year.
Mel uses a journalistic view to observe the ever-changing world and compares her surroundings to judge and understand herself. These observations and ideas are expressed in her art. Mel graduated from the University of Macau, majoring in Communications. She is now teaching Mokuhanga Class in Macau.
E D U C A T I O N
University of Macau, majoring in Communications
instagram : mel.cheong
A R T W O R K S
A R T I S T S T A T E M E N T
People are special individuals, but capitalism created a nihilistic worldview that only money exists. By participating in this social game, people gradually lose their humane instinct as in pursuing the true happiness in life – making a society that goes in a repeated loop without any breakthrough. Thus, it is important to understand oneself. One can achieve the results from learning and comparing with each other, with people in the history who laid down ideas and visions through art and culture. Through art revelation – the process of appreciation, expression and dissection, Mel found her way to understand herself and exchanging her ideas and visions with people who shares the same moment she does.
These ideas set up as a base for us to make a better and sophisticated self. Mel’s pursuit in questioning the moment allows her to continue in exploring the relationship between herself and her art.
E X H I B IT I O N
2018
Solo Exhibition “Carving White” Roomage30, Macau
Solo Exhibition “Carving White” Enlace Gallery,Fukuoka, Japan
Solo Exhibition “Carving White” CfSHE Gallery,Tokyo, Japan
2014
Solo Exhibition “A Presence of Mind,” Studio Kura, Fukuoka, Japan
2012
Solo Exhibition “Circus,” Mount Fortress Corridor, Macau
2011
Solo Exhibition “My New Life” in the “7th Evora International Printmaking Festival,” Palacio de Manuel, Evora, Portugal
2009
Solo Exhibition “Last Portrait,” Center for Creative Industries, Macau
A W A R D S A N D H O N O R S
2018
Selected Artist in Residency Airy, Yamanashi, Japan
2017
Selected Work in the “International Mokuhanga Exhibition 2017,” University of Hawaii, U.S.A.
2014
Selected Work in the “International Mokuhanga Exhibition 2014,” University of Tokyo, Japan
2012
Selected Work in the “1st Macau Printmaking Triennial,” Macau Cultural Institute
Artist in Residence Award in the “2012 Seeking Creators in Aesthetics of Living to Experience the Japanese-Style Houses” program, Gold Museum, New Taipei City Government, Taiwan
2009
Artist in Residence Award in the “6th Evora International Printmaking Competition,” Teoartis, Evora, Portugal
2005
Cosolation Prize in the “Happiness Bag” Graphic Design Competition, Caritas Macau
2004
Third Prize in the “Humorous Macao” Photography Competition, University of Macau