Biography of Place No. 1, 2022
Leon's work typically responds to man’s relationship with the built environment and explores the broader themes of people, place and history.
Leon Leong is an artist and author based in Malaysia. A combination of social commentary and creative storytelling, it interweaves fact and fiction, documentation and memory to construct narratives. Leon has staged solo exhibition at Richard Koh Fine Art and Cult Gallery, and participated in numerous group shows in Malaysia. His Stilt Houses—The Floating World of Kampung Baru 2022 was exhibited at Ilham Gallery's triennial Ilham Art Show 2022, and later at the IX Tashkent International Biennale of Contemporary Art where it won a special jury prize. His mixed-medium installation series Cracks in the Wall 2018 was exhibited in the inaugural Kuala Lumpur Biennale and featured in the UNESCO Asia-Pacific Heritage 20/20 Forum. Leon's novel Beautiful Things 2006, published by Crown Publishing Taiwan and serialised in Sin Chew Daily, was a top 5 finalist in the Crown World Fiction Awards. His short stories have won international awards and included in the anthology of Malaysian fiction. He received his Bachelor of Science in Communication in 1992 from The University of Texas at Austin, USA.
