Hong Kong Art: Visual Archive

Leung Mee Ping 梁美萍
Name in pinyin: Liang Meiping
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Place of birth: Hong Kong
Dates: 1961-
Art Medium: mixed media work
Leung graduated from L' Ecole Nationale Superieure des Beaux-Arts, Paris, France in 1991, and gained her MFA from California Institute of the Arts, USA in 2000. She received the Hong Kong Contemporary Art Biennial Award in 2002, and obtained the Starr Foundation Fellowship in 2003, which was offered by Asian Cultural Council, USA. Since 2000 she has held three solo shows in Hong Kong, Taiwan and USA. She has also participated in various group shows in U.A.E., Singapore, Denmark, France, USA, Hong Kong, Macau, etc. Her works have been collected by the Hong Kong Museum of Art; NUS Museum, National University of Singapore; L’Ecole Nationale Superieure des Beaux-Arts, Paris, France; Galerie Catherine Flecther, France; Fellbach Triennale Collection, Germany; Fringe Club, Hong Kong; as well as various private collections.
Untitled (1991-92) Mixed media 225x190x13cmElsewhere 1 (1992) Mixed media 170x220cmHeadless (1994) Mixed media 250x150cmUntitled (1995) Installation size unknown
Beyond Hong Kong (1995) Installation 10m(L)x8m(W)x5m(H)BasementInstant City (1996) Mixed media 8x8x8cm eachBust City (1996) Installation 5x3mDiving from Memory (1996) Installation 6x3.5x8m internal space
Start from Scratch (1996-97) Installation 4.5x4.5x3.3m height concealed roomPersonal History of Uncle Lo (1997) Installation 3 red wooden framesWithin (1998) Installation 225x190x13cmMemorize the Future (1998-2002) Installation size unknown
A Poem without Title II (1998) Mixed media size unknownA Poem without a Title III (1998) Mixed media size unknownStep In and Out (1998) Installation 244x120x298cm heightHair Hat (1999) Mixed media (various kind of human hair) size unknown
Ant Running End (2000) Installation Slide projector, transparent slide, several dozen living antsClose at a Distant (2000) Installation 35x130x10ft space, wax couple 6x5x6.5ft, creamy yellow table 7x8ft.Balloon in a Lift (2000) Installation 12 black balloons in a liftOld Ladies's House (2001) Site specific installation size unknown
Sculpting Rice (2001) Installation Vide 6” performance record photosSo Near Yet So Far - Mongkok (2001) Installation Public sculpture (work in progress) 13ftx13ftx20ftWhat Time is it? (2002) Installation A clock, video camera, video projector, white space
 
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Author 作者 Year Title of Article [Related Information]
Leung Mee Ping 梁美萍 2003 Artist's Statement (2003) [in English]
Leung Mee Ping 梁美萍 2003 Visual Statement [in English]
Leung Mee Ping 梁美萍 2001 Artist's Statement (2001) [in English]
Tsang Hing Ling 曾慶靈 2002 Leung Mee Ping interviewed by Tsang Hing Ling [in Chinese 中文訪問]
 
Contact the artist: meepingleung@hotmail.com
Official artist website: http://www.lmp.hk/


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Last updated: 3 July, 2020.