Lileng Wong

 

Lileng Wong

Lileng Wong was one captivated by the art of pottery from an early age. Growing up in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, she first experienced firing clay bricks with her father, who worked in a factory that produced red brick. Always going with her father to the brick factory, she would be left to play with the clay by herself, while her father fired up a six chamber wood kiln known as a Vacuum Kiln. Watching him stoking wood into the fire hole was enough to fascinated her, although she was too young to understand the process at the time.

A graphic designer by profession, Lileng took up pottery 8 years ago, fuelled by an innate desire to create beautiful shapes. Since then, there was no turning back. She participated in at least one exhibition or workshop annually, even going to Aomori, Japan for her artist in residence in 2007. During her time in Japan, she realised that it took good foundation in theory, coupled with experience and skill, to make a good firing.

Starting from her very first exhibition, the Open Show at the National Art Gallery in 2001, she has to date participated in a total of 10 exhibitions and workshops, the last being a Group Show at Badan Warisan, Kuala Lumpur, in 2008. Her art has taken her to Sydney, Australia for the Clay Modern Gulgong 2004 workshop, and nearer to home, the aptly named Selsius Exhibition in Universiti Sains Malaysia in 2005.

Evolution is a natural process for every artist. In her early works, Lileng's pots were characteristically round with narrow necks, with very simple glazing. Besides gas firing, Lileng would sometimes choose Raku or Smoke firing, to achieve the desired effect. Constantly developing and experimenting, she took on quite a different approach for her most recent work, where she tried to express the nuance of shape, and to create a certain balance in shape, dimension and form, to convey mood, atmosphere and feeling through the pots. Firing up the imagination is not only reserved for Lileng, but also for her audience as well. She likes to leave her creations unnamed, leaving them to the imagination of the people who view her pots.

Exhibition & Workshop

Group Show, Badan Warisan, Kuala Lumpur 2008

Artist in residence, Kanayama, Aomori, Japan 2007

Group Show, Badan Warisan, Kuala Lumpur 2006

Selsius Exhibition, Universiti Sains Malaysia Penang, Malaysia 2005

Group Show, Bon Ton Restaurant & Resort, Langkawi 2005

Touch of Clay Instructor - Students Exhibition 2004

Badan Warisan, Kuala Lumpur

Clay Modern Gulgong 2004, Sydney, Australia - Workshop 2004

Pottery Emotions Exhibition, Kraftangan Malaysia 2003

Kuala Lumpur

Touch of Clay Instructor - Students Exhibition 2002

Badan Warisan, Kuala Lumpur

National Art Gallery, Open Show 2001 

 

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Lileng Wong Collection

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