Being

Creative visual thinking is fundamental to us all as human beings as we strive to understand our sense of self and the world. Chartwell seeks to deepen understanding about the importance of art and creative thinking for our future and our wellbeing.

Making

Chartwell supports artists as they make and think. Making is an active and connected process, involving the interaction of intention, intuition and intellect with the mediums of the world. Chartwell is making too - making a difference through philanthropy and enabling access to creative activities and research.

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Liyen Chong

Liyen Chong received her MFA from the University of Canterbury in New Zealand and regularly exhibits in her adopted home country of New Zealand and abroad. Her works are included in prominent public and private collections in New Zealand and Australia, such as the National Gallery of Australia in Canberra, University of Canterbury Art Collection and the Chartwell Collection in New Zealand. She is the recipient of multiple artist residencies including the McCahon House Artists’ Residency in New Zealand (2011), artist-in-residence programs at the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art Korea in Seoul, South Korea (2012), and Cemeti Art House in Yogyakarta, Indonesia (2015). In 2014, Chong was awarded a solo show surveying her work, at Papakura Art Gallery.

Chong was born in Malaysia and moved to New Zealand in her mid-teens, where she lived for the next two decades. Since 2016, she has been based in Houston, Texas after spending extended periods of time living and traveling in various cities in Asia and Europe.

The Fool

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Liyen Chong