Hieng

I'm a printmaker and painter. My works are documentation of my memories and past experiences about people, matters and objects in Malaysia. Instagram: hieng_9389

17/03/2026

Fast Car
2025
Poster color and color pencil on paper
Plate_14.5x16.5cm Paper_16.5x23cm
Currently showing at

15/03/2026

Many speedbumps
2025
Oil on canvas
49x70cm
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currently showing at

14/03/2026

Public Toilet
2025
Poster Color and Colour Pencil on paper
Plate_17x21 Paper_23x31cm
Currently showing at

24/02/2026

Grateful for the feature in The Star on my recent solo exhibition “Innocent Bystander” at The Back Room KL.

Thank you to Hanis Maketab from The Star for covering the story.

07/02/2026

The Back Room invites you to 𝘐𝘯𝘯𝘰𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘉𝘺𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳, the second solo exhibition by Malaysia-born, China-based artist Ong Hieng Fuong (). The exhibition collects several new paintings made between 2024–25, when Hieng had just graduated with his Bachelor’s from the China Central Academy of Fine Arts in Beijing and was starting his Master’s at the Sichuan Fine Arts Institute in Chongqing.

The paintings record, with a heavy touch of dry humour, the observations and experiences that make up everyday life for the artist, living between China and Malaysia. (Viewers may amuse themselves trying to figure out which painting subject was observed where.) Though the paintings don’t make a pointed statement about either country, Hieng’s compositions capture subtle cultural nuances between the two countries — scenes that are characteristic of daily life there but would never be represented in an official way.

Amidst the variety of weird and wonderful scenarios in Hieng’s paintings, the artist himself is positioned as an “innocent bystander”, a witness standing by the side whom chance happened to make audience to these random events. The mere act of living and going about his day is ripe for inspiration. In his paintings we can make out the elements that make a place and culture unique, but we also enter into the perspective of an individual with a unique relationship to his world.

Join us for the opening of 𝘐𝘯𝘯𝘰𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘉𝘺𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳 by Ong Hieng Fuong next Friday evening, February 13 from 7pm onwards.

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𝘐𝘯𝘯𝘰𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘉𝘺𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳
A solo exhibition by Ong Hieng Fuong
13 February – 22 March 2026

Opening:
February 13 (Friday) from 7pm onwards

Artist Talk:
February 22 (Sunday), 3pm – 4pm
Rumah Attap Library & Collective (),
84C The Zhongshan Building
Moderated by Ong Kar Jin ()
𝗧𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗮𝗹𝗸 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗯𝗲 𝗵𝗲𝗹𝗱 𝗶𝗻 𝗠𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗻.

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✉️ Interested in an e-catalogue? DM us or email [email protected].

25/01/2026

Grandpa Driving 外公驾车
2024
Etching on paper
Plate Size: 8x10cm

13/12/2025

马到成功
Year of Horse 2026
Woodcut print on paper
15x10cm

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01/11/2025

I chose Da Bo Gong Book as my theme because it’s playful and interesting. Every time I open it, I can always find something funny and imaginative inside. At first, I just wanted to have fun. I’m not good at other kinds of art, but I feel more connected to painting, so I decided to repaint this book in my own way.
I grew up in a Chinese kampung and didn’t have much access to art from the outside world. Da Bo Gong Book was like my first art teacher. After studying art abroad for many years, when I opened this book again, it felt like opening a box of memories. It reminded me why I first loved painting and what my original purpose in creating art was.
I didn’t copy the images exactly—I used them as a starting point, then painted with my own memories and imagination. This project connects my childhood in Malaysia and my life now. When I paint, it feels like talking to my younger self. I hope the audience can also feel a sense of play, like opening an old book and finding small surprises inside.

Thanks to , my family and friends!

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Da Bo Gong Book (大伯公书）
2025
Acrylic on linen
30x40cm(x50pcs)

11/10/2025

“𝗜 𝗴𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗮 𝗹𝗶𝗸𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗺𝘆 𝗳𝗿𝗮𝗺𝗲𝗿👍🏼”

2025

Poster color and color pencil on paper

13x15.5cm

07/08/2025

“𝙱𝚎𝚔𝚎𝚛𝚓𝚊𝚜𝚊𝚖𝚊”

“Cooperation”

2025

Poster Color on paper

13.5x15.5cm

30/06/2025

p.1 & p.2
Tengok belakang, Look back, 2025, Woodcut print on paper, Plate size-10x15cm, Paper size-33x23cm

p.3
Tiga papan tanda, Three sign boards, 2025, Poster color on paper, 15x17cm

10/05/2025

Tunggu Bas, Waiting Bus, 2025, Woodcut print on paper, Plate size-10x15cm, Paper size-33x23cm

Address

No. 8 Jalan Binjai, Off Persiaran KLCC
Kuala Lumpur
50450

Website

http://hieng8122.weebly.com/

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