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About the Artist

Richard Wong 黄振景

Abstract Painter 旅法抽象派艺术家

Richard Wong is a renowned contemporary abstract painter and international multi-award winner from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Born in the year of 1955, he pursued Western Art at the Kuala Lumpur College of Arts, from 1975 to 1978. He study oil paintings at the Internationale Cite des Arts, Paris (ICDA) between year 2000 to 2001.

Recognitions & Awards

Richard is serving as the Chairman of Malaysian Modern & Contemporary Art Academy (MCAA), the President of Contemporary Malaysian Watercolorists Association (CMWA), the President of Malaysia Division of Asia Watercolour Painting Alliance (AWPA),-the Advisor of Korea International Art Exchange Association (KIAEA), the Committee Member of Japan Modern Fine Arts Association (JMFAA), the Member of International Association of Art (IAA AIAP UNESCO, PARIS)

In 2019, he was included in "Britishpedia: Successful People in Malaysia" by British Publishing House.

He was the Winner of 2017 Highest Honour Foreign Minister’s Award of the 36th NICHIGENTEN Art Exhibition, Osaka City Museum of Fine Arts, Japan. In addition, he received numerous honour awards from Malaysia, Japan and China. Countless solo and group exhibitions were successfully organised mainly in Malaysia and many others countries including Japan, South Korea, Singapore, Australia, Thailand and Canada.

On 17 July 2023, he became the first Malaysian Chinese painter who featured on New York Times Square Billboard. In the same year, he was listed in "Internationally Renowned Chinese Artist-2023 Edition" by China Art Publishing House.