Chong Siew Ying was born in 1969. Chong Siew Ying’s bold figures have opened new vistas into the art, psychology and physiology of painting the body, what with her latest body of work where Chinese philosophy and ink and brush starkness are infused in a solo exhibition titled Crying with Trees (2014). Her figures were transformed after studying at the L’Ecole des Beaux-Arts, Versailles (1991-1994) and then the L’Atelier 63 (1994 - 1996).

Her early tutelage was at the Petaling Jaya College of Art and Design (Graphic Design, Diploma, 1990). Upon her return from Paris, she was selected for Rimbun Dahan artists’ residency from 1999 to 2000, which was followed by another at the Vermont StudiREFERENCE Many Splendoured Things, Chong Siew Ying, Beverly Yong, Valentine Willie Fine Art, Kuala Lumpur, 2008. Going Away, Coming Home, Chong Siew Ying, Beverly Yong, Valentine Willie Fine Art, Kuala Lumpur, 2008. ...