ONG Kian-Peng is an artist whose work is situated at the intersection of art, technology and ecology. His research focuses on media arts and the expanded field of cinema from the perspective of our ecological crisis. Ong works across a...
Read MoreONG Kian-Peng is an artist whose work is situated at the intersection of art, technology and ecology. His research focuses on media arts and the expanded field of cinema from the perspective of our ecological crisis. Ong works across a broad range of mediums, including film, sound, creative technologies, VR, and electronics.
In his work, he explores how immersive media, ecological thinking, and imagination can serve as tools to blur the invisible boundaries between man and nature. He graduated from UCLA with an MFA in the Design Media Arts program with the support of the DesignSingapore Scholarship. He is currently a PhD candidate at the School of Art, Design and Media and a recipient of the NTU Research Scholarship. His works have been exhibited in institutions such as the Tainan Museum of Fine Art, Singapore Art Museum, Arebyte Gallery London, ICA London, Total Museum Seoul, and National Gallery Singapore. He has also presented at festivals like Ars Electronica, International Computer Music Conference(ICMC), Siggraph Art Gallery, FILE Festival Brazil, Currents New Media Art Festival, Japan Media Arts Festival, Singapore Open Media Art Festival, and the Singapore Biennale.
Kian-Peng was awarded the President's Young Talent Grand Prize in 2015. He co-founded and runs Supernormal.space in 2017, an independent art space focusing on emerging and experimental art practices.
