Angelina Bong

Summary

Angelina Bong is a poet and a visual artist. She held her first solo Art & Poetry exhibition abroad after completing a 7-week residency at Toji Cultural Centre, Wonju, South Korea in 2018. Angelina seeks the sacred in the ordinary and grandeur, both at home and in her travels, while celebrating diversity beyond borders. These contemplative encounters are expressed in her contemporary creations. Her visual artworks are explorations of acrylics, mixed media, black and white ink illustrations and haiga. Engaging with the community wherever she goes, she has conducted art and poetry workshops in Malaysia, Japan, Brunei and Australia, Orang Utan art for conservation workshops for rural kids with Wildlife Conservation Society, live painting performances, and etc.

She is a member of Malaysia’s National Art Gallery, Malaysia Women Artists Association and currently the Secretary of Sarawak Artists Society. She sells most of her art online and by commission; occasionally paired with poetry. Her pieces now reside in 25 countries across the globe. She has participated in various collective exhibitions locally and abroad including China, Korea and Australia, art & poetry residencies in Korea, Australia and Datai Langkawi Malaysia and, two international Art Camps in Kedah 2019 and Perlis 2023. Her 2023 ventures abroad was in Perth in January 2023, as a poet-artist-inresidence, performer and workshops’ facilitator. She is also selected to be at Toji Cultural Centre’s Residency in Wonju from September to October 2023. Since Covid hit in 2020, she started teaching Arts & Crafts, Creativity and Poetry online with regular classes and virtual workshops, with students from various parts of Malaysia, Singapore, South Korea, Japan, South Asia, and the Middle East.