Michelle Loa Kum Cheung

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Michelle Loa Kum Cheung graduated with Honours in Fine Arts from the UNSW Art & Design, University of New South Wales in 2011.
Michelle works is mixed media, using oil, liquid graphite, gold leaf and pyrography in her paintings and drawings.

Michelle Loa Kum Cheung is an Australian born artist who works in mixed media to create impressionistic landscapes on wood. These fictional environments enable her to explore the idea of a displaced heritage. Her current work is a response to her cultural identity as an Australian with Chinese-Mauritian heritage.

Loa Kum Cheung largely utilises the technique of pyrography (hand burning) on wood to exploit and experiment with the natural qualities of the wood. Mixing gold leaf and liquid graphite with her paints gives her pieces a warm, nostalgic tone. The physicality in the application of the materials is an attempt to exert ownership over the elusiveness of memory, time and place – inherently flawed, disjointed and the subject of idealistic escapism.

Loa Kum Cheung practices in East London, and most recently participated in ArtRooms London 2019 and spent three months on an artist residency in Goa, India.

Michelle Loa Kum Cheung Artworks

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    Red Peninsula by Michelle Loa Kum Cheung
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    Red Peninsula by Michelle Loa Kum Cheung

    Red Peninsula

    Paintings - 100x70 cmRent for $110 /mo
    Penglai #2 by Michelle Loa Kum Cheung
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    Penglai #2 by Michelle Loa Kum Cheung

    Penglai #2

    Paintings - 100x70 cm
    Péninsule by Michelle Loa Kum Cheung
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    Péninsule by Michelle Loa Kum Cheung

    Péninsule

    Paintings - 30x30 cm
    Il Reflète by Michelle Loa Kum Cheung
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    Il Reflète by Michelle Loa Kum Cheung

    Il Reflète

    Paintings - 30x30 cm
    Île by Michelle Loa Kum Cheung
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    Île by Michelle Loa Kum Cheung

    Île

    Paintings - 30x30 cm
    Crête by Michelle Loa Kum Cheung
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    Crête by Michelle Loa Kum Cheung

    Crête

    Paintings - 30x30 cm
    Archipel by Michelle Loa Kum Cheung
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    Archipel by Michelle Loa Kum Cheung

    Archipel

    Paintings - 30x30 cm
    Fragments No.4 by Michelle Loa Kum Cheung
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    Fragments No.4 by Michelle Loa Kum Cheung

    Fragments No.4

    Collage - 70x50 cm
    Fragments No.1 by Michelle Loa Kum Cheung
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    Fragments No.1 by Michelle Loa Kum Cheung

    Fragments No.1

    Collage - 70x50 cm
    Fragments No.6 by Michelle Loa Kum Cheung
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    Fragments No.6 by Michelle Loa Kum Cheung

    Fragments No.6

    Collage - 70x50 cm
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    Fragments No.5 by Michelle Loa Kum Cheung

    Fragments No.5

    Collage - 70x50 cm
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    Above The Floating Valley by Michelle Loa Kum Cheung

    Above The Floating Valley

    Paintings - 51x51 cm
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    Anecdote to Buzhou No.2 by Michelle Loa Kum Cheung

    Anecdote to Buzhou No.2

    Paintings - 51x51 cm
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    The Ivory Gate by Michelle Loa Kum Cheung

    The Ivory Gate

    Paintings - 80x60 cm
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    A Divided Fabrication by Michelle Loa Kum Cheung

    A Divided Fabrication

    Paintings - 60x85 cm
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    Into The Fall by Michelle Loa Kum Cheung

    Into The Fall

    Paintings - 50x50 cm

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