L I A N N G / lianng@gmail.com
Artist Statement:
Influenced by my background in Mathematics and Computer Science, my art and design often incorporates mathematical algorithms, as well as typography and architectural references. I’m fascinated by the perimeters that shapes are created from, as well as pattern generation that results in elements being expanded into complex systems. Most of my work starts with an underlying formal structure but strives to maintain a sense of organic fluidity.
Artist Biography:
Lian Ng started out as a graphic designer in print collateral, branding, packaging, retail graphics and environmental design. He has worked with brands such as RH, Uber, Nike, Kohler and Starbucks. In addition to being a designer, Ng is an artist working in printmaking and watercolor. His work tends to lean towards Abstract Minimalism and the Concrete Art Movement. Ng’s design and artwork has been recognized internationally and is in the permanent collection of the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Academy of Art University San Francisco, Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts China, Tipoteca Italiana di Cornuda Italy, Biblioteca Civica di Rovereto Italy, Archivio Tipografico di Torino Italy and Druckwerk Basel Switzerland. His work has won numerous awards and has been published in the Type Directors Club, Print International and Communication Arts. Ng has participated in various artist residencies that have taken him to Italy, Switzerland, Cuba and The Netherlands.
A R T I S T R E S I D E N C I E S
Kala Art Institute / Berkeley, USA
Edition Basel at Druckwerk / Basel, Switzerland
AgaLAB / Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Tipoteca Italiana / Cornuda, Italy
Taller Experimental de Gráfica / Havana, Cuba
Venice Printmaking Studio / Venice, Italy
E X H I B I T I O N S
2021
California Society of Printmakers 107th Annual Exhibition / Virtual Show
Awagami International Print Exhibition / Hall of Awa Museum, Tokushima, Japan
Travel, Print & Exchange / Weissenfels, Germany
Übergang / Papiermühle, Basel, Switzerland
Druckwerk Eindruck 2021 / Basel, Switzerland
Stillness, Movement, Chaos / Rochester NY, USA
Kala Art Institute at West Coast Print Fair / Virtual Show
2020
California Society of Printmakers 106th Annual Exhibition / Center for the Arts, Piedmont, USA
10th International Printmaking Biennial Douro / Douro, Portugal
Dasein / Salon at Atelier Mondial, Basel, Switzerland
2019
Bone Black / DZine Gallery, San Francisco, USA
FIG / Palacio Euskalduna, Bilbao, Spain
Strata / Salon at Atelier Mondial, Basel, Switzerland
Awagami International Print Exhibition / Hall of Awa Museum, Tokushima, Japan
Water Music / DZine Gallery, San Francisco, USA
2018
Hush/Silence After Noise / Papiermühle, Basel, Switzerland
Dimension Druck / Salzhaus, Brugg, Switzerland
The Void and the Perimeter / de Bouwput Gallery, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Tracks and Echoes / DZine Gallery, San Francisco, USA
2017
Rauschen/Immersion / Papiermühle, Basel, Switzerland
Legacy of Letters / Tipoteca Italiana, Cornuda, Italy
Burning Bright / DZine Gallery, San Francisco, USA
Printed in Cuba / 688 Sutter Gallery, San Francisco, USA
Printed in Cuba / Kaskadenkondensator Gallery, Basel, Switzerland
Printed in Cuba / Havana Galerie, Zurich, Switzerland
Printed in Cuba / Taller Experimental de Gráfica, Havana, Cuba
2016
Rock+Paper+Scissors / DZine Gallery, San Francisco, USA
HewnX / SF Design Center, San Francisco, USA
2015
Unbemerkt/Unnoticed / Kaskadenkondensator Gallery, Basel, Switzerland
2014
Grid Flow/ Was Hängen Bleibt / Kaskadenkondensator Gallery, Basel, Switzerland
SGCI Spanning Traditions / The Atelier at AAU, San Francisco, USA
2013
Edition Basel / Kaskadenkondensator Gallery, Basel, Switzerland