Ong Hieng Fuong (b. 1995, Selangor) is an emerging artist who is currently pursuing his Master’s in Fine Art at the printmaking department of the Sichuan Fine Arts Institute in Chongqing, having previously graduated with his Bachelor’s from the Central Academy of Fine Arts in Beijing. Hieng hails from Tanjong Sepat, a small fishing town where the pace of life is much slower and where he got to experience all aspects of daily life to their fullest, experiences and observations that, despite his move to China, are still his core source of inspiration. 

Hieng’s work has been included in group exhibitions locally and internationally, including the ILHAM Art Show 2025 (ILHAM Gallery, Kuala Lumpur), Narrating Localities (2025, University Malaysia Sabah), Art Jakarta (2024, Indonesia), and ART SG (2024, Singapore). He has been selected for the UOB Painting of the Year Award several times, winning Silver (Established) in 2025, Gold (Established) in 2019, and the Grand Prize (Emerging) in 2017. He was an artist-in-residence at the Rimbun Dahan Southeast Asian Art Residency for six months in 2021. His debut solo exhibition was That day, I was sketching on the street (2022, The Back Room, KL) and his second solo exhibition is scheduled to take place at The Back Room in February 2026.