A solo exhibition by local artist Leong Sin Teng opened on Tuesday at the Rui Cunha Foundation (FRC) gallery, showcasing experimental works that blend ink, sculpture, and mixed media.
Titled “Sculpted Impressions: The Harmony of Ink and Form”, the exhibition features 28 works that explore new possibilities in sculptural creation beyond traditional three-dimensional forms, according to the exhibition’s information board.
The exhibition is co-organised by FRC, the Macau Youth Art Association and the Macau Artist Society. Leong, an associate professor at the Guangzhou College of Commerce’s School of Art and Design, incorporates diverse materials and techniques in her works, including glass manipulation, soft pigmented watercolours, electric light, transparency and shadow.
Her pieces aim to challenge conventional perceptions of sculpture by integrating visual and sensory elements. According to Leong’s friend and curator Wong Ka Long, she uses materials such as ceramics, ink, glass and bronze not as fixed mediums but as carriers of light, shadow and expression, according to a statement on the FRC website. He noted that her works balance clarity and ambiguity, offering what he described as a “power of haziness” that allows viewers to engage with both tangible and intangible qualities.
The exhibition also draws on traditional Chinese imagery, such as “flowers in the mirror, Moon on the water”, reinterpreting it through a contemporary and feminine perspective. Wong said, according to the FRC website, that the works extend this idea to explore “genuine emotions beneath illusory superficiality”, while highlighting the fusion of Eastern cultural elements with Western stylistic influences.
Born in Macau, Leong holds degrees from the Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts and the City University of Macau. Her works have been collected by institutions including Yuexiu Park in Guangzhou and the Art Museum of the Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts. Leong has also participated in regional talent development programmes and holds various roles in local arts organisations.
Exhibitiongoers can visit the gallery at 749 Avenida da Praia Grande, Luen Pong Building; it is open Monday to Friday from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. and 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. on Saturdays. With free admission, the exhibition runs through May 16.
Photos: Khalel Vallo
