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Mishell Leong
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About the Artist
I am born Malaysian and grew up in a humble little suburb off Kuala Lumpur (named Subang Jaya). I did both my primary and secondary schooling in local government schools – both situated within five minutes walk from my home. After completing my degree in Maths & Statistics at Warwick University in the UK, I went on to pursue my Chartered Accountancy with KPMG in London – focusing on audit in the financial services. After about four and half years in London, I got bored and asked for a secondment to Zurich, Switzerland. There, I was fortunate enough to get involved in a huge variety of Advisory and Technical Accounting work all around the world including Korea, Germany, New York etc. After nearly eleven years with KPMG, I decided to quit and pursue my lifelong dream of running a restaurant, ending up with working as the Assistant Manager at a local restaurant in Zurich, Switzerland. It was one of the most humbling moments of my life by far.
How did you get started in creating art and how does it enrich your life?
My husband and I decided to settle in Singapore after our six months honeymoon / travel around Asia. I was two months pregnant when I lost my highly paid banking job in Singapore and struggled to find anything else because of my (pregnant) status. Around the same time, I started having a dream that kept recurring – a very vivid image of poppies. My best friend urged to have a go at painting it. I have not picked up a paintbrush since my high school days. So I went to an art cafe at the Mandarin Gallery in Orchard – and started attempting to paint this dream. I ended creating a series of three poppy paintings very soon after. Around the same time, we were struggling to find any suitable decor and artwork for our baby’s room – so I decided to create little paintings myself. That attracted a lot of attention from friends and about a year later, I landed my first commission. From then on, word began to spread through Facebook and word of mouth, and the commission orders started to come in and I continued to grow my following on social media.
Please share on your learning experience and what you like about My Art Space
Just before I came to My Art Space about a year ago, I started having another recurring dream – something that urged me to start a new series… something more adult and completely different in approach compared to me “Children Art”. The key thing that I really appreciate and enjoy about My Art Space is the diversity of the mentors here – I enjoy having different types of conversations with Shan (who helps me to focus on the more technical aspects), with Chan Kerk (who always challenges my concept and philosophy to each painting and teaches me to see the bigger picture) and Matt (whom I enjoy having philosophical and broader art conversations with).
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"NO HIDDEN AGENDA NO GOAL TO ACHIEVE WE DO ART AS IT IS AN ENJOYMENT A FULFILLMENT A PASSION OF THE SOUL"
