Wong Hoy Cheong was born in Georgetown, Penang. He studied literature, education and fine arts at Brandeis University, Harvard University and the University of Massachusetts(Amherst) in the USA. His work in the 1990's has been inter-disciplinary, involving areas such as drawing, installation, theatre/performance and video/photography.

He has exhibited widely in Asia, Australia and Europe including the 50 th Venice Biennale (2003), ARS 01 (Kiasma Museum of Contemporary Art, Helsinki; 2001), Gwangju Biennale (2000), Cities on the Move (The Secession, Vienna, 1997 ; Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Denmark, 1999; Hayward Gallery, London, 1999, etc.), Fukuoka Triennial (1999), and the AsiaPacific Triennial (1996).

He has had solo exhibitions at the Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford (2004), Kunsthallewien, Vienna (2003); John Hansard Gallery, Southampton (2003); Bluecoat Gallery, Liverpool (2002), Valentine Willie Fine Art, Kuala Lumpur (2002) and National Art Gallery, Kuala Lumpur (1996).

He has also been involved in smaller thematic exhibitions and text-based projects including Shake (OK Centre of Contemporary Art, Linz/ & Villa Arson, Nice; 2004), Handlungsanweisungen, (Kunsthalle, Vienna, 2003), Refuge (Henie Onstad Kunstsenter, Norway; 2002), Mutation/Urban Rumours (Fri-Art Contemporary Art Centre, Fribourg Switzerland; 2000), Poisonous Targets (Gallery 4A, Sydney; 2000), Overtag (BildMuseet, Umea, Sweden, 2000), Babel (Ikon Gallery, Birmingham; 1999), Intervention (Museum-in-Progress/Der Standard, Vienna;1999) and Schools (Valentine Willie Fine Art, Kuala Lumpur;1998).

He was artist-in-residence at Oxford Brookes/Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford (2004), Gasworks, London (2002) and Canberra Institute of Art, Canberra (1992); and Visiting Fellow at Goldsmith College, London (1999) and Visiting Tutor at Central St. Martins, London (1998)

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