Poh Ling Yeow

Poh Ling Yeow was born in Malaysia in 1973, spending the first nine years of her life in Kuala Lumpur. Her family then migrated to Adelaide, South Australia where she now lives and works. After completing a Bachelor of Design, specialising in illustration at the University of South Australia, Yeow freelanced as a graphic designer and illustrator. She has been painting full-time since the beginning of 2002.

Working predominantly with acrylic, Yeow's works emphatically explore notions of belonging and origin. As a fifth-generation Chinese Malaysian, Yeow's paintings are an attempt at reconciling this heritage with her western identity.

Her traditionally-influenced works and often whimsical use of Chinese iconography acknowledges the fragmentation of her cultural experience.

Yeow's recent works place the girl in the traditional terrain of classical Chinese paintings as a stranger in the land of her ancestors.

SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2007
Recent Works, Hill Smith Gallery, Adelaide
Recent Works, Libby Edwards Galleries, Melbourne
2006
Recent Works, Hill Smith Gallery, Adelaide
Recent Works, Libby Edwards Galleries, Sydney
2005
Recent Works, Libby Edwards Galleries, Sydney
2004
Hill-Smith Fine Art, Adelaide
Dickerson Gallery, Melbourne
2002
Hill-Smith Fine Art, Adelaide

GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2007
Director's Choice, Hill Smith Gallery Adelaide
2006
Libby Edwards Galleries, Brisbane
Pembroke School Exhibition, Adelaide
2005
Hill-Smith Fine Art, Adelaide
Metro 5 Gallery, Melbourne
Libby Edwards Gallery, Woollahra, NSW
Sydney Art Fair, (Hill-Smith Fine Art)
2004
Melbourne Affordable Art Fair (Dickerson Gallery)
Sydney Affordable Art Fair, (Hill-Smith Fine Art)
2003
Christmas Collection, Hill-Smith Fine Art, Adelaide
Sydney Affordable Art Fair (Hill-Smith Fine Art)
Yalumba Harvest Market "Framed Food" Group Exhibition, Barossa Valley SA


Collections:
BHP Billiton
Borrelli Walsh, Hong Kong