Lampo Leong, PhD from the Central Academy of Fine Arts and MFA from California College of the Arts, is a Distinguished Professor, Doctoral Advisor, and Director of the Center for Arts and Design at the University of Macau, a Tenured Professor at the University of Missouri-Columbia in the USA and a Visiting Professor at the Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts. Leong has served as judge or curator for over 80 art and design competitions and exhibitions and delivered over 280 lectures at esteemed institutions such as Stanford University, UC Berkeley and China Academy of Art. Leong’s work has been featured in Christie’s and worldwide in more than 70 solo exhibitions and over 460 juried or curated national or international group exhibitions. He has received over 120 awards, including Red Dot Award: Best of the Best in Germany, Gold Medal at American Good Design, Silver Award in MUSE Design Award and Silver Award in A’Design Award. Leong’s works are housed in more than ten museum collections, including the Minneapolis Institute of Arts and the Cantor Arts Center at Stanford University. His public art and design commissions include paintings for Columbia City Hall and an 8-meter-diameter granite inset calligraphic medallion for a San Francisco city park. Leong’s achievements have been documented in over 1000 reviews and publications in magazines, art books, and on TV internationally, including the front cover of New Art International in New York, Creative Genius: 100 Contemporary Artists in London, and Art Frontier in the USA.

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Behind Glory A Wugang Documentary by Lampo Leong This is a photographic documentary of Wugang, the Wuhan Iron and Steel Company. Supported by the Russian and built in 1958, the state-owned Wugang is one of the biggest steel factories in China and once signified the industrialization and modernization of the country. However, such industry causes severe environmental pollution. Through capturing the heavily polluted Wugang campus with somber images, this project reveals the price paid and the consequence behind the glory of modernization and economic prosperity, provoking the viewers into the search of a clean and healthy environment.

America Heartland Aerial Photography by Lampo Leong America Heartland is a series of photography taken in a commercial aircraft at the moment of landing in American Midwest. It captures the geometric abstract patterns in snow-covered corn fields and roads from an unique perspective to attain a sensibility of the Sublime, celebrating the dynamic energies that brings vitality to America heartland.

Cheers To Macau Bland Cultural Extension Design by Lampo Leong Cheers to Macau embodies profound conceptual meaning through the transformation of aluminum beer cans into crumpled porcelain, symbolizing Macau's unique cultural fusion and contemporary environmental awareness. The design incorporates motifs such as the Ruins of St. Paul's, Portuguese tile patterns, bilingual text in Chinese and English, and gold splashes accented with wild cursive Chinese calligraphy centered around the theme of lotus. This artistic creation blends classical Chinese art with the expressive gestures of Abstract Expressionism.

Icy Fire Immersive Digital Art Installation by Lampo Leong In this immersive installation, the color palette transitions from cool to warm tones as the video progresses, representing the tragic impacts of global warming. However, the re-freezing of the text at the conclusion of the video provides a glimmer of hope, signifying the potential influence of humanity's collective efforts. This creative fusion of traditional ink painting with the concept of environmental consciousness elevates classical ink art into the realm of contemporary art, highlighting the enduring vitality of Chinese ink in the digital era.

Magical Creatures AI-Generated Video Art by Lampo Leong Humanity, as one among countless species in the universe, carries a unique responsibility to comprehend and cherish the delicate balance between the microscopic and macroscopic dimensions of existence. Central to this stewardship is the sharing of natural resources and fostering peaceful coexistence with both visible and invisible beings as companions in the shared fabric of life. Through vivid imagination and unbounded creativity, the work introduces a world of extraordinary beings. By illuminating these entities, it encourages humanity to deepen its exploration of the environments inhabits.

Frost and Flame Performaning Art and Stage Design by Lampo Leong The color palette transitions from cool to warm tones, representing the tragic impacts of global warming. However, the re-freezing of the text credit at the conclusion of the performance provides a glimmer of hope, symbolizing the potential power of humanity's collective efforts. This unique fusion of traditional ink with environmental awareness elevates classical ink painting into the sphere of contemporary art, highlighting its vitality while integrating with the body language of modern dance in the digital era.

Imperial Gift Box Packaging Design by Lampo Leong The design of the Six Treasures Imperial Tea Gift Box draws inspiration from the Chinese imperial dragon robe. The square box features a circular silk embroidery of double dragons on one side and a peony, the national flower of China, on the other, symbolizing harmony between heaven and earth. Its twin lids open inward like butterfly wings, revealing shimmering golden tea crystal bottles that evoke imperial nobility. Chinese calligraphy and seal elements incorporated into the logo and packaging highlight the transformation of classical aesthetics into contemporary design.

Carbon Silicon Singularity Stage Design by Lampo Leong The work explores the moment when organic life encounters emerging silicon based forms of existence, including AI and algorithmic systems. Using the Singularity as a conceptual metaphor, it examines how this convergence reshapes ideas of life, identity, and ontology. Rather than presenting silicon as a replacement for the organic, the work emphasizes hybridization, coexistence, and mutual influence. At its core, it stages an evolving dialogue between carbon and silicon, imagining a speculative future shaped by new possibilities of embodiment.

Luminous Lingnan Immersive Art Installation by Lampo Leong Inspired by the Manchurian colored window, the work employs generative digital imagery, mirrored environments, and multisensory elements of music, light, and motion to create an ever shifting visual field reminiscent of quantum particles. As viewers move through the space, evolving ink textures framed by geometric abstraction invite moments of meditation and reflection. Through its exploration of humanity, cosmology, microscopic and macroscopic worlds, and the interplay between tradition and innovation, the work examines the dynamic entanglement of culture, nature, and the new technologies.

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