Wong Jing Cherng

b. 3 August 1972, Penang, Malaysia

Based in Singapore

Wong Jing Cherng is a Singaporean contemporary artist whose practice is anchored in Pop Iconism, a framework that positions popular culture as both subject and methodology. His work explores how mass-mediated images evolve into vessels of collective memory, shaping emotional consciousness and cultural identity across generations. 

Formerly a cinematic artist at Ubisoft, Tencent, and NetEase, JC contributed extensively to concept art, narrative development, and art education within the global gaming industry. After decades in digital entertainment, he transitioned to independent studio practice, bringing with him a cinematic sensitivity to image construction and psychological atmosphere.

Intergrating Pixel Noise Aesthetics and Neon Realism, JC’s paintings examine iconic figures drawn primarily from late twentieth-century film, television, and popular culture mainly on Chinese-speaking communities—particularly Hong Kong and Taiwan. By extracting, reconstructing, and recontextualising familiar imagery, he transforms recognisable figures into emotionally charged portraits suspended between nostalgia and dislocation.

Working primarily in acrylic, his works are distinguished by meticulously planned pointillist structures—distinct dots of colour generating optical vibration and a textured, pixelated surface. This “pixel-noise” effect destabilises realism through chromatic distortion, digital interference, and fragmented visual fields. Painting becomes both a research methodology and reflective medium, interrogating how media repetition reshapes memory, vulnerability, and intergenerational identity in image-saturated environments.

His practice further engages with the cultural intersections of Southeast Asian visual histories, examining how entertainment operates as a form of soft power while shaping regional sensibilities. Through portraiture and figuration, JC constructs psychological reconstructions rather than likenesses—icons reimagined as carriers of transregional memory.

An early cross-disciplinary highlight includes the award-winning short film Vengeance + Vengeance (2012–2013), produced under a research initiative at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, and recognised internationally. JC has participated in exhibitions such as Arts in Video Game Exhibition (Malaysia, 2014), In Death Row’s Shadow (Malaysia, 2011), Frame By Frame (Malaysia, 2022) and The Art Behind the Game – The Ubisoft Experience (Singapore, 2017). His works have been presented in exhibitions, art events, publications, and institutional collaborations across Singapore and Malaysia.

JC continues to develop a distinctive body of portrait and figurative works that examine the emotional architecture of popular imagery within contemporary visual culture.

王敬誠

1972年8月3日生於馬來西亞檳城

現居新加坡

王敬誠為活躍於新加坡的當代藝術家，其創作建構於「Pop Iconism（流行符號）」的框架之上，將流行文化同時視為主題與方法論，探討大眾媒體圖像如何轉化為集體記憶的載體，並形塑跨世代的情感意識與文化身份。

在全職投入藝術創作之前，他曾任職於育碧、騰訊與網易等國際遊戲公司，擔任敘事與視覺畫師，專注於概念美術、敘事建構指導。多年數位娛樂產業經驗，使他對影像構成與心理氛圍的掌握更具電影感與敘事張力，並深刻影響其繪畫實踐。

其創作融合「Pixel Noise（像素噪點）」與「Neon Realism（霓虹寫實）」，聚焦於二十世紀末華語文化圈——尤其是香港與台灣——的電影、電視與流行文化人物。透過抽離、重組與再語境化熟悉的影像，他將流行符號轉化為介於懷舊與疏離之間的情感肖像，使其成為記憶、媒體與身份交會的場域，而非單純的再現。

作品以壓克力為主要媒材，運用嚴謹規劃的點描技法構築畫面。細密而獨立的色點形成視覺震動與近似像素化的肌理效果。這種「像素噪點」透過色彩偏移、數位干擾與破碎質感削弱寫實穩定性，使繪畫成為一種研究與反思的工具——探討科技中介與媒體重複如何重塑記憶、脆弱性與跨世代意識，在高度影像化的當代環境中產生新的心理結構。

他的創作亦關注東南亞視覺文化的交織脈絡，揭示娛樂影像如何作為文化軟實力，深刻形塑區域審美與文化感知。其肖像作品更像是心理重構——被重新激活的流行符號，承載跨地域的集體記憶。

早期跨領域創作包括與新加坡南洋理工大學研究計畫合作之得獎短片《Vengeance + Vengeance》（2012–2013），並獲得國際肯定。曾參與展覽包括《Arts in Video Game Exhibition》（馬來西亞，2014）、《死之影》（馬來西亞，2011）、《The Art Behind the Game – The Ubisoft Experience》（新加坡，2017）、《Frame By Frame》（馬來西亞，2022）等聯展與藝術活動。

目前持續發展以肖像與人物為核心的創作系列，深入探討當代視覺文化中流行圖像所建構的情感結構與記憶機制。