Ai Lei Chong Paintings & Artwork for Sale | Ai Lei Chong Art Value Price Guide

Jan. 14, 2024
Chong Ai Lei (b. 1985) Fascination II, 2014
Est: RM20,000 - RM32,000
Welcome to a woman's inner space, a safe space which afford glimpses of her personality, character and habits, like the popular realtime social-media roomview popular among the young, and a new form of exhibitionism. Though this is a static one-clip voyeuristic view, it affords some touch points with the personified: a young woman laying on her bed having an intimate distraction with her fav teddy-bear. It offers a glimpse into a period when a young girl transitions into womanhood. Outside, it's sunny but maybe, it's time to snuggle up with the cushion, or maybe, even give her beau a call or play hard-to-get and let him call instead. Such voyeuristic snaps of private moments of solitary woman wrapped in her own space are reminiscent of the works of Edward Hopper. Chong Ai Lei started the trend of self-voyeurism, first using herself like a Cindy Sherman coquette play and later, a model. After graduating from the Dasein Academy of Art in 2005, she worked freelance as a graphic designer and then briefly, as a gallery assistant before going fulltime in 2010. She had her first three solos overseas – PINK at Yogyakarta's leading Sangkring Art Space (2013), then In The Room at Galerie Canna in Jakarta (2016) and in Hong Kong in 2017, before her first Malaysian solo, When I See You Again, at The Edge Galerie in January 2018. She won the Malaysian Emerging Artists award in 2011 after being a finalist in 2009, and won Honorable Mentions in the Freeman Fellowship Asian Artists Programme in the United States in 2010 and 2011. Her international profile is astounding – Art Stage in Singapore (2015) and Jakarta (2016), START Art Fair in London (2014), Art Busan and Art Taipei (both in 2016), Affordable Art Fair Singapore (2013), Kembara Jiwa (Bandung and Yogyakarta, 2012), Young Guns Singapore (2014) and Concurrence (Manila, 2014). Her auction record of the equivalent of RM34,843, was set at Christie's Hong Kong in November 2013, for True Romances II.
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Nov. 06, 2022
Chong Ai Lei (b. Johor, 1985) Fascination 1, 2014
Est: RM22,000 - RM36,000
Welcome to a woman's inner space, a safe space which affords glimpses of her personality, character and habits, like the popular real time social-media roomview popular among the young, and a new form of exhibitionism. Though this is a static one-clip voyeuristic view, it affords some touch points with the personified: a young woman sitting on her bed having an intimate distraction with her fav teddy-bear, while doing some work, presumably related to art / graphic design with the page print-out, a camera and a handphone in front of her. Outside, it's sunny but maybe, it's time to snuggle up with the cushion, or maybe, even give her beau a call or play hard-to-get and let him call instead. Such voyeuristic snaps of private moments of solitary women wrapped in her own space are reminiscent of the works of Edward Hopper. This work was exhibited at the START Art Fair at Galeri Chandan, and at Saatchi Gallery in London in 2014. Chong Ai Lei started the trend of self-voyeurism, first using herself like a Cindy Sherman coquette play and later, a model. After graduating from the Dasein Academy of Art in 2005, she worked freelance as a graphic designer and then briefly, as a gallery assistant before going fulltime in 2010. She had her first three solos overseas - PINK at Yogyakarta's leading Sangkring Art Space (2013), then In The Room at Galerie Canna in Jakarta (2016) and in Hong Kong in 2017, before her first Malaysian solo, When I See You Again, at The Edge Galerie in January 2018. She won the Malaysian Emerging Artists award in 2011 after being a finalist in 2009, and won Honorable Mentions in the Freeman Fellowship Asian Artists Programme in the United States in 2010 and 2011. Her international profile is astounding - Art Stage in Singapore (2015) and Jakarta (2016), START Art Fair in London (2014), Art Busan and Art Taipei (both in 2016), Affordable Art Fair Singapore (2013), Kembara Jiwa (Bandung and Yogyakarta, 2012), Young Guns Singapore (2014) and Concurrence (Manila, 2014). Her auction record of the equivalent of RM 34,843, was set at Christie's Hong Kong in November 2013, for True Romances II.
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Dec. 05, 2021
Chong Ai Lei (b. Johor, 1985) Nita II, 2013
Est: RM2,000 - RM4,000
It was in 2013 that she participated in the group show called "Scent of Bali" by The FKlub. This is one of the pieces that were exhibited during the show. Featuring a beautiful young lady with an expression full of confidence with her own body. Chong Ai Lei is one of the earliest of Dasein’s fine petticoat brigade of artists, graduating in 2005. Doing something unusual, she decided to paint fulltime in 2010 after a stint at various jobs. Her daring was validated, for a slew of international exhibitions and expositions followed besides awards. She won the Malaysian Emerging Artists Award (2011) after being a finalist in 2009; and Honourable Mentions in the American Freeman Fellowship Asian Artists Programme in 2010 and 2011. Her name became linked to art fairs like Art Stage Singapore, Art Stage Jakarta, Start Art Fair in London (2014), Art Busan and Art Taipei (both in 2016); group exhibitions Kembara Jiwa (Bandung and Yogyakarta, 2012), Young Guns Singapore (2014) and Concurrence (Manila, 2014). She took part in solos abroad — PINK Sangkring Art Space, Yogyakarta, 2013, In The Room Galerie Canna, Jakarta, 2016, and in Hong Kong (2017), before having her first Malaysia solo, When I See You Again, at The Edge Galerie in January 2018. Her auction record of the equivalent of RM34,843, was set at Christie’s Hong Kong in November 2013, for True Romances II.
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Dec. 05, 2021
Chong Ai Lei (b. Johor, 1985) Nita I, 2013
Est: RM2,000 - RM4,000
It was in 2013 that she participated in the group show called "Scent of Bali" by The FKlub. This is one of the pieces that were exhibited during the show. Featuring a beautiful young lady with an expression full of confidence with her own body. Chong Ai Lei is one of the earliest of Dasein’s fine petticoat brigade of artists, graduating in 2005. Doing something unusual, she decided to paint fulltime in 2010 after a stint at various jobs. Her daring was validated, for a slew of international exhibitions and expositions followed besides awards. She won the Malaysian Emerging Artists Award (2011) after being a finalist in 2009; and Honourable Mentions in the American Freeman Fellowship Asian Artists Programme in 2010 and 2011. Her name became linked to art fairs like Art Stage Singapore, Art Stage Jakarta, Start Art Fair in London (2014), Art Busan and Art Taipei (both in 2016); group exhibitions Kembara Jiwa (Bandung and Yogyakarta, 2012), Young Guns Singapore (2014) and Concurrence (Manila, 2014). She took part in solos abroad — PINK Sangkring Art Space, Yogyakarta, 2013, In The Room Galerie Canna, Jakarta, 2016, and in Hong Kong (2017), before having her first Malaysia solo, When I See You Again, at The Edge Galerie in January 2018. Her auction record of the equivalent of RM34,843, was set at Christie’s Hong Kong in November 2013, for True Romances II.
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Aug. 22, 2021
Chong Ai Lei (b. Johor, 1985) Ambiguous #10, 2009
Est: RM10,000 - RM18,000
A talented figurative painter, Chong Ai Lei expresses beauty through a series of finely painted female body forms. Ai Lei sculpts the curves of the woman’s body viewed from the side. Her study of the human figure expresses the underlying thoughts and emotions. Neutral tones consisting of grey, white, and flesh colours depict the softness of the female skin. Chong Ai Lei is one of the earliest of Dasein’s fine petticoat brigade of artists, graduating in 2005. Doing something unusual, she decided to paint fulltime in 2010 after a stint at various jobs. Her daring was validated, for a slew of international exhibitions and expositions followed besides awards. She won the Malaysian Emerging Artists Award (2011) after being a finalist in 2009; and Honourable Mentions in the American Freeman Fellowship Asian Artists Programme in 2010 and 2011. Her name became linked to art fairs like Art Stage Singapore, Art Stage Jakarta, Start Art Fair in London (2014), Art Busan and Art Taipei (both in 2016); group exhibitions Kembara Jiwa (Bandung and Yogyakarta, 2012), Young Guns Singapore (2014) and Concurrence (Manila, 2014). She took part in solos abroad — PINK Sangkring Art Space, Yogyakarta, 2013, In The Room Galerie Canna, Jakarta, 2016, and in Hong Kong (2017), before having her first Malaysia solo, When I See You Again, at The Edge Galerie in January 2018. Her auction record of the equivalent of RM34,843, was set at Christie’s Hong Kong in November 2013, for True Romances II.
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Mar. 21, 2021
Chong Ai Lei (b. Johor, 1985) Glance, 2016
Est: RM25,000 - RM40,000
Glance is always a fascination, suggesting some measure of interest, albeit usually done furtively. In this Chong Ai Lei’s mock Mills and Boon one-panel paperback, the girl in a loose sleeveless red-striped tee, the girl looks just out of bed with her tresses slightly dishevelled. Her left leg curled up under the thigh of her other leg stretched downwards on the bed’s edge. Purity and innocence are suggested by the soft bedsheets. Something, a sound, somebody, piques her interest, and even her teddy bears are looking that way. She seems to be occupied with something, with a book and a camera on her bed, until distracted. Perhaps, there’s the strains of Nat King Cole’s song, Fascination, about “a passing glance, a brief romance”. Pertinently, what springs to mind is the scene from William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, on the lovers’ first night together, which turned out to be their last. Held back by Juliet to stay longer, Romeo said: It was the lark, the herald of the morn No nightingale, Look, love, what envious streaks Do lace the severing clouds in yonder east Night’s candles are burnt out, and jocund day Stands tiptoe on the misty mountain tops One leg curled up under the thigh of the other leg stretched downwards on the bed’s edge. Chong Ai Lei is one of the earliest of Dasein’s fine petticoat brigade of artists, graduating in 2005. Doing something unusual, she decided to paint fulltime in 2010 after a stint at various jobs. Her daring was validated, for a slew of international exhibitions and expositions followed besides awards. She won the Malaysian Emerging Artists award (2011) after being a finalist in 2009; and Honourable Mentions in the American Freeman Fellowship Asian Artists Programme in 2010 and 2011. Her name became linked to top-draw shows like Art Stage Singapore and Art Stage Jakarta; the Start Art Fair in London (2014), Art Busan and Art Taipei (both in 2016), Kembara Jiwa (Bandung and Yogyakarta, 2012), Young Guns Singapore (2014) and Concurrence (Manila, 2014). She took part in solos abroad – PINK Sangkring Art Space, Yogyakarta, 2013, In The Room Galerie Canna, Jakarta, 2016, and in Hong Kong (2017), before having her first Malaysian solo, When I See You Again, at The Edge Galerie in January 2018. Her auction record of the equivalent of RM34,843, was set at Christie’s Hong Kong in November 2013, for True Romances II.
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Mar. 15, 2020
Chong Ai Lei (b. Johor, 1985) Cling, 2011
Est: RM8,000 - RM14,000
Welcome to a woman’s inner space, a safe space which afford glimpses of her personality, character and habits, like the popular realtime social-media roomview popular among the young, and a new form of exhibitionism. Though this is a static one-clip voyeuristic view, it affords some touch points with the personified: a young woman sitting on her bed having an intimate distraction with her favourite cat. Painted in a monochromatic colour scheme, the artiste enhances the presence of the subject. After graduating from the Dasein Academy of Art in 2005, she worked freelance as a graphic designer and then briefly, as a gallery assistant before going fulltime in 2010. She had her first three solos overseas: PINK at Yogyakarta’s leading Sangkring Art Space (2013), In The Room at Galerie Canna in Jakarta (2016) and in Hong Kong in 2017, before her first Malaysian solo, When I See You Again, at The Edge Galerie in January 2018. She won the Malaysian Emerging Artists award in 2011 after being a finalist in 2009, and won Honorable Mentions in the Freeman Fellowship Asian Artists Programme in the United States in 2010 and 2011. Her international profile is astounding: Art Stage in Singapore (2015) and Jakarta (2016), START Art Fair in London (2014), Art Busan and Art Taipei (both in 2016), Affordable Art Fair Singapore (2013), Kembara Jiwa (Bandung and Yogyakarta, 2012), Young Guns Singapore (2014) and Concurrence (Manila, 2014). Her auction record of RM35,000, was set at Christie’s Hong Kong in November 2013 for True Romances II.
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Nov. 03, 2019
Chong Ai Lei (b. 1985) Hunch #1, 2010
Est: RM18,000 - RM32,000
There is a sensuality and poetic feeling about waking up in the early morning, about dazedly extricating oneself from the bed, curling like a malingering cat outstretching its limbs. Chong Ai Lei captures the mood of a nubile girl stirring from insouciant wakefulness, wistful and soft as the satin nightdress she is wearing as the hemlines fall loose, revealing flashes of flesh. As in Act 3, Scene 5 of William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet…It was the lark, the herald of the morn……………………………… Night’s candles are burnt out, and jocund dayStands tiptoe on the misty mountain top Chong Ai Lei is one of the early outstanding graduates from the Dasein Academy of Art in 2005. After deciding to go fulltime in 2010, she was invited for solos abroad – PINK (Sangkring Art Space, Yogyakarta, 2013), In The Room (Galerie Canna, Jakarta, 2016) and in Hong Kong (2017). It was only in January 2018 that she held her first Malaysian solo, When I See You Again, at The Edge Galerie. A string of accolodes also followed her emergence: the Malaysian Emerging Artists Award (2011) after being a finalist in 2009, and Honorable Mentions in the Freeman Fellowship Asian Artists Programme in the United States in 2010 and 2011. She had taken part in Art Stage Singapore and Jakarta; the START Art Fair in London (2014), Art Busan and Art Taipei (both in 2016), Kembara Jiwa (Bandung and Yogyakarta, 2012), Young Guns Singapore (2014) and Concurrence (Manila, 2014). Her auction record of the equivalent of RM34,843, was set at Christie’s Hong Kong in November 2013, for True Romances II.
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Mar. 24, 2019
Chong Ai Lei (b. 1985) Somewhere In Time, 2014
Est: RM25,000 - RM40,000
A nubile naked girl wandering in the open with the soft confetti showers of fern leaves overhead as the Biblical Eve personified, but more so with the onset of pubescent and all the dreams, secret fears and desires. It brings to mind a passage in Philip Rothâs The Dying Animal, on the âLolitaâ Consuela Castillo, âwith her gorgeous D-cup breasts: round, full and perfect with a nipple like a saucerââ¦ and âsuper-classically the fertile female of our mammalian speciesâ¦ caroming about with her eyes shut, off in a childâs game of her own.â Her legs are crossed awkwardly. Light shadows fall on her legs like fading tattoos. Being young is transient, and itâs great to savour Natureâs little gifts in the buff, aglow in soft pastel colours and light. This work was exhibited in the Being Human showcase by the f-klub at Art Stage Singapore in 2015. Chong Ai Lei started the trend of self-voyeurism, first using herself like a Cindy Sherman coquette play and later, a model. After graduating from the Dasein Academy of Art in 2005, she worked freelance as a graphic designer and then briefly, as a gallery assistant before going fulltime in 2010. Ironically, she was to have her first three solos overseas â PINK at Yogyakartaâs leading Sangkring Art Space (2013), then In The Room at Galerie Canna in Jakarta (2016) and in Hong Kong in 2017, before her first Malaysian solo, When I See You Again, at The EDGE Gallery in January 2018. She won the Malaysian Emerging Artists award in 2011 after being a finalist in 2009, and won Honorable Mentions in the Freeman Fellowship Asian Artists Programme in the United States in 2010 and 2011. Her international profile is astounding â Art Stage in Singapore (2015) and Jakarta (2016), START Art Fair in London (2014), Art Busan and Art Taipei (both in 2016), Affordable Art Singapore (2013), Kembara Jiwa (Bandung and Yogyakarta, 2012), Young Guns Singapore (2014) and Concurrence (Manila, 2014). Her auction record of the equivalent of RM34,843, was set at Christieâs Hong Kong in November 2013, for True Romances II. 220 x 180cm
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Mar. 24, 2019
Chong Ai Lei (b. 1985) FASCINATION I, 2014
Est: RM27,500 - RM37,500
Welcome to a womanâs inner space, a safe space which afford glimpses of her personality, character and habits, like the popular realtime social-media roomview popular among the young, and a new form of exhibitionism. Though this is a static one-clip voyeuristic view, it affords some touch points with the personified: a young woman sitting on her bed having an intimate distraction with her fav teddy-bear, while doing some work, presumably related to art / graphic design with the page print-out, a camera and a handphone in front of her. Outside, itâs sunny but maybe, itâs time to snuggle up with the cushion, or maybe, even give her beau a call or play hard-to-get and let him call instead. Such voyeuristic snaps of private moments of solitary woman wrapped in her own space are reminiscent of the works of Edward Hopper. This work was exhibited at the START Art Fair at Galeri Chandan, and at Saatchi Gallery in London in 2014. Chong Ai Lei started the trend of self-voyeurism, first using herself like a Cindy Sherman coquette play and later, a model. After graduating from the Dasein Academy of Art in 2005, she worked freelance as a graphic designer and then briefly, as a gallery assistant before going fulltime in 2010. Ironically, she was to have her first three solos overseas â PINK at Yogyakartaâs leading Sangkring Art Space (2013), then In The Room at Galerie Canna in Jakarta (2016) and in Hong Kong in 2017, before her first Malaysian solo, When I See You Again, at The Edge Galerie in January 2018. She won the Malaysian Emerging Artists award in 2011 after being a finalist in 2009, and won Honorable Mentions in the Freeman Fellowship Asian Artists Programme in the United States in 2010 and 2011. Her international profile is astounding â Art Stage in Singapore (2015) and Jakarta (2016), START Art Fair in London (2014), Art Busan and Art Taipei (both in 2016), Affordable Art Fair Singapore (2013), Kembara Jiwa (Bandung and Yogyakarta, 2012), Young Guns Singapore (2014) and Concurrence (Manila, 2014). Her auction record of the equivalent of RM34,843, was set at Christieâs Hong Kong in November 2013, for True Romances II. 220 x 160cm
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Mar. 11, 2018
FASCINATION I
Est: RM30,000 - RM35,000
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The Edge Auction
Mar. 05, 2017
HAIR STORM II
Est: RM12,000 - RM15,000
Painting with frame
The Edge Auction
Mar. 05, 2017
HAIR STORM I
Est: RM12,000 - RM15,000
Painting with frame
The Edge Auction
Mar. 29, 2015
CHONG AI LEI (b. 1985), Untitled, 2008, oil on canvas
Est: RM5,000 - RM7,000
Chong Ai Lei attained earnest attention from the art circuit with her award-winning artworks submitted for the Malaysia Emerging Artist Award competition in 2011. Technically refined with her sophisticated choice of colour palette, the three awarded paintings are decorated with domesticated and familial objects - the subject, a youthful female figure dressed in batik sarong captured in various poses around the comfort of home - at the piano in the living hall, on a bed in her bedroom and in the kitchen. She creates "fine and fastidious painting of female muses engrossed in the privacy of their thoughts and preoccupations be it an indoor or outdoor setting, give glimpses into a world from a feminine view." This piece on offer, executed three years prior, is an early indication of Ai Lei's curiosity in capturing not just the female figure, but also to permeate emotions of seduction and innocence in her painting, letting one's imaginations wander sultrily and/or lustfully into a fantasy. Devoid of material distractions, this imagery focuses on the figure's curious posture of bending forward in an act of wilful submission. The subdued colour palette of neutral white applied on the figure's white cotton dress against a light background contributes to the dreamy quality of this guiltless piece. Chong Ai Lei obtained a Diploma in Fine Art from Dasein Academy of Art, Kuala Lumpur in 2005. She has participated in numerous group exhibitions namely Art Below 1000 held at Valentine Willie Fine Art, Kuala Lumpur (2005, 2006 & 2007); Palette at The Gallery@Starhill, Kuala Lumpur (2008); Self Conflict, Self Cohesion, Malaysia Tourism Centre, Kuala Lumpur (2010); Local Only at Taksu, Kuala Lumpur (2011); and Seated at HOM Art Trans (2013) among others. Her first solo exhibition titled P!NK was held at Sangkring Art Space in Yogyakarta, Indonesia in 2013. She was one of the finalists for the Malaysia Emerging Artist Award in 2009 and 2011. She also received Honourable Mentions from the Freeman Foundation Asian Artists Program, Vermont Studio Centre, United States of America. A member of The F Klub - an art group focusing on figures as subject matter - Chong Ai Lei has recently participated at Art Stage Singapore 2015 in a group show titled Being Human: Figuratism of 16 Malaysian Artists alongside Ahmad Zakii Anwar, Jalaini Abu Hassan, Bayu Utomo Radjikin, Kow Leong Kiang, Chong Siew Ying, Phuan Thai Meng, Shia Yih Yiing, Chin Kong Yee, Chan Kok Hooi, Marvin Chan, Gan Chin Lee, Cheong Tuck Wai, Arif Fauzan, Fadilah Karim and Hisyamuddin Abdullah which was also displayed in White Box, Publika. Her works were also featured in a group show titled Stepping Out, collaboration between Galeri Chandan, Kuala Lumpur and Jada Art Gallery, Singapore at Art Stage Singapore 2015.
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Nov. 09, 2014
CHONG AI LEI (b. 1985), Indolence 5, 2009, oil on canvas
Est: RM9,000 - RM12,000
CHONG AI LEI b. Johor, 1985 INDOLENCE 5, 2009 Signed and dated ' AILEI 2009' (lower left) Oil on canvas 97cm x 130cm Created when Chong Ai Lei was only 24 years of age, Indolence 5 is one of six canvas works submitted for a group exhibition celebrating the beginning of an early career as a full-time artist. Alongside Gan Tee Sheng, Dhavinder Singh and Anabelle Ng, Chong Ai Lei exposes her newly discovered talent as a delicate figurative painter. Illustrated here is an anonymous figure in bed clad in her nightgown with her cleavage in view. Her nightdress lifted from her slumber to reveal her belly, curvaceous thigh and nudecoloured undergarment. Innocent yet sensual in appearance, this piece invites the viewer to observe a sleeping female form and allow a little imagination to come to play without having the fear of getting caught. Chong Ai Lei obtained a Diploma in Fine Art from Dasein Academy of Art, Kuala Lumpur in 2005. She has participated in numerous group exhibitions namely Art Below 1000 held at Valentine Willie Fine Art, Kuala Lumpur (2005, 2006 & 2007); Palette at The Gallery@Starhill, Kuala Lumpur (2008); Self Conflict, Self Cohesion, Malaysia Tourism Centre, Kuala Lumpur (2010); Local Only at Taksu, Kuala Lumpur (2011); and Seated at HOM Art Trans (2013) among others. Her first solo exhibition titled P!NK was held at Sangkring Art Space in Yogyakarta, Indonesia in 2013. She was one of the finalists for the Malaysia Emerging Artist Award in 2009 and 2011. She also received Honourable Mentions from the Freeman Foundation Asian Artists Program, Vermont Studio Centre, United States of America.
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