Malaysian artist captures hometown memories to urban life clutter in debut show

Ong Hieng Fuong's new artwork titled 'Grandma Afraid We Are Starving' (watercolour on paper, 2022), which is part of his debut exhibition 'That Day, I Was Sketching On The Street’ in Kuala Lumpur. Photo: Ong Hieng Fuong

If you had asked Ong Hieng Fuong a few years ago, where he would be today, he would have never guessed he would be back in his hometown of Tanjong Sepat in Selangor, a small fishing village he grew up in.

“I didn’t expect that I would be stuck in my hometown for more than two years because of the pandemic. Although I initially felt frustrated, life still has to go on.