Mimi Leung Blog

Friday, 10 February 2012

UK sketchbook

It's been great, though so brief, to be back in the UK. Short n sweet.

Thursday, 19 January 2012

Sunday, 15 January 2012

Accidental Beings

I was just minding my own business, playing around in Photoshop and then suddenly I see this! Just sitting in amongst the patterned background I was building up!

Tuesday, 10 January 2012

More illos in gifs! I'm addicted.

Monday, 9 January 2012

Red Bull Surf Board comp entry for Sally Fitzgibbons' board

Sunday, 8 January 2012

Tuesday, 20 December 2011

Sketches plans plans!

Got a lot of ideas at the moment. Excited and happy to have the time to work on them again.

Thursday, 15 December 2011

Tuesday, 6 December 2011

Monday, 5 December 2011

Monday, 24 October 2011

Sir Peter Cook portrait Auction starts in * 5 * Days *!!!

Follow the link to Adam$Eve Projects to keep posted! Cheers to Scott for inviting mt to take part in this exhibition/auction.

Monday, 17 October 2011

I have an article in here about my Alice Springs exhibition and the context of the work. Please have a read. Hope to get more writing jobs - this was fun - thanks to VAROOM! for inviting me to write for their new larger-format mag :)

Tuesday, 11 October 2011

Woo! new 'Illustration Now!' vol. 4 just arrived - with my work inside :)

Thanks Taschen for inviting me to join! Some awesome illos/artists in the mix

Sunday, 9 October 2011

She Creatives exhibition info

Sir Peter Cook - 75 Peters

Portrait of the architect Peter Cook for exhibition/auction in Brisbane from October 26th to celebrate Sir P.C's 75th birthday. Then moving to London. Details when I have them...

Sunday, 2 October 2011

sketch for She Creatives' Norway show coming up...

Wednesday, 21 September 2011

Interview in Fresh Mag online now

click on the link to read :) Fresh Mag interview - Here!
Cheers to Michael for the Qs. and the funny intro!

Saturday, 17 September 2011

Interview on Vice blog now up

Click here to read

Thursday, 15 September 2011

In latest Neon mag...

Wednesday, 14 September 2011

Silkscreen print design for Bestival last weekend

Sunday, 11 September 2011

Been busy lately

enjoying life in the desert before I head back out to the city :) MELBOURNE BABY!

Sunday, 31 July 2011

I won the Advocate Art Award on Friday Night

Thanks to Central Australia Art Society for awarding it to me :)

Sunday, 24 July 2011

Book cover pitch for Taschen

Sadly it didn't get used this time round. Maybe next time! :)

Saturday, 16 July 2011

Animate Everything @ Protein Gallery, Shoreditch

I have a little gif in this show! Take a look if you're in the area please :) Opens next week. (21st July) >> Click on the pic to open up the invite gif for more info

Tuesday, 5 July 2011

dog fight!

Saturday, 18 June 2011

Monday, 13 June 2011

ASP Collection

60" x 66", acrylic on canvas. After Rubens or Caravaggio depending... all for sale. Contact me if interested.

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2011

A quick summary of what I've
been up to of late:
- Wrote a piece about my Alice
Springs show for the new
Varoom 16
- Work up for auction at
'75 Peters' show run by Adam
and Eve Projects here in Aus
- Have a print in She Creatives
exhibition in Norway
- Completed an exciting piece
for a phone company :)
- currently packing o move to
Melbourne! Can't wait!
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Have been very kindly invited
by an illo mag in London to
write a piece about my most
recent work and experiences
out here in Alice Springs. More
news about this soon -- I'm
super excited! Love to write :D
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Working on an A2 poster design
for an artist playing at Bestival
this year.... more info soon! :)
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An animated gif I made is in
the Animate Everything gif
exhibit at Protein Gallery >>
18 Hewlett Street, Shoreditch,
21st July - 15th August. Lots
of awesome artists have gifs in
the show -- = -- so check it out!
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Also will be getting a spot in
the new HK-based online mag
FRESH #2. >>More soon!<<
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Finally got round to answering
a few Qs for // They Create. \\
Will update when it's posted!
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My paintings exhibition is now
up and running at Watch This
Space Gallery, 4/9 George Cr.
Alice Springs until June 25th.
Please come check it out if
you happen to be in the middle
of the desert...
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Also working on a gif for a
show in London coming up
in July... should be fun! :D
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Some of my pics soon-to-be
featured in a mag based in
Bondi, updates soon...
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Pitching for a Taschen book
cover this week... fingers Xd
inspiration hits me hard :)
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My Body Bomb series is out
now in the new MUTE mag!
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Red Hot Arts Hot Box
installation for my June show
@Watch This Space is now up!
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** WEBSITE UPDATED!!! **
>> >>> finally ! ! ! ! <<< <<<
go to: www.mimileung.co.uk
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Album cover for US hiphop
producer/artist in the works
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Cover for the 3rd issue of
awesome London zine
>>>> Girls Who Fight <<<
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Just finished a commission for
next issue of MUTE mag UK.
6 new pics, including cover -
watch out for it!
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2010

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Window display of some of my
recent prints at Red Hot Arts
on Bath Street in Alice Springs
should be up for a few weeks.
check it out if you're in town!
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New piece on the future......
for HK's Above 2nd Gallery
end of year group show.
What I think 2020 will look
like.... hope I don't start it on a
pessimistic day. (I'm trying to
grow out of drawing turd.)
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Making pic for next issue of
ANORAK mag, for a lovely
totally nutz poem by Cathy O.
More news soon!
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Working with The Partners
again on Paintings in Hospitals
project. Should be done by the
end of September. Updates....
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Here Gallery Exhibition:
>>> HOW ARE YOU?
in Bristol Sept 9 - Oct 9
Details on blog, work in post!
Pls get there safe please...
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May 2010 - I'm in Alice Springs
making new work towards my
exhibition at Here Gallery in
Bristol, UK in September 2010.
Will update soon.
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Just finished animating a
short vid about where I am
in the Outback for idN's
100th issue. Making music
for it this wkend. Will post
when it's all ready.
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The Soloist guitar I painted
will be debuting at the
Dear Jane gig supporting HK
cantopopster Chi Lam at
Hitec on Sat 13 Mar. Will post
pics if there are any....
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Doing something for Varoom
should be out in the next issue
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I'll be showing in upcoming
Alive Not Dead group show
@UFO Gallery Central, HK
>>> 29 April - 06 May
(: with many talented AnD's :)
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I'll be taking part in Nike78,
Paul Jenkins' new project.
click on this link to find more!
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Just finished work for
Nintendo's Pokemon promo.
The pic will be out in a Vice UK
supplement March 12.
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Guitars I'm working on should
be good to play by end March!!
**** Looking forward to *****
Sean Tierney's guitar-making
abilities to bring these planks
of wood to music life :D
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At the start of Jan I handed
in artwork for an animation
my xCSM friends, Block4
is making. It's for a sportswear
label you may have all heard of.
I'm also making the music for it
with Seldom Party
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A couple of pics from my HK
Sept 09 show at LCX will be
appearing in the German mag
NEON next month - watch out!
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Taking part in The Partners'
Richard House charity drawing
game (a bunch of artists play
consequences...) Should be
good!
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oh yeh my Push The Envelope
charity envelope sold for
£325 (I think) in the end.
Thanks to everyone who took
part in the auction and to
The National Literacy Trust
for inviting me to create an
envelope for it. Hope to do it
again this year!

2009

Oh yeh! SickSlab Ts & BagFace
in stock at Galerie De Vie,
[[[[ Gough St, Central, HK ]]]]
Badges+prints on sale there too.
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Taking a Loooooongg needed

holiday this Dec/Jan 2010.

Escaping into the desert

leaving my paints behind.

Will be back inspired,

refreshed & focused.

Keep an eye out for sporadic

updates til then!

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4 handdrawn Christmas cards
YCN shop this Dec, £4 each.
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"YOU ARE HERE"
Opens 26 Nov - 09 Dec
Big wall of canvases by 80 of
HK's best creative talents...
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ICA's monthly Heavy Pencil
turned 1 YEAR OLD!!! this
week. They've released a
special CD/Postcard pack
(: (: that I'm featured in :) :)
(my copy's in the airmail)
>>> obvs will post pics ! <<<
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7-colour poster, silkscreened
by Print Club London.
Edition of 45, out Dec 09.
Details to follow.
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RTHK3 radio interview
Sept 1st, with Phil Whelan.
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This Is Get Me interview,
Thanks to Alex .
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2nd solo exhibition
>>>> Hong Kong <<<<
opens 1 September 2009.
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****** Guest Blogger *******
for Its Nice That>>>>>>>>>
week of 17 August>>>>>>>>
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Blanch&Shock confirmed for
crazy catering at Turdbrains
>> Q+A, 31 July, 5pm <<
=== Tenderpixel Gallery ===
(( 10 Cecil Court, London.)))
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Sept Show in Hong kong
Am making all new work
in the next 2 - 3 weeks for it.
It should be fun show with
cut-outs and big posters.
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WEBSITE updated you
http://www.mimileung.co.uk/
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Rushes Soho Shorts Magazine
COVER illustration, OUT
NOW as part of the festival
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* London, July 09 Show *
>>@Tenderpixel Gallery<<
[[[[[[[Leicester Square]]]]]]]
featuring new work done in
the Outback >>>>>>>>>>>
July 16th ---- August 10th
>>> PV, Thurs 16 July <<<<
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Video and a small sculpture at
Wall Gallery, Islington on
4 July, as part of a pop - up
art show >>>>>>> curated by
**** Ed Fornieles **** and
^^^ Joby Williamson ^^^^
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Special envelope for LUCRE
>>>>>>> June <<<<<<<
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new&special pic for an exciting
ICA project, out in OCT 09!
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Electric Ant #2 These
Bloody Moments - Illo featured
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2 pics have been chosen for
#### Luerzer Archive's ###
>>> Best 200 Illustrators <<
>>>>>>>Worldwide<<<<<
publication, out this summer
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New pic in FUN magazine
>>>>>> out April <<<<<<
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Valentine's Window Display
for Lane Crawford in HK
Up for February 2009

<<< A Short Interview >>>

in this January's VICE mag
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>>>>>Heavy Pencil<<<<<

@@ICA (London), May@@

>>>> LIVE DRAWING<<<<

with Tom Moore &Ad Hoc)

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2008

Creative30/VICE mag

~~~ one-day exhibition at ~~~

>>The Maverick Showrooms<<

>Tuesday 16th Dec 2008<

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NOV/DEC new tings yo

- illo in PlanB Dec

- MiLK HK interview out soon...

- interview in this month's VICE

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GUARDIAN G2 cover+spreads

>>>>>(24 Oct 2008)<<<<<<

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some new things happening

>> just did an interview with

VICEmag, should be out soon

>> POLLOCKSLondon kindly

asked me to make a letter "P"

for the relaunch of their new

website

>> also for PollocksLondon is

a short animated piece to go

on their site. I'm excited to be

== working on this with the

**** awesome animator ****

>>>>>>ED Suckling<<<<<<

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just did an interview with

The 405, up 4th Nov, so

check it out if you're into it.

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i'm on CREATIVE30 so

please take a look and

vote for me!! if you can

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VICE student guide cover

>>>>¡¡¡PULLED!!!<<<<<

:( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :(

= for being too ruuuude =

((((((((not really...)))))))))

---- but we now know -----

^^^^^ who'd win if ^^^^

**** Johnny Ryan ****

†††† Mimi Leung ††††††

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Ravenhill YouTube Comp

peep at Guardian kindly

asked me to do this

>>>>>>> logo <<<<<<<<

.... for an upcoming comp ....

- more details in G2 soon -

[[[ should be a good one! ]]]

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>> HK MiLK magazine <<

"""""""" interview """""""""

<<< doing it 29/09/08 >>>

(((((2nd day back in HK!))))

out sometime in October (?)

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VICE Student Guide Cover

>>>>>> out soon ? <<<<<