Sze Tsung Leong
Sze Tsung Leong (born 1970) is an American and British photographer and artist interested in urban studies.
Also recorded as Sze Tsung Nicolás Leong
Sze Tsung Leong
- Born
- 1970 · Mexico City.
- Nationality
- United States · United Kingdom
- Occupation
- photographer
- Education
- Harvard University · University of California and Berkeley · Harvard Graduate School of Design
- Honours
- Guggenheim Fellowship
- Languages
- English
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Biography
Sze Tsung Leong studied at Harvard University, University of California, Berkeley and Harvard Graduate School of Design. The recorded working language is English. Places of work recorded in the authority are New York City. Work by Sze Tsung Leong is recorded in the collections of Minneapolis Institute of Art, Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art and Photography Collection. Distinctions recorded are Guggenheim Fellowship.
Born in Mexico City, he grew up there and in Los Angeles. He then studied at the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California, and earned architecture degrees from the University of California, Berkeley and the Harvard Graduate School of Design, where he was awarded the Wheelwright Prize. Leong received the Guggenheim Fellowship in 2005. He now lives in New York City.
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Identity
Sze Tsung Leong is recorded as having received Guggenheim Fellowship.
Life and career
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Life and career
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1970
Sze Tsung Leong was born in 1970 at Mexico City.
Activity and practice
Sze Tsung Leong is recorded as having studied at Harvard University, University of California, Berkeley and Harvard Graduate School of Design.
Publications
• (contributor and co-editor) Harvard Project on the City (organized by Rem Koolhaas): volumes on Great Leap Forward and Guide to Shopping. Both vols. pub. Cologne, 2002. • History Images. Photographs of urban spaces and construction projects in China. Steidl, 2007.. • Horizons. A collection of landscape photographs. Yossi Milo Gallery, 2008.. Exhibition catalogue. • Berlin and Stuttgart: Hatje Cantz, 2014.. With essays by Pico Iyer, Duncan Forbes, Joshua Chuang, Leong, and Charlotte Cotton.
Collections
Collections
Leong's work is held in the following permanent collections: • Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York: 2 prints (as of 4 October 2021) • Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis, MN: 1 print (as of 4 October 2021) • Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago, IL: 2 prints (as of 4 October 2021) • Museum of Modern Art, New York: 7 prints (as of 4 October 2021) • San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco: 4 prints (as of 4 October 2021)
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Recognition and collections
Sze Tsung Leong received Guggenheim Fellowship.
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