Born in Johor in 1972, Chong Choon Woon is a Malaysian fine artist who is known to many also as a ‘China’ artist. His early art education came when he graduated from the Malaysian Institute of Art where he then continued on to the China National Academy of Art. Choon Woon graduated from the Nanjing Normal University in China with a Bachelor in Arts. His works is known to have been widely inspired from that of the French Impressionists where he has said to have been influenced by Alberto Giacometti, a Swiss surrealist sculptor and painter.

His techniques are known to have used bold sweeps of the Chinese strokes because of his education from the Chinese art scene. Hence, one can find his work to be a fusion of Chinese techniques with the likes of European impressions. It is not always that one gets to see how such techniques can be so articulately translated into a painting the way that Choon Woon has. Hence, such unique traits have brought Choon Woon’s art not only in Malaysia but he has also garnered awards while some of his work has also traveled the world over with a lot of prominence been given especially in the China market.