Luise Fong

[1] Fong was born in Sandakan, Malaysia and moved to Auckland, New Zealand at a young age.

Fong moved to Melbourne in 1995, and worked there until 2001, when she was made a lecturer in painting at University of Auckland's Elam School of Fine Arts.

[4][5] In 2020, Fong discovered a missing painting by Dame Louise Henderson, in Mount Albert Grammar School.

Art Galleries throughout Auckland and Christchurch were trying to locate April from The "Twelve Months" series for the exhibition Louise Henderson: From Life.

[6][7] Her work is held in numerous private and major public collections throughout New Zealand, including Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa,[8] Auckland Art Gallery,[9] Auckland War Memorial Museum,[10] Dunedin Public Art Gallery,[11] Govett-Brewster Art Gallery,[12] Christchurch Art Gallery,[13] Te Manawa Museum,[14] University of Auckland,[15] Fletcher Trust,[16] Chartwell Trust,[17] McCahon House Trust,[18] University of Canterbury,[19] and Dame Jenny Gibbs Collection.