HUEI YIN WONG [SHE/HER]
SENIOR ART DIRECTOR
HEYHUEI@GMAIL.COM
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Hey, I’m Huei.
I’m a Malaysian-born, New Zealand-raised, Australian-based creative type.
I make art, ads, and artful ads that resonate in culture. I believe that art gives you soul, and advertising gives you scale. The best combine them.
I’ve helped create big platforms for brands and been part of successful business pitch wins for large clients such as Cadbury, Coca-Cola, and the Australian Government.
I’m a conceptual creative, studied design thinking, and care deeply about visual craft—with my agency work and my art practice making international headlines.
A topic I think about deeply is how we might build rich lives concurrent with a career in advertising; more eloquently summarised by: How can we make life better for others?
When I’m not making art or ads, I’m often in nature—off-grid, reading, swatting flies away.
Personally, I’m most proud of:
︎Exhibiting with Virgil Abloh and Olafur Eliasson.
︎Releasing my first album with AI.
︎Training my cat to high five.
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ACHIEVEMENTS
2024—D&AD New Blood Jury
2023—AWARD School Co-Head (VIC)
2023—Cannes Lions See It Be It Cohort
2023—Gerety Awards Jury
2022—National Gallery Victoria Speaker
2022—Ad Age Rising Star
2022—B&T Women In Media Finalist Creative
2022—B&T Women In Media Winner The Aunties Mentor
2022—B&T Women In Media Highly Commended The Aunties Champion of Change
2022—AWARD School Integrated Lecturer
2022—AWARD School Tutor
2022—Creative Sheroes Melbourne Design Week, NGV
2021—Google Rare Leadership Delegate (APAC)
2021—One Club Art Director Global Rankings #50
2020—Semi Permanent Festival Talking Head
2020—City of Melbourne Annual Arts Grant Recipient
2020—Melbourne Fringe Festival Cash for Creatives Grant Recipient
2016—D&AD Rare Participant and Mentor
2013—1st Class Honours, Visual Communication Design, Massey University
2012—New Zealand Start Up Weekend Winner
2007—New Zealand National Top Arts
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AWARDS
2022—Clio Awards Silver Digital/Mobile Saving Freddo
2022—Clio Awards Silver Virtual/Augmented Reality Saving Freddo
2022—Clio Awards Silver Experience/Immersive Saving Freddo
2022—MADC Awards Brand Experience & Technology Saving Freddo
2022—AWARD Awards Shortlist Creativity for Good Sustainability Saving Freddo
2022—Spikes Asia Finalist AR Saving Freddo
2021—One Show Merit AR/VR Saving Freddo
2021—One Show Merit Goals for Sustainable Development Saving Freddo
2021—One Show Asia Bronze Interactive & Online, Experiential Saving Freddo
2021—One Show Asia Bronze Mobile, Augmented, Virtual and Mixed Reality Saving Freddo
2021—One Show Asia Merit Public Service & CSR Saving Freddo
2021—One Show Asia Shortlist Innovation Saving Freddo
2021—One Show Asia Merit Digital Craft Saving Freddo
2021—Caples Awards Bronze Mobile Saving Freddo
2020—Beazley Designs of the Year Awards Finalist Graphic Bleached Coral
2018—Artplay Finalist The Kids Table
2018—Adstars Design/Foods 360º Live Egg Hunt
2018—Adstars Design/Digital 360º Live Egg Hunt
2017—Adfest Bronze Digital Design 360º Live Egg Hunt
2017—Ciclope Festival Finalist Live Experience 360º Live Egg Hunt
2011—New Zealand Student Press Awards Gold Documentary The Indians
2011—International Society of Typographic Designers Finalist Book Design
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EXHIBITIONS + SHOWS
2022—Distant Kisses (solo) City Gallery Library, Melbourne, Australia
2022—Rigg Design Prize, National Gallery Victoria, Melbourne, Australia
2021—Small Works Brunswick Street Gallery, Melbourne, Australia
2020—Designs of the Year Design Museum, London, United Kingdom
2020—Romeo and Juliet (2020) Melbourne Fringe Festival
2019—State of Extremes, Design Museum Holon, Tel Aviv, Israel
2017—The Empty Bowl TEDx Melbourne, Australia
2014—Exposure Massey University, Wellington, New Zealand
2007—National Top Arts Centre for Contemporary Arts, Christchurch, New Zealand
SELECT PERMANENT COLLECTIONS
Design Museum London
Design Museum Holon
Wardell+Sagan Projekt
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SELECT PRESS + PUBLICATIONS
2023—Chronicles of Care: A Design History of the Covid-19 Virus contributor (Vernon press)
2020—Beazley Designs of the Year contributor (Thames & Hudson)
2019—The Right Brain Workout contributor (Penguin)
Mumbrella: ‘The best and worst of the industry’: Creative’s life-changing experience at Cannes
The Age: In the name of art: Why single people in Melbourne kissed petri dishes
The Age: Is this the most 2020 play? Romeo and Juliet, performed by microbes
Dezeen: Australian designers suggest Bleached Coral to follow Pantone's "tone deaf" colour of the year
Ad Age: Supporting Women in Creativity
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I have also:
︎Spent 10 days in meditative silence in a remote Indian village.
︎Run nude into the Southern Ocean during the Tasmanian Winter Solstice with 2000 other mad folk.
︎Been on a 14 day solo thru hike & kayak from Victoria to South Australia.
︎Created a microscopic adaptation of Romeo and Juliet with microbes and artificial intelligence during stage-4 lockdown. And made a soundtrack with AI.
︎Been in group exhibitions with my creative heroes: Olafur Eliasson, Banksy, and Virgil Abloh.
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Agencies:
Clemenger BBDO
2021–present
Ogilvy Melbourne
2017–2021
Mccann Melbourne
2014–2017
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Education:
Massey University, New Zealand
1st-class Honours: Visual Communication Design
Nanyang University of Technology, Singapore
Exchange Scholarship student
AWARD School, Australia
Conceptual advertising 2014
RMIT University, Australia
Goldsmithing and Jewellery Making I
