Red hong yi tiger painting paneling

For other people with similar names, see Li Shutong.

Hong Yi is a Malaysian born artist and architectural designer better known by her moniker, 'Red'.

She is known for using everyday objects and materials for her paintings and art installations to transform our understanding of objects and image-making, as an artist who 'paints without a paintbrush'.^[1][2]

Early life and education

Red was born in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia.^[3] In 2004, she attended the Foundation Studies program at Trinity College (University of Melbourne), and subsequently graduated with a Bachelor of Planning and Design in 2007 and a Master of Architecture in 2010 from the University of Melbourne^[4] before moving to Shanghai to work for Australian architecture firm HASSELL.^[4] Captivated by her new environment in Shanghai, Red was inspired to create artwork that documented this new chapter of her life, and uploaded videos of her work onl