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Kit-Ling Tjon Pian Gi is a female visual artist. She was born, works and lives in Paramaribo, Suriname, South America. Kit-Ling studied visual art in Suriname and the Netherlands. She was traditionally trained by well-known artists such as Stuart Robbles de Medina and Rudi Getrouw (Suriname), Nico Molenkamp and Ru van Rossum (Holland), with an emphasis on painting, drawing and graphic art (etching, dry point, etcetera). In 2005, after successfully attending a workshop in the 'oneminutes' video film, organized by the Sandberg Institute (Amsterdam, the Netherlands) and the Akademie voor Hoger Kunst en Cultuuronderwijs (AHKCO - Art Academy, Paramaribo, Suriname), Kit-Ling Tjon Pian Gi added the short video-film as a medium to her artwork.

Kit-Ling Tjon Pian Gi made paintings and drawings, inspired by the tropical rainforest, and the richness of the diverse cultures in Suriname. After a period of devoted practice of Hata Yoga, an urge to go back to the basics arose. Then Kit-Ling ended up doing colour research and abstract painting for a short while. Living in a multi-cultural society, Kit-Ling still maintains certain elements of her Chinese heritage: meditation upon the subject matter and its inner energy. Along with nature and culture, women and children have always been important in the artwork of Kit-Ling.
At the moment Kit-Ling is reconsidering her position as a female artist and is focusing on the inner strength of women.