Born in China in 1961, Ling came to Australia in 1988 and lives and works in Melbourne. He graduated in 1984 from the China National Academy of Fine Arts with a Bachelor of Fine Arts and was one of several important artists involved with the 1985 New Wave art movement in China.
Read MoreHe has been a finalist many prizes including the ABN AMRO Emerging Artist Award (2006, 2007), the Fletcher Jones Arts Prize (2006), the Blake Prize for Religious Art (2007), the Gold Coast Art Prize (2007), the Sulman Prize (2009) and the Archibald Prize (2008 and 2011).
