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Born: Ipoh, Perak, Malaysia
Based in: Dublin, Ireland 


Education:
2010- Master's Fine Arts- LASALLE, Singapore
1993 - PhD - QUB, UK






Residencies, Fairs and Awards:


2019 Selected for Tulca Festival of Arts, Galway, Ireland
2019 Sculpture in Context Award, Botanic Gardens, Dublin, Ireland.
2019: Art’s Council R&D funding with mentor ( Anthony Haughey) with Create Ireland AIC scheme.
2019 - Art Jakarta, group exhibit.
2019- Create Ireland and FireStation Studio AIC Scheme Residency
2018 - Curator for performance section, Art Stage, Singapore
2017 - Solo exhibition, Art Stage, Singapore
2014Solo exhibition, Bologna Fiere SH Contemporary Shanghai Exhibition Centre
Final worldwide 400 of ‘100 Painters of Tomorrow’, a London based initiative between Thames & Hudson and curator Kurt Beers.
2013 - Group Show, Art Basel, Hong Kong
2nd round selection finalist, BP Portrait Award, National Portrait Gallery, London
2012 – London Art Fair with Stephanie Hoppen Gallery, London
2011 – Finalist in Summer Open Call, 3rd Ward, New York.
2010 - One of thousand worldwide artists listed on the Amsterdam based biannual compendium of artist Thousand Living Painters
2008 - Three lithographs on plate and stone Residency at IDEM (former Mourlot Studios), Paris, France.
2007 - Energy 20 artists of Asia, TT Awards, Hong Kong.
2006/2009 - Artist Ambassador for Capannelle Wine, Italy.






Exhibition Record


One man exhibitions:

2019 My Sister’s Coven as part of Tulca Festival of Arts, Engage Art Studios, Galway, Ireland - Nov 2019


2019 Ireland as Borderland as part of Landscapes of Hope and Displacement - a look at border policing at its worst, FireStation Studios, Ireland, July 2019


2018 The Undiscovered Country - a reflection on mortality through performance art, Art Stage
Singapore 2018, Marina Bay Sands Exhibition Centre, Singapore


2017  Woundbloom, performance art in collaboration with Dublin based German dancer and
choreographer Alina.Maria.O., Wei-Ling Contemporary, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Woundbloom, Art Stage Singapore 2017, Marina Bay Sands Exhibition Centre,
Singapore


2016 Cage of deliverance (paintings, videos, sculptures and performance); Wei Ling Contemporary, Kuala Lumpur Malaysia


2014  ..the ceiling floats away with a sigh..  (paintings); Wei Ling Contemporary, Kuala Lumpur Malaysia


2013 Number-Trance-Face ( paintings) Isabel Anchorena Gallery, Buenos Aires, Argentina.


2012 FOLD( installation) Institute of Contemporary Arts, Singapore.
M.O.L.C. (paintings) Chan Hampe Gallery, Singapore


2011 Ya-ad ( installation) Institute of Contemporary Arts, Singapore.
Ellaline  (paintings) Stephanie Hoppen Gallery, London.
Number-Trance-Face (paintings) Boscia Art Gallery, Melbourne, Australia.
Assemblage(paintings) Nomu on Monu galleries, Singapore.


2010 Cause & Defect (paintings) Gajah Gallery, Singapore.
Curio  Chinese House Gallery, Phnom Penh, Cambodia;
Hong Kong Expo Centre, Hong Kong;
PACE Gallery, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia;
 Fulleton Hotel for ParkerAsia event, Singapore.
The Traumatised Body ( Installation) Tri-Space, LASALLE School of Arts, Singapore.


2008 Number-Trance-Face (paintings)Yering Art Gallery, Melbourne, Australia;
PACE Gallery, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia;
Hong Kong Expo Centre, Hong Kong.
O.Fournier Galleries, Mendoza, Argentina.


2007 Faces (paintings) Tower Club Galleries, Singapore;
The Universal gallery, Singapore;
De Taillan Galleries, Bordeaux, France.
source_code(paintings) DarlingMuse Art Gallery, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.


2006 In the becoming (Sketches and Drawings) Tavolo, BoonTat Street, Singapore.


2005 I coME from over tHERE (paintings) PPH Public Art Space, Singapore.
I can SMELL your BAD breath(illustrations) Merbau Gallery, Singapore.
Anthro (paintings); Anthropology Gallery, Singapore.
Gridlocked (paintings) Block43 Art Gallery, Singapore.



Group exhibitions:


2019 Tactical Magic, Tulca Festival of Arts, Galway, Ireland.


2019 Small Town Decline: Rural Patterns of Decay Glor Gallery, Ennis,  Ireland


2019 Un-Migrant-ing Sculpture in Context, Botanic Gardens, Dublin Ireland.


2018 Paralogical Machines Wei Ling Contemporary, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia


2018  Teh Tarik and the Flag  National Visual Arts Gallery of Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia


2018  Ex-VOTO the body + the institution  Galway Arts Centre, Galway, Ireland.


2018  Art Stage Singapore 2017, Marina Bay Sands Exhibition Centre, Singapore


2016 The Past Is Never Where You Think You Left It (paintings) Wei Ling Gallery, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.


2015 18@8 Heirlooms (sculpture)  Wei Ling Gallery, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Common Ground (paintings) Chan Hampe Gallery, Singapore.


2014 Muestra Colectiva de Verano 2014 (paintings) Isabel Anchorena Gallery, Buenos Aires, Argentina.


 2013 Spice Pace Gallery, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.


 2012 Timeless Wei Ling Galleries, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Pace Gallery Anniversary 2012 (paintings); Pace Gallery, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
London Art Fair 2012 with Stephanie Hoppen Gallery, London.


2011 18@8 Save The Planet (vinyl toy and paintings)Wei Ling Galleries, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Interchange: The Tribute Edition (installation and paintings) Chan Hampe Galleries, Singapore.
The Lasalle Show’11 Exhibition (installation); ICA Galleries, Singapore.
Spice ( paintings) Pace Gallery, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.


 2010 4/12 (installation) ICAS Galleries, Singapore
Trapolle (installation) Art Trove gallery, Singapore.
Object (installation) Praxis Space, LASALLE School of Arts, Singapore.


 2009 pace gallery: anniversary 2009 (paintings) PACE Gallery, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Aliya and Farouk Khan Collection Show (paintings) Danga City Mall, Johor Bahru, Malaysia.


 2008 Force of Nature (paintings) PACE Gallery, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
pace gallery : anniversary 2008(paintings) PACE Gallery, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.


2007 pace gallery: the opening 2007 (paintings) PACE Gallery, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
What else is there? (paintings) Royal Plaza on Scott, Art Space, Singapore.


2006 Symbiosis( paintings); Marina galleries, Singapore.


2005 Racial Harmony  Bradell Heights CC Art Room, Singapore.
Chip Bee Artist Boheme  (paintings) Michi Gallery, Singapore.


2004 Batch No 3 (paintings) Block 43 Art Gallery, Singapore.
Vision and Illusion- Reconstruction of a city (installations) Singapore Art Festival 2004 St James Power Station, Singapore.
Malcolm` s Chicken Block 43 Art Gallery, Singapore.

Nascent: Beginning to be  (paintings); Block 43 Art Gallery, Singapore.