all exhibitions held in Malaysia, except those with *
solo exhibitions:2008 Safe House: Flora & Fauna III (in collaboration with Teoh Ming Wah) Valentine Willie Fine Art, Kuala Lumpur 2004Flora & Fauna Reka Art Space, Kelana Jaya
group exhibitions:2008 Wanakio 2008 Sakaemachi Market Okinawa, Japan The German Connection: Art Pelita Hati House of Art Kuala Lumpur Jenesys Artist Open Studio* (Two Person Exhibition) NPO S-AIR Sapporo, Japan Out of Line The Annexe, Central Market Kuala Lumpur Art For Nature 2008 Rimbun Dahan, Kuang Art Multiple 2008* Ke Center for Contemporary Arts Shanghai, China 2007 Between Generations: 50 Years Across Modern Art in Malaysia Asian Art Museum, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur & Muzium & Galeri Tuanku Fauziah, University Sains Malaysia, Pulau PinangDomestic Bliss* Sculpture Square, Singapore Open Studio* Former Jeollanam-do Provincial Office, Gwangju, Korea Discovery of May* 5.18 Memorial Foundation, Gwangju, Korea12th Rimbun Dahan Residency Exhibition (2 Person Exhibition) Rimbun Dahan, Kuang2006Art Invitational 2006 Bank Negara Malaysia, Kuala LumpurFeed Me ! An Exploration of Appetites Rimbun Dahan, Kuang.Parallel Realities –Asian Art Now* Blackburn, U.K.Satu Kali 1st Performance Art Symposium Malaysia mfx & 67 Tempinis Satu, Kuala Lumpur3 Young Contemporaries: 1997-2006 Valentine Willie Fine Art, Kuala LumpurCome Closer: Second Annual Miniature Show Galeri Seni Maya, Kuala LumpurGallery W/O Walls (mobile phone art)Yong Ching Sui Fundraising Exhibition 67 Tempinis Satu, Kuala Lumpur2005Parallel Realities- 3rd Fukuoka Asian Art Triennale 2005* Fukuoka Asian Art Museum, JapanBorders* World Social Forum 2005, Porto Alegre, Brazil Art ± 1000 Valentine Willie Fine Art, Kuala Lumpur 3rd Annual Reka Relatively Free Show 2005 Reka Art Space, Kelana JayaA Closer Look:Miniature Show Galeri Seni Maya, Kuala LumpurCopy Move Transform published in Gallery W/O Walls in February 2005 issue of Off the Edge20042nd Annual Free Show 2004 Reka Art Space, Kelana JayaHomefronts* Singapore Art Museum, SingaporeRegional Animalities* The Substation, SingaporeSeriously Beautiful Reka Art Space, Kelana JayaSemangat: Artists for Theatre Valentine Willie Fine Art, Kuala LumpurArt Under 1000 Valentine Willie Fine Art, Kuala LumpurMalaysian Art Now National Art Gallery, Kuala Lumpur 2003Games People Play Rimbun Dahan, KuangNewton’s Funfair Reka Art Space, Kelana JayaArt Around 1000 Valentine Willie Fine Art, Kuala Lumpur2003-2002Young Contemporaries 2002 National Art Gallery, Kuala Lumpur 2002KHOJ International Artist Workshop* Mysore, IndiaArt Under 1000 Valentine Willie Fine Art, Kuala Lumpur Urbanscapes Grappa Soho, Kuala LumpurBook of the Dead Performance atChow Kit Fest, Kuala Lumpur2001Open Show National Art Gallery, Kuala Lumpur Climbing the Wall MIA Art and Design Centre, Kuala LumpurArt Under 1000 Valentine Willie Fine Art, Kuala Lumpur Comics? Artscafe @ National Art Gallery, Kuala LumpurCtrl. Alt. Del. Rumah Air Panas, Kuala Lumpur2000Art Under 1000 Valentine Willie Fine Art, Kuala LumpurLove on Paper Valentine Willie Fine Art, Kuala Lumpur1999Aku'99 Galeri Petronas, KLCC1998Human Expressions Valentine Willie Fine Art, Kuala Lumpur19973 Young Contemporaries Valentine Willie Fine Art, Kuala Lumpur1996Crates Classified GaleriWan, Kuala LumpurFA 1696 Diploma Show GaleriMIA, Kuala Lumpur1995Young Talents Bank Negara Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur
birth
1975
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
education
1993-1996
Diploma in Fine Art (Major in Painting), Malaysian Institute of Art, Kuala Lumpur
awards & artist residencies:
2008
Jenesys Program
NPO S-Air, Sapporo & Japan Foundation, Tokyo, Japan2007
Goethe-Institut scholarship to learn German in Berlin
Art as Environment: A Cultural Action on Tropic of Cancer 2007
Hsing Kang, Chiayi Province, TaiwanUijae Art Studio Artist Residency
Gwangju, Korea2006
C21 Residency
Blackburn, U.KRimbun Dahan Artist Residency
Rimbun Dahan, Kuang
public collections:National Art Gallery Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Gwangju City Art Museum Gwangju, Korea
art projects :
Quilt of the Dead
A performance art beginning from 1 May 2002 until now (work-in-progress) in collaboration with Teoh Ming WahFounding member of Spacekraft: An Artists-Run-Space
Co-organizer for “Comics?", an exhibition of Malaysian comics of all genre.
Founding member of Art group “Wall lizards”Co-organizer for "Celebrating the Moon on Earth”, a night out during mid-autumn festival at Rumah Air Panas, 2003
theatre experiences:
2006Actor, “Baling (membaling)" directed by Mark Teh
2003Stage hand, “A Play with No Title”, Directed by Loh Kok Mun
2002Set painter, “Something Funny Happened on the Way to the Forum”.
movie and t.v experiences:
2005
Voiceover , “The Last Communist”, Directed by Amir Muhammad.
publications:Ecology Reimagined: Anthropomorphic and Zoomorphic Compulsions in the Work of Chang Yoong Chia published in FOCAS :Forum On Contemporary Art & Society, vol. 6 Regional Animalities.