A series of photographs of shadow puppets, lit solely by the flare of Hengyuan Refinery in Port Dickson, Malaysia. Our house is 200m from the fence. Read more
‘I Like This Place’ is about a small mangrove beach located in the Jalan Rumah Rehat area in Port Dickson, Negeri Sembilan. The week-long event was held in a rented bungalow next to the beach. I showed a series of intaglio and collagraph prints inspired by the landscape of that place. Afterwards, visitors could go to the beach and experience it for themselves. Art became a means for a more intimate and direct relationship with the land. Read more
Participatory performance and installation commissioned for Singapore Biennale 2019, consisting of 13 solid-coloured banners in geometric shapes. The banners are constructed out of fabric reclaimed from political party flags, collected around Port Dickson in the wake of Malaysia’s historic 14th General Elections. Read more
For this exhibition, I collaborated with Syahida Nawar Ibrahim and Syahnan Anuar of Bogus Merchandise, an independent screen-printing outfit from Kuala Lumpur. We worked together to print 25 repeating patterns on used fabrics. The patterns are based on short stories about plants from Creatures of Near Kingdoms by Zedeck Siew. Read more
July 23 – August 14 2016 Run Amok Gallery, Penang A pair of elephants, departing. An eagle in a tree, yearning to be free. Terrapins with soup-bowl shells, eyeless fish owls, Malaysia as a pair of giant mudskippers. “Local Fauna (in progress!)” was an exhibition of animal-themed linocut prints by Sharon Chin, produced to accompany… Read more
This graphic journalism project consists of three illustrated essays about water issues in Malaysia. It was initiated at the start of 2015, and completed in mid-2016. The project received a grant from Krishen Jit ASTRO Fund. —- PART 1 – Currents: Water Power in the Interiors of Sabah Editors: Ling Low and Zedeck Siew Published: Poskod.my… Read more
This is an expansion of the Weeds/Rumpai series from 2013, which I made in the time leading up to Malaysia’s 13th General Election. It consists of paintings of weeds from my garden, painted on political party flags collected around Port Dickson, where I live. The ratio of Barisan Nasional (the coalition that has ruled Malaysia… Read more
