I will be moderating a roundtable discussion called ‘Who Needs Curators?’ as part of “Sindikat Kurator di Penang”. “Sindikat Kurator di Penang” is a 2-day curatorial forum stemmed from the “Sindikat Campursari” exhibition under the umbrella project of “Condition Report” organised by the Japan Foundation Asia Center. Read more
My installation ‘Pendatang/Arrivals: Pocket Seas Series‘ (2008) is part of Afterwork, an exhibition about migration, class and labour in Asia. Afterwork 18 Dec 2016 – 16 Apr 2017 Ilham Gallery Levels 3 & 5, Ilham Tower No. 8, Jalan Binjai 50450 Kuala Lumpur Opening hours: Tues – Sun 11am – 7pm, closed on Mondays ~… 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
Here is a taste of what I’ve been working on for the past few weeks, in a little attic studio at the top of Hotel Penaga, where I’ve been artist/parasite-in-residence since mid-May. These linocut illustrations for Zedeck’s ‘Local Fauna’ story collection have been in progress for two years. I checked the date of the very… Read more
Local Fauna (in progress!): Linocut Prints by Sharon Chin 23 July – 14 August 2016 Run Amok Gallery within Hin Bus Depot Art Centre 31, Jalan Gurdwara, 10030 Georgetown, Penang Open Tues – Sun, 12 – 7pm ~ A pair of elephants, departing. An eagle in a tree, yearning to be free. Terrapins with soup-bowl… Read more
