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He is more affectionately known by the nickname "KbAH." Since childhood and during his school years, he has had a strong interest in the arts. After completing his Bachelor's degree in Fine Arts from Universiti Sains Malaysia in 2005, he returned to Langkawi and started various businesses in the field of selling visual art products such as paintings, drawings, sculptures, prints, photography, graphics, murals, batik, crafts, and more.

He is the founder and has served as the Secretary of LAVAA (Langkawi Artist Visual Art Association) from2009 to 2022. He played a crucial role in organizing various programs and activities for LAVAA, including exhibitions, workshops, community events, and visual art demonstrations in Langkawi and on a global scale.

He is also an ambassador for Langkawi UNESCO Global Geopark, appointed by the LangkawiDevelopment Authority (LADA) from 2016 to 2024. He is among the active entrepreneurs and creative community members who promote Langkawi through local arts and culture. Some of his works have become part of the national art collection at the National Art Gallery, both collectively and individually collected. Therefore, his participation in the Langkawi Art Biennale 2023 is highly significant as it helps showcase the image of Langkawi's artists to the public, and indirectly, he can put into practice the visual art knowledge he acquired for the benefit of society at large.

I began seriously immersing myself as a full-time painter in the art industry in 2015 until now. Besides that, I also involve myself in the film industry as a crew (art department/props). My creations are not only limited to painting; I also produce caricatures, prints, digital illustrations, videos, designs, and installations.

I tend to create works in a conceptual form, while my chosen subjects are figurative and nature-based. Acrylic paint and bitumen are the primary materials I use, but I also experiment with various industrial materials and techniques to achieve aesthetic value in my work.

My latest work, titled “Buka Akal dan Lurus Hati,” created using bitumen, acrylic, and Posca markers, represents a personal expression while adhering to the theme of Reset. What I want to convey here is that we need to open our minds to seek opportunities and make decisions to survive in life after more than 2 years of the Covid-19 pandemic. It cannot be denied that during this period, many health, economic, and family-related issues occurred, which I believe had some impact on mental and physical well-being. However, we need to open our hearts and minds to accept these circumstances and move on to live life as usual

Specialized in

• Watercolour, acrylic
• Illustation, Figure, Doodle, Realism
• Digital, Storyboard, Animation, Voice Over
• Caricature, Comic etc

Achievement

• Participated art competition since 1995 over 300 with many category and state

Sabah State’s annual selection work

1996-1999 (Terpilih)

• 2000-2004 Shah Alam Competition
• Pahang Watercolour Competition
• Kedah Watercolour Competition
• Borneo Art Festival – Doodle Competition
• KL Gateway Doodle Competition

Exhibition

Started join art exhibition since 1994

Gao Yun Guang hails from the picturesque Kunshan City, nestled within the vibrant Jiangsu Province of China. This culturally rich region has not only shaped his artistic journey but also continues to be a profound source of inspiration for his work. Gao Yun Guang is a versatile and passionate freelance artist, whose creative endeavors span various mediums and styles, reflecting the diverse tapestry of his experiences.

His dedication to the art world is further exemplified by his membership in several esteemed art associations, each providing him with a unique platform to exchange ideas, showcase his talent, and collaborate with fellow artists. These affiliations include the prestigious China Special Art Association, where he engages with cutting-edge artistry; the China Sketch Club, which fuels his penchant for sketching and quickly capturing moments; and the Suzhou Artists Association, a local forum where he connects with like-minded creators and contributes to the artistic tapestry of his community. Through these memberships, Gao Yun Guang not only enriches his artistic journey but also plays an active role in nurturing the ever-evolving world of Chinese contemporary art.

FLORENCE CINCO traces his roots to the small fishing village of Tinambacan Sur, Calbayog City. He obtained his bachelor’s degree in Fine Arts, Major in Advertising from the University of San Carlos, Cebu City. He climbed up the ladder of success through perseverance, hard work, sacrifice, service and deep spirituality.

His career as a full time missionary artist has earned him two national awards: Grand Prize in the Mixed Media Category during the 58th Art Association of the Philippines (AAP) Annual National Art competition in 2005; and the Grand Prize in the Sculpture Category during the 2004 Metrobank Art and Excellence National Art Competition.

He has also garnered numerous awards:

• Jurors’ Choice. TANAW. Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas National Painting Competition, Metropolitan Museum (2011)
• Jury Award. Embassy of India. Laos, PDR (2006)
• Honorable Mention. Sculpture Category. 58th AAP Annual National Art Competition(2005)
• Juror’s Choice. Open Fine Print National Competition (2004)
• Outstanding Samarnon Award for exemplary achievement and contribution to Samar culture.

Now a seasoned artist who weathered the test of time, CINCO directs his energy to accomplish his life’s mission and ideology – ART FOR SERVICE AND BLESSEDNESS. He has carried this ideology in his 13 solo exhibits and 45 group shows in various parts of the country and abroad like Singapore, Thailand, U.S.A., Vietnam, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia and Laos.

Artist’s Statement

In his works, he draws inspiration from supreme consciousness through meditation and service to humanity. He believes that an artist plays a great role in achieving change in society through his artwork. Thus, he works his way to share his ideology with all the artists in and outside his network. He is presently affiliated with the Renaissance Artists and Writers’ Association, Maharlika Artists and Writers’ Federation, Calbayog Arts Association, Visayan Island Visual Artists Association, Art Association of the Philippines, Philippine Association of Printmakers and the Society of Philippine Sculpture.

Eng Nee Nee born in 1962 Kedah, Malaysia. Life members of Penang Art Society, Penang Chinese Brush Painting Art Society, National Art Gallery, Committee members of Central Kedah Art Society.

Art Introduction:

2019- Kedah Seberang Perai Chinese Brush Painting Charity Exhibition

2020- A Trace International Women’s Day art Exhibition at Zheng He Dao Yuan Xuan Malacca

2020- Kuala Kangsar Spring Plowing Mo Yuan Ying Chong Han Peow teacher students Exhibition

2020- “The Beautiful China of Chinese Myths & Legends” Online Drawing Contest

2021-Pameran Lukisan dan Kaligrafi Cina Persekutuan Bahasa Cina Universiti Malaya ke-5

2021-selected in China Wildlife Image and Video Competition and Nature Painting Category (Malaysia) Exhibition

2021-selected in World Nature Conservation Day Philippine-Malaysia Joint Online Art Exhibition

2021-selected in Callisto Art & Culture First International Online Art Competition Top 100 Awards.

2022- selected in Asia Pacific Art Fair in Singapore

I am Bipin Shinol, a resident of Ahmedabad. I have completed my post diploma in painting from faculty of fine Arts, M.S. University Baroda in 1999. Since then I am working on my painting, which is about my experiences of everyday life. I work with personalized form of expression where many of the times the protagonist is myself. An image that resemblance to my face structure with a character who is an observer at one point and at other he is unaware of his acts, simply is a layman, involved in natures process of life on this earth.

Artist’s Statement

I give much emphasis on drawing quality in my work. Adding comparative elements as in one of my recent painting. I showed an accidental incident in comparison with a child play. I feel an urge to improve my quality by exploring various possibilities as in this work. My technique of painting assimilates the use of high-resolution scanning of prints and photos, composing the same using latest computer software [Adobe Photoshop] and hardware, as well using large format digital printing

machines to print the image directly on canvas and thereafter over-painting and fleshing out the image using oil paint.

CURRICULUM VIATE

Name : Bipin Shinol

Date of Birth : 22 May 1974

Place of Birth : Ahmedabad, India.

Educational Qualification

1999 Post Diploma in Creative Painting from Faculty of Fine Arts M.S. University of Baroda Gujarat. India.

1992-1997 Diploma in Drawing & Painting From C.N. College of Fine Arts Ahmedabad.

1994 B-Com Gujarat University Ahmedabad

1992 H.S.C. (Civil Eng)

1991 H.S.C.

1989 New S.S.C

Awards

2003 43^rd State LalitKala Academy Award For Painting By National Lalitkala Akademi.

Scholarship

2003 Piraji Sagra art foundation Ahmedabad.

2002-2004 Artist Studio residency fellowship by kanoria Centre for Art

K.L.Campus, University Road, Navrangpura,Ahmedabad-380009, INDIA.

2001 Junior fellowship by Gujarat State Lalit Kala Academy Ahmedabad

1998-1999 For 2 years Student level by Gujarat State Government -INDIA.

One Man shows

2009 Exhibition of Drawing by Ahmedabad, contempary Art Gallery.

2008 Oorjazone Art Gallery, Dubai

2005 Contemporary Art Gallery, Ahmedabad.

Two Man shows

2007 Contemporary Art Gallery, Ahmedabad

Exhibition Participated

2021 62nd National Exhibition

2018 International art Symposium in Turky,

2017 The exhibition at the Gallery 86 and the Maroccoan Association for Art and Culture

2003-2004 Show by Kanoria Centre for Art

2002 45^th National Exhibition Art at Guhati By National lalitkala akademi

2002 45^th National Exhibition of Art at Hyderabad Organized by Indian

Council for Cultural Relation Hyderabad.

2002 24^th All India Art Exhibition-Organized by Tulika Kalakar Parisad,Udaipur.

2001 44^th National Exhibition Art atAhmedabad By National lalitkala akademi.

2001 Exhibition of Drawing by Ahmedabad Young Artist Group, contempary art gal.

2000 30 Below 40 Youngs Artist Exhibition G.L.K.A.Ahmedabad.

1998 Ahmedabad Young Artist Group Show- G.L.K.A.Ahmedabad.

1997 “Guru Vandana” at G.L.K.A. A`bad.

1995 to 2002 Gujarat State Lalit Kala Academy

Amel is a self-taught artist and has been painting seriously from the age of 14. She is well known among the painter’s community in Tunisia as she is very productive and often participates in various art exhibitions. She also travels to Europe and occasionally exhibits her work in Italy, Greece & Germany. She paints semi-abstract, landscape, and impressionist work.

Artist’s Statement

So many of us come from a background that told us ‘good art = realistic art”, and it can be hard to break away from that into something more abstract and expressive. And it doesn’t take much exploring to discover that making effective abstract art is a lot harder than it might first appear!

Making a painting more abstract, or, as I would call it, abstractifying, is essentially a process of simplification, which is not to say the result won’t be rich and complex. It involves a combo of intuitive and deliberate decisions, between which you dance as you bring a painting to life.

Introduction:

Tan Sheau Ling, is a self-taught painter who experiment and explored different painting techniques and medium, such as acrylic, watercolour, oil painting, and handicraft. She actively participated in domestic and foreign art competitions and art exhibitions, and won many domestic and foreign art awards.  Focusing on painting local customs, her works are collected by art galleries, institutions and private collectors.

Exhibitions

* 2012, 2014~2017, 2020

> Sabah Annual Art Selection Exhibition, Sabah Art Gallery Malaysia

* 2012~2022

> Sabah Women Art Exhibition, Sabah Art Gallery Malaysia

* 2013~2023

> Invitational Artists Exhibition, Sabah Art Gallery Malaysia

** 2021

> “Comic” Online exhibition, Sabah Art Gallery Malaysia 2015

> International Women Artists Exhibition, Penang Malaysia

> Melakar 1001 Wajah Orangutan 2015, Persatuan Seni Visual Sabah

> 2015 Hong Kong Asian Art Biennial, Hong Kong

> Sabah Local Food, SabahTourism WeChat Platform 2016

> 12 Artists Exhibition “Colours of Malaysia”, Kuala Lumpur Malaysia

> Incheon Global Cities Art Exhibition, Korea

> Overseas Chinese Paintings and Calligraphy Exhibition, Beijing China

> “Kampung Melody” 8 artists Exhibition, Petaling Jaya Selangor Malaysia.

> “The Silk Road Malaysia Scenery Art and Photography Tour Exhibition”, Shenzhen China 2017

> “HIJAU III” Loving Nature Group Exhibition, Wisma Kebudayaan SOKA GAKKAI MALAYSIA (SGM), Kuala Lumpur

> “SS(Sarawak & Sabah) Connection 2017”, Galleria Kuching Sarawak

> “My NOSTALGIA” Group Art Exhibition, Zheng Yu Art Gallery, Kepong Kuala Lumpur

> “The Second Australian Art Exhibition 2017”, Melbourne and Sydney, Australia

> “300 Exhibition Chapter II”, Sabah Art Gallery Malaysia

> “The Silk Road Malaysia China Global Art Tour Exhibition(9th)”, Penang Malaysia 2018

> “Celebrating Life”, Gallery MONA, Tokyo

> “Multi-Racial Malaysia Art Exhibition 2018”, Penang State Art Gallery, Penang Art Society

> “SS(Sabah & Sarawak) Connection 2018”, Sabah Art Gallery

> 1st International Watercolor Biennale 2018, White Box@Publika Kuala Lumpur Malaysia

> “Pillars of Sabah/POS1” 2019

> ART Wildlife Conservation and International Art Exchange, Balik Pulau Penang

> 2019 Malaysia International Watercolor Invited Exhibition, Penang

> ART Connects, NSR Asia Pacific Art Connections’ Week, at Sabah Art Gallery

> 1st OLYMPIART 2019 Geniuses of Watercolor, IWS India 2020

> “Hello Hong Kong” International Watercolor Exposition, IWS Hong Kong

> “MCO Artworks Exhibition”, Sabah Art Gallery

> “#MASKED – Making peace with our limitation” A Community Art Exhibition, Sabah International Convention Centre

> “Hands Across the Pacific Art Exhibition 2020”, Chinese People’s Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries, China 2021

> “2nd Descendants of the Dragon – 2021 HongKong Macao Taiwan and Overseas Artists Worshiping the Yellow Emperor Online Art Show”, China

> 21st International Watercolor Exhibition Niigata Japan 2021(Spring), Japan International Watercolor Institute

> 21st International Watercolor Exhibition Niigata Japan 2021(Autumn), Japan International Watercolor Institute 2022

> The 2nd ART for Wildlife & Environment Conservation International Collective Art Exhibition, Balik Pulau Penang

> 2022 Celebrating the New Year and Ushering the Winter Olympics International Art Exhibition(Online), Asian Artists Association, Malaysia

>《2022有”画”要说》，”插画星球”、”插画师”、”车来了”联合主办。2022 “Painting” to talk about” online exhibition, co-hosted by “Illustrator Planet”, “Illustrator”, and “Che Come”.

> 2022 Celebrating the Chinese New Year Online Exhibition, Xi’an Artists Association and Shaanxi Contemporary Watercolor Painting Research Institute, China

> “3rd Descendants of the Dragon – 2022 HongKong Macao Taiwan and Overseas Artists Worshiping the Yellow Emperor Online Art Show”, China

> “ART Connects 2.0 International Art Exhibition 2022”, Sabah Malaysia

> Sunbear ART Exhibition, collaboration A Fundraiser for BSBCC, Sabah 2023

> “4th Descendants of the Dragon – 2023 HongKong Macao Taiwan and Overseas Artists Worshiping the Yellow Emperor Online Art Show”, China

Sheila’s semi-abstract expressionism style allows her to venture outside the norm. Her choice of colors is often denoted by her emotion. Sheila’s work is an expression of herself, born out of profound emotion and universal themes. This has led her to explore various forms with many different mediums. Sheila uses rich tones to accentuate the interpretation of her paintings in her work in watercolour and acrylic on canvas. Her paintings regularly provoke her audience to join her in exploring their senses and connection with their subconscious mind.   Her work takes her viewers to a different dimension away from the world of familiarity and leaves them to experience total freedom of expression.

Sheila has exhibited her work in numerous exhibitions, locally and overseas since 2014. Many pieces of her art are in homes and offices in Malaysia and overseas. A few of her paintings are also collected by Sarawak State Library, Malaysia. In late December 2021, Sheila donated a piece of her artwork entitled “A Glowing Heart” to Sarawak Heart Hospital to honour all the frontliners for their selfless service. Sheila’s entry in the Npo International Art Exchange exhibition held in Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, Japan in March 2023 was awarded a Gold Medal for her artwork.

Besides her love for painting, Sheila is passionate in nurturing youths in developing life skills. Sheila holds an Advanced Certified Trainer certificate from Lions Club International and is also a HRD Corp Accredited Trainer where she conducts soft skills training sessions with creative elements in the programme. Sheila holds a MSc degree in Training and Human Resource Management (Leicester Uni, England) and a diploma in Montessori early childhood education (London).

Sheila paints regularly and gives art lessons to students with special needs and adults who like to try their hands in painting. She also runs fun workshops for adults who like to explore their creativity and to de-stress in their free time.