MALAYSIA EMERGING ARTIST AWARD: MEAA WINNERS SOLO 2016: DREAM WORLD BY ONG XING RU

2.12.18

MEAA WINNERS SOLO 2016: DREAM WORLD BY ONG XING RU

MEAA winner Xing Ru selected a cat as a character to interpret her work. The fat round body made the character seem ‘cute’ and cartoon-like. Simple shapes in three-dimensional made the cat presented in a dramatic way. Xing Ru uses acrylic as a medium on canvas, with the cat character, presenting the relationship between cats and human, as an outsider and insider. Cats are the insiders, as occurred in the matter, and “man” is an outsider, he symbolizes the spectator role.

ARTWORKS

On The Sea III
Acrylic on canvas
50 x 56cm
2015

Unfreedom
Acrylic on canvas
50 x 56cm
2015

On The Sea II
Acrylic on canvas
50 x 56cm
2015

Exit
Acrylic on canvas
100 x 69cm
2015

Beautiful World
Acrylic on canvas
90 x 75cm
2015

Window
Acrylic on canvas
81 x 81cm
2015

Dream
Acrylic on canvas
108 x 86cm
2015

On The Sea I
Acrylic on canvas
100 x 89cm
2015

Touch
Acrylic on canvas
100 x 80cm
2015

Sleep
Acrylic on canvas
81 x 60cm
2015

Reflection
Acrylic on canvas
81 x 60cm
2015

Shadow
Acrylic on canvas
81 x 60cm
2015

About

MEA Award is a biennial competition that honours the most promising young artists in Malaysia. Its main goal is to recognize the country's top emerging talents and to give them the opportunity to break into the local and international art scenes.

The 5 artists with the highest number of votes from a panel of respected juries will receive cash prize, coucher for art materials, 10-day travel grant to a city in Southeast Asia and a showcase of their works.

MEA Award is organized by HOM and Galeri Chandan.

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KWAP

KWAP is Malaysia’s largest public services pension fund with a total fund size of RM140.8 billion*, making it one of the country’s key investment arms. Incorporated in 2007, KWAP manages investment portfolios, employer contributions and pension services.

Diversified investments in domestic and international equities, fixed income securities, money market instruments, private equities and properties has consistently expanded the size of the fund, aside from the earnings received from employers’ contribution and the government portion

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30 ARTFRIENDS

30 Artfriends is a loose association of 30 art collectors who are joined in friendship by a mutual passion for modern and contemporary Southeast Asian art. The group comprises 15 Malaysian collectors and 15 Singaporean counterparts. They came together to produce a coffee table book entitled 30 Artfriends: Appreciating Southeast Asian Artworks which was launched last year. The publication is an honest depiction of the personal inclinations of each individual collector, and all proceeds from the book sales are contributed or will be contributed to the development of art education and activities in Malaysia and Singapore.

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Collaborator

SOKA GAKKAI MALAYSIA

Soka Gakkai Malaysia (SGM) is a non-governmental organisation that actively promotes peace, culture and education through personal change and social contribution. Rooted with the core philosophy of humanism, compassion and respect for life, SGM activities are conducted with the shared understanding of the inseparable linkages that exist between individual happiness and the peace and development of the society. Through inner-directed reformation, SGM members hope to contribute to the betterment of their communities and build a society where people of diverse cultures and faiths can live in peace.

The various centres throughout Malaysia serve as venues for a wide range of cultural and educational activities to promote peace, including art and photographic exhibitions, cultural performances, interfaith dialogues,public lectures and seminars.

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