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My practice is based upon my personal meditation upon the idea of home. Symbols, shapes, colours and objects incorporated into my work are inspired by the simplicity, conjoined with the profound depth of history, ingrained in my childhood experience at my grandparents’ petit house in Penang, Malaysia. It was this and the vast difference in the visual aesthetic of public spaces between Australia and Malaysia that sparked my interest.

Ultimately, the work explores this contrast; the neglect and deterioration of community facilities in my hometown compared to the rather pristine conditions in Australia. In my works, I use the divergent narratives that these two spaces hold, the fragmentation of my memories in Malaysia fused with the idiosyncratic features of Australian culture, creating a visual amalgam.

Exhibitions
2020:

Pink Swing, Neospace, Melbourne, November 2020

VCA Graduate Show, VCA Student Gallery, Melbourne, October 2020

Fifty Square Art Prize, Brunswick Street Gallery, Melbourne, January 2020

Dregs and Debts, VCA 3rd Year Online Publication, Melbourne, October 2020

Re:Red, VCA Student Gallery, Melbourne, August 2019

The Experiment Exhibition, Section 8, Melbourne, July 2018

Awards
2020:

Carolyn and Hans Varney Art Award

Work Experience
Nov 2019 - Current:

National Gallery of Victoria (NGV), St Kilda VIC

July 2019 - March 2021:

C3 Contemporary Art Space, Abbotsford VIC Australia

March 2018 - July 2019:

Margaret Lawrence Gallery, VCA, Southbank VIC Australia

Education
2021:

Bachelor of Fine Arts(Honours),
University of Melbourne / Victorian College of the Arts

2018 - 2020:

Bachelor of Fine Arts, University of Melbourne / Victorian College of the Arts