CV 

Personal Information

Born the 11th of August 1982 in Lutong, Malaysia
Works and lives in London, United Kingdom

Education

2008-2011 MFA at Royal Academy Schools, London, UK

2004-2008 BA at Koninklijke Academie van Beeldende Kunst, The Hague, NL

Exhibitions

2013

(g) Womans Hour, Horizonverticaal, Haarlem, NL

(g) Screeching Halt, Kingsgate Gallery, London, UK

(g) Afscheid, Koninklijke Galerie at KABK, The Hague, NL

2012

(g) Kiss the Future, Schwartz Gallery, London, UK

(g) The Future Can Wait, Victoria House, London, UK

(g) Retroaction, Kingsgate Gallery, London, UK

(s) Cue for a Changeover, Arch Gallery, London, UK

(g) SV12 Members Show, Studio Voltaire, London, UK

2011

(g) The Future Can Wait, Victoria House, London, UK

(g) The Institute of Mental Health is Burning, Newport Museum, Newport, UK

(g) Vessel 2011, Stonehouse, Plymouth, UK

(g) Video in Britain Today, Bermondsey Project Space, London, UK

(g) Young Gods: Selected Graduates from 2011, Charlie Smith Gallery, London, UK

(g) Schools Show, Royal Academy Schools in London, UK

2010

(g) Thank you for the Days, Drawers Gallery, London, UK

(g) Premiums, Royal Academy of Art, London, UK

2009

(g) Peace, Regentenkamer, The Hague, NL

(g) Paper City: Urban Utopias, Royal Academy of Art, London, UK

(g) Summer Exhibition, Royal Academy of Art, London, UK

2008

(g) Degree Show, KABK, The Hague, NL

(g) Untitled: Artist in Building, De Binckhorst, The Hague, NL

2007

(g) Nabeeld, Koninklijke Galerie at KABK, The Hague, NL

(g) Expo Plus, King Kong, The Hague, NL

Screenings

2012

The Haunted Sea, Church of St. John Bethnal Green, London, UK

Outpost Open Film, Outpost Gallery, Norwich, Wysing Arts Centre, Cambridge, Grand Union, Birmingham, The Minories, Colchester, Shortwave Cinema, London, Outcasting Fourth Wall Film Festival, Cardiff, and Primary Nottingham, Nottingham, Aid and Abet, Cambridge, Rhubaba, Edinburgh, UK

Mesolithic Pop, Workspace Group, London, UK

2011

The Haunted Sea, Folkestone Triennial Fringe, Folkestone, UK

Videotational 1, Minken und Palme, Berlin, Germany

I Am Not A Poet, TotalKunst Gallery, Edinburgh, UK

Facing the Artwork, Werkleitz: Centre for Media Art, Halle (Saale), Germany

Spaces of Memory Symposium, Royal Academy of Art, London, UK

Festarte Videoart Festival, Teatro delle Muse di Ancona, Ancona, Italy

2010

Festarte Videoart Festival, Museum of Contemporary Art, Rome, Italy

Dead Season, Live Art, Substation Project Space, Margate, UK

Scene Contemporanee, Villa Vallero, Turin, Italy

2009

TORINOver, Turin, Italy, Glasgow, UK and Rotterdam, NL

Other Activities

21-05-2011
Speaker at the Spaces of Memory Symposium during the Future Memory Forum, part of the Architecture Programme at the Royal Academy of Art

16-03-2011 until 17-03-2011
Teaching placement at Glasgow School of Art

28-02-2011
Teaching placement at Newport School of Art, Media and Design

09-02-2010
Contributor to experimental video/music/performance event called "Dead or Alive" at Fold Gallery, London

24-10-2008 until 29-10-2008
Assistant to artist Maya Roos for the GSK Contemporary exhibition at the Royal Academy of Art in London

01-06-2007 until 08-09-2008
Volunteer with the Artist Collective Paparazzi in The Hague

03-11-2007 until 23-02-2008
Organized
the Untitled: Artist in Building exhibition of graduating academy students in The Hague

Funds and Scholarships

2012 Prins Bernhard Cultuurfonds project funding
2008 Huygens Talent Fund for Postgraduate Studies abroad
2008 and 2010 Support from the Niemeijerfonds
2008 VSB Fund
Support for Postgraduate Studies abroad
2008 Materials Grant from Fundatie van de Vrijvrouwe van Renswoude te Den Haag

Residencies

2012/13 Kingsgate Workshop Trust Emerging Artist Residency, London, UK

Awards

2013 2nd prize for Hippodrome Art Award
2011 Dunoyer de Segonzac Award
2010 Royal Academy Travel Bursary
2010 Vincent Harris Award

2008 Nomination for KABK dissertation prize

In Collections

Saatchi Gallery

Private collections in the Netherlands and the UK

Publications

Royal Academy Schools Show Catalogue 2011, p.10-11
Camden New Journal, Review, "Horror scene at the Academy", 11-02-2010, p.2
Torinosette, "Video e opere per il Sottosuolo", 06-11-2009, p.93
Kult, Italian art magazine, "Torinover Art Event", November 2009, p.74
Catalogue Torinover, November 2009, p.21
Blueprint, Architecture and Design Magazine, "Paper City, Urban Utopias", issue 281, August 2009, p.34
Camden New Journal, "A Brave Step Forward Results in a Better Show"
, 26-06-2009
Graduation Book KABK 2008, p.4-5
Catalogue Untitled: Artist in Building 2008