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Artist Profile
Yim Yen Sum (b. 1987, Malaysia) received her diploma in Fine Art from Dasein Academy of Art in 2008. She predominantly works with textiles to create ever-evolving installations that often explore the relationships and interconnectivity between us as a society, our practices and interactions with our environment. Yim’s practice entails hours of incredibly delicate needlework, using units of gauze that have undergone a process of manipulation, including screen printing and appliqué. Yim has participated in exhibitions locally (National Art Gallery, 2017) and internationally (Fukuoka Asian Art Museum, Japan, 2017; The Pier-2 Art Center, Taiwan, 2016; Biennale Jogja XV Equator, 2019; Gravity Art Space, Philippines, 2021; Art Moments Jakarta, 2021. Yim is the recipient of UOB Painting of The Year Award in 2016, and recently participated in Biennale Jogja XV Equator, 2019.
Education
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2006–2008
• Diploma in Fine Arts, Dasein Academy of Art, Malaysia
Solo Exhibitions
2023 • The Shade of Translucency , Art Jarkata Gardens 2023, Indonesia
2021 • Threshold of Memoirs , A+ Works of Art, Kuala Lumpur.
2018 • The further you stand, the clearer you see , Wei-ling Contemporary Art Gallery, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
2017 • Trace of the city (Hakata) - The people I met , Fukuoka Asian Art Museum, Japan
2016 • Way of Seeing , The Pier-2 Art Center, GaoXiong, Taiwan
BINNIALS, TRIENNIALS AND ART FAIRS
2021 • No Vacancy , CIMB ARTOBER, Element Kuala Lumpur
• Biennale Jogja XVI Equator #6, Taman Budaya Yogyakarta
2019 • Biennale Jogja XV Equator #5, Jogja National Museum, Indonesia
2018 • UOB Art space Art Stage Singapore, Marina Bay Sands, Sands Expo & Convention Centre
2017 • Alami Belas Be Loved, KL Biennale, National Art Gallery, Malaysia
2016 • Artexpo Malaysia, MATRADE Exhibition & Convention Centre, Kuala Lumpur
2015 • New Art Wave Expo, Costi Expo Venetian, Macau
2014 • Artexpo Malaysia -Breaking Down The Wall , MATRADE Exhibition & Convention Centre
2018
• Immaterial-A compilation of the unconventionals , G13 Gallery, Malaysia
• The Young Contempo Showcase II , Gallery Prima, Malaysia
Public Project
2016 PublikArt , Iskandar Putri, Johor DahrulTa’zim, Malaysia
2011 Multiplicity , Wei-ling gallery, Kuala Lumpur,Malaysia
Selected Group Exhibitions
2023
2022
• Elevators Have Windows Too , Halle 18, Germany
• Travel Agency , Artspace@Helutrans, Singapore
• Anniversary Exhibition , A+Works of Art Gallery, Malaysia
• Synthetic Condition , UP Vargas Museum, Philippine
2021 • Art Moments Jakarta Online, CAN’S Gallery, Jakarta
• Errant Life, Promiscuous Form , Gravity Art Space, Manila
2020 • Ready but Postponed or Cancelled , A+ Works of Art Gallery, Malaysia
• Back to Art , A+ Works of Art, Malaysia.
2019 • A+ Preferred , A+ Works of Art, Malaysia
• Transience and Transformation , A+ Works of Art, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
• Victress Niche , G13 Gallery, Malaysia
2017
• Through Rose-Tinted Glasses , Wei-Ling Contemporary, Malaysia
• Di Mana(where are) young , National Art Gallery, Malaysia
• Floating Island - Contemporary Female Trio Exhibition , Jing Lv Art, Taipei, Taiwan
• Young Gun Award Exhibition by HOM Art Trans , White Box, Publika, Kuala Lumpur
2010 Pudu Art Festival – Bangun Project , Lost Generation, Pudu, Malaysia
Artist Residency
2022 Leipzig International Art Programme, Germany.
2019 Residensi Kelana Darat- Sungai, Indonesia
2016
• ♀ ,HOM Art Trans, Ampang, Malaysia
• Art Mart International Group Exhibition, Khajuraho, India.
• Approaching the Age - Art Beat , In Live Art Space, Taipei, Taiwan
2017 Fukuoka Asian Art Museum Residency program, Japan
2015 Pier-2 Art Center Artist Residence Program, Taiwan
2015 Eco Art incubating International Artist Residency, Korea
2015
• Extreme Portrail part II, Chandan Gallery, Publika, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
• The Grass Is Greener on This Side , Core Design. Kuala Lumpur.
2014 Sasaran International Residency, Malaysia
Awards
2017 Young Gun Award by HOM Art Trans
2014
• CATALYSIS: Contemporary Art by Dasein Graduates , HOM Art Trans, Ampang, Malaysia
• Charity, Art and Design against Cancer organized by National Cancer Society Malaysia (NCSM)
2016 United Overseas Bank(UOB) Painting of the Year Award
2014 Jury Award in Malaysia Young Contemporary Art Competition
2009 Mix Media First Prize in Tanjung Herritage Art Competition
2013
• Malaysia Young Contemporary Competition- Finalist Exhibition, National Art Gallery, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
2012
• Precious Little Pieces , Weiling Gallery, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
• A Decade of Collecting-Bright Young Things , Weiling Gallery, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
• 18&8 KUL-SIN Exhibition, ION Art Singapore
Artist
Yim Yen Sum
Curator
Alia Swastika
Editor
Denise Lai
Project Manager
Rachel Design
Kenta.Works
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A+ WORKS of ART is a contemporary art gallery based in Kuala Lumpur, with a geographic focus on Malaysia and Southeast Asia. Founded in 2017 by Joshua Lim, the gallery presents a wide range of contemporary practices, from painting to performance, drawing, sculpture, new media art, photography, video and installation. Its exhibitions have showcased diverse themes and approaches, including material experimentation and global conversations on social issues. Collaboration is key to the ethos of A+ WORKS of ART. Since its opening, the gallery has worked with artists, curators, writers, collectors, galleries and partners from within the region and beyond, and continues to look out for new collaborations. The gallery name is a play on striving for distinction but also on the idea that art is never without context and is always reaching to connect it is always “plus” something else.
