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

2006–2008

• Diploma in Fine Arts, Dasein Academy of Art, Malaysia

Solo Exhibitions

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.

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

2016 • ♀ ,HOM Art Trans, Ampang, Malaysia

• Art Mart International Group Exhibition, Khajuraho, India.

• Approaching the Age - Art Beat , In Live Art Space, Taipei, Taiwan

2015 • Extreme Portrail part II, Chandan Gallery, Publika, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

• The Grass Is Greener on This Side , Core Design. Kuala Lumpur.

Public Project

2016 PublikArt , Iskandar Putri, Johor DahrulTa’zim, Malaysia.

2011 Multiplicity , Wei-ling gallery, Kuala Lumpur,Malaysia.

2010 Pudu Art Festival – Bangun Project , Lost Generation, Pudu, Malaysia.

Artist Residency

2019 Residensi Kelana Darat- Sungai, Indonesia.

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.

2014 Sasaran International Residency, Malaysia.

Selected Group Exhibitions

2021 • Art Moments Jakarta Online, CAN’S Gallery, Jakarta.

• Errant Life, Promiscuous Form , Gravity Art Space, Manila.

2014

• CATALYSIS: Contemporary Art by Dasein Graduates , HOM Art Trans, Ampang, Malaysia

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

2018 • Immaterial-A compilation of the unconventionals , G13 Gallery, Malaysia

• The Young Contempo Showcase II , Gallery Prima, Malaysia

• Charity, Art and Design against Cancer organized by National Cancer Society Malaysia (NCSM)

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.

AWARDS

2017 Young Gun Award by HOM Art Trans

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.

Yim Yen Sum and A+ WORKS of ART, would like to thank the following individuals for their support and contribution to this publication and exhibition:

The artist parents and her family

Chua Chong Yong

Oliver Ng

Artist

Yim Yen Sum

Curator

Alia Swastika

Editor

Aminah Ibrahim

Denise Lai

Photography

Damien Khoo

Design

Kenta.Works

Published in conjunction with Threshold of Memoirs, a solo exhibition by Yim Yen Sum, curated by Alia Swastika. Held at A+ WORKS of ART, Kuala Lumpur, from 12th to 31st December 2021.

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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.