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Artist Exhibitions:
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2007
• 10th Solo Exhibition - The
Official Launch of the Malacca
Sketchbook & Art
Exhibition in KL, 26 Oct-10
Nov07, by TYT Tun Datuk Seri
Utama Mohd Khalil Yaakob,
Yang Di-Pertua Negeri Melaka,
at Badan Warisan, Jalan
Stonor, KL.
• 10th Solo Exhibition -
Malacca Sketchbook Launch &
Art Exhibition in ...
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Artist Reviews:
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Collections:
OVERSEA PRIVATE COLLECTION
America (Florida, New York,
Northern MA, San Diego, San
Francisco, Washington D.C.)
Australia
Canada
England (London), France
(Paris), Germany, Sweden,
Holland
Hong Kong (China), Taiwan,
Japan, Korea
Brunei, Indonesia, Singapore
CORPORATE/PRIVATE COLLECTION
IN MALAYSIA
Antah Holdings Bhd, KL, M'sia.
Art Deco & Frame, KLCC, KL,
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Commissions:
COMMISSION WORK
2006
• Commissioned to do all
paintings use in the book
“Malacca Sketchbook” for
Edition Didier Millet
sponsored by The Dutch Embassy
of Malaysia and The Tourism
Board of Malacca.
2005
• Commissioned to do 175
paintings use in the book
“Landmarks of Perak” for RNS
Publications & Edition Didier
Millet, ...
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Artist Statement for Chin Konyit
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Malaysia is a paradise for artists as her beauty and wealth provide endless sources of inspiration for painters. To me, the colonial architecture and the rustic shophouses in towns and the rural areas are fascinating subjects. With progress and development they are fast disappearing.
I also have a special love for the traditional trades like old provision stalls, coffee shops, roadside bookstands and backlane food corners. For sentimental reasons, bicycles and tricycles/trishaws also occupy a major portion of my paintings. These vehicles carried me to and fro from school during my childhood and I treat these subjects with a sense of nostalgia.
Besides traditional watercolor paper, I like to use paper with different texture and colors for example brown paper, fancy colored paper, handmade paper, etc. because I wish to emphasize and enrich the texture of the general appearance of the painting and to deliberately create a sense of antiquity in my work. This style has now become characteristic of my watercolors.
Pointillism is another distinctive character of my watercolors. Ever since I first rediscovered this unique technique in 1989, I use it constantly in my works especially on trees and greenery sometimes even apply to the entire painting to give a different perception, mostly on painting scenery of nature.
I have, for more than thirty years, continuously participated in numerous group and invitational exhibitions both in Malaysia and abroad. And, I have had nine solo exhibitions since 1991 to 2004. Besides, I have had commissioned to do three painting books: 'Kuala Lumpur Sketchbook' in 1998, 'Penang Skecthbook' in 2001 and 'Landmarks of Selangor' in 2003 commissioned by the Sultan of Selangor, Malaysia. The latest publication is 'Landmarks of Perak' in 2005-2006 April commissioned by the Raja Muda of PeraK, Malaysia.
Most of my works are related mainly to the rustic, noisy, yet colorful and exciting environment which I grew up in. They are now fading away as we approach the twenty-first century. I hope that my works can serve as a form of social documentation for this fast changing world. They may help us remember the past, to appreciate the present, and to look forward to the future.
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