Artist Bio
As an LGBTQ+ photo artist and digital painter living in the Coachella Valley (originally from Malaysia & Canada), I enjoy creating photography-based artwork that expresses my personal bond with the greater community and its cultural diversities. Capturing images of nature, architecture, and social life that reveal realistic representation and the complexity of our natural beauty, identity, pride, and liberty allows me to share my emotional, mental, and spiritual connection with art enthusiasts.
My photographic artwork has received multiple awards in both nationally and internationally juried exhibitions, online & book publications, on wearable art fashion, and on TV newscasts in the US, Canada, Germany, and France (Paris), and Hungary (Budapest), including a “Winner” and “Finalist” in the Budapest ArtBIAS 2 International Exhibition (June 2024), “Best in Show” & “Exhibition Finalist” at Fusion Art, a “Bronze Award” & “Artist of the Month: (Oct & July 2023) with Camelback Gallery, and multiple “Honorable Mention”, “Special Merits” and “Recognitions” awards in 2023 and 2024 with Light Space & Time, Teravarna galleries). Locally, I am a member of the following galleries and have exhibited at: the Artists Council Center at the Galen, Palm Desert, and the Desert Art Center, Palm Springs.
Exhibitions:
The Holy Art Galery Paris, Sept. 2024, The Greater Joshua Tree 2nd Art Expo, September 2024; Living Out Palm Springs Art Project, 2024; Teravarna Art Gallery June, July & May 2024 Los Angeles, CA; Blue Space Gallery “Representation vs Abstraction - 2024” Naturalist Gallery of Contemporary Art, 2024, D.C, Artist Council Art Center at the Galen, “Through the Lens” & ACE Exhibition 2024, 2023 Shows, Palm Desert, “Mid-Mod Show 2024”, “PS Pride Show 2023” and “Mini Masterpieces, 2023” shows @ Desert Art Center, Palm Springs, Desert Open Studios 2023; KBM Gallery, Riverside, CA; Las Laguna Gallery 2024, Laguna CA; Decagon Gallery, Brooklyn, New York, MVA Gallery, PA; Asian Heritage Center Fine Art Competition, Colorado Springs Spiva Center for the Arts, Joplin, MO; Picture Awards, Berlin, Germany; SOLO Artist @ Exhibizone & Gallerium Art 2023, Canada; the Art Resilience 2023 Exhibition @ Musee de Peinture de Saint Frajou, France.
Publications:
“60 Artistes Du Mouvement Art Resilience”, France; 2024
Fictional Narrative, Decagon Gallery, 2023