Liong Mei Yin

Name : Liong Mei Yin

Born : 1974, Perak,

EDUCATION:

• 1986 – 1992: Yik Ching High School (Chinese Independent School)

• 1994 – 1997 : Diploma in Painting, Malaysian Institute of Art, Malaysia

• 2002 – 2004 : 1st Class BA (Hons), Grays School of Art, University of Robert Gordon, UK

• 2004 – 2005 : MFA, Dundee Jordanstone College of Art, University of Dundee, Uk

• 2015 – Current : PhD Study in University of Malaya

AWARD :

• 2004: Royal Scottish Academy painting Prize, Plus Maclair water Medal.

• 2005: Royal Scottish Academy “PILLANS & WADDIES” Outstanding painting prize.

• 2005: Awarded RSA John Kinross 2005.

WORK IN COLLECTION:

• 1. Royal scottish academy Archives, Scotland

• 2. Gordon Samson, PILLANS & WADDIES, Scotland

• 3. Scottish Funding Councils for further & higher Education, Edinburgh, Scotland.

• 4. Sarah Stevenson, Edinburgh,

• 5. Just Scottish Gift & Gallery, Edinburgh, Scotland,

• 6. Keith Grant, stone Heaven, Aberdeen, Scotland.

• Wei Ling Contemporary, Kuala Lumpur.

• 7. Mr. Chung Chen Sun , the Founder of Malaysian Institute of Arts.

• 8. Some other private collectors in Kuala Lumpur, etc.

• 9. Some other private collectors in Singapore, etc.

EXHIBITION:

• 1997: Fine Art Diploma show, MIA Gallery, Kuala Lumpur.

• 2003: Aberdeen Artists’ Society Exhibition Aberdeen, Scotland

• 2004: Royal Scottish academy 2004 student Exhibition. The Mound, Edinbury, Scotland.

• 2004: Degree Show 2004, Grays School of Art, University of Robert Gordon, Aberdeen, Scotland.

• 2004: Aberdeen Artists’ Society Exhibition, Aberdeen. Scotland

• 2005: Royal Scottish Academy 2005 Student Exhibition. The Mound, Edinburgh, Scotland.

• 2005: Master Degree Show of Dundee Jordanstone College of Art, University of Dundee, UK.

• 2005: Aberdeen Artists’ Society Exhibition, Aberdeen, Scotland.

• 2005: Royal Academy of Arts “Summer Exhibition 2005”, England.

• 2006: RSA John Kinross Scholar 2005 “Travelling Scholarship to Florence, Italy”, Group Exhibition at RSA, The Mound, Edinburgh.

• 2007: Wei-Ling Gallery, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Group Exhibition

• 2011: Wei- Gallery, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, “National Day Rice Plate Project”

• 2012: Wei- Gallery, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, “ Little Precious”

• 2014: Royal Scottish Academy of Arts “RSA OPEN 2014”. The Mound, Edinburgh, Scotland.

• 2014: UTAR, Group show at Faculty of Creative Industries, PJ Campus

TEACHING EXPERINCE:

• 1997 – 1998: Sekolah Sri Garden

• 1999 – 2001: Tsun Jin High School, Kuala Lumpur

• March, 2006 – April, 2007: Malaysian Institute of art

• April, 2007 – 2010 September: University of Tunku Abdul Rahman , PJ & Kampar Cumpus

• Oct, 2010 – Dec 2013 : Legenda Education Group

• Jan, 2014 – Present: University of Tunku Abdul Rahman , Sungai Long campus

OTHER ACADEMIC ACTIVITIES:

1. External Assessor for Malaysian Institute of Art (Final year students) – Invited by the Fine Art Department of Malaysian Institute of Art) , July 2011.

2. A Complementary Talk to a group of fine Art students from Grays School of Art, University of Robert Gordon, Scotland, United Kingdom – Invited by the Fine Art Department of Malaysian Institute of Art), August 2010

RATIONALE FOR THE ARTWORKS CHOSEN:

The theme for the artworks chosen for the exhibition of ‘Art Blossom” is “ Colour and Culture”. There are two different series of works have been selected under the theme of “Colour and Cultute”. The 1st series is : “Makan-Makan”, this Series is a thematic approach of my early works which I created during my stay in Scotland. I made this series of works based on my large scale paintings of ‘Celebration”. In the “Makan-Makan ” series, I used some kitchen utensils of cutlery, chopstick and bowl to represent/integrate the culture of west and east. The 2nd series of work is: Colour of Mother Nature.

TITLE: EVENING

MEDIUM: MIXED MEDIA ON CANVAS

SIZE: 122 CM X 152.5 CM

YEAR; 2004