CURRICULUM VITAE
BIODATA
Choy Chun Wei was born in Sungai Petani, West Malaysia in 1973. He is trained in graphic design, and graduated with honours under a full scholarship at Central St. Martin’s College in London in 1998. Since graduating he has been practicing art and has lectured at the KBU International College and the Center for Advanced Design for the last six years. Along with his wife Yau Bee Ling, Chun Wei has been involved in providing art workshops for children with special needs through the National Art Gallery in Kuala Lumpur. He has also participated in various workshops and conferences in the field of design. In 2001 Chun Wei embarked on his first painting series on suburban spaces and facades, which was exhibited at the Valentine Willie Fine Art Gallery under the title of “Inhabitants”. Since then he has been widely exhibited in Kuala Lumpur. In 2003 he received an Honorable Mention at the Malaysian Phillip Morris Art Awards, and in 2004 he received the Juror’s Prize at the Malaysian Young Contemporary Art Exhibition. In 2005 he was awarded the Rimbun Dahan Artist-in Residence placement, where he has spent the last years developing a new series of paintings on cartography and mental maps. This coming January 2008, he was awarded by a distinguished jury as a winner of 2007/2008 Asian Artist Fellowship by the Freeman Foundation for the 8-week residency at the Vermont Studio Center in United States.
CHOY CHUN WEI
EDUCATION
98 BA (Hons) Graphic Design (major Illustration), Central Saint Martins, London.
EXHIBITIONS
2007
Kaleidoscopic Landscapes, Solo Exhibition, Wei-Ling Gallery, Kuala Lumpur
00:15 Superstar, WWF Art for Nature, Rimbun Dahan, Selangor
Artriangle: Malaysia Philippines Indonesia, Soko Gakkai Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur
2006
Rimbun Dahan Artist in Residency Show, Rimbun Dahan, Kuang, Selangor
Signed and Dated: Valentine Willie Fine Art 10thAnniversary, Valentine Willie Fine Art, Bangsar, Kuala Lumpur
Feed Me! An Exploration of Appetites, WWF Art for Nature, Rimbun Dahan, Selangor
18@8, Kuala Lumpur - Karachi, Pakistan Show, Amin Gulgee Gallery, Karachi, Pakistan
2005
Rooster Mania, Townhouse Gallery, Bangsar, Kuala Lumpur
The Power of Dreaming: Taman Sari, the Garden of Delight and Identity,
curated by Laura Fan, WWF Art for Nature, Rimbun Dahan, Selangor
18@8, Wei-Ling Gallery, Brickfield, Kuala Lumpur
Art Below 1000, Valentine Willie Fine Art, Bangsar, Kuala Lumpur
Free Show, Reka Art Space, Petaling Jaya, Selangor
2004
Young Contemporary Finalist Exhibition, National Art Gallery, Kuala Lumpur
Paradise Lost/Paradise Found, curated by Laura Fan, WWF Art for Nature, Rimbun Dahan, Selangor
Home Improvement, Two –person Show, Reka Art Space, Petaling Jaya, Selangor
Semangat: Artists for Theater, Fund raising exhibition for 5 arts Centre, Valentine Willie Fine Art, Bangsar, Kuala Lumpur
Art Below 1000, Valentine Willie Fine Art, Bangsar, Kuala Lumpur
Fifteen, Darling Muse Gallery, Bangsar, Kuala Lumpur
Free Show, Reka Art Space, Petaling Jaya, Selangor
2003
Philip Morris Art Exhibition, National Art Gallery, Kuala Lumpur
Games We Play, curated by Laura Fan, WWF Art for Nature, Rimbun Dahan, Selangor
Art Below 1000, Valentine Willie Fine Art, Bangsar, Kuala Lumpur
2002
Touch, curated by Laura Fan, WWF Art for Nature, Rimbun Dahan, Selangor
Works on Paper, Valentine Willie Fine Art, Bangsar, Kuala Lumpur
2001
Open Show, National Art Gallery, Kuala Lumpur
Inhabitant: Two Person Show, Valentine Willie Fine Art, Kuala Lumpur
Exhibit A: Malaysian Still life, Valentine Willie Fine Art, Kuala Lumpur
Art Below 1000, Valentine Willie Fine Art, Kuala Lumpur
2000
Art Below 1000, Valentine Willie Fine Art, Kuala Lumpur
1999
Aku: Portret Diri 99, Petronas Gallery, Kuala Lumpur
1998
Mental Saint Tart Tins, Degree Show, Long Acre, London
1997
Young Designers, Malaysian Design Council, Menara Tan & Tan, Kuala Lumpur
1996
WaterWorld, Bank Negara, Kuala Lumpur
1995
Dialogue, Maybank gallery, Kuala Lumpur
BIBLIOGRAPHY
HOME SCIENCE: UNSPOKEN TENSIONS AND SUPPRESSED ANXIETIES AMID THE CELEBRATION OF DOMESTICITY
Laura Fan, The Edge, October 29th, 2001
VIEWS FROM WITHIN AND WITHOUT
Adeline Ooi, Valentine Willie Fine Art, October 2001
HOME IS WHERE ART IS
Ooi Kok Chuen, New Straits Times, 14th Nov 2001
CONSTRUCTION SITE
Adeline Ooi, December 2005
INTROSPECTIVE EXCHANGE: CHOY CHUN WEI, TONY TWIGG &
YAU BEE LING AT RIMBUN DAHAN
Gina Fairley, Sentap Contemporary Visual Art Magazine Issue 3,18th February – 5th March 2006
TWO PLUS ONE: A VISUAL FEAST FROM TWO LOCALS AND AN AUSSIE
Laura Fan, The Edge, February 27th 2006
TIME AND SPACE TO DRAW OUT THE BEST
Veronica Shunmugam, StarMag, The Star, March 19th 2006
18@8, KUALA LUMPUR – KARACHI
Li-En Chong, 18@8, Kuala Lumpur – Karachi catalogue essay,
December 2006
CHOY CHUN WEI: UNEXPECTED TRAILS
June Yap, Essay for catalogue,Curator,
Institute of Contemporary Arts Singapore, 2007
PRIVATE AND PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Hijjas Kasturi Association / Rimbun Dahan, Malaysia.
Architron Design Consultants.
Veritas Design Group, Malaysia
Bank Negara Malaysia
Australian International School, Malaysia
Zain & Co. Advocates and Solicitors
Edward Soo & Co. Advocates and Solicitors
Seksan Design
CWL Design, Malaysia
Amerada Hess, Malaysia
Big Dutchman Asia
Private Collectors
AWARDS
1995 Higher National Diploma Teo Soo Ching Scholarship
1997 The London Institute Full Scholarship (University of Arts, London)
2003 Honourable Mention, Philip Morris Malaysia/Asean Art Awards
2004 Juror’s Choice Award (2D), Malaysian Young Contemporary
2005 Artist in Residence, Rimbun Dahan, Kuang, Malaysia
2007/ 2008 Vermont Studio Center Asian Artist Fellowship