HOM Art Trans: Young & Blooming Part II : Artworks

Young & Blooming Part II : Artworks

Young & Blooming exhibition is a collaborative project initiated between HOM Art Trans and ChinaHouse which started since 2015 in promoting and providing platform for the young contemporary Malaysian artists. 2016 is the second year for this exhibition with a hope to interweave the relationship among HOM Art Trans and ChinaHouse thus to incubate new talent from the new generation. Young; defined as being vigor, energetic, fresh yet somehow very provocative in the way they think, is associate with Blooming; flourishing, prospering, and also glowing which is the essence for the youth in expressing their thoughts and feeling to the world.

Young & Blooming II with the objective of giving platform for the young generation of contemporary artists to establish grounds in Malaysian art scene and it also offering the audiences an appreciation for the new young contemporary art. The exhibition will happen at ChinaHouse, 153, Lebuh Pantai, George Town, 10300 George Town, Pulau Pinang, Malaysia from 12 January - 15 February 2016.

Aleff Ahmad

Sure and Uncertainty

Industrial paint, spray paint & acrylic on canvas 100 x 150 cm 2015

Guided Meditation

Industrial paint, spray paint & acrylic on canvas 100 x 150 cm 2015

Nazri Tahir

Second Chance

Acrylic on canvas 213 x 76 cm (each) 2015

Husin Othman

Buah Bertuah

Acrylic on canvas 183 x 152 cm 2015

Batang Bertali

Acrylic on canvas 183 x 152 cm 2015

Jasmine Cheong

Comma

Oil & acrylic on canvas 84.5cm x 90.5cm 2015

Dot

Oil & acrylic on canvas 60 cm radius 2015

Noh Mat Lazim

Sementara

92 cm x 61 cm Acrylic on canvas 2015

Hope

92 cm x 61 cm Acrylic on canvas 2015

Nurul Iman Masri

Semangat Juang Bidayuh

Oil & woodcut on paper 59.4 x 42.1 cm 2014 Edition of 20

Hafiz Saari

Prosperity

Acrylic & mixed media on canvas 121 cm x 121 cm 2015

Amy Bakar

No Place Like Home

Mixed media on canvas 122 x 92 cm 2015

Ruang

Oil & acrylic on canvas 75.5 x 75.5 cm 2015

Yasmeen Cheong

Fuk Bak

Charcoal on canvas 140 x 98cm 2015

Syazwan Jalil

Hope

76 cm x 51 cm Acrylic on canvas 2015

Ieka Amanda

Inside Me Siri I

Ceramic, paper & tissue on canvas 121 x 60 cm 2015

Inside Me Siri II

Ceramic, paper & tissue on canvas 121 x 60 cm 2015

Khairi Shamsuddin

Untitled I

Charcoal & oil on canvas 30 x 60 cm 2014

Untitled II

Charcoal & oil on canvas 30 x 60 cm 2014

Aiman Aisamuddin

Expectation Went Wrong

Woodblock carving 152 x 121 cm 2015

Fadhli Ariffin

‘MASTERPEACE’

Oil on canvas & wood 144 x 162 cm 2015

Karma : Politik

Oil on canvas & wood 270 x 160 cm 2015

Direnung Maut

Wood, resin & video 84.5 x 83 cm 2015

Adopted Residency (A-RES) is a six-month residency programme designed for young and emerging local artists to start creating their name and building their own career in the local art scene.

The programme emphasizes on committed studio practice that serves as guidance in art direction and technique for the resident artists, fully supervised by HOM Art Trans and guest artists. They will also be exposed to the reality of being a full time artists.

Towards the end of the programme, all the artworks that are produced during the residency will be exhibited for public viewing.

Southeast Asia Art Group Exchanged Residency (SAGER) is a regional residency programme organized by HOM Art Trans (Malaysia), SageJogja (Indonesia) and Projectspace Pilipinas (Philippines).

The exchanged residency takes in artists with at least five years of experience and SAGER enables Malaysian, Indonesian, and Filipino artists to foster and strengthen regional ties, as well as to network and establish a better understanding of their neighbours.

The residency entails 30-days each in Kuala Lumpur, Jogjakarta and Manila. During this time, artists-in-residences not only produce artworks for exhibitions in each city, but also partake in studio visits, gallery and art institution visits, as well as introductions to significant art collectors and art communities.

Aside from these physical dialogues, SAGER also fosters a visual dialogue, as artists from these three countries are encouraged to engage in cross-cultural meditations and to broach new visual languages in their works.

ARTRIANGLE is an exhibition showcasing the latest artworks from Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines and Singapore. With the purpose of increasing the appreciation of art in this region through a more open network of exchange and to further inculcate closer working ties amongst our artists, it aspires to energies a 4-way art dialogue between these countries and inadvertently, adds more excitement to the art scene in Southeast Asia.

ARTIANGLE is also a fund-raising event. Benefits from the sales of the exhibition will be channelled to the MATAHATI Art Fund (MAF).

MAF is an effort that provides funds to support visual artists and help the art scene in general. It will go towards assisting in the welfare of those artists in need, which includes incidences involving natural disasters, accidents and health issues. MAF is also used as a grant for artists to initiate art projects and art activities.

Artaidartist is a social media platform that’s purpose and intention is to introduce and market fine artworks in a series of virtual exhibitions. This platform was initiated in efforts to support artists who have been affected by the Covid-19 Pandemic, and who have struggled to make ends meet during the continuous implementation of MCO.

Artists whose works are sold will be entitled to fifty percent of the sale of their works, while the remaining fifty percent will be donated to participating artists whose works were not purchased during the showcase. The distribution of profit will not only represent a community of artists coming together in solidarity towards those in financial need, but will also provide support to as many artists as possible..

Artaidartist is an open call that involves all Malaysian visual artists, comprising of young, emerging, and established. Featuring some of their best work, all artworks will be capped between RM500 to RM5000. This special offer which is below the market price, will allow the sale to be more accessible and affordable to a larger pool of art enthusiasts and young collectors.

MEA Award is a biennial competition that honours the most promising young artists in Malaysia. Its main goal is to recognize the country's top emerging talents and to give them the opportunity to break into the local and international art scenes.

The 5 artists with the highest number of votes from a panel of respected juries will receive cash prize, coucher for art materials, 10-day travel grant to a city in Southeast Asia and a showcase of their works.

MEA Award is joint-organized by HOM Art Trans and Galeri Chandan.