HOM Art Trans: Longing Memories Trio by Chok Yue Zan, Nik Husyaidie & Viko Zhijune

Longing Memories Trio by Chok Yue Zan, Nik Husyaidie & Viko Zhijune

Longing Memories is an exhibition of paintings involving three young contemporary talents namely Chok Yue Zan, Viko Zhijune and Nik Husyaidie. Still in their early 20s, these three young artists graduated from the local art universities, Dasein Academy of Art and UiTM. These young talents have been actively taking part in exhibitions and gradually making their marks in the art scene.

Longing Memories represents the artists’ thoughts that are strongly infatuated by their childhood memories. For this exhibition, the three artists focus on their reminiscences and experiences during their youth, collection of images from their travels and channels of emotions. The works talk about stories that surfaced in their life and all of them choose images of nature to represent their emotions, stories and hopes.

Yue Zan’s paintings, combining figures from old photographs with the nature’s scenes, project the sadness and changes he experienced throughout his childhood. Nik Husyaidie is very much playing with compositions and colourful outcomes as a result of his study on textures, colours and shapes in nature, apart from incorporating some of the inspirations he received from his travels. Meanwhile, the theme in Viko’s works projects her inner struggles. She uses images of plants, leaves and grass to represent her unstable, fretful and sad feelings.

Artworks

Chok Yue Zan b. 1994

This Day, That Year

Image transfer, acrylic, painting medium & oil on canvas

114 x 128 cm

2017

RM 4,600

Happiness Moment

Image transfer, acrylic, painting medium & oil on canvas

142 x 122 cm

2017

RM 4,200

Memorable Past II

Image transfer, acrylic, painting medium & oil on canvas

114 x 162 cm

2017

RM 4,400

Memorable Past I

Image transfer, acrylic, painting medium & oil on canvas

114 x 162 cm

2017

RM 4,400

Together

Image transfer, acrylic, painting medium & oil on canvas

112 x 193 cm

2017

RM 5,400

Nik Husyaidie b. 1990

Usia Alam III

Mixed media on canvas

122 x 91 cm

2017

RM 2,600

Usia Alam II

Mixed media on canvas

122 x 91 cm

2017

RM 2,600

Usia Alam VI

Mixed media on canvas

122 x 91 cm

2017

RM 2,600

Usia Alam V

Mixed media on canvas

122 x 91 cm

2017

RM 2,600

Usia Alam VI

Mixed media on canvas

122 x 91 cm

2017

RM 2,600

Viko Zhijune b. 1993

Story of the chapter – Stay

Mix media on canvas

186 x 139 cm

2017

RM 4,300

Story of the Chapter – Leaving

Mix media on canvas

128 x 86 cm

2017

RM 3,000

Story of the chapter- Hiding

Mix media on canvas

156 x 119 cm

2017

RM 4,000

Story of the Chapter - Growing

Mix media on canvas

80 x 49 cm

2017

RM 1,800

Opening

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.