HOM Art Trans: Sharon Chin : Ingin Jadi Pelukis Drawings of 2013

Sharon Chin : Ingin Jadi Pelukis Drawings of 2013 - 2018

The title of the exhibition borrows from A Samad Ismail’s (1924 - 2008) short story collection ‘Ingin Jadi Pujangga’ (Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 1994).

For many years, I was an artist who didn’t draw, or believed she couldn’t draw, which amounts to the same thing. In 2011, I moved from KL to Port Dickson. When I told the locals I was an artist, they always asked the same thing: can you draw me? So I told myself: I better learn! I was lucky to discover the work of Lynda Barry, an American cartoonist whose books ‘What It Is’ and ‘Picture This’ opened a doorway for me into drawing. She taught me that there are many ways to create an image, most of which don’t require technical skill, or ‘talent’, but enthusiasm, desire and the willingness to try.

The drawings in this show include illustration, activist work, and graphic journalism. There are also drawings for artworks I wanted to make, or had already made. They represent the thrill and challenge I find in drawing, as well as the joy of becoming an artist who fulfills the vision of what her local community thinks an artist is, and should be.

Artwork

Illustration for Editions Jentayu: 'The Taming' by Vika Osadtchenko

Oil pastel on paper

21.2 x 29.9 cm

2018

RM 1,400

Illustration for Editions Jentayu: 'Who Cast the First Stone' by Li Yongping

Oil pastel on paper

21.2 x 29.9 cm

2018

RM 1,400

Illustration for Editions Jentayu: 'The Fish Who Wrote Novels' by Hung Hung

Oil pastel on paper

21.2 x 29.9 cm

2018

RM 1,400 | Sold

Illustration for Editions Jentayu: 'The Sao' by Bich Ngan

Oil pastel on paper

21.2 x 29.9 cm

2018

RM 1,400

Illustration for Editions Jentayu: 'The Rightful Inheritors' of the Earth by Vaikom Muhammad Basheer

Oil pastel on paper

21.2 x 29.9 cm

2018

RM 1,400

Illustration for Editions Jentayu: 'The Guard Dog' by Tagbumgyal

Oil pastel on paper

21.2 x 29.9 cm

2018

RM 1,700

Illustration for Editions Jentayu: 'Here Comes the Sun' by Yeo Wei Wei

Oil pastel on paper

21.2 x 29.9 cm

2018

RM 1,400

Illustration for Editions Jentayu: 'The Pigeons and the Old Man' by Vieng-Vachira Buason

Oil pastel on paper

21.2 x 29.9 cm

2018

RM 1,400 | Sold

Illustration for Editions Jentayu: 'The Stag' by Muruthan Mungan

Oil pastel on paper

21.2 x 29.9 cm

2018

RM 1,400

Illustration for Editions Jentayu: 'The Fox Spirit' by Huabu

Oil pastel on paper

21.2 x 29.9 cm

2018

RM 1,400 | Sold

Illustration for Editions Jentayu: 'Caterpillars' by Xu Yigua

Oil pastel on paper

21.2 x 29.9 cm

2018

RM 1,400 | Sold

Illustration for Editions Jentayu: 'The Dogs of Dolphin Lane' by Wasi Ahmed

Oil pastel on paper

21.2 x 29.9 cm

2018

RM 1,400

Asian Women’s Performance

Ink on paper

21 x 29.7 cm

2014

RM 1,100

Lock-picker

Ink on paper

21 x 27.8 cm

2014

RM 1,100

Malaysia Medusa

Ink on paper

21 x 29.7 cm

2013

RM 1,100

Illustration for 'SENSORS' artwork

Ink on paper

21 x 29.7 cm

2013

RM 1,100

Illustration for 'Scream, Honey' performance

Ink on paper

21 x 29.7 cm

2013

RM 1,100

Illustration for 'Hell Money' by Zedeck Siew

Ink on paper

21 x 29.7 cm

2014

RM 1,100

Lalang I

Fabric collage on paper

21 x 29.7 cm

2015

RM 1,000 | Sold

Lalang II

Fabric collage on paper

21 x 29.7 cm

2015

RM 1,000 | Sold

Rumah Encik Azizi, Kg. Mantin Dalam, Negeri Sembilan

Ink & Chinese watercolor on paper

27 x 39 cm

2014

RM 2,000

Alvivi

Ink on paper

27 x 39 cm

2013

RM 2,000

Weeds In A Box

10 rubber stamps in painted wooden box (Edition 1 of 5)

30 x 40 x 9 cm

2013

RM 3,200 | Sold

Self-portrait in 5 parts

Ink on paper

14 x 21 cm each (5pcs)

2015

RM 1,700 | Sold

Illustrations for 'Whalebone, Crabshell' by Zedeck Siew (Triptych)

Watercolor on paper

20.7 x 27.8 cm each (3pcs)

2015

RM 4,000

Pedang & Bunga/Flower & Sword

Ink & watercolor on paper

13.6 x 20.3 cm (16pcs)

2016

RM 4,000 | Sold

Drawings for Mandi Bunga Zine
Ink on paper
27 x 39 cm (5pcs)
2013
RM 7,000 | Sold

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.