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Hings Lim / 林佑慶 / ليم يو هيڠ
1989 Born in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Based in Los Angeles, USA and Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
EDUCATIONS
2021 | Performance Studies Graduate Certificate, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, USA. |
2021 | Master of Fine Arts, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, USA. |
2012 | Bachelor of Applied Arts with Honours (Fine Arts), Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, Malaysia. |
SOLO EXHIBITION
2024 | Specter in the Gate, Grand Central Art Center, Santa Ana, California, USA. |
2023 | Inflaming Machines, island gallery, New York, USA. |
2021 | Imperceptible: machine, animal, plant, stone, skull, Roski Mateo Gallery, Los Angeles, California, USA. |
2016 | Reciprocity, Richard Koh Fine Art, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. |
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024 | Serial and Massively Parallel, island gallery, S.E.A. Focus 2024, Singapore. |
2023 | Ideal Acre, island gallery, New York, USA. |
| In the Fire, Gerald Moore Gallery, London UK. |
2022 | The Tale Their Terror Tells, Lyles & King, New York, USA. |
| Artist and Researcher, Hoyt Gallery, Los Angeles, California, USA. |
2021 | Embodied Forest, ecoartspace, www.ecoartspace.org, New Mexico, USA. |
| Nomad, Torrance Art Museum, Torrance, California, USA. |
| Don't Look Now, Human Resources, Los Angeles, California, USA. |
| Wonderland, EPOCH Gallery, www.epoch.gallery, Los Angeles, California, USA. |
2020 | In Cahoots, UTA Artist Space, www.utaartistspace.com, Beverly Hills, California, USA. |
| GLAMFA 2020: Double Play, CSU Long Beach Art Galleries, Long Beach, California, USA. |
2019 | USC Arts Showcase, Alumni Memorial Park, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, USA. |
2017 | Young Contemporary Award, National Art Gallery, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. |
| Art Stage Singapore, Richard Koh Fine Art, Singapore. |
2016 | Malaysian Art, A Special Preview, Richard Koh Fine Art, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. |
| Malaysian Art, A New Perspective, Richard Koh Fine Art, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. |
| Bazaar Art Jakarta 2016, Richard Koh Fine Art, Jakarta, Indonesia. |
2014 | Portraits of the World, National Visual Arts Gallery, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. |
2013 | Portraits of the World: Life Drawing of 60 Queens by 60 Artists, National Visual Arts Gallery, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. |
2012 | i-Arts, FACA Gallery, Sarawak, Malaysia. |
2011 | Pra-CIPTA, FACA Gallery, Sarawak, Malaysia. |
PERFORMANCES & SCREENINGS
2021 | Come a Little Closer, 18th Street Arts Center, Santa Monica, California, USA. (January 14, 2021) |
2018 | Feast, Rimbun Dahan, Selangor, Malaysia. (August 31, 2018) |
AWARDS & RESIDENCIES
2022 - 2023 | Artist-In-Residence, Grand Central Art Center, Santa Ana, California, USA. |
2021 | Artist In Residence, Atche Art Space, Los Angeles, USA. |
2019-2021 | USC International Artist Fellowship, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, USA. |
2018 | Southeast Asian Artist Residency, Rimbun Dahan, Selangor, Malaysia. |
2012 | Petronas – P.Ramlee Chair’s Award, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, Malaysia. |
COLLABORATIVE PROJECTS
2015 | Communication Through Arts: Let’s Create To Communicate, Lattalilat, National Visual Arts Gallery, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. |
2014 | Visual Day: Art Fun Day, Lattalilat, National Visual Arts Gallery, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. |
2013 | Rearview Forward, Lattalilat, MIA College Gallery, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. |
2013 | Hari Visual:Xpressionisme, Lattalilat, National Art Gallery, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. |
2011 | Visual Ethnography in Kampung Awat-awat, Lawas, Sarawak, Malaysia. |
2011 | X-media, Lattalilat, FACA Gallery, Sarawak, Malaysia. |
PRESS
2024 | Ross, Claudia. “The Best Shows to See During Frieze Los Angeles,” Frieze, February 29, 2024. https://www.frieze.com/article/frieze-la-critics-guide-2024 |
2021 | Stromberg, Matt. “Funny, Generous, and Honest,” Hyperallergic, July 29, 2021. https://hyperallergic.com/666107/funny-generous-honest-2021-mfawork-uc-riverside-roski/ |
2021 | Lin, Rouwen. “World Bicycle Day: how pedal power has been celebrated through art in Malaysia,” The Star, June 3, 2021. https://www.thestar.com.my/lifestyle/culture/2021/06/03/world-bicycle-day-how-pedal-power-has-been-celebrated-through-art-in-malaysia/
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2017 | Haridasan, Vimi. Art Republik, January 10, 2017. http://www.luxuo.com/culture/art/art-galleries-in-singapore-rfka-hosts-hings-lim-at-art-stage-singapore-2017.html |
2016 | Qianfan, Gu. "Kuala Lumpur’s first Gallery Weekend: some Observations," randian 燃点, December 14, 2016. http://www.randian-online.com/np_review/gallery-weekend-kuala-lumpur/ |
2016 | Mitton, George. "The Wheels of Life - Hings Lim," Funds Global Asia, September, 2016. [PDF] |
2016 | Lin, Rouwen. “Riding on an idea,” The Star, August 15, 2016. [PDF] |
2016 | Bouchara, Claire. Blouin Artinfo, August 12, 2016. https://sea.blouinartinfo.com/news/story/1478813/hings-lim-invites-kuala-lumpur-to-make-art-with-a-bicycle |
BIOGRAPHY
Hings Lim (b. 1989, Malaysia) is an interdisciplinary artist living and working between Los Angeles and Kuala Lumpur. He works in an expanded use of medium that includes video, installation, sculpture, performance, simulation, and situation. His process-oriented practice probes the formation of apparatuses, while addresses the multiplicities between historicity, performativity, materiality, and subjectivity of things and their becoming.
He completed a Master of Fine Arts degree and the Performance Studies Graduate Certificate at the University of Southern California, Los Angeles in 2021, as a recipient of the USC International Artist Fellowship; and a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from the Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, Malaysia in 2012. He is a recipient of the Petronas – P. Ramlee Chair’s Award in 2012 and completed the Southeast Asian Artist Residency Program at Rimbun Dahan, Selangor, Malaysia in 2018. He is currently an artist-in-residence at Grand Central Art Center, Santa Ana, California, supported in part by The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts.
Recent solo exhibitions include ‘Specter in the Gate,’ Grand Central Art Center, Santa Ana; ‘Inflaming Machines,’ island gallery, New York; ‘Imperceptible: machine, animal, plant, stone, skull,’ Roski Mateo Gallery, Los Angeles. Selected group exhibitions include ‘Ideal Acre,’ Island Gallery, New York; ‘In the Fire,’ Gerald Moore Gallery, London; ‘The Tale Their Terror Tells,’ Lyles & King, New York; ‘Don’t Look Now,’ Human Resources, Los Angeles; ‘Wonderland,’ EPOCH Gallery, Los Angeles; ‘Young Contemporaries Award,’ National Art Gallery, Kuala Lumpur; ‘Art Stage Singapore,’ Singapore; and ‘Malaysian Art: A New Perspective,’ Richard Koh Fine Art, Kuala Lumpur. He was one of the founders of Lattalilat, a community art project, and exhibited at National Art Gallery, Kuala Lumpur; MIA College Gallery, Kuala Lumpur; FACA Gallery, Sarawak; and Muzium & Galeri Tengku Fauziah, Penang, Malaysia.