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MEDIA: 2011 Call For Submission

The Malaysian Emerging Artist Award is back
The award showcase begins this month and 2011’s winners will be revealed soon


Kuala Lumpur - This month, the Malaysian visual arts community will begin gearing up for the MEAA 2011 (Malaysian Emerging Artist Award) exhibition and the announcement of the top five winners of the bi-annual award.

From November 12-27, the walls of the Soka Gakkai Malaysia building on Jalan Bukit Bintang will be filled with the works of the talented young Malaysian visual artists vying for one of the award’s five top prizes.

The announcement of winners will be made on Sunday, November 20 at 3pm during the opening and awards ceremony, which will be graced and officiated by Ambassador Dato’ Mohd Yusof Ahmad, General Director of National Visual Arts Gallery.

The brainchild of HOM Art Trans and Galeri Chandan, MEA Award’s main goal is to recognize emerging talent in Malaysia, as well as to help propel young Malaysian artists to greater heights. The award debuted in 2009 and saw a very encouraging amount of entries. After a thorough judging process, however, Gan Chin Lee, Mohd Al-Khuzairie Ali, Mohd Bakir Baharom, Samsudin Wahab and Shaifuddin Mamat emerged as the award’s five main winners.

Each artist received an assortment of prizes and since then, has gone on to achieve fame and recognition in the local visual arts industry.

This year, MEA Award’s organizers received 73 entries. Only 39 emerging artists made the cut into the finals and their fate in this competition is in the hands of an experienced panel of 15 judges that includes senior artists, industry professionals and well-respected art collectors.

The winning five will each take home a host of lucrative prizes including a RM3,000 cash prize, a RM2,000 voucher for art materials, a 10-day travel grant to Manila and a showcase each, set to be held in 2012.

Audiences are invited to attend the Malaysian Emerging Artist Award Showcase to see the works of this year’s entrants. It will be the perfect opportunity for viewers to check out the crème de la crème of rising local talents, as well as to observe the themes and styles that today’s young artists are adopting in their practice.

Also, those interested in collecting works by fresh talents will be keen to know that all works in the MEA Award Showcase are up for sale.

‘What’s important about MEA Award is that it was an award conceptualized and backed by artists, so we know exactly what rising artists need at the start of their career – recognition, exposure and due credit. For example, the sale of works is quite a unique format in an art competition, as most art competitions are funded by large corporations or organizations who do not return the entrants’ artworks but keep them in their own private collections instead,’ notes Bayu Utomo Radjikin, Director of HOM Art Trans and an established artist in his own right.

‘Furthermore, an award like this is an incentive for young artists to push themselves, both professionally and in terms of the work they produce,’ he adds. 

This year’s MEA Award is in collaboration with Soka Gakkai Malaysia (SGM) and supported by 30 Artfriends, a loose collective of thirty Southeast Asian art collectors.

Don’t miss the chance to catch the Malaysian Emerging Artist Award Showcase from November 12-27 at Wisma Kebudayaan Soka Gakkai Malaysia, 243 Jalan Bukit Bintang, Kuala Lumpur. Opens daily, 11am-6pm.

For more information, visit emergingaward.blogspot.com or call 012 373 6004.
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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 organized by HOM and Galeri Chandan.

The Team

Directors

Bayu Utomo Radjikin
Mohamad Nazli Abdul Aziz

Managers
Hazleen Aziz (2013)
Nurul Fathma Munap (2012)
Mimie Baharuddin (2011)
Faizah Elis (2009 & 2010)

Management Team (2013)
Nur Hasni Abdul Motthalib
Harni Joned
Mimie Baharuddin

2013 Emerging Artists

Cheong Tuck Wai
Hilal Mazlan
Ong Xing Ru
Sabihis Md Pandi
Shafiq Nordin

2011 Emerging Artists

Chong Ai Lei
Eng Swee Keat
Syahbandi Samat
Siund Tan
Sun Kang Jye

2009 Emerging Artists

Al Khuzairie Ali
Gan Chin Lee
Mohd Bakir Baharom
Samsudin Wahab
Saifuddin Mamat

Supporter

KWAP

KWAP is Malaysia’s largest public services pension fund with a total fund size of RM140.8 billion*, making it one of the country’s key investment arms. Incorporated in 2007, KWAP manages investment portfolios, employer contributions and pension services.

Diversified investments in domestic and international equities, fixed income securities, money market instruments, private equities and properties has consistently expanded the size of the fund, aside from the earnings received from employers’ contribution and the government portion

Level 36, Integra Tower,
The Intermark,
348, Jalan Tun Razak,
50400 Kuala Lumpur,
Malaysia.

Tel : +603 2174 8000
Fax : +60 3 2174 8510

www.kwap.gov.my

Supporter




30 ARTFRIENDS


30 Artfriends is a loose association of 30 art collectors who are joined in friendship by a mutual passion for modern and contemporary Southeast Asian art. The group comprises 15 Malaysian collectors and 15 Singaporean counterparts. They came together to produce a coffee table book entitled 30 Artfriends: Appreciating Southeast Asian Artworks which was launched last year. The publication is an honest depiction of the personal inclinations of each individual collector, and all proceeds from the book sales are contributed or will be contributed to the development of art education and activities in Malaysia and Singapore.

Ruang Pemula Sdn Bhd
A07, 4th Floor, Block A
Pusat Perdagangan Taman Dagang
Jalan Dagang Besar
68000 Ampang Selangor

Tel : +603 4270 7720
Fax: +603 4271 7719

Collaborator

Collaborators
MAP@PUBLIKA

Set up as a platform for various type of art and cultural activities since 2010, MAP@Publika serves as a catalyst to explore new ideas. MAP@Publika consists of two spaces, White Box (an exhibition space) and Black Box
(a new media space) that features an open-plan and flexi-walls.

Level G2-01, Block A5, Solaris Dutamas
No. 1 Jalan Dutaman 1, 50480 Kuala Lumpur

Tel : +603- 6207 9732
Fax: +603- 6207 9729

www.mapkl.org

Collaborator




SOKA GAKKAI MALAYSIA

Soka Gakkai Malaysia (SGM) is a non-governmental organisation that actively promotes peace, culture and education through personal change and social contribution. Rooted with the core philosophy of humanism, compassion and respect for life, SGM activities are conducted with the shared understanding of the inseparable linkages that exist between individual happiness and the peace and development of the society. Through inner-directed reformation, SGM members hope to contribute to the betterment of their communities and build a society where people of diverse cultures and faiths can live in peace.

The various centres throughout Malaysia serve as venues for a wide range of cultural and educational activities to promote peace, including art and photographic exhibitions, cultural performances, interfaith dialogues,public lectures and seminars.

Wisma Kebudayaan SGM
243, Jln Bukit Bintang
55100 Kuala Lumpur
Malaysia

Tel : +603- 2144 8686
Fax: +603- 2142 3932

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