Celebrate Women In The Arts at Bank Negara Malaysia Museum and Art Gallery
The Art Bazaar 2018
Art Bazaar 2018 promotes emerging local female talents in arts. From diverse themes and genres ranging from naive landscape, abstract and nature, their artistry will inspire everyone. In addition to the exhibition and sales of artworks and crafts, there will be special programs including live demonstrations, art talks, and workshops open to all.
Eve Writes | 22 November 2018
Life & Culture : Highlights
Bank Negara Malaysia Museum and Art Gallery brings to you the
Art Bazaar 2018 with the main theme of Women In The Arts.
Bank Negara Malaysia Musuem and Art Gallery presents "The Art Bazaar," an event that provides a rare opportunity for the public to view and purchase Malaysian artwork and craft including those from East Malaysia.
And the Art Bazaar 2018 promotes emerging local female talents in art. With many names who are already making their mark in the local art scene, this year's Art Bazaar is set to inspire and empower women from all walks of life.
As ardent supporter of local art scene and homegrown female talents, About Eve takes a look at some of the artists featured at the 2018 Bank Negara Malaysia Art Bazaar. Each of these women are unique, bold, passionate, and determined - everything About Eve stands for.
We also take this opportunity to congratulate Amy Hashim, who was featured in About Eve Women In Art recently, for being part of Bank Negara Malaysia Art Bazaar 2018!
I don't paint dreams or nightmares.
I paint my own reality.
Psychedelic and slightly whimsical, Dania's art is both exotic and intoxicating to look at. The play on curves and lines skillfully captured her collection titled the "Bunga & Mata," or literally "Eyes & Flowers." Her artworks are personal and intimate and for a long time, Dania didn't share nor show her work to the public. They were her deepest thoughts, her crafted symphony of expressions, translating her inner voice through lines and colors.
After creating about 100 pieces between 2015 and present time, Dania is ready to lay her soul to the public and share her gift with the world. We took the time to learn as much as we can about this private artist and we were drawn by her art. What seems like lines and doodling of mandalas are actually a labyrinth of emotions and stories, telling a tale of a woman's life from happiness to heartbreak to despair to serendipity.
Her work captivates us from the first moment we lay our eyes on them. See her work below and you will see what we mean and we think you'll love them too.
Elliza describes her artworks and designs as something she loves to do. And we don't think any other reason is needed!
Born in Klang, Selangor in 1971, Elliza works as a senior lecturer in fashion and textiles at the Art & Design Faculty of Universiti Teknologi Mara. She has been involved in numerous graduate projects and is actively promoting Malaysia's traditional hand-crafted batik and woven textiles. She's also conducts workshops and exhibitions to raise awareness to the public about local arts and craft. Elliza's paintings are an expression of her love of colors and lines where she produces them on medium such as fabric, glass, and acrylic on canvas.
While many of her work are paintings of figurative images, Elliza also explores graphic patterns and incorporates traditional textile and nature-inspired motifs into urban themes. Other than painting, we also love Elliza's photographs of nature, and she particularly loves to photograph clouds.
The artist behind Laydoodle too has a simple mantra - "I love drawing since I was young."
Going through the artwork, it's actually quite easy to see that one does not simply...doodle. Even though it may seem just animation, we love how amazing the details in Laydoodle's doodles are. Not only that, the works of Laydoodle are turned into pretty little things such as postcards, stickers, notebooks, and keychains.
When speaking to Laydoodle, we understand that drawing and doodling was a way for her to express the feelings and emotions of life. Drawing helped her gained better understanding of what was happening and as her ways to deal with them.
We're not going to pretend to know what it feels to be consumed by despair and crippled by anxiety, but we can understand how art can offer an escape from reality. Laydoodle discovered that doodling helped her to anchor onto something and keep her focused through life.
Dania Amani, the artist who produces intimate works of "Bunga & Mata."
Elliza Hashim, the artist dedicated to raise the bar and standard of local art scene.
Doodling as a way of finding solace and a sense of meaning, Laydoodle's doodle are captivating as they're pretty.
Through imagination and her observation, Koo Yean Ni's art dives deep into the rich cultural diversity and the wonderful intricacies of Malaysia's melting pot of diverse cultures.
Her art is depicted through forms and lines where it's inspired by the innocence and naivety of children's creativity, but seen through her own eyes. Each of her artwork is an intricate investigation into our past and present as Malaysians. She uses motifs taken from major folk arts from the many cultural groups in Malaysia. They truly embrace the rich cultural and historical aspects of Malaysiana. As part of her passion for the local richness, Yean Ni also teaches art to young children. We love the light in her eyes when she speaks of how the spontaneity and honesty of children is apparent in their drawings. Their expressiveness and naivety continues to be the source of her inspiration in her work.
We can't think of a better quote said by Picasso than, "Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once we grow up." We believe Yean Ni truly embodies this quote.
The young artist, Koo Yean Ni,
drawing the things that make us Malaysians.
As a Bukit Bintang Girls' School student, she fell in love with sports at the age of 12. Audrey even represented Malaysia in two South East Asian Games in the 80s.
Just like everything in her life, Audrey never stopped trying and never gave up when something got difficult. She continues to pursue her passions and dreams and through the changes in a family life, Audrey started to dabble in art. She believes painting is a journey, a path guided by the Divine. Soon, she discovered that painting provided her with solace and comfort like no other things could. She said she found the long-lost love of energy and spirit in painting, the same kind of energy and drive she found in sports many years ago. She was once again awaken the fighting spirit in her through her brushstrokes, translating will power and flair into her paintings, just like she did on the tracks then.
Audrey is now active in the local art scenes and has also participated in the 46th Asia Invitation Art Exhibition in Seoul.
Representing Malaysia in two South East Asian Games in the 80s, Audrey's motto now is "I run with strokes and colors of life."
