Chinese Arch Painting

I-Ming was born in 1981 in KL. He studied Fine Art @ the LimKokWing University of Creative Technology. I-Ming's work explore his interest in origins. The nieve urges to mark a canvas. The intuition that guides the process. And a history of art not traced from western origins but eastern. From ancient chinese paintings, to japanese woodblock prints to Manga, to art's current stage of convergence. This invisible tracing can be found in all of I-Ming's work. Thoughtful, Spiritual, yet tangible. This is the realm of this artist. His works have been collected by companies and individuals both local and internationally. He has exhibited his paintings in various group shows and had His first solo show in 2005 was held at the Mustard Tree Gallery in Jalan Ampang, Kuala Lumpur. In 2006 he participated in the Singapore Roars, Art Festival, where he painted over a life sized lion sculpture. The sculpture was displayed prominently along Singapore's Famous Orchard Road. In 2009, he participated in a group exhibition at the Penang State Gallery called "Artist Favorites". He is now working on a series of works for his upcoming solo show. I-Ming also lends his talents to various creative projects. He is the co-founder of 30DayArtist, and Artmakr. Two ongoing projects to that aim to enrich the experiences of artist and would be artist. His Illustrations have appeared in books published by Scholistics. And he has worked in movie production under an academy-award winning Art Director, in the art film 'The Blue mansion'. He lives and paints at his studio at The Strand, Damansara.
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