C.V
Education
1996
Diploma in Fine Arts (Majoring in Oil Painting)
Malaysia Institute of Arts
Residency
2020
Koganecho Bazaar Vol. 2
Yokohama, Japan
2016
ARCUS Project
Moriya, Japan
Solo Project
2023
The Back Room, Kuala Lumpur
2022
SAM @Tanjong Pagar Distripark, Singapore
All the Time I Pray to Buddha, I Keep on Killing Mosquitoes
PJPAC, Kuala Lumpur
2019
All Watched Over by Machines of Loving Grace
A+ Works of Art, Kuala Lumpur
2017
Artist's studio, Kuala Lumpur
2016
Instagram, Moriya
2015
APW, Kuala Lumpur
2014
Feeka, Kuala Lumpur
2009
VWFA, Kuala Lumpur
Group Project/Screening (selected)
2023
Radical Cinema on Future Perspective (Exhibition and Symposium)
Fragment Project, Bandung
My Video Making Practice @ Bandung International Student Film Festival 2023 (BISFF)
Bandung Creative Centre, Bandung
My Video Making Practice @ Cafe Society Cinema
Ruang MES 56, Jogjakarta
2022
My Video Making Practice @ Sunway School of the Arts
Sunway University, Selangor
My Video Making Practice @ SeaShorts Film Festival 2022
Multimedia University, Cyberjaya
Kecek Amplifier bersama Nik Shazwan @ Singapore Art Week
SAM at Tanjong Pagar Distripark, Singapore
2021
Phantasmapolis - 2021 Asian Art Biennial
NTMoFA (National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts), Taichung
A Distinct Order
British Council Malaysia, Online
2020
Koganecho Bazaar Vol. 2
Yokohama, Japan
Search and Discover: The Joy of Collecting
The Private Museum, Singapore
2019
Biennale Jogja XV – Equator #5
Jogja National Museum, Jogjakarta
Re-Thinking Edition
OUR Art Project, Kuala Lumpur
Backlane CInema
RexKL Kuala Lumpur
2018
Quiet ODD #17 Video Battle (2)
Arad Art Museum, Bucharest
2017
Contemporary Forum
Ilham Gallery, Kuala Lumpur
Art Round East
3331 Arts Chiyoda, Tokyo
2015
Looking Ahead
Fergana Art Space, Penang
2010
Contemporary Rhetorics
VWFA, Kuala Lumpur
2009
Cartographical Lure
VWFA, Kuala Lumpur
Headlights
VWFA, Kuala Lumpur
Headlights
VWFA, Singapore
In Their On Orbit
VWFA, Jogjakarta
Tukar Ganti
VWFA, Singapore
Half of Malaysia
VWFA, Singapore
2008
The Painting Show
Annexxe, K. Lumpur
2007
Sama-sama
Rimbun Dahan, Kuang
Feature Length Film
2009
At The End of Daybreak
dir: Ho Yuhang (Paperheart Films)
Production Designer
2007
Flower in The Pocket
dir: Liew Seng Tat (DaHuang Pictures)
Production Designer
2006
I Don’t Want to Sleep Alone
dir: Tsai Ming Liang (Homegreen Films)
Production Designer
2006
Rain Dogs
dir: Ho Yuhang (PaperHeart Films)
Prop Master, Art Department Standby & Wardrobe Coordinator
2005
Gold & Gincu
dir: Bernard Chauly (Red Films)
Prop Master, Art Department Standby & Wardrobe Coordinator
Related Activities (Selected)
2023
My Video Making Practice - Dialogue session (Bandung Creative Hub, Bandung)
Dialogue session with students from Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia (UPI)
My Video Making Practice - Dialogue session (Ruang Mes 56, Jogjakarta)
Dialogue session at Ruang Mes 56, a photography collective based in Jogjakarta.
2022
My Video Making Practice - Dialogue session (Sunway University, School of the Arts, Kuala Lumpur)
Dialogue session with students from Sunway University.
All the Time I Pray to Buddha, I Keep on Killing Mosquitoes - 4 Dialogue sessions (PJPAC. Kuala Lumpur)
4 dialogue sessions with selected guest speakers and moderators from different creative backgrounds. Each session has different areas of focus. From the technical side of filmmaking, the various ways of collaborations, and the role of producers and organizers in the making of an exhibition. These dialogues were made available to stream via FB Live.
2018
ARCUS Talk (A+ Works of Arts. Kuala Lumpur)
A joint presentation between Gan Siong King and Ryota Tomoshige (Chief coordinator, ARCUS Project) on Gan's stint as a resident artist at ARCUS Project 2016. Covering the application process, his impression on working and living in Japan for 3 months and his residency project as reference for potential applicants.
2016
Artist Talk (Tokyo University of Arts. Tokyo)
Artist Talk (Musashino University of Arts, Tokyo)
2005
Asian Youth ArtsMall Exchange (Five Arts Centre, Kuala Lumpur)
Junior Curator
A regional, 10 days workshop & conference for facilitators using various art forms in working with their local community. The project is a platform for these facilitators to meet, present their respective community projects, discuss the challenges & solutions in their practice, attend masterclasses by established facilitators and to establish network for future collaborations.
2003
7-Ten (Five Arts Centre)
Set Designer
Ada apa? Five Arts Centre & British Council, Kuala Lumpur)
Co-facilitator
A touring art workshop and forum focusing on personal expression, involving 360 youths aged 16 to 18 years old, at six cities in Malaysia, facilitated by 6 Malaysian and 6 British facilitators.
2002
- 03
Bengkel Seni Taman Medan (Five Arts Centre, Kuala Lumpur)
Facilitator
An art workshops that ran for 4 months. Working with children aged 12-16 years old, from an inner city area in Kuala Lumpur, focusing on sharing the basics of theatre, visual arts, and filmmaking as an outlet for self-expression.
2000
- 04
Spacekraft (Kuala Lumpur)
Co-Founder
An artist-run space, founded by young art practitioners from various disciplines as a platform to organize activities and showcase works that’s more relevant to their sensibilities and concerns. Selected activities include,
- Seni : Homefronts (2004, Singapore Arts Museum)
A group exhibition by S.A.M with a focus on the various art collective from South-East Asia.
- Chow Kit Fest (2002, Kuala Lumpur)
A 5-day art festival initiated by Spacekraft and co-organized with other art initiatives in K.L, as a platform for younger local art practitioners to showcase their work and establish a network for future collaborations. The festival
consists of art exhibitions, performance arts, film screenings, concerts, workshops and dialogue & sharing sessions.
- Artist Survival Workshop (2002, CENFAD Kuala Lumpur)
A 2-day workshop for young artists, focusing on the professional aspects of being an artist by engaging with professional artists, gallerist and other stakeholders. This includes building a portfolio, workshop on how to write an artist statement, and dialogue.
1998
- 00
Artist Assistant to Wong Hoy Cheong.
1998
1999
2000
- Tapestry
- diPULAUkan
- The Vitrine of Contemporary Events
- The Definitive ABC of Government /
The Definitive ABC of Ethnography
- Skin
- Poison
- The Colonies Bites Back
- Text Tiles