Artist / Justin Lim 林道杰

Justin Lim completed his postgraduate studies in 2006 with the Master of Art (Fine Art) program by The Open University UK conducted at Lasalle College of the Arts, Singapore, after obtaining a BA(Hons) Fine Art majoring in painting. He has exhibited widely in Southeast Asia in various solo and group exhibitions and was the recipient of the 2008 Malaysia-Australia Visual Artist Residency at Rimbun Dahan, Malaysia. Since then, he has held residencies at the Vermont Studio Center, USA (2011 - Asian Artist Fellowship/Freeman Fellowship), Red Gate Gallery, Beijing (2013 - Khazanah Nasional Artist Residency), and The Tasmanian College of the Arts, University of Tasmania, Australia (2016 - International Artist in Residence). Selected group exhibitions include the Asian Art Biennale: Viewpoints & Viewing Points, Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts (2009), Modern Love, Earl Lu Gallery / Institute of Contemporary Art, Singapore (2015), Asia Young 36 / Asia Contemporary, a survey of contemporary Asian art practices, Jeonbuk Museum of Art, Jeonju, South Korea (2016), and Contemporary Chaos, curated by Demetrio Paparoni, Vestfossen Kunstlaboratorium, Norway (2018). He currently lives and works in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

Education

2006

Master of Art (Fine Art), Lasalle College of the Arts, Singapore/Open University UK, Singapore

2005

Bachelor of Arts (Hons) Painting, Lasalle College of the Arts, Singapore

Solo Exhibitions

2024

Private Vanitas, Touch Gallery, Hong Kong, China

2023

Everyday saudade, Untitled Art 2023, Miami Beach, Florida, US (with Richard Koh Fine Art)

2022

A daydream a day, Richard Koh Fine Art, Bangkok, Thailand

2021

Sometimes I’d rather talk to flowers, ART021 Shanghai Contemporary Art Fair, Shanghai Exhibition Center, China (with Richard Koh Fine Art) Sanctuary, Richard Koh Fine Art, Gillman Barracks,Singapore

2019

Planet Shangri-La, Richard Koh Fine Art, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

2017

HONEY TRAP ARCADIA, Richard Koh Fine Art, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

2015

Modern Absurdity and the Superficial Abyss, Richard Koh Fine Art, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

2014

There is No Other Paradise, Southeast Asian Pavilion, Art Stage 2014, Singapore

2013

Arcane Fantasies for the Flesh and the Sublime, Richard Koh Fine Art, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

2011

Asian Artist Fellowship Residency Show, Vermont Studio Center, Vermont, USA

2010

Secret Identities, TAKSU, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

2009

Gods, Heroes & Myths, Rimbun Dahan, Selangor, Malaysia

2007

Agents, Actions & Consequences, TAKSU, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

2006

Momentum, TAKSU, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Institutional Group Exhibitions

2023

The Colour Of Life: Exporing Kaleidoscopic Narratives (Virtual Exhibition), Galeri Khazanah, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

2018

Contemporary Chaos, Vestfossen Kunstlaboratorium, Norway

2016

Asia Young 36 / Asia Contemporary 2016, Jeonbuk Museum of Art, Jeonju, South Korea

2015

Modern Love, Earl Lu Gallery, Institute of Contemporary Art, Singapore

2011

Asian Artist Fellowship, Vermont Studio Centre, Vermont, USA

2009

Asian Art Biennale: Viewpoints and viewing points, Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts, Tai-chung, Taiwan

2007

Singapore Art Show, Singapore Art Museum, Singapore

2006

MFA Degree Show, Earl Lu Gallery, Institute of Contemporary Art, Singapore

2005

Balthus Bemused by Colour, Earl Lu Gallery, Institute of Contemporary Art, Singapore Urban on Urban, Earl Lu Gallery, Institute of Contemporary Art, Singapore

Selected Group Exhibitions

2024

ART SG, Marina Bay Sands Expo and Convention Centre, Singapore (with Richard Koh Fine Art)

2023

ART021 Shanghai Contemporary Art Fair, Shanghai Exhibition Center, China (with Richard Koh Fine Art)
Art Basel Hong Kong 2023, Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre (HKCEC), Hong Kong, China (with Richard Koh Fine Art)
Art Basel Hong Kong 2023, Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre (HKCEC), Hong Kong, China (with Richard Koh Fine Art)
ART SG, Marina Bay Sands Expo and Convention Centre, Singapore (with Richard Koh Fine Art)

2022

Hotel Art Fair, The Standard, Bangkok Mahanakhon, Bangkok, Thailand (with Richard Koh Fine Art)
Art Jakarta, Jakarta Convention Centre (JCC) Senayan, Jakarta, Indonesia (with Richard Koh Fine Art)
Gestures of Landscape, Richard Koh Fine Art, Gillman Barracks, Singapore
The Back Room Shop, The Back Room, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

2020

In Our Own Frame: 15th Year Celebration, Richard Koh Fine Art, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
S.E.A. FOCUS, Gillman Barracks, Richard Koh Fine Art, Singapore

2019

Art Expo Malaysia, MATRADE Exhibition & Convention Centre, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (with Richard Koh Fine Art)
Hotel Art Fair, Bangkok, Thailand (with Richard Koh Fine Art)

2018

VOLTA14, Basel, Switzerland (with Richard Koh Fine Art)
Artstage Singapore (with Richard Koh Fine Art)
Art Central, Hong Kong (with Richard Koh Fine Art)

2017

The Artling Pop Up, Helutrans, Singapore

2016

Artstage Singapore (with Richard Koh Fine Art)

2015

Malaysian Art: A New Perspective, Richard Koh Fine Art, Singapore
I am Ten, Richard Koh Fine Art, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

2014

Artstage Singapore (with Richard Koh Fine Art)

2013

Young Artist Discovery : Art Taipei, Taiwan Southeast Asian Pavillion, Beirut Art Fair, Beirut Artstage Singapore (with Richard Koh Fine Art)

2012

Snapshots, WWF Art for Nature, Rimbun Dahan, Selangor, Malaysia
Collective Alternatif, Malaysian Art Expo, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Artstage Singapore (with Richard Koh Fine Art)

2011

18@8 Save the planet, Wei Ling Contemporary, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Culture Vulture, Taksu, Singapore
Garden of Hidden Desires, Wei Ling Contemporary, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Rogue wave, Taksu, Singapore

2010

BOLEH!, Taksu, Singapore
1Malaysia Contemporary Art Festival (MCAT), Galeri
Seri Perdana, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Survival, Rimbun Dahan, Selangor, Malaysia
Tiger Show, Wei-Ling Gallery, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Locals only!, Taksu, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

2009

Iskandar Malaysian Contemporary Art Show (IMCAS), Johor Bahru, Malaysia
Tanah Air, Rimbun Dahan, Selangor, Malaysia
Peninsula & Island, Taksu, Singapore

2008

Shifting Boundaries, Rimbun Dahan, Selangor, Malaysia

2007

ARTSingapore, Suntec convention center, Singapore

2006

Rage Against the Dying of the Light, La Libreria,Singapore
The New Messengers, TAKSU, Singapore

Awards & Residencies

2023

The 2023 Sovereign Asian Art Prize Shortlist

2016

International Artist in Residence, Tasmanian College of the Arts, University of Tasmania, Australia
Visiting Artist in Residence, Artspace, Sydney, Australia

2013

Khazanah Nasional Artist Commissioning Programme, Red Gate Gallery, Beijing, China

2011

Asian Artist Fellowship (Freeman Fellowship), Vermont Studio Center, USA

2008

Malaysia-Australia Visual Artist Residency, Rimbun Dahan, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

2007

Taksu Artist Residency Programme (TARP), TAKSU, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

2006

vvLasalle-SIA College of the Arts Scholarship

Public & Corporate Collections

Jeonbuk Museum of Art, South Korea
Singapore Art Museum, Singapore
Khazanah Nasional Berhad, Malaysia
Rimbun Dahan, Malaysia
Zain Azahari Collection, Malaysia
Aliya & Farouk Khan Collection, Malaysia

Selected Bibliography

2022

Justin Lim: In Our Own Frame, Richard Koh Fine Art

2019

Hati & Jiwa: The Zain Azahari Collection, Galeri Z

2014

Malaysian Eye: Contemporary Malaysian Art, edited by Serenella Ciclitira, Skira editor

2013

Today and Tomorrow: Emerging Practices in Malaysian Art, edited by Adeline Ooi, Beverly Yong and Rachel Ng, Adaptus Publishing

2010

Malaysian Contemporary Art: The Aliya & Farouk Khan

Collection, edited by Leila Khan, AFK Collection