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INTERVIEWS

December, 2025

The Star Lifestyle

'Ilham Art Show 2025' reflects Malaysia’s contemporary art energy and diversity

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March, 2024

The Star Lifestyle

OPEN STUDIO: GAN CHIN LEE

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May, 2021

Interviewed by Sovereign Asian Art Prize

Spotlight on Gan Chin Lee

From Iran to Japan, a closer look at our finalists for The 2021 Sovereign Asian Art Prize

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2019

Interviewed by The Best of You 2019

I am a painter who is keen on depicting the appearances of different people in the world

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Apr, 2017

Interviewed by Oriental Daily

“我不画天使,我的时代由我来发声。” --画家通过移工看到自己

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Nov, 2015

Interviewed by The Star newspaper

‘In-Between’ is a captivating look into the lives of migrants

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CRITIQUES

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May, 2017

Art reviewed by Artklitique

Afterwork @ ILHAM

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Apr, 2017

Art reviewed by Oriental Daily

社会漠视底层社会 艺术如何介入? —侧谈《工馀》群展

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Mar, 2017

Art reviewed by Business World

The Migrant Experience in Art

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Dec, 2015

Art reviewed by Artkltique

In-Between @ Richard Koh Fine Art

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Feb, 2014

Art reviewed by Artkltique

Alter Ego @ Galeri Chandan

ART RESIDENCY

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Sept - Nov, 2017

Art residency records at HangZhou Cross Strait Cultural Communication Center, Hang Zhou, China

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November, 2025

It is deeply meaningful that my first installation work, Invasion and Resistance, was selected by the jury and exhibited at the ILHAM Art Show 2025.

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Apr, 2022

A great pleasure that my artworks entitled 'Studies of chinese new villages II' was collected by KADIST Paris & San Francisco.

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Apr, 2021

Honoured that my artwork 'The time to live and the time to die III' was selected as one of the 30  finalist in Sovereign Asian Art prize  2021. 

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July, 2020

Honoured that City Tales V - Laksana apung-apung di tengah laut, dipukul ombak hanyut ke tepi was collected by Ilham Gallery

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Dec 2018

It is incredibly encouraging that my first non-painting work, Patchwork Quilt, was acquired by the Singapore Art Museum and became part of its permanent collection.

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Feb, 2018

Islamophobia is a new form of racism and No place for diaspora were presented at Bearing Points, Dhaka Art Summit 2018 which curated by Diana Campbell Betancourt.

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Jun, 2017

Artwork Hybridity has won as Runner Up award at The 15th TaoYuan Contemporary Art Award, Taiwan.

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Dec, 2013

Invited by Galeri Petronas in participating Merdeka Award & Sketches of Science Exhibitions and created Portrait of Dato P. G. Lim. The painting was parmanently collected by Galeri Petronas.

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Aug, 2011

Kedai Kopi Sungai Jarom was participated at MANIFESTASI MERDEKA curated by Faridah Hanim Abdul Wahab and was collected as a permanent collection by National Visual Art Gallery.

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Oct, 2009

Selected as one of the winners in Malaysia Emerging Art Award 2009, and had my first solo exhibition in next year's MEA winner showcase.

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Jun, 2008

'I'm in mamak stall' was awarded as Second runner up prize at Central Academy Fine Arts, Beijing in college annual graduation exhibtion.

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