2000

Back in Malaysia, I had first hoped to become an animator or motion artist of some kind, but Visual Communications was not a recognised area of focus back then, at least not exclusively.  

By way of my father’s work in sports, he had also made my brothers and I take golf lessons. This turned out to be the ticket for my first full-time job — a rookie assistant producer for the sports department at Media Prima, one of Malaysia’s biggest media networks at the time. 

This led me to a boutique production company called Fe2 Productions, where I produced content videos, commercials, and short films for five years. 

And In 2005, Media Prima recruited me to head the production and content development for TV3. 

It was the furthest thing from the career I had in mind, but television gave me the foundation I needed to shape my artistic realm today — the expression and crossing of art through multiple forms and programs.

2008

In 2008, Media Prima launched its full-fledged media agency called Primeworks Studios, to serve all aspects of the media chain including production, sales, distribution, marketing, merchandising and talent management. 

I joined this new venture as its Head of Content, and eventually became the General Manager for Innovation & Distribution, where I was thrown into the role of bridging content and revenue. It was one of the most challenging periods in my career, but it opened my eyes to a skill that unfortunately not many artists are trained to see — the business of creativity.

2016

While I was occupied with my role in the media all those years, it nevertheless gave me the time and space I needed to gradually nurture my art, without the pressure to create and produce pieces frequently as it would have been had I rushed into it.

 I collaborated with multiple campaigns by brands such as the Royal Pahang Museum, Dendi, Piaget, TOMS and Nike. 

I also hosted sold out two of my own exhibitions, one in 2012, and the most recent one in 2016, titled ‘Reflections of a Peacock Butterfly’, where a lot of my signature patterns derive. 

In 2018, I was honoured to be invited to exhibit my work in New York at SURTEX, a global surface and textile exhibition, becoming the first Malaysian to do so.

2019

This was the year I jumped. After two decades in production, I decided to switch lanes completely and finally focus on my art — permanently and wholeheartedly.  

Since then, I’ve been spending my time cultivating my creativity through practice, learning more about art education and working with brands to tell their stories.

The wider my world is, the better I create, and there are no bounds to who I can co-create with: I have so far collaborated with talents from the media, science and technology, art and design, fashion, business and even wellness and education. 

As an artist, I  love to explore my art and translate my original work through various mediums; from ceramic and metal to textile and even artificial intelligence. 

My visual aesthetic often floats between the abstract and the decorative, drawing inspiration from different aspects of nature such as flowers, trees, plants and surrounding textures. 

I also play with elements of fashion illustration, textile pattern design, and animation in my works. I currently serve as Vice President for Citra, a Malaysian NGO for lovers of traditional textiles and crafts.

I believe that creative living begins with getting curious and having clarity of what your “art” is (the things that brings you joy and that you can do for hours on end if you could) and then making it a consistent practice. 

By honouring yourself this way — you’ll be able to access states of happiness and fulfilment at any time and be led to the destiny intended for you.

#ARTFORLIFE

… is an idea I live by.

My dream has always been to help people realise their capacity for greatness through using art, imagination and creativity as vehicles from a young age.