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Tan Wei Kheng
 
 
About the Artist

He uses media includes Acrylic, Pastels, Pencil, Oil and Watercolour.

He travels into the dense interior of Sarawak in east Malaysia where he spends his time studying, photographing and painting people from the tribes of the Orang Ulu ( People of the Interior) such as the Kayan, Kenyah, Penan, Kelabit and Iban

 
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Kenyah Woman with child

2006
63cmx84

Kenyah Woman with child
A portrait of a Kenyah Woman with a child, She is from Sungai Asap, the delicate bead work design of the baby carries is believed to help ward off evil spirits.

Penan Man

2007
Acrylic on Canvas
100cmx86cm

Penan Man
(A Penan Man waiting for hunt in the forest. It calls for great skill to manage a Penan blowpipe. The blowing alone is an art in itself. The menacing spear at the tip of the blowpipe serves as an instrument for the ‘COUP-DE-GRACE’ in the more aggressive kill.)

Kenyah Woman with child no..3

2006
Acrylic on Canvas
63cmx84cm

Kenyah Woman with child no..3
(A portrait of a Kenyah woman with grandchild, this Kenyah woman from Lio Mato in upper Baram River. To reach Lio Mato it takes 5 hours by road from Miri.Note the heavy ear-lobes to such a remarkable extent. At the back is a highly colourful contraption for carrying a baby in the true-Kenyah style.)

Penan Hunter

2008
Acrylic on Canvas
126cmx92cm

Penan Hunter

Iban Girl

2008
Acrylic on Canvas
63cmx85cm

Iban Girl

Iban Hunter

2008
Acrylic on Canvas
126cmx92cm

Iban Hunter
 
Education and biography
1991- Miri Boat club
Wisma Pelita Tunku, Miri Sarawak
1992- Hilton Hotel, Kuching
- National Art Gallery, Dayabumi Kuala Lumpur “ Legacy of Sarawak” Exhibition
- Crown Princess Hotel “ Malaysia Art Week”
- Boat Club, Miri
1993- Holiday Inn, Miri
- Kuching Hilton “ Mystery of Sarawak”
1994- Rihga Royal Hotel, Miri
1995- Miri Boat Club 1999- The Wyvern Theatre ( Harlequin Bar ), Swindon. “United Arts Present Malaysia
& Borneo” Exhibition
2001- Hornbill House, Miri
2002- Pustaka Miri
2003- Art House Gallery, Kuala Lumpur 2004- Panaga Club, Brunei
- Dewan Suara, Miri. “Gawai Dayak Miri Artist Exhibition”
2005- Galeri Petronas,Petronas Art Collection: series 3,Kuala Lumpur
2006- National Art Gallery,Exhibition of Sarawak Artists, Kuala Lumpur
2006- Miri Boat Club “Living Legends of Sungai Asap”
2007- The Sarawakiana Series – Sarawak Artist
TAN WEI KHENG – Discover Sarawak (CD-ROM Published by Pustaka Negeri Sarawak)

-Program X-trasi & Mural 50 Tahun Merdeka-National Art Gallery, Melaka
-Panaga Art and Craft Fair- Brunei
- MESSAGES IN ART – Pustaka Miri
-Art fest 2007- Galleria, Kuching

2008 –Titian Seni Sabah Sarawak Exhibition, Sabah
-4th Exhibition of New Expression of Asian Art, China
-VISUAL FOLK ARTS FORUM 2008 in kuching

 
Future shows
solo show in Avanthay Contemporary,Zurich.
 
 
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