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CollaboratorsAfi Noor’s poems have graced Kuala Lumpur,Singapore, and London. Her poems are featured inher first collection, Ten Poems (2013), Kisah Journal byPUSAKA, Asian Centre Anthology of Malaysian Poetryin English and Rambutan Literary. In 2016, she waspart of King's College London's King's Players andperformed the spoken word/physical theatre showcalled The Surge at Edinburgh Festival Fringe. She iscurrently part of Speakcityasia as the organiser of themonthly poetry workshop series, Spill the Ink PoetryLab.www.instagram.com/afinoorNomoonnofrens, or in Mandarin, 无月无朋 , where thecharacter ‘friend’ carries two ‘moons’, hence if thereis no moon, there is no friend. Made up of Agnes Lau,Ong Cai Bin and Mei Kei Ho, Nomoonnofrens findsbeauty in creating artworks with both conventionaland unconventional printmaking techniques. Theyare currently based in Studio SamaSama, Taman SriRampai.www.instagram.com/nomoonnofrensRaja Serra is an illustrator / graphic designer witha BA(Hons) in Graphic Communication Designs fromTaylor's Lakeside University. She founded Greydeawith Ajim Juxta in 2018 catering for creative productsrelated to art.www.instagram.com/rs.rhShamin Sahrum founded No-To-Scale as athink-tank studio designing possible futures, and iscurrently based in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. No-toscaleStudio’s proposals come in a variety of mediumsuch as collages, 1:1 mock-ups and writings. Theseproposals are designed to circulate ideas, thus utilizingchannels such as exhibitions, publications, the pressand the internet. No-To-Scale works and writings maybe viewed at notoscale.com.www.instagram.com/notoscaleSliz is a self-taught artist and creator, and canbe found scavenging around to steal materials andideas mostly from around Klang Valley and Penang.Known as a graffiti artist, he is interested in blurring theboundaries between street and white-box art, seeingboth as extensions of his personal self and narrative.www.instagram.com/theslizSyahbandi Samat who gained wide attention sincewinning the 2011 cycle of the Malaysian EmergingArtist Award (MEAA), is a fiercely independent artistwhose stubborn patience to fill large canvases withthe humble ball-point pen has led to deeply personalimages emerging through his artworks. From hishumble background of drawing artworks out of acar wash, Bandi’s art works are grounded in the rawrealities of our everyday insecurities, doubts and selfquestioning.www.instagram.com/syahbandisamatTitikmerah was founded in June 2014 byAdeputra Masri, Latif Maulan and Ajim Juxta. Locatedin a small unassuming lot at Art Row, Publika, KualaLumpur Titikmerah was an artist-initiated space toproduce, exhibit, and sell visual art works. The spacefast became a friendly beacon for other artists togather and meet. To talk, observe, exchange, critique,complain, produce, organise, talk shit, make art andmake music. Artists involved in Titikmerah organisedtheir own exhibitions and activities, which mostoften included a wider network of artists and othercollectives. Current members of Titikmerah includeAdeputra Masri, Latif Maulan, Aleff Ahmad, Tomi Heri,Syahbandi Samat, Caryn Koh, Ony Jamsari, ElenaKravchenko, Adam Jay and Ho Mei Kei.www.instagram.com/titikmerahgalleryXeem Noor is a writer, ethnographer, researcher,artist, designer and arts manager from Kuala Lumpur,Malaysia. She is currently working as Arts Managerat Rimbun Dahan while writing a trans-disciplinarythesis that covers areas of Anthropology, Architecture,Pedagogy and Visual Culture. Prior to this, she workedas a lecturer and tutor in some architecture schools inMalaysia and as a writer for several architecture anddesign magazines. Xeem is interested in research onarchitectural pedagogy, phenomenology, visual culture,visual/ sensorial ethnography, ethnographic fiction,urban studies, and spaces and places. As an artist, shetries to incorporate ideas of intersubjectivity, lifeworldsand structures in her work which consists of patterns,natural elements, abstract and geometric.www.instagram.com/xeemnoorDesignerNOWORNEVER.MY | www.nowornever.myGalleryArtemis Art | www.artemisartgallery.comVenuePersatuan Arkitek Malaysia (PAM) | www.pam.org.my46
ProfileAjim Juxta aka Raja Azeem IdzhamBorn: 1983 in Kuala Lumpur, MalaysiaBachelor of Science in Architecture,MARA University of Technology, Shah Alam, MalaysiaAjim, a multi-talented visual artist who found his callingin the arts despite receiving his academic training inarchitecture. His repertoire of works spans severalmediums, including pen and ink, found-objects,sculptures, and paintings on canvas. As an artist,embraces opportunities to continuously learn andprogress his artistic-self; exploring and experimentingwith new mediums, collaborating with other artists,as well as a constant curious questioning of hisenvironmental and humanistic observations.Awards2017 Young Guns 2016, HOM Art Trans2016 Best Album Cover, 22nd Anugerah IndustriMusik (AIM) (for Sekumpulan Orang Gila’s“Bahtera”)Young Art Award (Top 3 Winners), YoungArt Taipei 20162013 Finalist, Malaysian Emerging Artist Award(MEAA) 20132011 Finalist, Malaysian Emerging Artist Award(MEAA) 20112006 Honorary Mention, Architectural WorkshopDrawing CompetitionSolo Exhibitions2018 arkologi: gelapArtemis Art, Publika,Kuala Lumpur, MalaysiaRagamasaGaleri Titikmerah, Art Row, Publika,Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia2016 UNKNOWN +Minut Init Gallery, Damansara Utama,Petaling Jaya2014 MATIKATAK-Ajim JuxtaGaleri Titikmerah, Publika, Kuala Lumpur2016-2018 Group Exhibitions(selected)2018 Art Expo Malaysia 2019MATRADE Exhibition & Convention Centre,Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (with Artemis Art)Art Taichung 2018Millennium Hotel, Taichung, Taiwan (with Artemis Art)In Defence of PoetryUrban Culture, Petaling Jaya, MalaysiaHomecomingArtemis Art, Publika, Kuala Lumpur, MalaysiaThe Young Contempo Showcase IIGaleri Prima, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia2017 The Unreal Deal: Six Decades ofMalaysian Abstract ArtBank Negara Malaysia Museum and ArtGallery, Kuala Lumpur, MalaysiaThe White Mask Visual Art ExhibitionWhite Box, MAP@Publika, Kuala LumpurJourney: Inaugural Group Exhibition bySembilan Art Residency ProgramCreative Space 2, Artiseri @ Seri Pacific Hotel,Kuala LumpurCollective: Individuals KLUrbancsape House, Kuala LumpurYoung Art Taipei 2017Sheraton Grande Taipei, Taiwan (with Artemis Art)Collective: IndividualsHin Bus Depot, George Town, Penang, MalaysiaReconstruction2-man show with Helí GarciaHaohaus, Taipei, TaiwanSimulaB Artistic Gallery, Petaling Jaya, MalaysiaYoung Guns 2016Award Show at three locations: MAP@Publika(Kuala Lumpur), MAP@Medini (Johor), andChinaHouse (Penang), MalaysiaLocals OnlyTaksu Gallery, Kuala Lumpur2016 Ningbo International City Arts ExpoMochi Boutique Hotel, Ningbo, China (with Artemis Art)Citizen Art Shanghai (AArt)Twelve At Hengshan, Shanghai, China (with Artemis Art)UN_Port Commune, Petaling Jaya, MalaysiaBazaar Art Jakarta 2016Ritz-Carlton Jakarta Pacific Place, Jakarta(with Artemis Art)In Our Own Way IIBalai Seni Visual Negara, Kuala LumpurYoung Art Taipei 2016Sheraton Grande Taipei, Taiwan (with Artemis Art)Lain Dari Yang LainGaleri Shah Alam, Shah Alam47
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