Soon Lai Wai

BIOGRAPHICAL BACKGROUND OF THE ARTIST
NAME: SOON LAI WAI
NATIONALITY: MALAYSIAN
BRITH: 06-03-1970 SEX: MALE MARITAL STATUS: SINGLE

ACADEMIC QUALIFICATION BACKGROUNDS
1987 : S.J.K © HENG EE AND S.J.K.CHING LENG HIGH SCHOOL(PRIVATE)
1990-1992: : SAITO ACADEMY OF DESIGN SCHOOL
1992-1997 : WORKED AS AN ARTIST IN LOCAL AND OVERSEA ADVERTISING COMPANY
1997 : FULL TIME FINE ART ARTIST

The rationale for lotus series and rockscapes series.

The main objective of painting is express beauty, this aesthetic theory was upheld by artist , Soon Lai Wai.

Flower was the first subject Soon dealt with his painting career. Influenced by traditional Chinese art painting, Soon chose Lotus flower as his topic to express the view of art. Beside growing lotuses in his garden, he also travelled widely to admire their beauty in Malaysia and south east asia.

The lotus best exemplifies Soon virtuosity and originality, and wins the most applause. The broad leaves, succulents petals and long stalks allowed the artist to demostrate through colours and wide range of compositions.

The powerful strokes can see obviously in his lotus series, Soon tried to break away from traditional art painting, therefore added on wild and energetic brushes strokes to life up the works, the jagged lines, splashes of colours the use of white are so harmonize and layered together on canvas.

After travelling some local and oversea natural scene and beaches, mountain site, artist fall in love with semi abstract expressing.

The rockscapes series, absorbed the spirits of Chinese art painting, especially the mountain stroke technical, express on the canvas with oil paints. Its powerful strokes, play with the emptiness spaces, abstractly to symbolize the scenery or landscape. Inspired deeply by Chinese art sense, philosophy and layouts, artist wanted to express the local waterfall or rocks scene in their natural splendour.

EXHIBITION - (SELECTED)
1995 METROPOLITAN OPENING EXHIBITION, METROPOLITAN GALLERY

1996 "BEAUTY & THE BEAST" THREE MAN SHOW, BUKIT UNGGUL RESORT

1997 CHINESE INK PAINTING SOCIETY EXHIBITION 97’ KL MALAYSIA BAKAT MUDA FINE ART EXHIBITION SHOW, KL MALAYSIA BAKAT MUDA FINE ART SELLECTED SHOW IN PENANG THE 14 RD ANNUAL SHOW OF CHINESE INK PAINTING EXHIBITION

1998 THE 15 RD ANNUAL CHINESE INK PAINTING EXHIBITION OPEN TANG LUNG GROUP SHOW, MELAKA

1999 99 CHINESE INK PAINTING AND CHALLIGRAPGY ART EXHIBITON

2000 THE FIRST CHINESE YOUNG ARTIST FINE ART EXHIBITON, KL BINTANG WALKWAY OPENING SHOW, MARIOTT HOTEL, KL GALLERY " ÄRT ON PLUS" OPENING SHOW, MELAKA

2001 INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE BY MII (MALAYSIA INSURANCE INSTITUE), ART
EXHIBITION, MANDARIN ORIENTAL, KL.

2002 MALAYSIAN OPEN SHOW, NATIONAL ART GALLERY 01 TO 02, GROUP SHOW, METRO ART GALLERY, KL, CHINESE INK PAINTINGS ANNUAL SHOW, KL. "BALIK KAMPONG" GROUP SHOW AT ELLE SIX ART GELLERY, KL.

2003 "ENTITILED RESONANCE OF 5 VOICE,ART DECO,KL MUTIARA HOTEL -"MUTIARA CARES"ART EXHIBITION, KL CHARIT ART SHOW 2003-ELLE SIX ART GALLERY, KL"LIGHT OF AISA" 2 MEN SHOW,BANGKOK,THAILAND PHILLIP MORRIS GROUP OF ASEAN ART COMPETATION 2003 CHINESE INK PAINTING INTERNATIONAL SHOW - CHINA MAINLAND, LONDON, MONGOLIA ASEAN - JAPAN ART EXCHANGE SHOW, 2003

2004 SINGAPORE CHINESE NEW YEAR SHOW 04, ORIENTAL SPIRIT, TWO MAN SHOW 04, BANGKOK. FIVE INSPIRATIONS SHOW, ART DECO,PJ 04, 28/4 -KOREA ART CREATIVE ASSOCIATION SHOW MIAO HUA ART SHOW, SG. ORIENTAL SPIRITS-2, HERITAGE CLUB ART EXHIBITION, BANGKOK.

2005 Flower Festival - chiangmai, laluna gallery.
Fairy tales, chinagmai, laluna gallery.
Asian Invitation Exhibition International Seoul'05, Korea.
Spirits of Oriental, echo gallery, bangkok, thialand.

AWARDS
1997 : - CONSOLATION AWARD FROM NATIONAL ART GALLERY IN BAKAT MUDA
ART COMPETITON 2000 :- FORMULA MALAYSIA OPEN ART COMPETITION AWARD. 2004 EDITORIAL IN LOCAL ART MAGAZINE. - -ART CORRIDOR

COLLECTORS FROM USA, INDONESIA, SINGAPORE, HONG KONG, MALAYSIA AND ETC.HOTEL ASCOTT, KUALA LUMPUR. NOKIA TELECOMMUNICATION SDN.BHD.
The Auction for Mines Wonderland ( Organic Plants Organization (CETEM) )

2004 - "sensuous oriental" - new straits time main lobby, balai lukis hall, 29/11 to 31/12/2004.