‘Emy Thiran Works’ was my first solo exhibition featuring 14 paintings in acrylic, held at Komunal, Jalan Telawi 3, Bangsar. I was honoured to have my friend + artist Anum (Noor Mahnun Mohamad) curate the show. I loved how her arrangement of the works made the place look intimate and spacious at the same time. Chuah Chong Yong and team did the whole physical set up, putting up wall panels, wall stickers and some additional lighting.

Workshops were heid where participants used mixed media like water based paint, crayons, oil pastels and charcoal to do some intuitive mark making and then after warming up, they produced mini abstracts. They created some pretty cool work!

Each artwork had an accompanying quote, sort of a mini haiku desribing the underlying thought. Within a day, the space was set up and ready to go!

My ex-graduate student and friend Kay, agreed to be my gallery sitter (couldn’t have done it without you, Kay!) On the right: a video showing the work process, some merch on sale, as well as my book, Living Art.

My parents and my hubby’s family. Thank you for your support!

10 days flew by, and just as quickly as it was put up, everything was taken down within 3 hours. Paintings were delivered to their new owners the very next day. Very happy to have met so many old and new friends, and having the chance to showcase these works and talk about them.

Thank you for sharing this journey with me!