About
Ang Xia Yi is a Malaysian artist whose practice spans installation, drawing, photography and archival intervention. Her practice threads on themes of ancestral history, knowledge systems, reconstructed memories and broader contemporary crises of the displacement of people, languages and cultures concerning Southeast Asia.
She lives and works in Kuala Lumpur.
CV
Education
2017
BA in Fashion Journalism, Central Saint Martins, London, UK (year 1)
Two-Person Exhibition
2023
S.E.A. Focus, island gallery, Singapore (with Jia Sung)
Selected Group Exhibitions
2025
ILHAM Art Show, ILHAM Gallery, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
2024
the re-collection project: an exercise in learning, HARTA, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Inventory of Intimacies, The Back Room, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Interwoven Realities, HARTA, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
2023
Ways Of Seeing, CULT Gallery, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
RHB Foundation: Art with Heart, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
1000 Tiny Artworks, The Back Room, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
2022
Project 555 by Malaysia Design Archive, ILHAM Gallery, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
circular ruins, island gallery, New York, USA
2021
2020
Wonderwall, The Back Room, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Small Works, The Back Room, China House, Penang Island, Malaysia
2019
Small Works, The Back Room, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Residency
2021
Openbooks Online by Open Books (Wales), The Godown Arts Centre (Kuala Lumpur) and China Academy of Arts (Hangzhou). Supported by the Art Council of Wales. Curated by Lienne Loy
Collections (Publications)
2023
A Happy Occasion, Heterotopia Library collection by Jalan Besar Salon, Singapore Arts Museum (SAM), Singapore
2022
iPhone Diary for Project 555: Small Observations Of An On-Going Pandemic, Collection of Malaysia Design Archive, ILHAM Gallery, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
2021
I Am Not Ok, Are You? for BUKA BUKU, Open Books International collection of folding books, Wales, UK
2020
Who Is She? 她是誰, The Invisible Future, Facing The Visible Past: Photobooks of Malaysia collection, Lightbox Library, Taipei, Taiwan
Talks
2024
2023
Inventory of Intimacies, Panel Artist Talk in collaboration with Malaysia Design Archive, The Changing Room, The Zhongshan Building, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Circle Time Conversations, Panel Artist Talk, HARTA, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Ways of Speaking, Panel Artist Talk, CULT Gallery, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
2022
What Would We Remember?, Panel Artist Talk in collaboration with R+ of GDP Architects, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
2021
Re-Looking At The World From My Bedroom, Artist Talk, The Godown Arts Centre, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Other Projects
2023
Taipei Art Book Fair, Huashan 1914 Cultural & Creative Park, Taipei, Taiwan
Kuala Lumpur Art Book Fair, Kuala Lumpur Chinese Assembly Hall, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
A Happy Occasion stocked by Pon Ding 朋丁 Bookstore, Taipei, Taiwan
Selected Press
2025
CHECK-IN, Art & Market
Ang Xia Yi, Milkteeth Magazine
2024
Fresh Faces, Art & Market
Threads of Connection, TheStar
2023
Second Life, The Laterals Magazine: Issue 08
One Last Look: Girls Day Out, Tatler Magazine
Malaysian Artist on Why Her Southeast Asian Roots Are Important, Buro
2022
Can We Meet Halfway?, TheStar
Kembara Buku Lipat ke Asia Tenggara, Media Permata
Celebrating Contemporary Chinese Folding Book Culture, TheStar
Stories Between The Folds, TheStar
2021
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