Painting Itself / 绘画本身

Jon Chan
Jon Chan (born Singapore 1982) is a Singapore-based artist who works primarily in painting. He has exhibited regularly in solo and group exhibitions in Southeast Asia over the last decade. Chan graduated with a Master of Fine Arts in 2002 from LASALLE College of the Arts, Singapore, where he currently teaches. In 2023 he was awarded the prestigious IMPART Art Prize for emerging artists. 
Chan is represented by FOST Gallery. @jchanww

Un Cheng
Un Cheng (born Hong Kong 1995) is a painter based in Hong Kong. Since graduating from Hong Kong Baptist University with a BA (Hons) Visual Arts in 2017, she has exhibited she has exhibited regularly with solo exhibitions in Hong Kong, Iceland, Taipei and group exhibitions  including Art Basel Hing Kong (2021-24) and Art Basel Shanghai (2023). Cheng undertook a Gil Artist Residency in Iceland in 2018. 
Cheng is represented by Blindspot Gallery. @ah_uncheng

Chris Huen Sin-Kan
Chris Huen Sin-Kan (born Hong Kong 1991) has exhibited widely since 2010, predominantly in East and Southeast Asia. He graduated with a BA in Fine Arts from the Chinese University of Hong Kong in 2013 and has undertaken residencies in London, where he is now based, He graduated with a BA in Fine Arts from the Chinese University of Hong Kong in 2013 and has undertaken residencies in London, where he is now based, Hong Kong and Taipei. 
Huen is represented by Ota Fine Arts and Gallery EXIT. @c_huen

Noor Mahnun (Anum)
Noor Mahnun (aka Anum) (born Kelantan, Malaysia, 1964) studied architecture in the United States, before studying art at the Hochschule für Bildende Künste (HBK) Braunschweig, Germany for seven years. She lived in Berlin from 1984 to 1997 and was based in Kuala Lumpur between 1999 and 2025, before recently moving to Kuantan on Malaysia’s east coast. Anum has exhibited extensively in Malaysia since the early 1990s and undertaken residencies in Malaysia, Japan, Italy and Australia. Her major solo exhibitions include a major solo exhibition in Singapore in 2025, Anum at Yeo Workshop. Her practice encompasses painting, drawing and printmaking, and she has a long history of teaching, mentoring, curating and writing.
Anum is represented by Yeo Workshop.

Tang Dixin
Tang Dixin (born Hangzhou, China, 1982) is based in Shanghai and works mostly in painting and performance. Since 2007 he has exhibited extensively in group exhibitions, including major international surveys in East and Southeast Asia, the United States and Europe. Tang graduated from Shanghai Normal University in 2005. He undertook a residency at Sifang Art Museum, Nanjing, China in 2018.
Tang is represented by Ota Fine Arts and Vitamin Creative Space. @tangdixin

Presented with Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts in association with Hall Gallery, Canberra

Curated by Jonathan Nichols
Artists Jon Chan (Singapore), Un Cheng (Hong Kong), Chris Huen Sin-Kan (Hong KongLondon), Noor Mahnun (Anum) (Malaysia), Tang Dixin (China)

Image Chris Huen, Joel, Tess, MuiMui and Balltsz, 2023, oil on canvas, © Chris Huen, Courtesy of Ota Fine Arts