Since 2011 in Malaysia, the United Overseas Bank (UOB) has conducted an annual Painting of the Year competition, one of the largest in Southeast Asia. SImilar events are held in Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam, and Indonesia, with an overall Painting of the Year for the region also awarded. Below are the Malaysian 2023 winning artists and their works.
ESTABLISHED ARTIST CATEGORY
UOP Painting of the Year
Chong Kim Chiew
Malaya and British Borneo One Dollar 1953 (We Look at the past, we look at the present)
Mixed Media (acrylic, printed paper, foil and lime plaster on canvas) 180cm x 180cm
Gold Award Winner
Hasanul Isyraf Bin Idris
How to Disappear Under the Brightest Star
Guoache and acrylic guoache on paper 180cm x 153cm
Silver Award WinnerMixed Media (charcoal and acrylic) on canvas 163cm x 160cm
Bronze Award Winner
Umibauzurah Binti Mahir Ismail
Uncharted Realm
Mixed Media (Clay soil, sand, stone, ceramic pigment) on canvas 125cm x 125cm
EMERGING ARTIST CATEGORY
Most Promising Artist of the YearMairul Nisa Binti Malek
Malek and Mariana
Mixed Media (cement, washed cyanotypes, film, wire mesh,
Gold Award WInner
Ahmad Syakir Bin Hashim
For the love of sweet and bitter truth
Plastic Bags on Canvas 122cm x 122cm
Silver Award WInner
Ooi Yong Hui
Scars of Love, Stain of Time II
Bronze Award WInnerIzhar Yusrin Bin Zainuddin
Escape from the Plot
Mixed Media (acrylic and spray paint on watercolour