UOB Painting of the Year

Written by Artfronts Staff on 29 September 2023.

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

Chong Kim Chiew UOB Painting of the year 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 Established 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 Winner

Nik Ashri bin Nik Harun

In the Quiet Whiteness, the Darkened Silence Resonates
Mixed Media (charcoal and acrylic) on canvas 163cm x 160cm

Note: Image above is detail only. The original is a triptych

bronze established Umibauzurah Binti Mahir Ismail 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 Year
Mairul Nisa Binti Malek
Malek and Mariana
Mixed Media (cement, washed cyanotypes, film, wire mesh,

acrylic containers on wooden box frame) 56cm x 96cm

gold emerging Ahmad Syakir Bin Hashim Gold Award WInner
Ahmad Syakir Bin Hashim
For the love of sweet and bitter truth
Plastic Bags on Canvas 122cm x 122cm