YEANNI KOO 古燕妮

b. 1994
Malaysia
KOO YEANNI 古燕妮
Yeanni Koo’s work inspired by the naïve as well as the pure and innocence qualities found in folk art and children art. The spontaneous and unconstrained quality of Koo’s work came from her love in folk art and years of observation when teaching children art. Koo embraces the everyday life, history, tradition and various cultural aspects of her native land through a series of vibrant painting, collage and embroidery pieces. They record and preserve mainly social significant of her homeland through a joyful process of imaginative play and observation, the qualities of anthological, nostalgic and sentiment are always presence in Koo’s work.
Born in Kelantan in 1994, Koo Yean Ni was a fine art graduate from Dasein Academy of Art who showed committed on her fine art practice since her college days. As an emerging artist she actively took part in group exhibitions locally after she graduated in 2015 and received an opportunity to exhibit her work in Hong Kong and Shanghai recently. Yean Ni managed to hold her first solo exhibition at the Findars Art Space in 2016 and was awarded first prize in the Petron Art Competition (painting category) and first runner up for the Maybank Hari Raya Aidilfitri Creative Wau Design Competition. She was also being selected for various major art competitions in Malaysia including the Bank Negara (Tanpa Nama 2) Competition and Nando’s Art Initiative Competition.
燕妮的作品灵感来源于民间艺术和儿童艺术中的天真、纯真和无邪的品质。她作品中的自发和不受拘束的品质来自于她对民间艺术的热爱,以及多年教授儿童艺术时的观察。燕妮通过一系列充满活力的绘画、拼贴和刺绣作品,拥抱着日常生活、历史、传统和其本土文化的各个方面。这些作品通过一种充满想象和观察的愉快过程记录和保留了她家乡的社会重要性,而其中的叙事性、怀旧情怀和情感品质总是贯穿于燕妮的作品之中。
燕妮1994年出生于吉兰丹,是大勤美术学院的美术毕业生,她自上学期间就对美术实践充满了执着。作为一名新兴艺术家,她毕业后积极参加了当地的团体展览,并最近有机会在香港和上海展示她的作品。燕妮在2016年成功举办了她的首次个展,并在Petron艺术比赛(绘画类别)中获得了一等奖,并在马来亚银行开齐节艺术创意Wau设计比赛中获得了亚军。她还入选了马来西亚各种重要的艺术比赛,包括马来西亚银行(Tanpa Nama 2)比赛和Nando’s艺术创新比赛。