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.