Khairul Azmir Shoib (Meme)
Khairul Azmir Shoib, or better known as Meme, was born in 1975 in Taiping, Perak, Malaysia. As a "writer of pictures", Meme constantly strives to create series of visual poetry that record silent conversations between the self and the others. His oeuvre threading along with the macabre often deny or betray any categorization, simply outlandish in its own myth. Apart from lecturing in universities in Malaysia, Meme had participated in various group exhibitions in institutions and galleries in Malaysia, Singapore, and Australia. Among his past solo exhibitions are: Fairieality (2006), and Post Gothic Dreams (2009). Meme received his BA of Fine Arts from UiTM, Shah Alam, Malaysia in 2000, and MA (Fine Art and Technology) in 2004. He was the recipient of Juror’s Award from Young Contemporary, National Art Gallery KL in 2000; and 1st Prize in Life Drawing Competition from National Art Gallery KL in 2005. Meme currently lives and works in Kuala Lumpur.