Justin Lim

 

  • Justin Lim, <i>Plastic Wars I</i>, acrylic on acid-free watercolor paper, 170 x 71.5 cm, 2010
  • Justin Lim, <i>Plastic Wars II</i>, acrylic on acid-free watercolor paper, 170 x 71.5 cm, 2010
  • Justin Lim, <i>Bad Boys</i>, acrylic on canvas fabric, mixed media on perspex, 156 x 133 cm, 2011
  • Justin Lim, <i>Bad Girls</i>, acrylic on canvas fabric, mixed media on perspex, 156 x 133 cm, 2011
  • Justin Lim, <i>Culture Vulture</i>, acrylic on canvas fabric, mixed media on perspex, 218 x 142 cm, 2011
  • Justin Lim, <i>Kill Your Idols</i>, acrylic on canvas and collage, 183 x 153 cm, 2011
  • Justin Lim, <i>King for a day</i>, acrylic on canvas,wooden frames, plastic toys, fabric, photograph, 183 x 153 cm, 2011
  • Justin Lim, <i>SOS</i>, acrylic on canvas fabric, mixed media on perspex, 173 x 143 cm, 2011

 

 

Justin Lim examines the connection between existence, religion, politics and its relation in our contemporary social context. Using painting as a medium, he continuously represents and questions the human capability to distort the truth. Justin Lim completed his postgraduate studies in 2006 with the Master of Art (Fine Art) programme by The Open University UK conducted at Lasalle-SIA College of the Arts, Singapore after obtaining a BA(Hons) Fine Art majoring in painting. He has exhibited widely in Malaysia and Singapore in various solo and group exhibitions. In 2007, he was the Artist-In-Residence at TAKSU, Kuala Lumpur and was awarded the 2008 Malaysia-Australia Visual Artist Residency at Rimbun Dahan, Malaysia. He has also exhibited at the 2009 Asian Art Biennial at the Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts and will represent Malaysia at the 2001 Asian Artist Fellowship at the Vermont Studio Center, USA. Lim lives and works in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.