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Found: 1775
19.07.1943–?
Han Sai Por
Han Sai Por (born 1943) grew up in Changi in a house made of cardboard boxes and coconut leaves, and became the leading Singaporean sculptor in stone. Her “Seeds”, in sandstone, stand outside the National Museum of Singapore, where “20 Tonnes”, cut from a single block of granite, is also installed. Since 1997 she has worked as a full-time sculptor.26.04.1924–12.04.2015
Jože Ciuha
Jože Ciuha (1924–2015) graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Ljubljana in 1950, then studied mural painting and, later, Buddhist culture at the University of Rangoon. He painted on canvas, Plexiglas and paper, made prints, illustrations, tapestries and mosaics, and wrote travel books. He won the Jakopič Award (1981) and twice headed the Association of Slovene Artists.03.06.1925–12.05.2014
Ľudovít Lehen
Ľudovít Lehen (1925–2014) was arrested in 1962 in a political case and spent six years in Leopoldov prison, where he was allowed to paint and where his first two solo exhibitions were held. Before the arrest he had won Slovak competitions in painting and graphics; after his release he painted stylized female figures, and from 1977 he composed chess problems.13.02.1926–25.08.2012
Angkarn Kalayanapong
Angkarn Kalayanapong (1926–2012) grew up in Nakhon Si Thammarat in southern Thailand, studied painting under the founder of Silpakorn University and became a poet who broke with the rules of Thai verse. His collection “Panithan Kawee” won the S.E.A. Write Award in 1986, and in 1989 he was named a National Artist of Thailand. He drew and painted all his life.20.06.1971–?
Wu Ming-yi
Wu Ming-yi (b. 1971) began with school short-story contests, and became known for his books about butterflies and for the ecological parable “The Man with the Compound Eyes” (2011). His novel “The Stolen Bicycle” was longlisted for the International Booker Prize in 2018, and he teaches at National Dong Hwa University in Taiwan. His books have been translated into more than ten languages.15.10.1943–?
Xi Murong
Xi Murong was born in 1943 in Chongqing and grew up in Hong Kong and Taiwan. She studied painting in Taipei and at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Brussels, where her first exhibition was held in 1966. She became known through the poetry collection “Seven Miles of Fragrance” (1981), followed soon after by a second, “Unregrettable Youth”.30.12.1938–?
Chu-yuan Lee
The Taiwanese architect Chu-yuan Lee (known as C. Y. Lee; Li Zuyuan in pinyin) was born in Guangdong in 1938. He directed the design of Taipei 101, the world's tallest skyscraper when it was completed in 2004. He built in Taiwan and mainland China, and in 2008 received Taiwan's National Award for Arts.09.07.1888–14.08.1979
Wang Yun-wu
Wang Yun-wu (1888–1979) headed The Commercial Press in Shanghai and in the 1920s devised the Four Corner Method for looking up Chinese characters in a dictionary. After 1932 he rebuilt the company, which had been destroyed by bombing. In 1948 he was minister of finance, and from 1949 he lived in Taiwan, working in government and in publishing.14.04.1927–10.02.1971
Henri Huet
Henri Huet (1927–1971) was born in Da Lat to a French engineer and a Vietnamese mother, studied painting in Rennes, and then photographed the war in Indochina, first as a naval serviceman and later as a civilian. From 1965 he worked for the Associated Press, and in 1967 he received the Robert Capa Gold Medal. He was killed in Laos on 10 February 1971.1906–1954
Tô Ngọc Vân
Tô Ngọc Vân studied in the first intake of the École des Beaux-Arts de l’Indochine in Hanoi and is regarded as one of the first Vietnamese masters of oil painting. His “Girl by the Lily” dates from 1943, and he made the sketch for the “Apsara” stamp on a trip to the temples of Angkor. From 1950 he headed the Việt Bắc Art School and died in June 1954, shortly before the Battle of Điện Biên Phủ ended.1956–present
Najat Makki
Najat Makki was born in 1956 in Bur Dubai and in 1977 became the first Emirati woman to receive a government scholarship to study art abroad. She studied in Cairo, where she also earned a doctorate in the philosophy of art. She painted with henna, saffron and wars, and took part in the 2015 Venice Biennale in the national pavilion of the UAE.17.03.1986–?
Nikita Mirzani
Nikita Mirzani (b. 1986) entered Indonesian show business through the television programme Take Me Out Indonesia and made her film debut in 2010 with a bit part in “Lihat Boleh, Pegang Jangan”. She appeared in horror films and comedies, recorded several singles, hosted television programmes and in 2018 published a book, “The Naked Nikita”.12.07.1969–?
Avianti Armand
Avianti Armand (born 1969) writes poetry and short stories and works as an architect. In 2011 her poetry collection “Perempuan yang Dihapus Namanya”, built on Old Testament stories, won the Khatulistiwa Literary Award. She led the team of curators for the Indonesian Pavilion at the 2014 Venice Architecture Biennale and co-founded the online Indonesian Architecture Museum.1862–24.04.1978
I Gusti Nyoman Lempad
A Balinese stone carver, architect and draughtsman who built palaces and temples in Ubud and neighbouring villages. Nobody knows his exact birth date: 1862 is the usual year, but he was already married when Krakatoa erupted in 1883. In old age he made hundreds of line drawings of Balinese mythology and folklore. He died at home in Ubud in April 1978.05.12.1925–21.03.2004
Nurnaningsih
Nurnaningsih (1925–2004) made her debut in 1953 in Usmar Ismail’s comedy “Krisis” (“Crisis”), and the next year appeared half-nude in “Harimau Tjampa” (“Tiger from Tjampa”), the first native Indonesian actress in such a role. Photographs that began circulating in Jakarta led to police questioning and boycotts of her films. After a twelve-year absence she returned to the screen in 1968 and kept working into the 1980s.20.02.1917–26.02.2000
Louisa Matthíasdóttir
Louisa Matthíasdóttir (1917–2000) grew up in the Höfði house in Reykjavík, studied in Copenhagen and in Paris under Marcel Gromaire, and in 1942 moved to New York. She painted Icelandic landscapes with horses and sheep, self-portraits and tabletop still lifes with a broad brush and flat areas of colour. She remained an Icelandic citizen all her life.1971–present
Gabríela Friðriksdóttir
The Icelandic artist Gabríela Friðriksdóttir (born 1971) works in painting, sculpture, drawing and video. In 2005 she showed a cycle of four films in the Icelandic pavilion at the Venice Biennale. She is also known for her work with Björk: the packaging for the box set Family Tree and the video for “Where Is the Line”. Her art is linked to New Gothic Art.1975–present
Ingrid Mwangi
In 2000 Ingrid Mwangi (born 1975) photographed her face hidden behind masks made from her own dreadlocks and called the series “Neger Don’t Call Me”. She was born in Nairobi, has lived in Germany since the age of fifteen and studied with Ulrike Rosenbach. Since 2005 she has worked with Robert Hutter under the joint name Mwangi Hutter: video, installation, photography, performance.1988–present
Park Ji-min
Park Ji-min was born in Seoul, arrived in Paris at the age of nine and studied at the École nationale supérieure des arts décoratifs. She first worked as a visual artist: drawings, sculptures, objects, video. She became an actress almost by chance, when she was given the lead in Davy Chou’s “Return to Seoul” (2022). Nominations at the Asian Film Awards and the Lumière Awards followed.03.06.1918–08.03.2009
Seund Ja Rhee
In 1951, during the Korean War, Seund Ja Rhee left Korea for Paris, leaving behind her three sons, and later settled in Tourrettes-sur-Loup on the French Riviera. Over half a century she made more than a thousand paintings, about seven hundred prints and some two hundred and fifty ceramics, and also worked in woven wall hangings and mosaic. Korean signs and geometric pattern remained the basis of her abstraction.25.01.1952–?
Hwang Ji-u
Hwang Ji-u was born in 1952 in Haenam County in southern Korea and studied aesthetics and philosophy. In 1980 he made his debut with poems in a newspaper literary contest, and three years later he published his first collection, “Birds Also Leave the World”. He wrote poetry and plays, taught creative writing and received a number of major national prizes.21.01.1979–?
Beata Kurkul
Beata Kurkul began with a drawing on a collimator sight box for a border guard at the Krasna Talivka checkpoint, and later made soldiers and border guards the main subject of her work. Born in Vilnius, she has lived in Ukraine since 2008, works in the video game industry and takes her exhibitions to frontline towns. She is the author of a comic book, “On a Big Land”, and two albums.23.11.1881–02.10.1961