Shin Yen (b. 1987 George Town) works with text, mirrors, and reflective surfaces to explore the instability of perception and language. By inscribing words onto reflective materials, she disrupts self-recognition and produces shifting encounters between image, text, and space. The work slows perception, drawing attention to how seeing is shaped by movement, reflection, and proximity.
Exhibitions
2026
Selected Group Exhibition
ART KL 2026
APW Bangsar, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
FROM RIVER TO SEA: A Palestinian–Southeast Asian Art Exhibition
GMBB (The Grey Box), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
unfinished
Mass Haus, Penang, Malaysia
2025
Selected Group Exhibition
1000 Tiny Artworks (Studio Red × Hin Bus Depot)
Hin Bus Exhibition Space, George Town, Penang, Malaysia
7 Ways of Seeing (Cult Gallery × Hin Bus Depot)
Hin Bus Depot, Penang, Malaysia
Cult Gallery, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
THIS IS ____
Hin Bus Exhibition Space, George Town, Penang, Malaysia
2024
Solo Exhibition
Slice of Life
Hin Bus Depot Annexe, George Town,
Penang, Malaysia