Haffendi Anuar (b. Malaysia)
Solo Exhibitions
2023
Interiors, Richard Koh Fine Art, Singapore
2022
Rumah Berkaki (Legged House), Arrival, Tower Room, Ikon Gallery, Birmingham, UK
2021
Flat Lands, A.I. Gallery, Cromwell Place, London, UK
Ringtangan, PULSE Clinic Bangsar Health Center, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Rintangan, online, Richard Koh Fine Art. Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
2019
Midday Stanza, Richard Koh Fine Art, Singapore
2017
Migratory Objects, Richard Koh Fine Art, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Migratory Objects, Volta New York 2017, New York, US
2015
Elephant Utopia, Future Section, Art Taipei 2015, Taipei, Taiwan
M13, Richard Koh Fine Art, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Group Exhibitions
2023
Diverse Visions, Richard Koh Fine Art, Singapore
The Colours of Life: Exploring Kaleidoscopic Narratives, Virtual exhibition, Galeri Khazanah, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
2022
Soft Facade, Gerald Moore Gallery, London, UK
Hotel Art Fair (with Richard Koh Fine Art), The Standard, Bankok, Thailand
Still, A.I. Gallery at Cromwell Place, London, UK
Hand in Hand, A.I. Gallery, London, UK
With Whom We Mutually Communicate?, curated by Mentong Zhang, Copeland Gallery, London, UK
ILHAM Art Show 2022, ILHAM Gallery, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Eye of the Collector 2022, with A.I. Gallery, Two Temple Place, London, UK
Time Together: Exploring Art Through Khazanah Nasional Berhad's Collection, Online exhibiton, Khazanah Virtual Arts Gallery, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
PULSE Awards: Art for Life, Pulse Gallery, Bangkok, Thailand
2021
Notes from the Motherland, Aicon Contemporary, New York, US
A Life Beyond Boundaries (The Geography of Belonging), curated by Loredana Pazzini-Paracciani, JWD Art Space, Bangkok, Thailand
A Good Line, A Good Line, A.I. Gallery, London, UK
SH/FT, No Show Space, London, UK
2020
In Our Own Frame, RKFA SG 10th Anniversary Show, Richard Koh Fine Art, Singapore
The Foot Beneath the Flower, ADM Gallery, Nanyang Tech University, Singapore
SEA Focus 2020, Singapore
2019
Empty Vase (curated by Lingzhi Zhuang), Gallery Vacancy, Shanghai, China
For the Few and the Many, Beers London, London, UK
Bakat Muda Sezaman 2019 (Young Contemporaries 2019), National Visual Arts Gallery, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
2018
Elysian Fields (2 person show with Sinta Tantra), Richard Koh Fine Art, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Summer of Love, J:Gallery x Design Republic, Shanghai, China
Condo Shanghai, J:Gallery hosting Project Native Informant and Greengrassi, Shanghai, China
Volta Basel (with Richard Koh Fine Art), Basel, Switzerland
Flotsam, Jetsam, Lagan and Derelict, A.I. Gallery, London, UK
New Look, Christine Park Gallery, New York, US
head heap heat, Institute of Contemporary Arts Singapore, Singapore
The Horizon is Just an Illusion: New Thoughts on Landscape, Our ArtProjects, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
2017
West Bund Art and Design (with J:Gallery), Shanghai, China
Asia Now (with Richard Koh Fine Art), Paris, France
Powerhouse Commission 2017, Battersea Power Station and CASS Sculpture Foundation, London
THE UNREAL DEAL: Six Decades of Malaysian Abstract Art, Bank Negara Museum and Art Gallery, Kuala Lumpur
PERSONAL STRUCTURES – Open Borders, European Cultural Center, in the context of the 57th Venice Biennale, Venice
Southwind Print Projects, New York
ILHAM CONTEMPORARY FORUM Malaysia 2009 - 2017, Ilham Gallery, Kuala Lumpur
Bakat Muda Sezaman 2017 (Young Contemporaries 2017), National Visual Arts Gallery, Kuala Lumpur
2016
Malaysian Art, A Special Preview, Richard Koh Fine Art, Kuala Lumpur
B-Movie, J:Gallery, Shanghai
2015
Eyeball Massage, Fingers Exercise, Fergana Artspace, Penang
Synthesis, The Art Center, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok
I am Ten, Richard Koh Fine Art, Kuala Lumpur
Malaysian Art, A New Perspective, Richard Koh Fine Art, Singapore
Malaysian Art, A New Perspective, Richard Koh Fine Art, Kuala Lumpur
2014
Cherry on Top(less), Topless, New York
MEAA 2014 (Malaysian Emerging Artists Award), Whitebox @ Publika, Kuala Lumpur
2013
METAMORPH, Hoxton Garage, London
Void Open 2013, Hoxton Arches, London
Xhibit 2013, SU Gallery, UAL and Four Corners Gallery, London
Green Week, Lower Street Gallery, London College of Communication, London
2012
Show, Elthorne Road, London
Magic Assemblage, Magic Assembly, Petrie Museum, London
2011
Quick – in the Moment…., Nolia Gallery, London
Utopia, the Architecture of Perfection, Nolia Gallery, London
In-Exchange, Lethaby Gallery, London
2010
VAA Exhibtion (Starhill Visual Arts Award), Kuala Lumpur
Breakthrough Exhibition, The Gallery @ Starhill, KL PAC and Dasein Gallery, Kuala Lumpur
Young Malaysian Artists - New Object(ion),Galeri Petronas, Kuala Lumpur
Artriangle 3, National Art Gallery, Kuala Lumpur
NKOTB, Threesixty Art Development Studio, Kuala Lumpur
2007
Art +- 1000, Valentine Willie Fine Art, Kuala Lumpur
2005
Foundation Triennial, Woods-Gerry Gallery, Providence
Awards
2021
PULSE Awards: Art for Life, Pulse Gallery, Bangkok
2020
Vivien Liegh Art Prize 2020, Ashmolean Museum, Oxford
Emery Prize 2020, Pembroke JCR Art Gallery, Pembroke College, Oxford University, Oxford
2019
KARA 2019 (Kooshk Artist Residency Award), Tehran
2017
Joint winner for the Battersea Power Station 'Powerhouse Commission 2017', organized by Cass Sculpture Foundation, Goodwood, UK and Battersea Power Station Development, London, UK
2014
Finalist, 'MEAA' (Malaysian Emerging Artists Awards), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
2013
Winning piece, 'Xhibit 2013', University of the Arts London, London, UK
2010
Shortlisted, Starhill Gallery Visual Arts Awards (VAA), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Residencies
2023 - 2025
Acme Work Live at the Fire Station, London, UK
2019
KARA 2019 (5th Kooshk Art Residency Award), Kooshk Residency, Tehran, Iran (May)
2018
Khazanah Nasional Berhad Artist Fellowship 2018, Acme Studios and Troy Town Pottery, London, UK (Sept - Dec)
Artist in Resident and collaborative art projects with student, International School of Kuala Lumpur, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (Oct - June)
2017
Resident artist at Rimbun Dahan, Rimbun Dahan International Residency, Kuang, Malaysia (Feb - May)
2015
Resident artist at Rimbun Dahan, Rimbun Dahan International Residency, Kuang, Malaysia (July)
Projects and Talks
2020
Online sharing-session for USM’s Postgraduate-seminar, University Science Malaysia, Penang, Malaysia
Presented a sharing session titled ‘Sarong Mentality’ on Conscious Isolation platform, online, UK
2018
Facebook AIR Commission, Facebook, Singapore (June)
‘Art in the Park’ outdoor sculpture commission for Tamansari Sculpture Project 2018 at Tamansari, Bandaraya Development Berhad, Rawang, Malaysia
2017
Speaker in ‘Power Stories: Powerhouse Commission Artist Talk’ with Jesse Wine and Sam Thorne, moderated by Helen Turner, Battersea Power Station and Cass Sculpture Foundation, London, UK
Co-published with Veronika Neukirch, a publication titled ‘Hafka’, documenting works and discussions produced at Rimbun Dahan arts residency, Kuang, Malaysia from Feb - May 2017. Project is sponsored by Goethe-Institut Malaysia
Speaker in ‘Open Border – Southeast Asia Forum’ with Tulip Duong and Boedi Widjaja, Moderated by Kwok Kian Chow (SMU (Singapore Management University) Singapore), Palazzo Rossini, Venice, Italy
Moderated Mark Tan’s Art Talk in-conjunction for his solo exhibition ‘Arrangements’ at Our Art Projects, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
2016
Speaker in ‘Talks x Asia Society: Contemporary Art in Greater Asia’ with Bembol Dela Cruz, Tiffany Chung and Shahzia Sikander, moderated by Tan Boon Hui, Art Central Hong Kong 2016, Hong Kong
2015
Aesop collaboration ‘Precious as Porcelain Gift Kit’ with Advanced Brittle Bodies (2015), Aesop, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Speaker in ‘Prudential Eye Artist Forum’, British Council Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Collections
Singapore Art Museum, Singapore
Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, UK
Battersea Power Station, London
Cass Sculpture Foundation, Goodwood, UK
The Ritz-Carlton Maldives, Fari Islands, Maldives
Khazanah Nasional Berhad, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
ILHAM Gallery, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Pembroke College JCR Art Collection, Oxford University, Oxford, UK
Facebook, Singapore
Tamansari, Bandaraya Development Berhad (BRDB), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Education
2019 - 2020
MFA, Ruskin School of Art, University of Oxford, Oxford
2010 - 2013
BA Honors, Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design, London
2006 - 2007
BFA (Foundation), Rhode Island School of Design, Providence