ARTIST BIO

IT HAO PHEH Biography/Exhibitions

It Hao Pheh, born 1972 and raised in multi-faceted Penang, Malaysia. In 1991, he received a full scholarship to study at Malaysian Institute of Art, majoring Fine Art in oil. In 1999, he exchanged Malaysia for the green fields of England in pursuit of an honour degree in Fine Art at The Surrey Institute of Art and Design, University College. After this foreign escapade, he returned to his beloved Malaysia and worked as a gallery curator in Kuala Lumpur for four years. He currently resides with his family in Victoria, Australia. Since 1989, he has successfully held more than 140 art exhibitions in Malaysia, Australia, UK, China, Korea, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam, Indonesia and Taiwan. Being an avid traveller, he has widely explored Europe and Asia to seek inspiration for his art, of which the “Window Journey” series is a fine example. His latest discovery is the land down under.

Awards

2017 - Camberwell Art Show : Best Traditional Work Valued Less than $3500

2017 - Camberwell Art Show : Highly Commended

2017 - Mount View Art Show : Highly Commended, Watercolour

2017 - Mount View Art Show : People’s Choice Award

2017 - Belgrave Fire Brigade, 34rd Annual Art Show: Best Watercolour Award

2017 - Yarram Rotary Art Show : Best Watercolour Award

2017 - Moonee Valley Art Show : Best Watercolour Award

2017 - Yarra Glen Art Show : Highly Commended, Watercolour

2017 - Knox Art Show : Highly Commended, Watercolour

2017 - Mornington Art Show : Highly Commended, Watercolour

2016 - Sherbrooke Art Society - 2016 Spring Awards Exhibition: Best Drawing Award

2016 - AGRA Spring Awards Exhibition: Highly Commended

2016 - Belgrave Fire Brigade, 33rd Annual Art Show: Best Watercolour Award

2016 - Tom Roberts Award: Hightly Commended, Oil

2016 - “Small Packages Exhibition 2016”: Highly Commended

2016 - Winner of the Kenneth Jack Annual Memorial Drawing Prize 2016

2015 - AGRA, AAL Summer - Autumn: Commended

2015 - AGRA Summer Exhibition: Highly Commended

2015 - AGRA, AAL Winter-Spring: 1st Place

2015 - Sherbrooke Art Society - 2015 Spring Exhibition: Best Watercolour Award

2015 - Sherbrooke Art Society - 2015 Spring Exhibition: Best Drawing Award

2015 - Sherbrooke Art Society - 2015 Spring Exhibition: Highly Commended, Oil/Acrylic

2014 - Watershed Art Prize: Editor’s Choice Award

2013 - Painting & Ceramic Exhibition & Competition: 2nd Place

2008 - 2nd National Putrajaya Watercolour Competition: 3rd Place

2007 - National Art Gallery, Malaysia - Young Contemporary Awards: Jurors Award

2006 - 1st National Putrajaya Watercolour Competition: 3rd Place

1989 - Malaysian Institute of Art: Full Scholarship

Solo Exhibitions

2017 - “The Gift”, Five Ways Galleries, Kalorama, VIC Australia

2016 - “In The Beginning”, Five Ways Galleries, Kalorama, VIC Australia

2015 - “In The Beginning”, David Sumner Gallery, SA Australia

2015 - “The Gift”, Galeri Seni Mutiara, Penang, Malaysia

2013 - “The Gift”, David Sumner Gallery, SA Australia

2012 - “The Gift”, Golden Grove Art Centre Gallery, SA Australia

2012 - “The Journey Continues...”, foyer of the City of Tea Tree Gully Library, SA Australia

2011 - “Negative Space: The Boundary”, WAF Fine Art Gallery, Straits Quay, Penang, Malaysia

2011 - “Negative Space: The Boundary”, June Art Space, Petaling Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia

2009 - “The Word”, Artfolio, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

2009 - “Adaptations”, Concourse, Bangsar Village II, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

2008 - “Negative Space: The Depth of Nothingness”, Nelson Hays Gallery, Bangkok, Thailand

2007 - “Negative Space: The Beauty of Nothingness”, Alpha Utara Gallery, Penang, Malaysia

2006 - “Negative Space: Window Journey”, Artseni Gallery, Starhill Gallery, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

2002 - “Linear Non Linear”, Elle Six Art Gallery, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

1999 - “Brush with the Past”, Concord Hotel, Shah Alam, Selangor, Malaysia

1999 - “What’s above the eye”, Art Exhibition, Sunshine Square, Penang, Malaysia