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Chong Yan Chuah

[he/him]

[Sino-Malaysian-born; NYC & Kuala Lumpur-timezone] Artist, architect, and designer Chong Yan Chuah finds his safe sanctuary into 3D art. Navigating digital image, game art, and installation, his work unveil an experimental and poetic approach to technologic art-making. By merging physical environments and fictional worlds, he skillfully plays with dimensions and cryptic iconography to construct his imaginative realms.

[Recognition] Nowness Asia, Vogue, It’s Nice That, Royal Academy of Arts, The Royal Institute of British Architects, National Museum of Singapore, Ilham Gallery, Academy of Sciences Malaysia
[How do you handle creative blocks during your process?] There's an uncanny rhythm in the Malaysian rainforest, an unspoken language. Connecting mythically to the rhizosphere, an Overpowering, Overflowing vibrations, getting myself lost in it. /instagram: @chongyanchuah