Joanne Loo is a visual artist
based in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
With a background in graphic design and illustration, Joanne actively explores various mediums to examine personal experiences and how they connect, divide, and define us as human beings. Drawing from her lived experience as a Malaysian-Chinese, Joanne’s work confronts dissonance between her childhood memories and experiences as an adult.
She questions family dynamics, identity and trauma through sculptural vessels, paintings and drawings. By utilising layers, colour, textures and storytelling, each piece urges viewers to confront and question their own narratives.
View her artist statement here, or explore her past works here.
For purchase enquiries, email hellojoanneloo@gmail.com.
Contact
HELLOJOANNELOO@GMAIL.COM
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SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2026
BEYOND 2026 (INVITED ARTIST), ARENA TAR UMT, MALAYSIA
PRIMITIVE MODERN, NADINE FINE ART, KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA
REWORKED, TEMU HOUSE, KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA
2025
THE ART OF GIVING, TEMU HOUSE, KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA
REIMAGINING SURFACES, REKA DESIGN WEEK, PAVILION DAMANSARA, MALAYSIA
GROWING TOGETHER, NOT TOO SOON, TEMU HOUSE, KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA
BERSERI KANDI, CULT GALLERY, KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA
2023
HANYUT: A JOURNEY OF DISCOVERY, A.P. ART GALLERY, KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA
TELUR PECAH 3.0, GMBB, KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA
VOGUE 6TH, BOOMER GALLERY, LONDON UNITED KINGDOM
LABYRINTHS OF TOUCH, MAYBANK GALLERY OF CONTEMPORARY ART, KUALA LUMPUR, KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA
2022
A TEMPORARY SELF/AKU HANYA SEBENTAR, TEMU HOUSE, KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA
TRASH <-> TREASURE/ MALAYSIA, FABU CAFE, MALAYSIA
2021
1000 TINY ARTWORKS, THE BACKROOM GALLERY, KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA
GRANTS & RESIDENCIES
2021 - 2022 GRANTEE: BRITISH COUNCIL CONNECTIONS THROUGH CULTURE 21/22 FOR PROJEK TRASH <-> TREASURE
2021: K[OTAK]KU VIRTUAL RESIDENCY & EXHIBITION, HAUS KUCHING
AWARDS & SHORTLISTS
LONGLIST, MALAYSIA EMERGING ARTIST AWARDS 2022
SHORTLIST, 40TH UOB PAINTING OF THE YEAR 2021
SELECTED PRESS
JACOBS, JULIET, “HANYUT, A JOURNEY OF DISCOVERY”, BFM 89.9 THE FRONT ROW (17 NOVEMBER 2023)
LIN, ROUWEN, “ART EXHIBITION IN KL HIGHLIGHTS THE VALUE OF TOUCH”, THE STAR MALAYSIA (16 MARCH 2023)
SHAMSUNAHAR, SOFIA, “TRASH TREASURE SHOWS US THE IMPORTANCE OF INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATION”, BASKL (4 MARCH 2022)
CHANDRAN, SHEELA, “MALAYSIAN ARTISTS TRANSFORM TRASH INTO ARTWORK”, THE STAR MALAYSIA (16 FEBRUARY 2022)
EDUCATION
2020
MA ILLUSTRATION, CAMBERWELL COLLEGE, UNIVERSITY OF ARTS LONDON, UK
2014
BA (HONS) PROFESSIONAL DESIGN, LIMKOKWING UNIVERSITY, MALAYSIA