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Hings Lim
Born1989
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
NationalityMalaysian
EducationUniversiti Malaysia Sarawak, University of Southern California

Hings Lim (Chinese: 林佑慶; pinyin: Lín Yòuqìng; Jawi: ليم يو هيڠ; born 1989, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia) is a Malaysian interdisciplinary artist living and working between Los Angeles, California, and Kuala Lumpur.[1][2] His process-oriented practice employs video, installation, sculpture, performance, simulation, and site-specific situations to probe the formation of apparatuses while addressing the multiplicities between historicity, performativity, materiality, and subjectivity.[3]

Early Life and Education

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Lim was born in Kuala Lumpur in 1989. He received his Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from the Universiti Malaysia Sarawak in 2012, where he was awarded the Petronas – P. Ramlee Chair's Award.[4] He later pursued a Master of Fine Arts degree and a Performance Studies Graduate Certificate at the University of Southern California (USC), completing both in 2021 as a recipient of the USC International Artist Fellowship.[5]

Works and Exhibitions

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Solo Exhibitions

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"Specter in the Gate" (2024), Grand Central Art Center, Santa Ana, California

This exhibition delved into the historical progression of political, economic, and cultural machines, anchoring its narrative in the 1906 burning of Chinatown adjacent to the former Santa Ana City Hall. The exhibition "illuminates a hair-raising part of O.C. history" through Lim's use of sculpture, photographs, moving images, and real-time projection mapping installations.[6][7]

"Inflaming Machines" (2023), Island Gallery, New York

Lim's first New York solo exhibition featured works that explored relationships between ancient and contemporary technologies. Key pieces included Flaming Tower, a sculptural installation composed of biface-shaped candles cast from 3D-printed replicas of Paleolithic hand axes. Other works included Monolith (Polypod), an interactive, sound-responsive installation using real-time computer graphics, and Tofu Stratum, a series of paper pulp sculptures cast from industrial tofu molds embedded with machine parts.[3]

"Reciprocity" (2016), Richard Koh Fine Art, Kuala Lumpur

Exhibition featuring documentation and paintings from participatory projects with marginalized communities, refugees, and migrant workers who collaborated to create abstract works using wheel-based tools.[8][4][9][10]

Group Exhibitions

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"Operation Kata-tropical (Aural) Bloom [ÖK(^)B]" (2025), Singapore Art Museum, Singapore

Lim's Homo Lanterns (Studies of Amsterdam Stock Exchange), a real-time simulation reflecting on the lingering presence of colonial ideologies, was featured in this immersive digital experience developed in collaboration with the trans-media research lab formAxioms.[11]

"Signal Fires" (2024), Tanya Bonakdar Gallery, Los Angeles

Curated by Lia Trinka-Browner, this group exhibition brought together twelve artists with ties to Southern California, exploring concepts of communication across vast distances.[12]

"Serial and Massively Parallel" (2024), S.E.A. Focus, Singapore

Curated by John Tung, this exhibition at S.E.A. Focus 2024 explored the interplay between technology and humanity, and what gives distinctiveness to being human in the midst of an impending technological confluence.[13]

Awards and Recognition

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  • 2021: USC International Artist Fellowship recipient[5]
  • 2018: Rimbun Dahan Southeast Asian Artist Residency Program, Selangor, Malaysia[14]
  • 2012: Petronas – P. Ramlee Chair's Award[4]

References

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  1. ^ "About". Hings Lim. Retrieved 2024-02-19.
  2. ^ "Hings Lim". S.E.A. Focus. Retrieved 2024-01-08.
  3. ^ a b "Inflaming Machines." Island Gallery, 2023. https://island83.gallery/inflaming-machines
  4. ^ a b c Lin, Rouwen. "Riding on an idea." The Star, August 15, 2016.
  5. ^ a b Stromberg, Matt. "Funny, Generous, and Honest." Hyperallergic, July 29, 2021. https://hyperallergic.com/666107/funny-generous-honest-2021-mfawork-uc-riverside-roski/
  6. ^ Mosqueda, Sarah. "'Specter in the Gate' illuminates a hair-raising part of O.C. history." Los Angeles Times, May 7, 2024. https://www.latimes.com/socal/daily-pilot/entertainment/story/2024-05-07/specter-in-the-gate-illuminates-a-hair-raising-part-of-o-c-history
  7. ^ Ross, Claudia. "The Best Shows to See During Frieze Los Angeles." Frieze, February 29, 2024. https://www.frieze.com/article/frieze-la-critics-guide-2024
  8. ^ Bouchara, Claire. Blouin Artinfo. August 12, 2016. https://sea.blouinartinfo.com/news/story/1478813/hings-lim-invites-kuala-lumpur-to-make-art-with-a-bicycle
  9. ^ Mitton, George. "The Wheels of Life - Hings Lim." Funds Global Asia, September 2016.
  10. ^ Lin, Rouwen. "World Bicycle Day: how pedal power has been celebrated through art in Malaysia." The Star, June 3, 2021. https://www.thestar.com.my/lifestyle/culture/2021/06/03/world-bicycle-day-how-pedal-power-has-been-celebrated-through-art-in-malaysia/
  11. ^ "Operation Kata-tropical (Aural) Bloom [ÖK(^)B]." Singapore Art Museum, 2025. https://www.singaporeartmuseum.sg/art-events/exhibitions/okab
  12. ^ "Signal Fires." Tanya Bonakdar Gallery, July 20 – August 30, 2024. https://www.tanyabonakdargallery.com/exhibitions/807-signal-fires-tanya-bonakdar-gallery-los-angeles/
  13. ^ "Curator John Tung on S.E.A. Focus 2024 – Serial and Massively Parallel." S.E.A. Focus, January 18, 2024. https://seafocus.sg/curator-john-tung-on-s-e-a-focus-2024-serial-and-massively-parallel/
  14. ^ "Hings Lim." Rimbun Dahan, 17 July 2018. https://rimbundahan.org/hings-lim/
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