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Haffendi Anuar (born 1985) is an artist working in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. He produces sculptural objects, collages, drawings and paintings made from found-objects and cultural debris indigenous to the area where he currently resides.

Education

Charles G. Harrington, Cambridge, MASS, USA                                          1997   -   1998 

Kolej Tuanku Jaafar, Nilai, Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia                                1998   -   2001

International School of Kuala Lumpur, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia                         2001   -   2004

Watercolor class at Yayasan Seni Berdaftar, Ampang, Selangor, Malaysia               2001

Oil painting class at Yayasan Seni Berdaftar, Ampang, Selangor, Malaysia             2002

Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI, USA                                    2005   -   2006

      Chinese Language School by the Overseas Affairs, GZ, Guangdong, China                2009

Paints weekly at Yusof Ghani's TAPAK studio, Shah Alam, Malaysia                     2009

Central Saint Martins, London, UK                                                    2010  

Projects and Competitions

      First prize, Fair Housing art competition, Cambridge, MASS, USA                       1998

Third prize, ISKL Expression magazine art competition, ISKL, Malaysia                 2002                

Consolation prize, Zoo Negara poster competition, Malaysia                            2004

Senior hoodie design, class of 2004, ISKL, KL, Malaysia                               2004

Co-curate Yusof Ghani’s Segerak IV exhibition at the Rotunda Square, HK               2008

Curated the Palette art exhibition at the Gallery @ Starhill,  KL, Malaysia           2008

Prepared presentations on Art (ART TALKS) for the Gallery @ Starhill                  2008   -   2009

Contributed a painting to the Starhill Gallery Art Festival, KL, Malaysia             2008

Co-curate NKOTB exhibition, Threesixty Art Development Studio, KL, Malaysia           2010

Designed the Starfish sculpture for the Reef Check Charity Auction,

Starhill Gallery, KL, Malaysia                                                        2010

Writings

Co-authored, Yusof Ghani’s Segerak IV essay, Malaysia and Hong Kong                   2008

Authored Kalam (Impressions of Calligraphy), Chandan Gallery, Malaysia                2009

Authored Lee Long Looi's Point in Time exhibition (Maidens and Mark-making),

The Gallery @ Starhill, Malaysia                                                      2009

Authored Deeply rooted, Suhaimi Fadzir's SCCAP exhibition at Lenggong Archeological

Museum, Perak, Malaysia                                                               2010

Authored Step by step, NKOTB exhibition, Threesixty Art Development Studio,

KL, Malaysia                                                                          2010

Authored Work, study, play, Breakthrough Art Exhibition at The Gallery @ Starhill,   

KL PAC and Dasein Gallery, KL, Malaysia                                               2010

Work Experience

Private drawing tutor                                                                2004   -   2005

T. R. Hamzah and Yeang as model maker and observer                                   2004   -   2005

The Gallery @ Starhill as gallery assistant and curator                              2007   -   2010

Group Exhibitions

Yayasan Seni group exhibition, Ampang, Malaysia                                      2002

IASAS art exhibition, Cultural Exchange, ISM, Manila, Philippines                    2003

IASAS art exhibition, Cultural Exchange, ISKL, KL, Malaysia                          2004

ISKL, Final Year I.B art exhibition, KL, Malaysia                                    2004

Risd freshmen entrance exhibition, Providence, RISD, RI, USA                         2005

Risd freshmen exhibition, Woods Gerry gallery, RI, USA                               2005  

Art +- 1000, Valentine Willie Fine Art, Malaysia                                     2007

Palette group exhibition, The Gallery @ Starhill, Malaysia                           2008

Vibrant Edge group exhibition, The Gallery @ Starhill, Malaysia                      2008

Sculpture Show, Starhill Art Festival, The Gallery @ Starhill, Malaysia              2009

Her World Celebrates Art, 50th Anniversary Art Exhibition, KL, Malaysia              2010

NKOTB, Threesixty Art Development Studio, KL, Malaysia                               2010

      Fresh Decade, ReGroup 2^nd Exhibition, The Gallery @ Starhill, KL, Malaysia           2010

My Art Fix, Orkidstudio, Bangsar Shopping Center, KL, Malaysia                       2010

Artriangle 3, National Art Gallery, KL, Malaysia                                     2010

Young Malaysian Artists - New Object(ion), Galeri Petronas, KL, Malaysia             2010

Breakthrough Exhibition, The Gallery @ Starhill, KL PAC and

Dasein Gallery, KL, Malaysia                                                         2010

Tempo, The Gallery @ Starhill, KL, Malaysia                                          2010