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Exhibiting power, courage, and strength through its majestic physical appearance, the lion is known as the King of Beasts. Living in groups known as a pride, the alpha lion exhibits supreme dominance over their own territories, preventing other carnivores from hunting in the same area. Created using sweeps of bold calligraphic strokes, the image of the lion reflects the artist's great skill in portraying animals. H.H. Lim is one of Malaysia's high profiled contemporary artists based in Rome since 1976 when he studied at the Academy of Fine Arts and featured in major institutional exhibitions and scholarly books. His laurels include the Prague Biennale; Singapore Biennale; Tirana Biennale (2005); Venice Biennale (Cuban Pavilion, 2013; Architectural in 2010; and Malaysian Pavilion, 2019). Yet, little was known about him until he was invited by Datuk Ibrahim Hussein in his first Langkawi International Art Festival in 2000. His busy highlights include the John Cage Experiments and Its Context, NCCA, Moscow; Il Tesora Nascosto, The Westin Excelsior in Rome (2012); Gone With The Wind (Ullens Centre, Beijing, 2010); Timezone (Vienna, Austria, 2016); Emotional Crisis (Rome, 2015); Daily Music (Izu Zone, Penang, 2012); The Beginning Of Something (Wei-Ling Contemporary, Kuala Lumpur, 2014); La Nuit Blanche (Paris, 2013); ConcentrAzione (Milan, 2011); Hidden Treasure (Tang Gallery, Bangkok, 2011); Wherever We Go (San Francisco, 2007); Super (Carquefou, France, 2006); Luoghi D'affezione (Brussels Belgium, 2003); Urban Flashes (Istanbul, 2003); Dream 2 (London, 2002); and Speechless, The Sky From The Well (Taipei, 2001). His solo exhibition The Gaze Of Sleepwalkers was held at Wei Ling Gallery in 2024.