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According to the exhibition catalogue, Kow Leong Kiang "portrays his image collection of Malay girl in order to convey various displays of emotions, which are inexplicable, fragile, disturbed, tempted, confused and sometimes absurd. Indirectly, these feelings reflect his thoughts on the local scenarios of his country as he demonstrates his current growth throughout his body of work." Kow Leong Kiang received his Diploma in Fine Art in 1991 from Kuala Lumpur College of Art. In 1998, he won the Grand Prize in the Philip Morris Asean Art Awards. In 2004, he was a resident artist at Vermont Studio Center, USA. In 2008, he completed a residency with Valentine Willie Fine Art (VWFA) and Tembi Contemporary in Yogyakarta, Indonesia and has spent three years between Malaysia and Indonesia where he exhibited regularly. He participated in two artist residency programs initiated by Baik Art in 2013 and 2015, which took place at Seoul and Jeju Island, Korea and 18th Street Art Center, California, USA respectively. Among his solo exhibitions included Human at Red Mill Gallery, Vermont, USA and Floating World at VWFA KL (2003); Silent Conversation at VWFA KL (2005); Other People at VWFA KL (2007); Jogja Constellation at Tembi Contemporary, Yogyakarta, Indonesia (2009); Intimate Collisions at VWFA KL (2010); and Facescape Of Bali at Bazaar Art, Jakarta, Indonesia (2015). He has also participated in group exhibitions in Malaysia, Indonesia, China and Vietnam namely Continuities: Contemporary Art Of Malaysia At The Turn Of 21st Century held at Guangdong Museum of Art, China (2004); Tenggara: Contemporary Paintings from Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines at the Novus Contemporary Urban Centre, Liverpool, UK (2008); Headlights at VWFA Singapore and Tanah Ayer: Malaysian Stories From The Land at Selasar Soenaryo, Bandung, Indonesia (2011). Kow has also been participating in international art fairs such as Art Stage Singapore, Art Taipei and Art Kaohsiung in Taiwan, Start Art Fair (held at Saatchi Gallery) in UK, and Art Busan in Korea.