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Kow Leong Kiang is well known for his depictions of market scenes, Malay girls, and beauties of the east coast. The sitter’s face is treated in relaxed strokes and in a candid manner. She looks charmingly spirited and have a positive aura surrounded even if she is not smiling. She has a very sharp look, feature that captures the heart of viewers. Kow Leong Kiang became the first and only Malaysian to have clinched Southeast Asia’s most prestigious award, the Grand Prize of the Philip Morris Asean Art Award, in the finals in Hanoi, Vietnam, in 1998, for his magnum opus, Mr. Foreign Speculator, Stop Damaging Our Country. In 1992, he had won the Major Award in the National Day art competition, and the Minor Award in the Bakat Muda Sezaman, the centrestage of Malaysian young artists (under 30). Art residencies at the Vermont Studio Centre, USA (2004) and Tembi Contemporary in Yogyakarta further honed his skills, while selection for Art Busan, Art Formosa and Art Stage Singapore is proof of his growing regional stature. Educated at the Kuala Lumpur College of Art, graduating in 1991, Kow painted the cover of Ooi Kok Chuen’s novel, MAHSURI A Legend Reborn (2016).