Malaysian Institute of Art (MIA) Journey 50

It has been a great pleasure, and an honour to be at two events in conjunction with the 50th anniversary of Malaysia's first academy of art.....the Malaysian Institute of Art (MIA), founded in 1967.

The MIA Fine Art alumni are a fairly tight knit community. Fifty years after Chung Chen Sun created the Malaysian Institute of Art (MIA), in 1967, its alumni continue to be close, to gather alongside their former tutors and are proud to continue to be part of Malaysia's first school of art.

Chung Chen Sun graduated from the illustrious Nanyang Academy of Fine Art (Nanyang), Singapore, and sought to replicate the best practices of that institution, in Malaysia. Although both Nanyang and MIA had a predominance of Chinese students, other races were, and are, most wellcome.

The Malaysian Institute of Art has housed some of Malaysia's best artists, as tutors, and produced a continuing stream of dedicated creatives in all manner of artistic fields.

Those associated with the MIA include Malaysia's foremost dancer Ramli Ibrahim, the noteable printmaker Loo Foh Sang, Malaysia's top Chinese ink and brush painter and calligrapher Dr Cheah Thien Soong, sculptor Chin Wan Kee, ceramicist Chao Hrn Kae, galleryist Warren Tan, singer Yudi Yap and a whole host of visual artists including Chung Chen Sun, Choong Kam Kow, Dr Foo Yong Kong, Tew Nai Tong, Sivarajah Natarajan, Sand T Kalloch, Phillip Wong.