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Jeffrey Lim (b. 1978, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia) engages in social art projects using cultural mapping, performative installation and photography. Utilising forms of conceptual representation with imagery, found-object, and space. He is a communication designer by training, and has been involved in cycling & accessibility advocacy.
His current projects revolve around the Trades Archive initiative, a research & documentation, archival project/ apprenticeship. Building the Beca (2022) traditional hand-built tricycles; Kopi Lau Workshop (2023-current) local coffee culture.
His current projects revolve around the Trades Archive initiative, a research & documentation, archival project/ apprenticeship. Building the Beca (2022) traditional hand-built tricycles; Kopi Lau Workshop (2023-current) local coffee culture.
Through mentorship & apprenticeship programs, A Tale of Two Hills (2022) visual narrative mentorship program; Tempok Pelendong Ang, Shima Sidek (2023) photobook publication, Kanta Studio Apprenticeship program, Maiko Kobayashi (2024/25).
With Kanta.Studio, Jeff intends to promote the traditional box camera and his art practise through workshops and road shows. Khemah Kamera (2022) camera projector exploration; Potret Jalanan (2024-current) street portrait peddler, Kanta Studio (2025- current) new space located at GMBB, Jalan Robertson, Kuala Lumpur.
With Kanta.Studio, Jeff intends to promote the traditional box camera and his art practise through workshops and road shows. Khemah Kamera (2022) camera projector exploration; Potret Jalanan (2024-current) street portrait peddler, Kanta Studio (2025- current) new space located at GMBB, Jalan Robertson, Kuala Lumpur.
His work with Kanta Portraits in Malaysia and Taiwan, a social exchange with indigenous communities, exploring the concepts of identities and the nation state. Kanta Portraits (2018) social exchange with portraits; Kanta Manuscript 20 (2020) book publication of the research; The Invisible Future, Facing the Visible Past (2020/23) exhibition essay & book publication.
Selected advocacy works- Village Bicycle Workshop (2012) programs on cycling culture & heritage; Cycling Kuala Lumpur (2014) participatory mapping advocacy; Project ISD (2016) urban behavioural study.
Selected advocacy works- Village Bicycle Workshop (2012) programs on cycling culture & heritage; Cycling Kuala Lumpur (2014) participatory mapping advocacy; Project ISD (2016) urban behavioural study.
2025 Special Award World Bicycle Day of the United Nations / Embassy of the Republic of Poland, Kuala Lumpur / 2025
Potret Jalanan / street box camera / Kuala Lumpur / 2024
Benuasia, Portraits of Indigenous Tribes / Orang Asli
Tsutaya Books, Bukit Jalil, Kuala Lumpur / 2024
Tsutaya Books, Bukit Jalil, Kuala Lumpur / 2024
Kopi Pui origin / cup collection & research paper /
Oldtown Heritage Centre, Ipoh, Perak / 2024
Oldtown Heritage Centre, Ipoh, Perak / 2024
Kopi Diorama Installation / commission work / Oldtown Heritage Centre, Ipoh, Perak / 2024
Kopi Lineage (crop) / commission work / Oldtown Heritage Centre, Ipoh, Perak / 2024
The Invisible Future, Facing the Visible Past / exhibition essay publication / Lightbox Photo Library/ Studio 25, Taipei / 2023
On 3 Wheels- Research Article newspaper printout / Kuala Lumpur / 2023
Luminous Shadow 浮光流影 / TIFA performance, NTCH, Taipei / 2021
Indigenous plant species / photogram prints / Luminous Shadow 浮光流影 / 2022
Art prints / Luminous Shadow 浮光流影 / Weiwuying International Music Festival, National Kaohsiung Center for the Arts, Taiwan / 2022
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