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Chan Wei San is a Malaysian artist and pastor based in Kuala Lumpur. His painting practice is inspired by living systems in nature, exploring the relationship between order and change through reductive visual language. Using color, lines, and dots, his works investigate structure, rhythm, and the systemic beauty of life.
陈威汕是一位现居吉隆坡的艺术工作者与牧者，创作以绘画为主，灵感源自自然生命体的系统性与秩序。他透过化约的视觉语言，运用色块、线条与圆点，探索生命在变化与结构之间的存在状态。
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Synopsis
陈威汕是一位现居吉隆坡的艺术工作者与牧者，创作以绘画为主，灵感源自自然生命体的系统性与秩序。他透过化约的视觉语言，运用色块、线条与圆点，探索生命在变化与结构之间的存在状态。
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Synopsis
Systemic - From Parts to the Whole / 大观-由局部至整体
Solo Exhibition by Chan Wei San 陈威汕个展
The Systemic series emerges from Chan Wei San’s observation and reflection on living systems in nature. Seeking to understand the whole through its parts, he employs reductive visual language and mimetic strategies, using blocks of color, lines, and dots to construct a structural beauty that transcends representation. Through these works, the artist invites viewers to reconsider whether nature and life are merely the result of random evolution, or intricate systems shaped by intention and design.
《Systemic/大观》系列源于陈威汕对自然生命系统的观察与思考。他试图从局部理解整体，以化约的视觉语言与模仿手法，运用色块、线条与圆点，建构出一种超越具象形态的结构之美。他邀请观者重新思考自然与生命是否仅是随机进化的结果，抑或是充满设计的精密系统？
Date: 6-16 Mar 2026
Time: 1pm-6pm
Venue: PaPan Haus, 17,Jalan 14/1, Seksyen 14, Petaling Jaya
Artist Resume
CHAN WEI SAN
Born 1974, Johor, Malaysia
Lives and works in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Education
1994–1996
Diploma in Fine Art (Painting)
Malaysian Institute of Art, Malaysia
Selected Group Exhibitions
1996
Young Talents, Bank Negara Malaysia, Malaysia
1996
The Cornucopia of Malaysian Arts ’96,
Metropolitan Gallery of Fine Art, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
1997
14 Expressions (Diploma Show),
Gallery of Malaysian Institute of Art, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
1997–1998
Papahayag (Expression),
National Art Gallery, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Awards
1996
Young Contemporaries Award (Minor Award),
National Art Gallery, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Collections
2025
National Art Gallery, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
