FIRST, IT'S ALL VERY CONFUSING---THERE IS ARTISERI AND THEN THERE IS ARTESPREE. BOTH DEAL WITH ART BUT THERE THE DIFFERENCE ENDS!
Artiseri is an art exhibition now on at Seri Pacific hotel and ends on 7 September 2017 while Artespree is an online, virtual art platform set up by Miki Choong which will be launched soon!
So yes, Miki Choong of ArteSpree has opened ArtiSeri at Seri Pacific hotel! Lucky for all, I have not barged in with my blog called ArtIsFree! Mati lah if like this!
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Mi-Ki Choong
Profile
Mi-Ki Choong is an award winning
entrepreneur in the field of property development, tv content creation &
information technology start-ups. She is also an occasional presenter,
producer, regional speaker & models for international brands as a celebrity
model. She is one of Top 10 Asia's top female entrepreneur for Malaysia. Also, she is a Global Ambassador Malaysia for
Women’s Entrepreneurship Day (WED) in United Nations, New York.
Mi-Ki is the granddaughter of the late Choong Ah Choy, the 'Lorry King' who founded Choong Keow Lorries in the 1920s, a renowned pioneering lorry transportation company in Malaysia.
Mi-Ki is the granddaughter of the late Choong Ah Choy, the 'Lorry King' who founded Choong Keow Lorries in the 1920s, a renowned pioneering lorry transportation company in Malaysia.
(Source
: New Straits Times 2006)
Mi-Ki is currently the Group Strategist of Centurise Group. The company is involved in property development, investments, media and IT. She has also diversified into the timber industry. Besides being a property developer & technopreneur, she is also a TV personality on TV show, LifeInStyle amongst others.
Mi-Ki is currently the Group Strategist of Centurise Group. The company is involved in property development, investments, media and IT. She has also diversified into the timber industry. Besides being a property developer & technopreneur, she is also a TV personality on TV show, LifeInStyle amongst others.
As
part of her CSR work, Mi-Ki is involved in teaching and mentoring university
students from Enactus Malaysia to apply business concept to develop community
outreach projects.
She has also been appointed as a Board of Advisor for
Enactus Malaysia Foundation in 2013 where their royal patron is the Raja Muda
of Negeri Sembilan.
She also gives her time to charity
works which included events in aid of The Star
Tsunami Relief Fund and The Star South Asian Quake Fund.
She
has been recognized in some of the following categories :-
-
Global Ambassador Malaysia for Women’s Entrepreneurship Day (WED) held in
United Nations, New York
-
Malaysia Top Female Entrepreneur award by Top 10 Aisa
-
Women of Excellence Award
-
Appreciating Leadership Excellence - Passion and Commitment
-
Golden Phoenix Entrepreneur Award
-
Nokia and Prestige’s Top 40 under 40
- Malaysia’s Beautiful Women by Procter and Gamble
- Her World’s Best Dressed List
- Malaysia Tatler's 'The List: The top people you need to know'
- Malaysia’s Beautiful Women by Procter and Gamble
- Her World’s Best Dressed List
- Malaysia Tatler's 'The List: The top people you need to know'
2017 will mark the launch of Mi-Ki's
new corporate social responsibility (CSR) IT project called ArteSpree, an art platform
from Malaysia focusing on bringing together the art community, may it be
artists, art galleries, art collectors & art enthusiasts everywhere.
Its mantra is to democratize art through building access & awareness to
greater audiences locally & then to the world.
For further details, kindly check www.centurise.com
For further details, kindly check www.centurise.com
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CENTURISE GROUP-----------
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INDAHNYA NEGARAKU
BY GANGSTA WATAKALA
ARTISERI GALLERY @ SERI PACIFIC HOTEL KUALA LUMPUR
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Negaraku by definition means my country; and in the month of August,
Malaysians celebrate their Independence or National Day, which is also known as
Hari Merdeka.
In conjunction with this special occasion, Seri Pacific Hotel Kuala
Lumpur and National Art Gallery is organizing an exhibition called Indahnya Negaraku.
Indahnya Negaraku is an exhibition conjoint by a group of artists known as Gangsta
Watakala.
According to the founder of Gangsta Watakala, Abey Zoul, the group
name was chosen not only based on the Malaysian dialect but to also emphasize on
the medium of watercolour itself.
“Watercolour has been around for so many years, even back in Tanah
Melayu era. It was introduced by many legend artists such as Abdullah Arif and
Ab Ibrahim.”
“Furthermore, watercolour can be classified as a magical art, where
by the flow of that art seems as if it brings to life,” he said.
Approximately, more than 30 paintings comprises of more than 20 artists
from Gangsta Watakala share what Indahnya
Negaraku means to them.
Their artworks portray a truly unique Malaysian ambience such as
traditional hometown (kampong) structure, hustle and bustle in the city, iconic
skyscrapers, culture and heritage.
Artists participating in this Indahnya
Negaraku exhibition are Abey Zoul, Jamal Tommy, Hisham Salmin, Azmannor,
Rizalman Misran, Mazuki Muhammad, Padi Razak, Wan Borhanuddin, Razlan Mat,
Ismail Alias, Aziezan Ahmad, Rudi Hakimi, Tembakau, Sidi AR, Ridzuan Nuruddin,
Mohd Fahmi, Bahari Bachok, Sany Misnan and Muhamad Khairul Mohd Zain.
The purpose of exhibiting Indahnya
Negaraku is to not only promote visual art amongst the corporate and
private companies but also to broaden the network of our local art scene.
The exhibition commenced on the 22nd of August 2017 and
will end on 7th of September 2017 at Artiseri Gallery, Seri Pacific
Hotel Kuala Lumpur.
The exhibition was launched and officiated by Group Strategist of
Centurise Group & ArteSpree, Mi-ki Choong; also present were Director
General of NVAG, Prof. Datuk Dr.
Mohamed Najib Ahmad Dawa and Hotel’s Director of Sales and Marketing,
Zakariya Musa.
Artiseri Gallery is a permanent addition to Seri Pacific Hotel Kuala
Lumpur and since its inception in 2014, the gallery has since featured more
than a dozen of exhibitions and art-related events.
Having received much positive response from
the community, it hopes to continue working with talented artists in providing
them a channel to promote their art and connect with their audience.
Artiseri Gallery is open to the public and being able to offer free
admission plus a 24-hour opening time, the gallery is making a name for itself
as being conducive.
Purchases of paintings can be made directly at the Gallery and Front
Office or for further enquiries, please contact the Marketing Communications
Department at 03-4049 4427 / 4515.
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ABOUT SERI PACIFIC HOTEL KUAL A LUMPUR
Located in a prominent business district and connected to Kuala
Lumpur’s iconic landmark, the Putra World Trade Centre, Seri Pacific Hotel
Kuala Lumpur is a 5-star hotel that embraces the intricate balance between warm
Malaysian hospitality and the luxurious comforts of modern accommodation.
The hotel is easily accessible by public
transport and is within walking distance to the Star Light Rail Transit (LRT)
station and the PWTC Commuter Station.
For enquiries, call 03 - 4042 5555 or visit http://www.seripacifichotel.com.
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OFFICIATOR’S
SPEECH
MI-KI CHOONG
GROUP STRATEGIST
OF CENTURISE GROUP & ARTESPREE
AT THE OPENING
CEREMONY OF
INDAHNYA NEGARAKU
EXHIBITION
29 AUGUST 2017
(TUESDAY) 3 PM
YBhg Prof. Dato’ Dr. Mohamed Najib Ahmad Dawa
Director General of the National Visual Arts
Development Board
YBrs. Mr. Amerrudin Ahmad, Director of Collection and
Conservation Division
YBrs. En Zakariya Musa
Director of Sales and Marketing Seri Pacific Kuala
Lumpur
Artists’ of Indahnya Negaraku from Group Gangsta
Watakala
Members of the Media
"Ladies and gentleman
It is with great pleasure to join you all today at the
opening ceremony of Indahnya Negaraku Exhibition at the Creative Space,
Artiseri Gallery.
I am
here today to speak to all of you not just as a CEO of Centurise Group, involved
in the property development, media content and timber industry.
I am speaking
today as an art lover and collector, and also as part of ArteSpree, a CSR
project under Centurise Group, which had just recently signed an MoU with our
host today, National Art Gallery of Malaysia, just 2 weeks ago.
I am honored to be able to partner with the
reputable brand name of NAG, and I wish to thank the NAG and its Leadership,
for its foresighted view to believe in the opportunity of a
Government-Corporate Sector partnership to achieve success for the common
social interest goals in the development of Arts Industry and its ecosystem in
Malaysia.
For
decades, the artists’s community here has delivered a wide range of programmes,
both traditional and contemporary, locally-produced and from abroad, to
appreciative audiences.
As KL
stamps its name as an international metropolis of creativity, I am sure that
like me, art lovers here gladly welcome this exhibition that shown our unity
and diversity of art and culture especially to tourist whose stays at Seri
Pacific Hotel.
Indeed
every visit to our galleries, whether governnment – supported or independent,
provides an opportunity to widen one’s horizons. Sound and image become windows to another world,
conveying meaning and contributing to public conversation in ways only art can.
I hope Malaysia’s art and culture landscape will continue to to flourish well
into the future and sparks patriotism through artwork by the artists’.
The
collaboration between National Art Gallery and ArteSpree that is comimg soon,
in promoting artworks on ArteSpree art platform before, during and after the
exhibition is also part of the monetizing culture which is one of the
initiatives taken by National Art Gallery and ArteSpree, as we need to look at
art as an Asset Rich component under the vision of the government of Malaysia
to assist the art industry.
While the
collaboration with Seri Pacific Kuala Lumpur is to promote and show to tourist
and art enthusiasts the beauty of our nation through artwork as one of
Confucious’s quotes says “everything has a beauty but not everyone
sees it”. Therefore it depends
on artists’s creativity to share and spread the beauty of our nation with
everyone.
ArteSpree,
is an art platform from Malaysia, focuses on bringing together the art
community. While its operations will
focus mainly in its homeland Malaysia, ArteSpree welcomes the participation of
art lovers, artists, galleries and collectors from around the world.
Its mantra is to democratize art through
building awareness and access to greater audiences, starting from Malaysia and
then to the world. Art in all forms have
a story to tell and ArteSpree hopes to tell it and share it with the world.
.
If you
are an artist, gallery, collector, an art lover/patron or wish to be a
corporate or individual sponsor, you can visit artespree.com when it launches
at the end of third quarter of 2017 ; to
be part of the social cause to promote the arts and the art industry.
Lastly,
in the spirit of independence, I would like to wish everyone “Selamat Menyambut
Hari Kemerdekaan ke-60 tahun Malaysia”.
With
this, I declare this exhibition open.
Thank you very much.
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