KATES-FERRI PROJECTS welcomes Artist in Residence Justin Lim who during the month of May will be creating new paintings for his 1st solo exhibition in New York City slated to open September 2025.

Lim’s paintings depict his personal observations of private living spaces. Post covid-19, his works portray an emotional state of melancholic or nostalgic longing for a beloved yet absent something or someone. Drawing from familiar objects and surroundings from his hometown of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, they are a recollection of feelings, experiences and places that are often illusive and ambiguous. 

Justin Lim (b.1983, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia) completed his postgraduate studies in 2006 with the Master of Art (Fine Art) programme by The Open University UK conducted at Lasalle College of the Arts, Singapore after obtaining a BA(Hons) Fine Art majoring in painting. He has exhibited widely in Southeast Asia in various solo & group exhibitions and was the recipient of the 2008 Malaysia-Australia Visual Artist Residency at Rimbun Dahan, Malaysia. He has since held residencies at the Vermont Studio Center, USA (2011 – Asian Artist Fellowship/ Freeman Fellowship), Red Gate Gallery, Beijing (2013 – Khazanah Nasional Artist Residency),The Tasmanian College of the Arts, University of Tasmania, Australia (2016 – International Artist in residence), Kates-Ferri Projects, New York City (2025)

Selected group exhibitions include the Asian Art Biennale: Viewpoints & Viewing points, Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts (2009), Modern Love, Earl Lu Gallery / Institute of Contemporary Art, Singapore (2015), Asia Young 36 / Asia Contemporary, a survey of contemporary Asian art practices, Jeonbuk Museum of Art, Jeonju, South Korea (2016) and Contemporary Chaos, curated by Demetrio Paparoni, Vestfossen Kunstlaboratorium, Norway (2018), Art Basel Hong Kong (2023/2024/2025), Untitled Art, Miami, FL (2023/2024), The Armory Show, NY (2024).

Follow Justin Lim on Instagram @iamjustinlim