Sanan Anuar
Born in 1992, lives and works in Kuala Lumpur

Born in Kelantan, Sanan Anuar moved to Kuala Lumpur where he founded the screenprinting workshop Bogus Merchandise in 2011. Close to the alternative scene, he developed a style with a strong identity, blending traditional and international influences to serve a very personal narrative. With a carefully chosen set of means, recurring motifs, and forms, he creates a theatrical environment between memories and his own understanding of the world. Through intimate references, where he stages himself alongside evocations of his family, lived episodes, and close environment, he questions his identity, the young Malaysian society and its political tensions.

His current works include numerous references to his own body, questioning the boundaries between the artist and his own work. In 2023, he held his first solo exhibition, Potret Diri .

Residencies

2024 Rimbun Dahan, Selangor, Malaysia

2023 Krack! Printmaking Collective, Yogyakarta, Indonesia

2023 Black Hand Gang, Mas, Indonesia

Selected Exhibitions

2024 Original Impression, RUCI Art Space, Jakarta

2024 CIMB Hotel Art Fair, The Back Room at Four Points by Sheraton, Kuala Lumpur

2023 Favouritism is My Favourite -Ism, The Back Room, Kuala Lumpur

2023 Afterlife, Cult Gallery, Kuala Lumpur

2023 Real Politik, Cult Gallery, Kuala Lumpur

2023 Potret Diri, The Back Room, Kuala Lumpur

2023 New Edition, Chetak 17, Kuala Lumpur

2021 Art is Fair, Fahrenheit 88, Kuala Lumpur

2020 Wonderwall, The Back Room, Kuala Lumpur.

2019 Awan & Tanah, Cult Gallery, Kuala Lumpur

2019 Rethinking Editions, Our ArtProjects, Kuala Lumpur

2018 #ReimagineUs, Urbanscapes House, Kuala Lumpur

2017 Local Flora, Patterns by Sharon Chin, collaboration work, Chan + Hori Contemporary, Singapore