Konan Lim is a Dubai-based Filipino artist. Born and raised in Philippines, where he began to discover and enhance the passion of art at a very young age. On 2005 he received a degree of Bachelor of Science in Architecture in Philippines.
2007, He moved to Dubai and work as an Architect but his passion over painting still the utmost devotion. Since 2012 to recent year he starts participating on several group exhibitions from local art scene to international show. He is also commissioned in some mural art events & collaborated with several artists.
His style has been formulated through whimsical happy thoughts into a realistic interpretation. The characters are stuck in childhood nostalgia, blended with classical surface on present pace. Cuteness overloads with a touch of strong colorful and playful surprises, mixed of dark suspicious atmosphere. The detailed elements intertwining the blurry background provoke a thrilling question.
It stitches different emotions into a piece of story, where he rhymes them by a distorted illusion the way it balances profoundly. Something romantic yet controversial, certainly marks an endless smile.
SOLO SHOW:
2022 – LULLABY, Galerie Anna, Mandaluyong City, Philippines
2021 – BE MY GUEST, Space Encounter Gallery, Pasig City, Philippines
2020 – WORSHIP, Art Underground Manila, Mandaluyong City, Philippines
2019 – Questions, Art Underground Manila, Mandaluyong City, Philippines
GROUP SHOW:
2022- Danse Macabre, Modern Eden Gallery, San Francisco, U.S.A.
2022- Mighty, Modern Eden Gallery, San Francisco, U.S.A.
2021- Lore, Modern Eden Gallery, San Francisco, U.S.A.
2021–PUFF, Galerie Anna, Mandaluyong City, Philippines
2020–UAE YOUR HOME, Unbox Inc, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
2020– Art during CoVID-19, Unbox Inc, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
2019 – Bigkis, Terminal240 Art Space, Paranaque City, Philippines
2019 – Bugkos, Art For Space, Alabang Town Cente, Muntinlupa, Philippines
2019 – a(MUSE) Eightwonder, 44ad ArtSpace, Bath, England, U.K.
2019 – Calvaria Del Diablo, Calvaria Gallery and Studio,Millville, New Jersey, U.S.A.
2019 – Sexposed, LAUP Gallery, Los Angeles, Californina U.S.A.
2018 – ArtHub Gallery, Dubai, U.A.E.
2018 – Sheltered, Arte Pintura Gallery, Quezon City, Philippines
2017 – Mixed Bag: ART NOW, ARTS Centre , Aberdeen, Scotland, U.K.
2017 – “Thinking Baroque” ART-MAP Project, Palácio do Raio, Braga, Portugal
2015 – The Big Picture, Street Art Gallery, Dubai, U.A.E.
2015 – The Artist Fair: ART NOW, Bargehouse-OXO Tower, London, U.K.
2015 – Art Basel: Fridge Art Fair, Holiday Inn, Miami Beach, U.S.A.
2013 – Wild Things, FN Design Gallery, Dubai, U.A.E.
2012 – Art for Fun: Exhibition in Aid of the Kahkaha project, Jamjar Gallery, Dubai, U.A.E.
2012 – Points of My Life, Marsam Mattar Gallery, Dubai, U.A.E.
