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2011 March:

Leon Lim have been interviewed for a major TV network. Stay tuned. Please feel free to drop your email address for updates or news.

2011 Febraury:

Leon Lim is featured in a story, "The Destiny Seeker" in Tatler Magazine, one of the fashion and lifestyle magazines based in Malaysia. Another short story of Leon Lim is published in Time Out Kuala Lumpur magazine.

2011 January/2010 December:

Leon Lim's artistic portrait of Julian Assange is selected for TIME magazine's Person of the Year edition. Featured in TIME magazine (only print, issued December 23) and The Star newspaper and on three websites; ANIMAL New York, Time Out, and Malaysia News.

2010 December:

Finally Leon Lim grabbed the domain name which has my full name when the Russia-based holder gave up after five years. Leon was expected to buy the domain name for $50,000. Before the Russian, the singer from Singapore had the domain name for two years. Coincidentally Leon checked it out, learned that it is available and rushed to purchase the domain name at 5:15am. It costs only $9 for a year, not $50,000! Later, received a personal message from the web hosting company, it said, "You can go ahead and get some sleep as the domain www.leonlim.com has completed. Congratulations! LEON!!!!! Go To Bed!!!" Leonlim.com and leonlimstudio.com are belonged to Leon Lim now, it is official. It ended the almost-seven-years obsessive and long wait. Victory for Leon!

2010 July/August:

Commissioned to create Penang's first public art installation, "The Last Chairs" for George Town Festival presented in conjunction with Penang State Government, UNESCO World Heritage, Municipal Council of Penang Island, George Town World Heritage Incorporated and Penang Global Tourism. The public art installation is Leon Lim's first in his native homeland of Malaysia, after his works have been exhibited in several other countries.

2010 June:

Selected to exhibit Leon Lim's two multimedia installations, "Silent Story" and "Discommunicativeness" in the group exhibition for 5th Busan Media Festival in Busan, South Korea. Sponsored by Busan Metropolitan City Office of Education and Korean Broadcast Communication Commission.


 


 
 
 
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