Siau-Jiun Lim is a Dunedin-based artist who explores the relationship between humanity and the environment. She holds a Bachelor of Visual Arts (Honours) and has been awarded the Con. Hutton Scholarship. The Wallace Arts Trust has collected several of her works. Her Malaysian heritage and over 20 years of living in New Zealand inform her artistic perspective in colours and blending cultural influences with New Zealand's strong environmental ethic.
Siau-Jiun employs various materials in her art, including acrylics, inks, pastels, and wax, as well as natural elements like recycled materials, feathers, and leaves. Her artworks reflect her daily practices and community projects, effectively blending these experiences into her artistic expression. Siau-Jiun actively participates in community projects and collaborative exhibitions.
She is inspired by artists like Joan Mitchell, Wolf Kahn, Henri Matisse, Willem de Kooning and Cecily Brown, especially in their use of bold colours and captivating compositions. She believes that art represents the interconnectedness of all living things, the balance between chaos and order, and the subconscious and intentional mind.
Group Exhibitions
3-16 April 2025
Elemental—group exhibitions
Dunedin Community Galley
June 2017
St Lenord Shcool fundraising exhibitions
Otago University students fundraising for
Elemental—group exhibitions
Dunedin Community Galley
June 2017
St Lenord Shcool fundraising exhibitions
Otago University students fundraising for
November 2017
Group Exhibition at Dunedin School of Art, Dunedin, New Zealand
Group Exhibition at Dunedin School of Art, Dunedin, New Zealand
November 2017
Dunedin Art Exhibition, Edgar Centre
Dunedin Art Exhibition, Edgar Centre
November 2019
Group Exhibition at Dunedin School of Art, Dunedin, New Zealand
Take a Move 2019 - Collections from Wallace Arts Trust
November 2020
Art+ Water exhibition, sciences and art collaboration project- Sinclair Wetland, HD Skinner AnnexOtago Museum
Group Exhibition at Dunedin School of Art, Dunedin, New Zealand
Take a Move 2019 - Collections from Wallace Arts Trust
November 2020
Art+ Water exhibition, sciences and art collaboration project- Sinclair Wetland, HD Skinner AnnexOtago Museum
November 2020
Dunedin Art Exhibition, Edgar Centre
Dunedin Art Exhibition, Edgar Centre
Solo Exhibitions
8 -22 March 2024
Metamorphosis – The Dragon Ceremony
Ayu Community Space
2016
Webb Farry Lawyers private exhibition
8 -22 March 2024
Metamorphosis – The Dragon Ceremony
Ayu Community Space
2016
Webb Farry Lawyers private exhibition
1-12 March 2019
Knowing the Anthropocene
Robert Piggott Gallery, Dunedin, New Zealand
Knowing the Anthropocene
Robert Piggott Gallery, Dunedin, New Zealand
Awards
The David Con Hutton Perpetual Trust Memorial Scholarship Scholarship 2017
Important collector
Collections from Wallace Arts Trust:
Alive? An Invitation to a Conversation (2017) Acrylic on canvas, 800x700mm
Take a Move (2019), Acrylic on canvas, 500x600mm
The David Con Hutton Perpetual Trust Memorial Scholarship Scholarship 2017
Important collector
Collections from Wallace Arts Trust:
Alive? An Invitation to a Conversation (2017) Acrylic on canvas, 800x700mm
Take a Move (2019), Acrylic on canvas, 500x600mm
Journal
Scope 2017, art-and-design-13: Painting as a tool for enhancing humans' relationship with nature
Scope 2020, art-and-design-20: Human, you are human
Scope 2020, art-and-design-20: Human, you are human
Education
1995- 1998
Malaysian Institute School of Art
Diploma in Graphic Design (Distinction)
Malaysian Institute School of Art
Diploma in Graphic Design (Distinction)
1999-2000
Charles Sturt University, Australia
Bachelor of Art (Graphic Design), Multimedia (Distinction)
Charles Sturt University, Australia
Bachelor of Art (Graphic Design), Multimedia (Distinction)
2007-2008
Diploma in English Language
Christchurch Polytechnic Institution of Technology (Current Ara)
2008
Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages
Christchurch Polytechnic Institution of Technology (Current Ara)
2012 - 2024
Night classes at Dunedin School of Art
in life drawing, photography darkroom, prints and ceramic
2017
Graduate Diploma of Visual Art, (Distinctions)
Dunedin School of Art, New Zealand
2019
Bachelor Honus of Visual Art
Dunedin School of Art, New Zealand
Diploma in English Language
Christchurch Polytechnic Institution of Technology (Current Ara)
2008
Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages
Christchurch Polytechnic Institution of Technology (Current Ara)
2012 - 2024
Night classes at Dunedin School of Art
in life drawing, photography darkroom, prints and ceramic
2017
Graduate Diploma of Visual Art, (Distinctions)
Dunedin School of Art, New Zealand
2019
Bachelor Honus of Visual Art
Dunedin School of Art, New Zealand