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New kid on the block pays tribute to lecturer

New kid on the block pays tribute to lecturer

Kenry Tang Tze Lye did not know his latent penchant for Art when he was mixing potions in a lab as a pure science stream student in school. At the persuasion of an art teacher, he took up Art as a subject in his SPM and that took him on a spiritual journey that led to him completing his Diploma in Fine Art at Sunway University College in 2009. “It could have been hard for me but I was lucky as…

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Two Times in a Row!

Two Times in a Row!

Gan Soon Bing won again in the Tanjong Heritage 2009 art competition. Last year he won first prize in the watercolour category for his pointillism rendition of a Chinese temple. This year he wins the second prize for his uniquely angled pencil drawing of fishermen in Port Dickson in the charcoal/pencil category. Gan completed his diploma in Graphic and Multimedia Design this year and is now working with an advertising agency. Not bad Gan!

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Student gets first prize in logo design competition

Student gets first prize in logo design competition

Joanne Ooi Yuen Kei, 19, was ecstatic upon winning first prize in the Malaysia TrustMark Logo Competition 2009 organised by the Ministry of International Trade and Industry, Malaysia (MITI). Joanne is a Graphic and Multimedia Design diploma student at Sunway University College and earned a cash prize of RM5,000. Her logo design incorporated a tick or check mark.

Joanne’s classmate, Kenry Tang Tze Lye clinched the third prize in the same competition. Joanne shared “I was very surprised but thankful…

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Wild Creativity Earns Students a Prize

Wild Creativity Earns Students a Prize

In the Design & Illustrate : Horse Sculpture Competition organised by the Selangor Turf Club, Sunway University College students vivid painting on a life-size horse sculpture won them the third prize of RM3,000.

The title of their creative work was “Through the eyes of the Artist”. Their concept reflected the great master paintings of horses from primitivism to post-modernism covering the works of artists like Carvaggio, Peter Paul Reuben, Picasso and others.

The expression of the painting was as free…

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Bags With Down-To-Earth Style

Bags With Down-To-Earth Style

Sunway University College’s Shalei Yazmin Hamid Fulgencio, 18, a Graphic & Multimedia Design student won a Top 10 Designs Award at the 1000+7 Designs: World of Eco Bag Design Competition held in conjunction with KL Design Week 2009 Festival recently. The competition organised by BECOME “Be an Eco friend like Me” environmental community organization featured 1007 reusable bags with messages aimed at raising the awareness of conserving the environment and minimizing the use of plastic bags.

Shalei who hails from…

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Accolades For Sunway Art & Design Students

Accolades For Sunway Art & Design Students

Gan Soon Bing, a student in Graphic & Multimedia Design diploma programme at Sunway won First Prize in the Tanjong Heritage Art Competition 2008 (watercolour category) organised by the Tanjong Public Limited Company. He received a cash prize of RM3,000 for his pointillism (a technique known for its tediousness) painting of a Chinese temple scene.

Gan’s peers from the same Graphic & Multimedia Design programme, won First Prize in the “My Life My Way Video Competition” organised by…

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